As the Associate Director of International Health, Safety, and Security in the Study Abroad Office, Dan is responsible for all matters related to the health and safety of ASU study abroad programs and participants.
Dan began work in the ASU Study Abroad Office as an International Coordinator, advising students and serving as a liaison with academic units to facilitate student participation in study abroad. He has more than fifteen years' experience in international education. He came to ASU from a private study abroad program provider in Tempe, where he served for more than three years, first as a study abroad advisor and then as a university relations coordinator. In that capacity, he traveled the United States, working with colleges and universities to promote study abroad opportunities for undergraduate students. Dan has undergraduate degrees in French and Jewish studies from Indiana University and has studied abroad once in France and twice Israel. He is also a proud ASU alumnus, having completed a master's degree in Intercultural Communication at ASU's Hugh Downs School of Human Communication.
Dan has contributed to the field of international education through the following accomplishments:
- Author, Planning for Safe and Health Travels Abroad: A Good Practices Guide for Students (NAFSA, 2016)
- Member, PULSE (consortium of international health, safety, and security professionals working in higher/international education)
- Member, NAFSA Education Abroad Knowledge Community Health & Safety Subcommittee
- Member, Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) Academia Working Group
- Moderator and Presenter, Government Connection: Assessing Security Abroad - The New Normal in Western Europe (NAFSA) webinar, June 2017
- NAFSA Annual Conference, May 2017
- Co-presenter: Developing a Strategic Program Portfolio: How to Make it Happen
- URMIA Western Regional Conference, March 2017
- Co-presenter: Preparing for a Crisis Abroad
- Forum on Education Abroad Annual Conference, April 2016
- Co-presenter: How to Navigate the Multitude of Education Abroad Programs to Build a Streamlined and Effective Program Portfolio.
- NAFSA Region II Conference, October 2014
- Workshop Presentation: Finding Water in the Desert – Study Abroad Risk Management with Limited Resources
- NAFSA Region II Education Abroad Knowledge Community Liaison, 2009-2010
- NAFSA Region II/IV Conference, November 2010
- Co-facilitator: Working with Program Providers: An Open Dialogue
- International Journal of Intercultural Relations (32) 538-552, November 2008
- Co-author: Mind the Gap: Application-Based Analysis of Cultural Adjustment Models
- National Communication Association (NCA) Annual Conference, November 2007
- Co-author: Mapping Adaptation: Application-Based Analysis of Cultural Adjustment Models
- NAFSA Region II Conference, November 2007
- Co-facilitator: Blazing New Trails in Education Abroad Sessions through Speed Networking
- NAFSA Region II Conference, November 2006
- Co-facilitator: Improvisation or Orchestration: Granting Academic Credit for International Internships
- NAFSA Region II Conference, November 2006
- Presenter: Prepare your Students to Handle and Understand Culture Shock
- May 2004 NAFSA Annual Conference (also at NAFSA regions III, V and VI Conferences 2003), May 2004
- Chair and presenter: Ethical Considerations in Working with Program Providers
- NAFSA Annual Conference (also at NAFSA Region III Conference 2003), May 2003
- Session chair: Entering & Advancing in the Field of International Education
- NAFSA Region VI Conference, November 2002
- Presenter: Myths of Online Applications
- NAFSA Annual Conference (also at NAFSA Region II & VI Conferences 2002), May 2002
- Poster Session: Exploring the Effects of Study Abroad on Long-Term Life Choices