Adrian Beaulieu - Dean of International Studies

Dean Beaulieu at the Dead Sea in Israel

Academic Background         

• The George Washington University, Washington, D.C. - Ed.S., Higher Education Administration
•  The Graduate Theological Union - Jesuit School of Theology, Berkeley, CA - S.T.L. (Licentiate in Sacred Theology), History and Theology of Christian Ritual
•  The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. - M.A., Theology
•  The College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA - B.A., Cum Laude, Psychology

As at other leading private colleges, education abroad is an integral component of the undergraduate academic experience today at Providence College. Across all disciplines, we are striving to help students integrate what they learn on study abroad with their major and courses on campus. In sum, we want to produce graduates who will possess the knowledge, skills, and attitudes they will need to be competent and successful in their careers and personal lives. At the Center for International Studies, we see our mission then as providing all our students with the study abroad opportunities best suited to help them in this transformation.

Professional Experience

• Providence College, Providence, RI
  Dean of International Studies, 2007 - Present
• Smith College, Northampton, MA
   Associate Dean for International Study, 2000-2007
• The George Washington University, Washington, DC
   Director for Study Abroad, 1996-2000
• The George Washington University - The Elliott School of International Affairs
  Director for Academic Advising & Student Services, 1990-1996

• Fulbright Award: US-Korea International Education Administrators' Program, June 2000

• Presenter, "Being Proactive in an Economically Reactive Time," 50th Anniversary International Educators Conference of the Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS), Copenhagen, Denmark, June 2009
• Presenter, "Campus Financial Meltdown: The Coming Tsunami in Study Abroad?" annual conference of the University Continuing Education Association, Global Associates International Symposium, Boston, MA, April 2009
• Presenter, "Being Proactive in an Economically Reactive Time," Roundtable session, annual conference of The Forum on Education Abroad, Portland, OR, February 2009

• Peer Reviewer, The Forum on Education Abroad Quality Improvement Program (QUIP), 2008-Present
• The Forum on Education Abroad, Working Group on the Code of Ethics for Education Abroad, 2007-Present
• Editorial Board, Abroad View magazine, 2002-2004; 2005-Present
  
  

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Katherine Jacobs - Study Abroad Coordinator and International Student Advisor

Katherine holds a B.A. in East Asian Studies from Colby College and an M.A. in Intercultural Relations from Lesley University.  She worked in both California and the United Kingdom as a study abroad advisor before coming to Providence College, and is the primary contact for both study abroad students and international students and scholars on the F-1 and J-1 visas.  Katherine hopes all PC students take the opportunity to learn as much as possible about the world around them to attain global understanding and an appreciation of cultural differences.

Denise Miller - Administrative Coordinator

Prior to coming to the Center for International Studies, Denise worked for six years in the Off-Campus Housing office.  Having a daughter who studied abroad in Australia, Denise experienced first-hand what the entire process entails for students, to say nothing of the parental anxiety such an experience often generates.  As a result, Denise is well qualified to ease the fears or concerns of students going on study abroad and those of their parents.