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Paul J. Geis

Director of Education Abroad & Away

Staff

Global and Intercultural Affairs Center

Profile

Paul leads the day-to-day operations within the Education Abroad & Away area of GIA. He also guides strategic initiatives in collaboration with colleagues in the GIA Center, and with faculty and staff partners across campus. Paul is especially interested in developing equitable and accessible programs and processes that serve the full diversity of the UD community. Paul has worked extensively with program and partnership development, as well as outreach and engagement with underrepresented and underserved populations in education abroad, including first-generation college students, students with high financial need, students of color, and LGBTQIA+ students.

Paul’s research engages concepts from philosophy of education to understand and inform education abroad. He is particularly interested in walking in the city as a studious practice. Paul has co-taught a graduate course on the design and delivery of education abroad programs, and he has also taught foundational courses to undergraduate and graduate teacher education students. 

Paul brings more than twenty years of experience in international education to UD, and has worked previously in education abroad at Elon University, Bentley University, and Boston College.