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Dr. Annagene Yucas
Director of Study Abroad
412-648-7419 | yucas@pitt.edu
available by appointment |
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Carol Larson
Director of Management
412-648-7421 | larson@pitt.edu
available by appointment |
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Experience abroad:
Study- France, Italy
Travel - Central & South America, Europe, Oceania, Middle East
Role in the SAO:
Oversees the activities of the main Study Abroad Office and three satellite offices |
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Angi grew up in the Pittsburgh area and attended Pitt as an undergrad majoring in French and English Lit. Her Master’s and Ph.D. in Comparative Literature are from Penn State, but we don’t hold that against her. If she had it her way, every Pitt student would be required to study abroad! She has been committed to Study Abroad for over 25 years and derives an amazing amount of pleasure and satisfaction from observing the significant transformative impact of study abroad on our students. In her meager spare time, Angi enjoys early morning power walking, yoga, reading and container gardening on her deck. Her dog Daisy is well adjusted to her hectic travel schedule and readily moves in with a neighbor every time Angi leaves town. |
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Experience Abroad:
Africa, Antarctica, China, Europe, North & South America
Role in the SAO:
Oversee all the administrative operations of the office, advise parents and students, and work to promote study abroad to all qualified students. |
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| Not many can say that they have the greatest job in the world - Carol can. Her three passions in life - to share life with her son, to work with students, and to learn about the world through travel - are realized every day at the University of Pittsburgh. Throughout my life, Carol has been fortunate enough to have traveled to six continents. She has been blessed to have shared some of these experiences with her son. She also gets to share them all with Pitt students every day, and helps them realize their own study abroad dreams. She shares Pitt’s vision to provide Pitt students with the best collegiate experience in the world. |
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Experience abroad:
Study - England
Travel - Central & North America, China, Europe, Oceania
Role in the SAO:
Manages the Panther Programs, maintains SAO website |
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| Jeff came to Pittsburgh in 1999 for what he thought would be a short four-year stint in college. After studying abroad in England, he became an SAO intern and has been a member of the team ever since. An avid writer, Jeff has worked on a variety of projects including academic pieces in conjunction with his master's degrees, novels, feature films, and the Making It Happen documentary series. Although it took six years to break from his roots and cheer for Pittsburgh sports, Jeff now considers himself a bona fide Pirates and Penguins fan. He can routinely be found at any of the stadiums or sandwich shops throughout the city. |
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Euleda Knox
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Experience abroad:
Travel - United Kingdom & The Bahamas
Role in the SAO:
Data entry, financial processing, insurance processing, office supply management |
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A native Pittsburgher - and proud of it!- Euleda is a very busy mother & grandmother. During her 13 years working for UCIS and SAO, she has enjoyed traveling to London to assist with the Pitt in London program and to The Bahamas to help prepare the ship for Semester at Sea. She has a passion for seeing students as they venture on to places they have only read about or seen in movies. She sings in her church choir and has participated in the production of two gospel CD/DVD recordings. Win or lose, Euleda is a diehard Steelers fan. |
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Program Assistant
412-383-7164 | eknox@pitt.edu
available by appointment |
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Experience Abroad:
Study - China
Travel - Southeast Asia, Italy
Role in the SAO:
Coordinator of the PittMAP (Multi-region Academic Program), member of the Study Abroad Scholarship Committee
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| Fluent in Mandarin, Vanessa is currently a doctoral candidate in the history department, completing a dissertation on the politics of ethnicity in Northeast China. During her graduate career, she lived in Beijing for three years, doing research and working as an English teacher, editor and Canadian visa officer. She has also studied Japanese and French and can limp along in Italian. Outside of work, she enjoys cooking, gardening, celebrity gossip and watching Pitt beat West Virginia in as many sports as possible. |
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Matthew Long
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Experience Abroad:
Study – Germany
