Christian Study Abroad Podcast

Bo has served within international education for over twenty years, creating opportunities for students to study, intern, research, or serve abroad. He has earned degrees from Central College, Covenant Theological Seminary, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of Southern California. He has been a director at the University of Illinois and at Baylor University for educ...

During his undergraduate career, Dr. Langer studied abroad in Germany where he spent his entire junior year of college. Now, he is a Professor Emeritus at Biola University where he served for almost 20 years as the Director of the Office of Faith and Learning and a professor of Biblical Studies and Theology.

Dr. Langer works as the co-director of the Winsome Conviction Project, teaching in the Doctorate of...

Jennifer is the Director of Off-Campus Programs at Taylor University, where she has spent many years leading global engagement experiences, sending hundreds of students around the world for short-term, faculty-led trips, and serving as an on-site director for Taylor’s study abroad program in Ireland. Trained as a counselor, Jennifer has worked in residence life and honors and currently teaches courses in intercultural learning. She...

Kayleigh Sommerfeldt is the Global Operations Coordinator at Bethel University. She holds an MBA in Finance, as well as degrees in Spanish and International Relations from Bethel. In her current role, she supervises student workers, oversees various aspects of the faculty-led program lifecycle, and manages budgets, data, and application processes. She is passionate about supporting the transformative study abroad exper...

Professor Victoria Malone has been at Union University  in Jackson, Tennessee since 1999. Professor Malone began as a French adjunct and then assistant professor. In 2005, she became Union University's first study abroad coordinator and established the Study Abroad office. In 2011, she began accompanying students to Angers, France for a 4-week summer semester program. She is now Director for Study Abroad and enjoys pro...

Dr. Stephanie Gomes has been at Liberty University for over four years. In her current roll as the Director of Global Programs in the study abroad office (LU Send), she serve on the university's Global Travel Advisory Committee to implement practical and effective international health and safety standards, policies, and guidelines for programs and activities for approximately 600 students in the academic year. In today's episode, S...

Elizabeth Patterson Roe, PhD, LISW-S is a professor of social work and the director of the Center for Intercultural Studies at Malone University, in Canton, OH. Her research and practice experience has focused on intercultural practice, including how study abroad experiences have impacted students beyond graduation. Prior to teaching, she lived and served abroad in Romania and she now lives in an urban context, working...

Our guest on the podcast is Dr. Kayli Hillebrand, Dean of Student Success and Academic Services at Vanguard University in Southern California. Over the past decade, Kayli has had oversight of Global Education while serving in a variety of roles. 

In our conversation today, we’ll hear about Kayli’s professional journey and current role, how Study Abroad is structured at Vanguard, and we...

Mark Barneche is the Executive Director for International Education and Study Abroad at Abilene Christian University. Before his role at Abilene, Mark was the Associate Director of Pepperdine University’s Lausanne Program in Lausanne, Switzerland. While directing this program in Switzerland, Mark also served as the President of the Association of American Universities and Colleges in Switzerland a...

On the podcast, we're joined by Dr. David Martínez, Director for the Center for Study Abroad, Associate professor of Spanish, and Honors Faculty Fellow at George Fox University. David joined the university in 2017 as an assistant professor of Spanish. He completed his PhD at the University of Georgia (2017), where he focused his studies and wrote his dissertation on the representation of the Spanish transition to democracy (1969-19...