1 Catherine Meschievitz
Florida Atlantic University Office of International Programs
777 Glades Road Boca Raton, FL 33431
PH: 561-297-1039 Email: cmeschie@fau.edu
Education 1986 Ph.D. Modern South Asian History University of Wisconsin-Madison
“Civil Litigation and Judicial Policy in the Madras Presidency 1800-1843” 1979 J.D. University of Wisconsin Law School
1973 M.A. History University of Wisconsin-Madison
1972 B.A. History (Honors) University of Wisconsin-Madison Employment February 2006-date
Director, Office of International Programs Florida Atlantic University
(also an affiliate of the Department of History) July 1990-February 2006
Division of International Studies University of Wisconsin-Madison
Interim Director International Academic Programs, Fall 2005 Associate Director, International Institute 1997-2006
Associate Dean 1998-2006 Assistant Dean 1990-1998 August 1986-June 1990
Associate Director, Institute for Legal Studies University of Wisconsin Law School
University International Education, Study Abroad, Exchanges, Institutional
Administrative Agreements, Strategic Planning, Interdisciplinary Program Formation and Expertise Areas Management, Extramural Grant Writing and Management
Key Accomplishments In Undergraduate
Education •Rebuilt the advising network at FAU for undergraduate students targeting Boren, Gilman and Fulbright grants for study abroad, and creating our own OIP study abroad scholarship program
2 •Created 4 year “Go Global Give Local Program” at FAU which enrolled cohorts of
freshmen each year in a Freshman Learning Community, and engaged them in a series of service learning projects in Florida and while abroad (terminated due to budget cuts) •Located and built new exchange and direct enroll options for FAU students in multiple countries (e.g. England, Spain, Italy, France, China, Japan, Israel, India, Turkey and Thailand)
•Helped FAU faculty create new faculty led programs in brain science computer interface, engineering, architecture, urban planning, nursing, and social work •Helped write and manage the Dept. of Education Asian Studies grant ($200,000) to develop undergraduate courses and faculty research projects at FAU (2009-2013) •Created the new domestic away study option for FAU students with Colby-Sawyer College in New Hampshire
•Strengthened the International Studies Major (BA degree) at UW-Madison
•Secured recurring federal grant support to enhance undergraduate courses for East Asian, European, Middle East and Global Studies at UW-Madison
•Secured new annual state funds of $350,000 for new undergraduate International Education initiatives at the UW-Madison
•Created study abroad internships for UW Madison students at the Japan Central Railway
•Created the Diplomat in Residence Program at UW Madison which hosted Swiss Ambassador Alfred Defago in the International Studies Major for 10 years
Key Accomplishments In Graduate
Education •Built abroad programs for FAU graduate students from diverse fields including arts and letters, education, engineering, chemistry, architecture, nursing, social work and urban planning
•Helped create a new International Visiting Professorship for the PhD in Comparative Studies at FAU (2007-2009)
•Advised on the creation of a new Double Degree Program in graduate engineering fields for FAU and the University of Tokushima, Japan
•Advised on the development of a new MS in Global Health and Bioethics at FAU (canceled due to budget cuts)
•Raised annual funding for UW-Madison graduate students through the Department of Education FLAS Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowships (NRCs and FLAS funding) •Created several graduate focused global programs that became constitutent members of the UW-Madison International Institute (research circles, European Union Center and Midwest Center for German and European Studies)
3 Selected Coordinator and Member, FAU Task Force on International Education, Spring
Professional 2012, and AY 2012-2013; main author of the Task Force Reports of June 2013, June 2014 Service and January 2015.
at FAU
Member of the Steering Committee of the Florida Consortium for International Education (FCIE) (2013-date)
Member of the planning group and current coordinating manager for the new ”Program for Academic Readiness” (PAR) program which creates a linked conditional admission and intensive English program for talented international students seeking FAU degrees; PAR was launched in Fall 2013 with a starting cohort of students from Brazil, South Korea and Russia (2012-date); PAR now serves Navitas students in the first Level A for those who need intensive English.