Travel – Central and Eastern Europe, Baja California
Role in the SAO:
Maintain Resource Area, student advising, assists in SAO outreach |
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| Like many of his colleagues, Matt was introduced to study abroad as a Pitt undergrad, and has returned to assist future generations of Panthers to do the same. In his free time, he enjoys many an outdoors pursuit, including fishing, backpacking and cycling. He enjoys photography on his 1970’s SLR and is marginally musically talented, playing such diverse roles as the trumpet, banjo and handclaps. He was born in the nautical town of Norfolk, Virginia, and has been fighting the call of the sea ever since. He’s lived in both Yellowstone National Park and on a nuclear submarine. |
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Resource Area Manager
412-648-7413 | mcl37@pitt.edu
available by appointment |
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Ben Pilcher
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Experience abroad:
Study - Dominican Republic, Mexico
Role in the SAO:
Outreach events, International Fairs,
SAO internships |
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Ben came to Pitt in 2002 as a first-generation college undergrad knowing nothing about study abroad. Thanks to the outreach efforts of the SAO, he realized that study abroad was an experience not to be missed. He loved every fun, challenging, and wonderful moment of his two terms in Latin America, and he wants you to have the same type of experience. In addition to making study abroad dreams come true, Ben enjoys being a diehard foodie, sprinting around in his famously bizarre running shoes, being the first one on the dance floor, and sporting a seriously sunny disposition.
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Outreach Assistant
412-383-7165 | bjp10@pitt.edu
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Leslie Ann Smedley
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Experience abroad:
Study - France
Travel - Africa, Asia, North & South America, Europe
Role in the SAO:
Advises for Pitt-Recognized and Exchange programs, Chair of the Study Abroad Scholarshp Committee |
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Leslie has been “exporting” Pitt students as an Advisor in the Study Abroad Office since 2003, after having been in the business of “importing” foreign students and scholars to Pitt for more than 20 years in the Office of International Services. She studied abroad in Strasbourg (France) while a senior at Penn State and has added many and varied foreign destinations to her travel history since then, including circumnavigating the globe twice while a staff member on the Semester at Sea program. She speaks French, Spanish and German; preferred pastimes are cooking, reading, entertaining friends and family at home and travelling in fact and vicariously through her students. |
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Senior Advisor
412-383-7163 | smedley@pitt.edu
Summer Office Hours:
Mondays, Wednesdays & Thursdays
2:00pm - 3:45pm
(Leslie Ann will not hold office hours from 12 May - 1 June 2009. She will resume office hours on 2 June 2009).
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Vanessa Sterling
Coordinator, PittMAP
412-648-7413 | vmsst4@pitt.edu
available by appointment
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Experience abroad:
Study: England, Mexico, Costa Rica, Chile, Brazil
Work: Mexico, Venezuela
Research: Colombia, El Salvador
Travel: Europe
Role in the SAO:
Vira Heinz Fellowship Coordinator |
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After visiting eight European countries during her year abroad in England, Sarah’s best friend crowned her ‘ Expert Traveler.’ Europe did not satiate Sarah’s passion for journeying to unfamiliar lands; in fact, it was just the beginning. During her undergraduate career, Sarah worked in a women’s shelter in Ciudad Juarez and studied in Chile, Costa Rica, and Mexico City. Between her undergraduate and graduate studies, she worked as a research assistant in Colombia and a journalist in Venezuela. Conducting field research on decentralization in El Salvador and completing an intensive Portuguese language course in Fortaleza, Brazil were the highlights of her M.A. in Global Political Economy. When Sarah is not planning her next international excursion – this time to Mozambique and Kenya – you can find her ice skating, hiking, or playing in the sprinkler at Mellon Park. Sarah also enjoys whitewater rafting and horseback riding. |
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Sarah Wagner
Program Coordinator,
Vira Heinz Scholarship for Women in Global Leadership
412-624-0276 | sewst29@pitt.edu
available by appointment |
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Jeff Whitehead
Senior Program Manager
412-648-2299 | jrwst43@pitt.edu
available by appointment |
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Sarah Powell
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Experience abroad:
Study - Tanzania
Travel - Tanzania, Hong Kong
Role in the SAO:
Serves as a Graduate Student Assistant and coordinates the Plus 3 Program.
