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Mailing Address & Phone Number

Division of Global Affairs
3391 Town Point Rd
Suite 2800
Kennesaw, GA 30144
470-578-6336 (phone)
470-578-9181 (fax)

Phone/Email Directory

The contact information for Division of Global Affairs staff is listed below. Please select the desired DGA unit to see a directory of their faculty and staff.

• DGA Administration
  • Name
    Title
    Phone Number
    Email Address
  • Ron Matson
    Senior Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
    470-578-6023
    rmatson@kennesaw.edu 
  • Binbin Jiang
    Executive Director
    470-578-7817
    bjiang@kennesaw.edu
  • Vivian Bonilla-Cruz
    Assistant to the Chief International Officer
    470-578-2569
    vbonill1@kennesaw.edu
  • Iyonka Strawn-Valcy
    Director, Education Abroad Office & Exchange Programs 
    470-578-7787 
    istrawnv@kennesaw.edu 
  • Kathryn Gaylord-Miles
    Director, International Student & Scholar Services
    470-578-4514
    kgaylor3@kennesaw.edu
  • Dan Paracka
    Director, Campus Internationalization
    470-578-6732
    dparacka@kennesaw.edu
  • Nuru Akinyemi
    Director, Center for African & African Diaspora Studies 
    470-578-3346
    nakinyem@kennesaw.edu
  • Michael Sweazey
    Director of Global Operations
    470-578-3785
    msweazey@kennesaw.edu
  • Nicole Ward
    Global Safety & Security Coordinator
    470-578-2714
    nward8@kennesaw.edu
  • Jennifer Hoosier
    Director, Intensive English Program 
    470-578-7674
    jhoosier@kennesaw.edu