Invited to serve on the Provost Office ad hoc committee on recruiting students from Latin America
Coordinated institutional partnership development activities for FAU highlighted by two major efforts: (a) participation in the IIE India Initiative in 2010 and 2011, and (b) the development of new ties and delegation travel to Turkey in 2013-2014 (see grants section)
Member of the QEP committee on co-curricular activities to promote research and inquiry in study abroad programs, and the Strategic Plan sub-committee for measuring aspects of experiential learning activities such as study abroad (2013-2015)
Co-Coordinator for the Quality Enhancement Plan pre-proposal (one of three finalists) for “Experiential Learning: Study Abroad and Academic Service Learning” for FAU’s SACS Reaccreditation process (Spring 2011)
Member and Co-Coordinator, FAU International Education Working Group (2010-2011) Coordinator, American Council on Germany Warburg Chapter in Boca Raton, FL (March 2011 - date)
FAU Fellowship Advisor for the Fulbright US Student Program, Gilman Study Abroad Awards and the Boren Scholarships and Fellowships for Study Abroad (2009-date); added the new Schwarzman Scholar Program to this list of prestigious awards for students in summer 2015
Member, FAU Innovation and Entrepreneurship Working Group (2010) Chair and Convener, FAU Council on International Education (2006 – date)
4 Member, FAU Study Abroad Safety and Security Committee (2007-date)
Team Member for the FAU Research Division Competition to fund a multi-year research collaborative on “International Human Rights” (Spring 2010)
Organized 9-12 Grade Teacher Education Workshops at FAU for the European Union Center of Excellence located at Florida International University and the University of Miami, as part of the EU Center’s Florida Network (May 2009, and August 2014), and similar workshops for Asian Studies on Ancient China, Ancient Near East, Chinese Language Teaching and Ancient South Asia (April 2011 to January 2012)
Member of the Search Committee for the Director of the FAU Office of International Students and Scholar Services Fall 2008
Member Florida Council for International Education (FCIE) Working Group to prepare proposal for new state support for expanded language instruction and increased study abroad programming in Florida colleges and universities, Fall 2006 (not pursued due to State of Florida budget woes)
Member, Florida Israel Institute Board of Directors (2006-2009) (FII was closed at FAU in
2009)
Selected Member UW-Madison Strategic Planning Committee representing the Division Professional of International Studies and the international education priority (one of five main Service at the campus priorities for over 10 years) (1995-2006)
UW-Madison
Divisional liaison to the UW Madison’s Global Health Program, the Global Legal Studies Initiative, and the Language Institute (2002-2006)
Member ex officio of the Academic Planning Council of the UW Madison College of Arts and Sciences (1995-2006)
Member UW Madison Chancellor’s Collegiate Licensing Committee (1999-2000) Member UW Madison Response Team for the Wisconsin International Trade Council Survey of International Education
Executive Secretary for the Consortium on Globalization, Law, and Social Sciences (CONGLASS) 1992-1996, organized multiple international research networks and international meetings of the networks in Spain, Scotland, Canada, and the USA
5 Academic Areas Modern South Asian History, Legal Cultures, US-European
of Interest Relations, International Studies, Globalization, Global Higher Education Trends
Recent Essays “International Student Recruitment through Pathway Programs-A Work in Progress,” And Talks with Dr. Mihaela Metianu, Florida Consortium on International Education conference
(Orlando) September 25-26, 2014
Panel presentation on “Study Abroad to Israel”, at the Florida Consortium on International Education conference (Orlando) September 28, 2012
“Meeting the Global Imperative: International Education
Activities at FAU” January 2011 (available to download from this URL:
http://www.fau.edu/goabroad/pdf/Meeting_the_Global_Imperative_2011.pdf)
Panel Presentation on “The Global Imperative for Higher Education: International Initiatives at FAU” at the FAU College of Education Global Education Symposium 2010: Learning and Leadership in a Diverse World held in Boca Raton, FL April 17, 2010
“Study Abroad and Global Citizenship” remarks presented at the Freshman Forum at the FAU Honors College on November 9, 2007 to kick off International Education Week November 12-16, 2007.
Publications “Portfolio Management” in NAFSA Guide to Education Abroad, 4th Edition (in Section V), print and on-line publication formats by NAFSA, pp. 301-313, Fall 2014.
