December 15, 2020

Montclair State University COIL Fellows for Academic Year 2021-2022

Congratulations to the Montclair State University inaugural cohort of COIL Fellows!

Montclair State University COIL Fellows AY 2021-2022

Montclair State is committed to fostering transformative opportunities for students. International academic collaborations offer highly accessible, high-impact experiences for students that transform perspectives and support the development of intercultural competencies. The Montclair State University COIL Initiative was established in support of these goals.

Collaborative On-Line International Learning (COIL) is:

“A model for fostering cross-cultural student competence through the development of multi-cultural learning environment that links university and college classes in different countries.” — SUNY COIL

The Offices of International Engagement and Faculty Advancement have partnered with each other, and through SUNY COIL Center, to increase awareness of COIL at Montclair State and support faculty in developing COIL collaborations and projects in their courses.The COIL Fellows Program is the signature element of this initiative. The goal is to create excitement and momentum around COIL leading to a culture of COIL across campus and increased opportunity for students to engage in international experiences. The COIL Fellows program will prepare faculty by providing resources, support, toolkits, global connections, workshops and a COIL community for sharing best practices and challenges.

We congratulate the inaugural cohort of Montclair State COIL Fellows:

Name	Title	Department	College	Potential Course Name	Potential Partner Country
Katherine McCaffrey	Associate Professor	Anthropology	CHSS	ANTH 150 Cultures of Latin America or HONP 102 Honors Seminar in 20th C. Civilization	undecided
Yawei Wang	Associate Professor	Hospitality & Tourism	FSOB	HSET 335 International Experience in Hospitality, Sports, Events and Tourism	China- TBC
Yeon Bai	Professor	Nutrition and Food Science	CEHS	undecided	South Korea
Clement Alo	Associate Professor	Earth and Environmental Studies	CSAM	Planet Earth	Ghana or Ethiopia- TBC
Timothy Gorman	Assistant Professor	Sociology	CHSS	SOCI 220 Sociology of Rich and Poor Nations	Latin America, esp. Ecuador- TBC
Gregory Pope	Professor and Department Chair	Earth and Environmental Studies	CSAM	EAES 497 Senior Seminar or EAES 402 Seminar in Sustainability Science	undecided
Sze Yan Liu	Assistant Professor	Public Health	CEHS	HLTH 506 Health Systems Research Health Professions	Canada or Brazil- TBC
Aihua Li	Professor	Mathematics	CSAM	MATH 495 Topics in Statistics for STEM Educators “Preparation for Industrial Careers in Mathematics”	undecided
Arnaud Kurze	Associate Professor	Justice Studies	CHSS	JUST 103 Introduction to International Justice	undecided- Japan, Balkan region, Germany, France, Spain, Northern Africa or the Middle East- TBC
Elizabeth Emery	Professor	World Languages and Cultures (French)	CHSS	undecided	undecided
Fawzia Afzal-Khan	Professor	English	CHSS	ENGL 117 World Literature: Voices of Tradition and Challenge	Pakistan, Morocco, undecided
Kathleen Bauer	Chair	Department of Nutrition and Food Studies	CEHS	NUFD 560 Nutrition Counseling for Diverse Population Groups	undecided
Robert Winston Taylor	Professor of Urban and Environmental Studies	Earth & Environmental Studies	CSAM	EAES 509 Current Issues in Sustainability Science	Vietnam
Teresa Fiore	Professor of Italian and Inserra Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies	World Languages and Cultures	CHSS	ITAL 111 Italian for Spanish speakers	Italy, then Argentina or Colombia
Antonella Calarota- Ninman	Spanish language coordinator and Instructional Specialist	Spanish and Latino Studies	CHSS	SPAN 135 Spanish for Heritage Speakers	Mexico
Jason Frasca	Entrepreneur-ship Instructor and Co-Director MIX Lab	Management	FSOB	ENTR 290 Advanced Topics: International Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Sustainability	Austria
John Soboslai	Assistant Professor	Religion	CHSS	Globalized Religious Cultures; International Unity and Diversity in Religious Practices	undecided
Kate E. Temoney	Assistant Professor	Religion	CHSS	RELG Religion and Human Rights	Belgium, England, undecided
Daniela Peterka- Benton	Associate Professor	Justice Studies	CHSS	JUST 355 Human Trafficking or Genocide, Global Crime, Comparative Criminal Justice Systems	Austria, undecided
Jean Alvares	Professor	Classics and General Humanities	CHSS	HUMN 202 General Humanities II	China, undecided

This year’s COIL Fellows are funded by: International Engagement in the Provost’s Office, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, the Department of Earth and Environmental Studies, the Department of Nutrition and Food Studies, and the Department of Mathematics.

COIL Fellows are pioneers and leaders of internationalization. The COIL Fellows Program offers:

Support and resources through Montclair State Offices of International Engagement and Faculty Advancement.
Intercultural Learning toolkits and materials
SUNY COIL Center Professional Development course
SUNY COIL Center Global Network of international faculty to establish partnerships
Access to SUNY COIL webinars, resources and toolkits
Participation in the inaugural MSU cohort of COIL Fellows community group meetings
Recognition through campus-wide announcements, news items and an achievement ceremony

COIL Fellows are expected to:

Actively participate in a SUNY COIL professional development course in Spring 2021
Actively participate in identifying a faculty partner from an international institution
Actively participate in COIL Fellow meetings and information sharing
Develop a COIL component into a course in Fall 2021 and/or Spring 2022
Communicate your COIL course and project plans to the COIL Coordinators
Promote COIL and cross-train faculty in your department, college and/or across campus
Serve as a mentor to faculty who wish to develop COIL in their courses

Please check the Montclair State COIL webpage as it continues to grow. https://www.montclair.edu/faculty-advancement/current-development-programs/collaborative-online-international-learning-coil/

As courses are developed, a list will be included along with an application in the summer for faculty who wish to join the next cohort. Faculty interested in developing a COIL module in their class outside of the COIL Fellows program are welcome to do so and should contact a COIL Coordinator for any questions and assistance.