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Sarah recently completed her undergrad here at Pitt with a dual degree in Anthropology and Communications. While an undergrad at Pitt, Sarah had the opportunity to study abroad in Tanzania. This experience sparked an interest in Sarah as she enjoyed the people and culture of Tanzania and hopes to return to the country, or for that matter, any country in Africa in the near future. Currently, Sarah is working on a Masters in Human Security in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. In the SAO, Sarah is working on the Plus3 Program, which gives Business and Engineering freshman a chance to study abroad early in their college careers. Sarah’s first passion in life was horseback riding and she still tries to do it whenever possible! |
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Graduate Student Assistant
412-648-7413 | stp15@pitt.edu
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Kathleen Gallant
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Experience abroad:
Study/Internship– England, Sweden
Travel – South, Central & North America, Middle East, Europe
Role in the SAO:
Graduate Student Assistant, liaison with the College of General Studies (CGS) and Nontraditional Students |
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Kathleen, who graduated from CGS in 2007, is working towards a Master’s Degree in Public Administration, Public and Nonprofit Management, in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. After studying at the London School of Economics during her senior year at CGS, Kathleen persuaded the CGS Student Government to provide an annual scholarship to assist part-time CGS students to study abroad, and she continues, in the SAO, to help nontraditional students to realize their study-abroad goals. In her off-campus life, Kathleen volunteers as Leader for the Pittsburgh Psoraisis Community and serves as a Trustee of the National Psoriasis Foundation and the International Federation of Psoriasis Associations. |
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Graduate Student Assistant
412-648-7413 | kgb5@pitt.edu
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Experience abroad:
Study - Tanzania
Travel -
Role in the SAO:
Serves as a Graduate Student Assistant and coordinates the Re-Entry Program.
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Lauren Scott
Graduate Student Assistant
412-648-7413 | les38@pitt.edu
available by appointment |
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| Engineering International Programs |
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Kristine Lalley
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Experience abroad:
Study – France
Travel –Australia, Brazil, Caribbean , North America, Europe, Morocco
Role in the Swanson School of Engineering:
Director of International Engineering Initiatives |
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Kristine became the first Director of International Engineering Initiatives in August of 2007. In this role she collaborates with many faculty members in the Swanson School of Engineering to create new opportunities for engineering students to have an international education experience, which includes study abroad, international co-ops and internships, international service-learning opportunities, and international research experiences. Kristine has been working with engineering students exclusively since 1999, and enjoys supporting their unique and challenging educational goals. When she has free time (not much of that since she is also completing her doctoral degree this year), Kristine enjoys spending time with friends and family, checking out new restaurants throughout Pittsburgh, and taking her two dogs to beautiful Frick Park. |
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Director of International Engineering Initiatives
412-624-3489 | krl33@pitt.edu
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| Study Abroad Office - College of Business Administration |
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Krysta Hougham
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Experience abroad:
Travel - Asia, Europe, North & South America
Role in CBA SAO:
Advises and promotes study abroad for all business students, assist in implementation of CBA Panther Programs |
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Since undergrad, Krysta has been fortunate to have traveled to twenty countries on four continents. Krysta is originally from Minnesota where she earned her undergraduate degree in Political Science. She misses the lakes but loves the rivers in Pittsburgh. If you are trying to find Krysta on a weekend, chances are good that she will be in one of her favorite haunts including the 61C Café, Kiva Han, and Tazza D’Oro, or the Square Café. Every country is on her “to see” list, and hopefully in her lifetime, she will see them all. |
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Study Abroad Coordinator
412-383-7489 | saocba@pitt.edu
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