“Globalization and the University: Challenges and Responses” in the UW-Madison semi-annual newsletter Communiqué, Spring 2001 pp. 2-5
“Efficacious or Precarious? Comments on the Processing and Resolution of Medical Malpractice Claims in the United States” 1994:3 Annals of Health Law 123 (1994) Beyond Disputing: Exploring Legal Cultures in Five European Countries, volume edited with Konstanze Plett (Baden Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 1991); co-author with Plett of the “Introduction – Putting Dispute Resolution Research and Theory in Context,” in the same volume pp. 9-29.
Mediating Medical Malpractice Claims in Wisconsin: A Final Report, monograph
produced by the Disputes Processing Research Program, Madison, November 1991. pp. 53.
6 “Mediation and Medical Malpractice: Problems with Definition and Implementation,” 54:2 Law and Contemporary Problems 101-122 (1991)
“New Research on Medical Malpractice Disputing Underway,” NIDR FORUM Newsletter Summer/Fall 1991, pp. 10-14.
“In Search of Nyaya Panchayats: The Politics of a Moribund Institution,” with Marc Galanter in The Politics of Informal Justice: Vol 2 Comparative Studies, Edited by Richard Abel (New York: Academic Press, 1982) pp. 47-77.
Professional Association of Asian Studies
Memberships American Council on Germany (Boca Raton Chapter Coordinator) Forum on International Education (institutional)
Florida Consortium on International Education (institutional) Institute for International Education (institutional)
Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA) (institutional) Wisconsin State Bar (admitted to practice law October 1979)
(NB: My NAFSA membership was sacrificed in 2009 due to budget cuts so my advising
staff could maintain their memberships and benefits; I attended NAFSA 2010 as a non member and will continue to do so as needed)
Extramural Grants Institutional Awards
--Istanbul Cultural Center of South Florida and the Turkish American Chamber of Commerce support for the September 2013 FAU 10 person delegation travel to Turkey for university partnership exploration; a second delegation of 8 faculty and staff
supported in June 2014; travel support in-country was worth approximately $50,000 for both delegations.
--2010-2012 US Department of Education Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Languages (UISFL) $200,000 curriculum grant for Asian Studies at FAU, member of team to write the grant and OIP office is managing some grant activities (grant was reduced to $150,000 in 2011 due to federal budget cuts)
--2010 Institute for International Education (IIE) IAPP India Initiative $5,500 grant for Dr. Meschievitz to travel in the IAPP India Study Tour in November 2010; FAU was one of ten schools selected to participate in 2010-2011 to help develop new strategic
partnerships in India; Dr. Meschievitz coordinated the process and the FAU India Task Force
--Florida Humanities Council $2,000 to support the visit to FAU of Sir Tipene O’Regan in Fall 2008
--1998-2007 DAAD funds for the Center for German and European Studies $1.35 million --1998-2003 Ford Foundation Crossing Borders/Area Studies $400,000
--1994-1997 Ford Foundation Graduate Training Awards $75,000
--1994-1999 MacArthur Foundation Consortium on Peace and International Cooperation (Wisconsin, Stanford, Minnesota) $2.6 million
7 --1993 US AID Rule of Law in Russia $77,000
--1990-2006 helped area studies programs at UW Madison garner recurring Title VI National Resource Center grants worth an average of $250,000-450,000/year including FLAS language fellowship support; three year cycle totals in 2003-2006 alone were in excess of $12 million for eight national centers
Personal Awards
--American Council of Germany support for attending the ACG Warburg Chapter Directors’ conference in San Diego, CA January 24-26, 2014 (est. grant of $1,200)
--DAAD invited guest at the Fall 2012 meetings on “US-German Transatlantic Education,” New York, October 2012 (est. grant of $1,500)
--DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) award ($3,000) to participate in the Germany Today 2009 Program (June 6-13, 2009 in Germany)
--1988-1990 State Justice Institute grant to study medical malpractice mediation panels in Wisconsin $109,000
--July 1988 Visiting Scholar at the University of Bremen Zentrum fuer Europaische Rechtspolitik (ZERP)
--1980-1982 Social Science Research Council dissertation grant for India, London and Madison
--1980-1982 American Institute for Indian Studies Junior Fellow Awards (India)
--1980-1981 Fulbright International Doctoral Dissertation Award for India and London --1977-78 University of California-Berkeley Professional Studies Program grant to study at the Indian Law Institute and Delhi University
Awards April 2004 Wisconsin Alumni Association Academic Staff Award for Excellence in Leadership
Member CIC Academic Leadership Program 1995-1996
