The International Studies Academic Advisory Board (ISAAB) consists of faculty and staff with expertise in international themes and areas of the world. They provide faculty/staff governance of the International Studies program.
Current members of ISAAB are:
Ari Ariel
Director, International Studies Program
Associate Professor of Instruction in History and International Studies
Aron Aji (Division of World Languages, Literatures and Cultures)
Director of Literary Translation
Sokhieng Au (Global Health Studies)
Interim Director and Lecturer, Global Health Studies
Amber Brian (Latin American Studies)
Associate Professor of Spanish; Director of Latin American Studies Program
Aniruddha Dutta (South Asian Studies)
Associate Professor in Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies and Asian and Slavic Languages and Literature
Jo Butterfield (International Human Rights)
Student and Education Support Specialist & Certificate Advisor in the UI Center for Human Rights; Adjunct Associate Professor in History
Margaret Carrel (Global Resources and the Environment)
Associate Professor in Geography and Sustainability Sciences
Susan Chambers
Senior Academic Advisor in the Academic Advising Center
Brett Cloyd
Social Sciences and Public Policy Librarian in the Main Library
Anny Curtius (Caribbean Studies)
Associate Professor in French and Italian
Armando Duarte
Professor of Dance
Brian Farrell (International Human Rights)
Lecturer in Law; Director, Citizen Lawyer Program; and Associate Director, Center for Human Rights
Meredith Mahy Gall
International Studies Academic Advisor
Peter Gerlach
Summer Institute Coordinator in the International Writing Program; Adjunct Assistant Professor in International Studies
James Giblin (African Studies)
Professor in History
Joy Hayes (International Communication and Info)
Associate Professor in Communication Studies
Choi Hyaeweol
Chair of Korean Studies, Professor in Religious Studies
Erin Johnson
Associate Professor of Instruction of Management and Entrepreneurship
Kristy Nabhan-Warren
Interim DEO of the Division of Interdisciplinary Programs; Professor in Religious Studies and Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies
Yasmine Ramadan (Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies)
Associate Professor of Arabic
Ana Rodriguez Rodriguez (European Studies)
Professor in Spanish & Portuguese
Sujatha Sosale (Development)
Associate Professor in Journalism and Mass Communication
Sang-Seok Yoon (East Asian Studies)
Associate Professor of Instruction in Korean; Korean Program Coordinator
Michael Žmolek
Lecturer in International Studies and History