Active Partnerships & Visiting Global Scholars

The Center for Global Engagement Office serves as the centralized support to coordinate the establishment, review and reporting of all international academic partnerships. For questions or further information, contact Associate Provost for Global Engagement, Dr. Christina Isabelli.

Active Partnerships

Visiting Global Scholars

  • Visiting Global Jesuit Scholar
  • American Councils for International Education - Faculty Enrichment Program Fellows (FEP)
  • Fulbright: US Dept of State Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) and Scholar in Residence

Faculty Exchange

  • Mukogawa Women's University, Japan (Spokane Sister City University)

Student Exchange - read about this opportunity on our Study Abroad website

  • Akita University, Japan
  • Pontificia Universidad Javeriana - Cali, Colombia
  • Sogang University, Korea
  • Sophia University, Japan
  • West University of Timisoara, Romania

Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL)

  • Sophia University, Japan

Other Partnerships

Recent Partnership Global Scholar Exchange and Mobility

2026-2027

  • Aziza Kuldasheva, PhD (Uzbekistan) - Visiting Global Scholar, host department Civil Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science (Fall)
  • TBD (Italy) - Fulbright FLTA, host department - Modern Languages and Literature, College of Arts and Sciences (AY)
  • TBD (Arabic-speaking) - Fulbright FLTA, host department - Modern Languages and Literature, College of Arts and Sciences (AY)
  • TBD (Phillipines) - Fulbright FLTA, host department - Modern Languages and Literature, College of Arts and Sciences (AY)

2025-2026

  • Elena Font (Switzerland) - Visiting Global Scholar. Mentor: Dr. Kevin Hekmatpanah (Music), College of Arts and Sciences (Spring 2026)
  • Jungyin 'Janice' Kim (S. Korea) - Visiting Global Scholar. Mentor: Dr. Tianzhi 'Terrence' Zhang (MATESOL), School of Education (Fall 2025)
  • Robert Gipal (Philippines) - Fulbright FLTA. Mentor: Dr. Rebecca Stephanis (Modern Languages and Literature), College of Arts and Sciences (AY)
  • Tingting Huang (China) - Mukogawa Women's University. Mentor: Dr. Tim Olsen (Management Information Systems), School of Business (AY)
  • Kudrat Ibragimov (Uzbekistan) - FEP. Mentor: Dr. Laura Brunell (Political Science), College of Arts and Sciences (Fall 2025)
  • Meha James (India) - Visiting Global Scholar. Mentor: Dr. Jay Yang (Institute for Informatics & Applied Technology), Provost Office (Fall 2025)
  • Zebo Kuldasheva (Uzbekistan) - FEP. Mentor: Dr. Maria 'Masha' Tackett, (Economics), School of Business Administration (Fall 2025)
  • Lokadi Pierre Luhata S.J. (DR Congo) - Visiting Global Jesuit Scholar. Mentor: Fr. Tim Clancy, College of Arts and Sciences (July 2025)
  • Hiroshi Matsumoto (Japan) - Mukogawa Women's University. Mentors: Dr. Jaime Bartlett and Ryan Turcott (Kinesiology and Sport Management), School of Education (AY)
  • Mihai Murariu (Romania) - Visiting Global Scholar. Mentor: Dr. Adrian Popa (School of Leadership Studies) April 2026
  • Pascal Rogé (Switzerland) - Visiting Global Scholar. Mentor: Dr. Kevin Hekmatpanah (Music), College of Arts and Sciences (Spring 2026)
  • Sardor Surmanov (Uzbekistan) - FEP. Mentor: Dr. Tianzhi 'Terrence' Zhang (MATESOL), School of Education (Fall 2025)
  • Dr. Mirjeta Beqiri (School of Business Administration, Gonzaga University). Visiting Staff - Erasmus+/West University of Timisoara, Romania (May 2026).
  • Dr. Danielle Xu (School of Business Administration, Gonzaga University). Faculty Exchange - Mukogawa Women's University, Japan (Spring 2026)
  • Dr. Sherri Lynch (School of Leadership Studies, Gonzaga University). Visiting Staff - Erasmus+/West University of Timisoara, Romania (June 2025).

2024-2025

  • Joseph Patrick Arokiaraj S.J. (India) - Visiting Global Jesuit Scholar. Mentor: Fr. Tim Clancy S.J., College of Arts and Sciences (Spring 2025)
  • Duy Dang (Vietnam) - Fulbright Scholar in Residence. Mentor: Dr. Tim Olsen, School of Business (Fall 2024)
  • Jungyin 'Janice' Kim (S. Korea) - Visiting Global Scholar. Mentor: Dr. James Hunter, School of Education (Spring 2025)
  • Lokadi Pierre Luhata S.J. (DR Congo) - Visiting Global Jesuit Scholar. Mentor: Fr. Tim Clancy, College of Arts and Sciences (July 2024)
  • Cailvin Reyes (Philippines) - Fulbright FLTA. Mentor: Dr. Ben Semple, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Ileana Rogobete (Romania) - Visiting Global Scholar - Erasmus+. Mentor: Dr. Adrian Popa, School of Leadership Studies (September 2024)
  • Silviu Eugen Rogobete (Romania) - Visiting Global Scholar - Erasmus+. Mentor: Dr. Adrian Popa, School of Leadership Studies (September 2024)
  • Ashley Davis (Center for Global Engagement, Gonzaga University). Visiting Staff - Erasmus+/West University of Timisoara, Romania (May 2025).
  • Dr. Timothy Olsen (School of Business Administration, Gonzaga University) - inaugural Visiting Professor, Mukogawa Women's University, Japan (Spring 2025)
  • Dr. Adrian Popa (School of Leadership Studies, Gonzaga University), Visiting Staff inaugural Erasmus+/West University of Timisoara, Romania (May 2024)

2023-2024

  • Jareason Fabre (Philippines) - Fulbright FLTA. Mentor: Dr. Ben Semple, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Ute Perz (College of Arts and Sciences). COIL - German (Fall 2023)
  • Yoko Roy (College of Arts and Sciences. COIL - Japanese (Fall 2023)

2022-2023

  • Khurshid Botirov (Uzbekistan) - FEP. Mentor: Dr. Upendra Acharya, School of Law
  • Maico Aperocho (Philippines) - Fulbright FLTA. Mentor: Dr. Christina Isabelli, College of Arts and Sciences

2021-2022

  • Barbara Lastrucci (Italy) - Visiting Global Scholar. Mentor: Dr. Christina Isabelli, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Leo Rayon (Philippines) - Fulbright FLTA. Mentor: Dr. Christina Isabelli, College of Arts and Sciences

2020-2021

  • Hafidha Ayat (Algeria) - Fulbright FLTA. Mentor: Dr. Christina Isabelli, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Reymund Lara (Philippines) - Fulbright FLTA. Mentor: Dr. Christina Isabelli, College of Arts and Sciences

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