International opportunities for faculty and staff

NAU faculty-led programs provide NAU students winter, spring break, and summer opportunities to study or do fieldwork abroad while also offering professional development to NAU faculty leaders. To receive our proposal guidelines, please contact the NAU Led coordinator.

2023 – 2024 proposal deadlines based on term

• Winter 2023-2024 proposals are due April 15, 2023
• Spring break 2024 proposal are due August 1, 2023
• Summer 2024 proposal are due October 1, 2023 (preferred by August 1 if faculty would like to advertise their program at the study abroad fair in late August)

Faculty-led program proposal workshops

To introduce interested faculty to the proposal process, Education Abroad will host program proposal workshops during the Spring 2023 semester. Those wishing to plan a NAU Led program are welcome to contact our NAU Led coordinator any time during the year.

The University Studies Abroad Consortium (USAC) is an NAU partner provider that hosts faculty and professional staff from member universities to teach abroad. Academic faculty support NAU’s departmental and campus internationalization by by teaching abroad, establishing contacts with foreign colleagues, developing relationships for research, enhancing their own foreign language skills, supporting study abroad and international education at NAU, and diversifying course curriculum.

USAC Visiting Professors teach two classes during semester programs abroad or one class during the summer term. Semester applicants and those on 12-month contracts must have Department Chair/Dean approval.

We are happy to expand this program from 2023 to eighteen (18) VP spots for Summer 2024. Deadline to apply is June 1, 2023. Selected applicants will be notified by August 1.

USAC will award the selected VPs a flat, $5,000 stipend. This stipend is compensation for teaching and goes toward expenses (i.e. flight, housing, meals, etc.). VPs will make and pay for all their own travel and personal arrangements. USAC will assist with finding housing. International health insurance coverage via CISI at the same level as our students will be included and paid for by USAC.

There is a minimum requirement of at least five (5) students enrolled before the course (and thus the VP participation) will be confirmed. Faculty selected as VP are required to actively assist in student recruitment on U.S. campuses and beyond.

Courses are as follows:

• Alicante, Spain – Summer Session 2 (July)– Intercultural Communication in Professional Contexts (ENG/COMM, 300-level, 3 credits, taught in English)
• Bengaluru, India – Summer Session (June)– Gandhi and Peace Studies (HIST/SOC, 300-level, 3 credits, taught in English)
• Bilbao, Spain – Summer Session 2 (July)– Corporate Finance (FIN/BUS, 300-level, 3 credits, taught in English)
• Chiang Mai, Thailand – Summer Session 1 (July)– International Organizational Behavior (BUS/MGMT, 400-level, 3 credits, taught in English)
• Heredia, Costa Rica – Summer Session 2 (July)– Intercultural Communication (COMM, 400-level, 3 credits, taught in English)
• La Habana, Cuba – Summer Session (July)– Latin American Social Revolutions (HIST/POLI, 400-level, 3 credits, taught in English)
• London, England – Summer Session (July)– Social Entrepreneurship (BUS, 400-level, 3 credits, taught in English)
• Lüneburg, Germany – Summer Session 2 (July)– The European Union: Processes, Dynamics, and Structures (ECON/POLI, 400-level, 3 credits, taught in English)
• Madrid, Spain – Summer Session 2 (July)– Gender and Communication (COMM, 400-level, 3 credits, taught in English)
• Montevideo, Uruguay – Summer Session (June)– Government and Politics in Latin America (POLI, 400-level, 3 credits, taught in English)
• Pau, France – Summer Session 1 (June)– Sustainability in France/Europe (ENV/GEOG/PSC, 300-level, 3 credits, taught in English)
• Prague, Czech Republic – Summer Session 2 (July)– The Holocaust: Twentieth-Century Jewish Studies (HIST/SOC, 400-level, 3 credits, taught in English)
• Reggio Emilia, Italy – Summer Session 2 (July)– Health and Wellness Communication (HLTH/COMM, 300-level, 3 credits, taught in English)
• San Ramón, Costa Rica – Summer Session 2 (July)– Ecology and Population Biology (BIO/ENVS, 300-level, 3 credits, taught in English)
• Santiago, Chile – Summer Session 2 (July)– Peace, Conflict, and Democracy in Latin America (HIST/POLI, 300-level, 3 credits, taught in English)
• Torino, Italy – Summer Session 2 (July)– International Strategic Management (BUS/MGMT, 400-level, 3 credits, taught in English)
• Verona, Italy – Summer Session 2 (July)– Marketing Principles (BUS/MKTG, 200-level, 3 credits, taught in English)
• Viterbo, Italy – Summer Session 1 (June)– Food and Culture (ANTH/NUTR, 400-level, 3 credits, taught in English)

SUBMIT your application before the deadline!  For more information, contact the Director of Education Abroad.

The University Studies Abroad Consortium (USAC) is an NAU partner provider that hosts faculty and professional staff from member universities to teach abroad. Faculty International Development Awards (FIDA) offers faculty and professional staff the opportunity to experience a USAC program as a participant in summer language programs. No previous language study is required. Participants are expected to assist in the promotion and recruitment of Education Abroad to NAU students upon return. For more information, contact the Director of Education Abroad.