  • Murali Venugopalan

    Director, International Grants and Recruitment
    470-578-2213
    mvenugop@kennesaw.edu 
  • Ashley Johnson 
    Director, Business Operations & Compliance
    470-578-7709
    ajohn363@kennesaw.edu
  • Ken Hill
    Site Manager, KSU in Tuscany Programs
    470-578-2366
    khill@kennesaw.edu 
  • Ken Jin 
    Director, KSU Confucius Institute 
    470-578-6048 
    kjin@kennesaw.edu
  • Serena Newhall
    Executive Director, CIFAL Atlanta
    470-578-5039
    snewhall@kennesaw.edu
  • Saundra Rogers 
    International Project Development Manager
    470-578-2429
    sroger12@kennesaw.edu
  • Renea Kokozaki
    Business Operations Manager
    470-578-2935
    pkokozak@kennesaw.edu
  • Anna Barnes
    Technology & Communications Manager
    470-578-2340
    abarn121@kennesaw.edu
  • Beth Porter
    Senior Accounting Specialist
    470-578-7627 
    mporte24@kennesaw.edu 
  • Toni James
    Accounting Professional I
    470-578-3957
    tjames16@kennesaw.edu
  • Maggie Scott
    Administrative Specialist
    470-578-2091
    mscott@kennesaw.edu
  • Dalila Coll-Flores
    Administrative Specialist
    470-578-2368
    dcollflo@kennesaw.edu
• Education Abroad
  • Name
    Title
    Phone Number
    Email Address
  • Iyonka Strawn-Valcy
    Director, Education Abroad & Exchanges
    470-578-7787
    istrawnv@kennesaw.edu
  • Tara McDuffie 
    Assistant Director of Education Abroad & Exchanges
    470-578-2672
    trolle2@kennesaw.edu
  • Nadine Jones
    Assistant Director of Outreach and Student Engagement
    470-578-2092
    njone119@kennesaw.edu
  • Nicole Meanor
    Senior Education Abroad Program Coordinator
    470-578-7629
    nmeanor@kennesaw.edu
  • Katherine Emslie
    Education Abroad Program Coordinator
    470-578-4953 
    kemslie@kennesaw.edu 
  • Andrea Henriquez
    Education Abroad Program Coordinator
    470-578-2416
    ahenriq2@kennesaw.edu 
  • Lola Owokoniran
    Education Abroad Program Coordinator
    470-578-3950
    lowokoni@kennesaw.edu
  • Cynthia Tatis
    International Programs Specialist
    470-578-3787
    ctatis@kennesaw.edu
  • Cassie Danekes
    Education Abroad Operations Coordinator
     470-578-2924
    cdanekes@kennesaw.edu
• International Student & Scholar Services
  • Name
    Title
    Phone Numer
    Email Address
  • Kathryn Gaylord-Miles
    Director, ISSSO
    470-578-4514
    kgaylor3@kennesaw.edu
  • Lissa Small
    Senior International Administrator
    470-578-6142
    lsmall@kennesaw.edu
  • Linda Sun
    Associate Director of International Articulation Programs
    678-915-3260
    lsun6@kennesaw.edu
  • Kenny Randolph
    F-1 & J-1 Visa Advisor
    470-578-3039
    krandol5@kennesaw.edu
  • Michele Miller
    J-1 Visa Coordinator
    470-578-2175
    mmiller@kennesaw.edu
  • Francelene Carmichael
    F-1 Student Advisor
    470-578-3165
    fvirgile@kennesaw.edu
• Confucius Institute
  • Name
    Title
    Phone Number
    Email Address
  • Ken Jin
    Director, Confucius Institute
    470-578-6048
    kjin@kennesaw.edu
  • Xiaoxiao Ji
    Program Manager
    470-578-2644
    xji2@kennesaw.edu 
  • Lai Ying Whitcomb
    Office Manager
    470-578-2571
    lwhitcom@kennesaw.edu
  • Bowen Wang
    Language Instructor & Research Assistant
    470-578-7618
    bwang17@kennesaw.edu 
  • Juncai Xu
    Language Instructor&Research Assistant
    470-578-2646
    jxu8@kennesaw.edu
  • Songqiao Yu
    Language Instructor&Research Assistant
    470-578-7618
    syu7@kennesaw.edu
• KSU in Tuscany
  • Name
    Title
    Phone Number
    Email Address
  • Ken Hill
    Site Director, KSU in Tuscany
    470-578-2366
    khill@kennesaw.edu
• College Directors
  • Name
    Title
    Phone Number
    Email Address
  • Sheb True
    Senior Intl Officer for Coles College of Business
    470-578-6076
    strue@kennesaw.edu
• Intensive English Program
  • Name
    Title
    Phone Number
    Email Address
  • Jennifer Hoosier
    Director of IEP & Lecturer of English
    470-578-7674
    jhoosier@kennesaw.edu
  • Murali Venugopalan
    Director of International Grants and Recruitment
    470-578-2213
    mvenugop@kennesaw.edu
  • Mark Carver
    Faculty Instructor
    470-578-2214
    mcarver8@kennesaw.edu
  • Rita Chakravorty
    ESOL Instructor
    470-578-2214
    rchakrav@kennesaw.edu
  • Daniel Ellingburg
    Intensive English FT Instructor 2
    470-578-4751 
    dellingb@kennesaw.edu
  • Marilyn Ponder
    Intensive English FT Instructor 3
    470-578-3071
    mponder5@kennesaw.edu
  • Monique Pooni
    Instensive English FT Instructor 4
    470-578-2214 
    mpooni@kennesaw.edu 
  • Lissa Small 
    Program Coordinator
    470-578-2214
    small@kennesaw.edu 
  • Sarah Moody
    Administrative Associate
    470-578-2214
     smoody19@kennesaw.edu
• University Faculty Committee on Global Engagement
  • Name
    Title
    Phone Number
    Email Address
  • Ron Matson
    Global Engagement Chair
    470-578-6023
    rmatson@kennesaw.edu 
  • Douglas Moodie
    Faculty Represenative, Coles College
    470-578-3333
    dmoodie@kennesaw.edu
  • Ermal Shpuza
    Faculty Represenative, College of Architecture & Construction Management
    678-915-3968
    eshpuza@kennesaw.edu
  • Jason Rhodes
    Faculty Represenative, College of Humanities & Social Sciences
    470-578-3504
    jrhode22@kennesaw.edu
  • Joseph Dirnberger
    Faculty Represenative, College of Math & Science
    470-578-6546
    jdirnber@kennesaw.edu
  • Phil Kiernan
    Faculty Represenative, College of the Arts
    470-578-3302
    pkierna1@kennesaw.edu
  • Hai Ho
    Faculty Represenative, Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering & Engineering Technology
    678-915-7308
    hho3@kennesaw.edu
  • David Schmidt
    Faculty Represenative, University College
    470-578-6377
    dschmidt@kennesaw.edu
  • Christie Emerson
    Faculty Represenative, WellStar College of Health & Human Services
    470-578-6071
    cemerson@kennesaw.edu
  • Stacy Delacruz
    Faculty Represenative, Bagwell College of Education
    470-578-2542
    sdelacru@kennesaw.edu
  • Vacant
    Faculty Represenative, College of Computing & Software Engineering
    n/a
    n/a
  • Thomas Pusateri 
    Standing Ex Officio Faculty, Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning
    470-578-6410 
    tpusater@kennesaw.edu
  • Dan Paracka
    Standing Ex Officio Faculty, Campus Internationalization
    470-578-6732 
    dparacka@kennesaw.edu 
  • Binbin Jiang
    Standing Ex Officio Faculty, Global Affairs
     470-578-7817
     
