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Meet the IGP team


Melissa Armstrong

Director

Melissa specializes in promoting diversity in STEM and business fields, upon which she has published three articles. Melissa is an NAU President Achievement Award winner and active in the study of non-violence.
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Priscilla “Pri” Palavicini

Assistant Director

Region Lead: French and German 
Pri combines her own background, diversity, and professional experience, to support and empower students in their international education journeys. Pri is committed to further the growth of the IGP ecosystem with a focus on creating a positive impact on students’ well-being and the enrichment of their cultural and academic experiences while participating in their study abroad programs.
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Melinda Marquardt

Coordinator, Sr.

Region Lead: Chinese & Japanese
Melinda passionately believes cultural exchange can bring peace and understanding to nations and communities worldwide. Using her experience working in Japan and her background in intercultural relations, Melinda strives to encourage her IGP students to use cultural awareness and empathy in their everyday lives and future global careers.
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Saki Wakabayashi

LEAP Intern

Yuhang Hu

Graduate Assistant


IGP Faculty Coordinators

IGP works closely with Faculty Coordinators that represent the academic colleges of NAU that make up IGP.  Their role is to integrate NAU’s curricular components while promoting the interdisciplinary thinking unique to IGP.


Karen Lopez Alonzo

Karen López-Alonzo

IGP Faculty Coordinator; Assistant Teaching Professor

Department of Global Languages and Cultures, Spanish
Karen López Alonzo work is devoted to teaching Spanish language variation and its application for career development. Her work with IGP students highlights the impact of understanding language diversity and varieties of Spanish in the world, particularly, in Latin America and the U.S. In addition, her research and publications have focused on Sociolinguistics, Phonetics, Spanish in Language contact situations, and Heritage Spanish in the U.S.
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