Experiential Geography: mapping Diversity Awareness Profile

1. Experiential Geography: mapping Diversity Awareness Profile

2. What is the Diversity Awareness Profile? Cultural Adaptation Leveraging Study Abroad in a Job Interview Funding Why should geographers study abroad?

3. What is the Diversity Awareness Profile? It is a tool to gauge the change in student perception. It was used in my Title IV grant from the U.S. Department of Education Programs for International Education for three years. Diversity Awareness Profile was used at pre-departure and post-departure. Over 530 surveys were collected from October 2001 to June 2007. [There are better and newer measurement tools. Please refer to a list compiled by Alvino E. Fantini.]

4. Adaptation Surface Adjustment W Honeymoon Rejection Backsliding Taken from Transcultural Odysseys by Germaine Shames [1997]

5. Leveraging Study Abroad in Your Job Interview [University of Minnesota] • Sell this to students as a résumé boost: • Display an international institution or experience • Discuss your flexibility and ability to handle change and complications • Demonstrate new language or cultural skills

6. Funding: • Institute of International Education • http://www.iie.org/ • Fulbright: http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html • Gilman; http://www.iie.org//programs/gilman/index.html • NSEP: National Security Education Program • Rotary International: • http://www.rotary.org/en/StudentsAndYouth/Pages/ridefault.aspx • University [Does the foreign institution have work-study?] • College • Consortium Affiliate [matching funds?] • Alumni donors

7. Why should geographers study abroad? What is meant by Experiential Geography? Questions?