The Center for Global Learning and Engagement offers the Global Learning Institute (GLI) as an annual professional development workshop for faculty and staff in collaboration with the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Academic Leadership (CETAL).
2026 Global Learning Institute
The two-day workshop primarily focuses on Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL). It also includes topics related to education abroad and implementing global learning and SDGs in the curriculum.
Global Learning Fellows
Faculty from all six UCA colleges have completed the GLI since its inception in 2021:
- College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
- College of Business
- College of Education
- College of Health and Behavioral Sciences
- College of Science and Engineering
- Honors College
Faculty who complete the annual GLI are expected to add a COIL project to an existing course. Since spring 2022, 21 UCA faculty have collaborated with international partners from 12 countries on five continents.
Eleven Global Learning Fellows have earned the Distinguished COIL Fellow designation for completing two or more COIL projects. A Distinguished COIL Fellow co-created the CETAL Global Learning and Internationalization Reading Group in 2022. The reading group has since evolved into a research group.
- Cokey Allen, School of Communication
- Donna Bowman, Honors College
- Michelle Buchanan, Art & Design
- Christine Case, School of Language and Literature
- Erin Garrett, School of Nursing
- Ellen Hostetter, Honors College
- Jihoon Jhang, Marketing and Management
- Saadia Lawton, Art and Design
- Marsha Massey, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Arnaud Tcheutou, School of Language and Literature
- Guo-ou Zhuang, School of Language and Literature
- Evan Faidley, Leadership Studies
- Samira Nichols, Computer Information Systems & Analytics
- Jennifer Rospert, Art & Design
- Stefanie Sorbet, Elementary, Literacy, and Special Education
- Sunjung Kim Thao, Communication Sciences & Disorders
- Brigid Appiah Otoo, Computer Information Systems & Analytics
- Jia Zhu, School of Language and Literature
- Clayton Crockett, Philosophy & Religion
- Crystal Harris, English
- Heather Martens, Psychology & Counseling
- Aaran Mattson, School of Communication
- Ruby Mongno, School of Communication
- Leslie Macklin Rice, Art & Design
- Erin Shaw, Leadership Studies
- Zach Smith, History
- Chris Craun, History
- Leticia de la Garza, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Academic Leadership
- Huiqiong Duan, Economics
- Taine Duncan, Philosophy & Religious Studies
- Allison Freed, Leadership Studies
- Yaqian He, Geography
- Leah Horton, Honors College
- Michael Kithinji, History
- Katelyn Knox, French
- Brittany Saviers, Occupational Therapy
- Tom Snyder, Economics
- Guo-ou Zhuang, Chinese Calligraphy
- Riva Brown, School of Communication
- Denise Demers, Health Sciences
- Adam Frank, Honors College
- Adriian Gardner, School of Communication
- Cindy Lea, Honors College
- Catherine Miller, Education
- Adele Okoli, French
- Brent Shires, Music
- Angela Webster, Institutional Diversity & Inclusion
GLI History
GLI agendas are linked below: