Staff Abroad

USAC programs offer on-site staff and support at varying levels depending on the program. Learn more about on-site staff on the program pages.

USAC Specialty Programs

Specialty programs feature full-time, on-site support from USAC Resident Directors, staff, and faculty. Resident Directors run and manage the entire program on-site including academics, hiring, planning, emergency support, and more.

Program Location	Resident Directors
Brazil: Florianópolis	Renato Carvalho
Chile: Santiago	Jorge Molina
China: Chengdu	Wentao Song
China: Shanghai	You Sha (Lucia)
Costa Rica: Heredia	Carlos Oviedo
Costa Rica: Puntarenas	Dr. Carlos Salas
Costa Rica: San Ramón	Dr. Carlos Salas
Cuba: La Habana	Sebastian Bombi
Czech Republic: Prague	Jan Stodola
England: London (Summer)	Ellie Yannas
France: Lyon	Stefano Pizzetti
France: Pau	Robina Müller
Germany: Lüneburg	Dr. Stefanie Seewald
Ghana: Accra	Abigail Thompson
India: Bengaluru	Smriti Chhabra
Ireland: Cork (Summer)	Mary Steele
Ireland: Galway (Summer)	Dr. Mark Quigley
Italy: Reggio Emilia	Simona Lai
Italy: Torino	Eliana Silvestro
Italy: Verona	Irene Fanini
Italy: Viterbo	Francesca Del Giudice
Poland, Kraków	Agnieszka Nowak
Spain: Alicante	Luis Fernández Rellán
Spain: Bilbao/Getxo	Dr. Ibon Zamanillo Elguezabal
Spain: Madrid	Álvaro Carredano
Spain: San Sebastián	Dr. Patricia O'Connor
Spain: Valencia	Sara Elso
Thailand: Chiang Mai	Chaidarun "Jum" Tippawan
Thailand: Khon Kaen	Chaidarun "Jum" Tippawan
Uruguay: Montevideo	Sebastian Bombi

USAC Partnership Programs

Partnership programs feature support from the host university and international programs offices.

Program Location	Program Directors
Australia: Gold Coast and Brisbane	Julie Lambert and Rebecca Cozens
Australia: Melbourne, Geelong, Warrnambool	Jennifer Mendes
England: Brighton	Mary Jones
England: Bristol	David Line Ellie Yannas (USAC Resident Director)
England: London (Semester)	Sue Wharton Ellie Yannas (USAC Resident Director)
England: Reading	Marcus Dowse Ellie Yannas (USAC Resident Director)
Ireland: Cork (Semester)	Marita Foster and Karen McSweeney Mary Steele (USAC Resident Director)
Israel: Haifa	Professor Gad Barzilai
Japan: Hiroshima	Dr. Naomi Tsunematsu
Japan: Nagasaki	Mark Tiedemann
Japan: Osaka/Kobe	Takae Hirooka
Korea: Seoul-Kookmin	International Office Staff
Korea: Seoul-Yonsei (Summer) Korea: Seoul-Yonsei (Semester)	Jangwhan Sohn Dongran Cho
Netherlands: Maastricht	Center for European Studies
Netherlands: The Hague	THUAS International Office Staff
New Zealand: Palmerston North & Hawke's Bay	Greg Huff
Norway: Oslo	International Education Office
Scotland: St Andrews	Cecily Davey
Scotland: Stirling	Jo Hagerty
South Africa: Stellenbosch	International Office
Sweden: Växjö/Kalmar	Åsa Dahlberg
Turkey: Istanbul	Gürhan Kara