Author: Nilufer Guler

Contributors Nila Akinyi, Gerardo Aponte-Safe, Elizabeth Asewe, Stefan Baumann, Delane Bender-Slack, Karen L. Biraimah, Natalie Bolton, Elisa Briga, Davide Capperucci, Jingxin Cheng, Melissa Collum, Sarah A. Coppersmith, Michelle D. Cude, Darla K. Deardorff, Nanda Dimitrov, Lorna Down, Nilufer Guler, Laura Boynton Hauerwas, Kimberly Howard, Corinna Howland, Sarah-Louise Jones, Agreement L. Jotia, Shea Kerkhoff, Florence Kisirkoi, Brianna Kurtz, Melissa Liles, Heather Linville, Beatrice N. Manyasi, Rose Mbewe, Rosalyn Mc Keown, Jill Newton, Andrew Petersen, Jo Ann Phillion, Ken Pritchard, Lankeu Reson, Ilaria Salvadori, Bima Sapkota, Ingrid Schudel, Alina Slapac, Laura L. Stachowski, Amara Stuehling, Carine E. Ullom, Shepherd Urenje, Carla Rey Vasquez, Lihong Wang, Miri Yemini, Chudi Zhou, Lili Zhou About the Editors Carine E. Ullom, Ph D, is the associate dean of instructional innovation at Ottawa University and serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Virtual Exchange. She has over 20 years’ experience implementing educational technology in higher education, having served in roles at The University of Kansas and St. Lawrence University (SLU) prior to joining Ottawa University. At SLU, she was the Director of the Language Resource Center. Her research focuses on the impact of GCTL on global identity development among preservice teachers. She is passionate about faculty development regarding developing the globally aware self and internationalization of higher education through embedding intercultural competence development and global awareness capacity building opportunities in courses and programs via virtual exchange. Nilufer Guler, Ed D, is director of the Ed D program and associate professor of education at Rockhurst University. Her research interests include teacher education, ELL education, and internationalization of teacher education. She was a Global Teacher Education fellow in 2017-18, and she was co-lead on a grant from the Longview Foundation for Promoting Internationalization of Teacher Education Through Faculty Development. Her book Optimizing Elementary Education for English Language Learners was published in 2018, and she is a co-editor for the Globalization of Teacher Education book series at Rowman & Littlefield. Guler also serves on the Global Diversity Committee of AACTE.