  • Iyonka Strawn-Valcy
    Standing Ex Officio Staff, Education Abroad
    470-578-7787
    istrawnv@kennesaw.edu
  • Vacant
    Office of Diversity and Inclusion
    n/a
    n/a
• Education Abroad Faculty Standing Committee
  • Name
    Title
    Phone Number
    Email Address
  • Iyonka Strawn-Valcy
    Education Abroad Liaison, Division of Global Affairs
    470-578-7787
    istrawnv@kennesaw.edu
  • Nyasha GuramatunhuCooper
    Education Abroad Liaison, University College
    470-578-6207
    nguramat@kennesaw.edu
  • Glen Meades
    Education Abroad Liaison, College of Science & Mathematics 
    470-578-7915
    gmeades@kennesaw.edu
  • Tara McDuffie 
    Education Abroad Liaison, Division of Global Affairs 
    470-578-2672 
    trolle2@kennesaw.edu 
  • Nadine Jones
    Education Abroad Liaison, Division of Global Affairs 
    470-578-2092
    njone119@kennesaw.edu 
  • Belinda Edwards
    Education Abroad Liaison, Bagwell College
    470-578-4727
    bedwards@kennesaw.edu
  • Johnathan Steppe 
    Education Abroad Liaison, WellStar College 
    470-578-6992 
    jds5583@kennesaw.edu 
  • Ernesto Silva
    Education Abroad Liaison, College of Humanities & Social Sciences 
    470-578-3208 
    esilva@kennesaw.edu
  • Wenhua Jin 
    Education Abroad Liaison, College of Humanities & Social Sciences
    470-578-2387
    wjin@kennesaw.edu
  • Edward Eanes
    Education Abroad Liaison, College of the Arts 
    470-578-3302
    eeanes@kennesaw.edu
  • Paul Parker
    Education Abroad Liaison, Enrollment Services 
    470-578-7883 
    pparke25@kennesaw.edu
  • Michael Sanseviro
    Education Abroad Liaison, Division of Student Affairs
    470-578-6310 
    msansevi@kennesaw.edu 
  • Marietta Monaghan 
    Education Abroad Liaison, College of Architecture & Construction Management 
    470-578-7390
    mmonagh3@kennesaw.edu 
  • Tien Yee
    Education Abroad Liaison, College of Engineering and Engineering Technology
     678-915-3019
    tyee@kennesaw.edu
  • Keith Tudor
    Education Abroad Liaison, Coles College of Business 
    470-578-6242 
    ktudor@kennesaw.edu
  • Rai Sookram
    Education Abroad Liaison, Office of Budget & Planning
    470-578-2544
    rsookra2@kennesaw.edu
  • Nuru Akinyemi
    Education Abroad Liaison, Division of Global Affairs
    470-578-3346
    nakinyem@kennesaw.edu
  • Kami Anderson
    Education Abroad Liaison, Honors College
    470-578-3934
    kande139@kennesaw.edu
  • Patrick Bobbie
    Education Abroad Liaison, College of Computing and Software Engineering
     470-578-3810
    pbobbie@kennesaw.edu
• CIFAL Atlanta
  • Name
    Title
    Phone Number
    Email Address
  • Serena Newhall
    Executive Director, CIFAL Atlanta
    470-578-5039
    snewhall@kennesaw.edu
  • Brittany Foutz
     Program Coordinator
    470-578-5039
    bfoutz1@kennesaw.edu