Director, Education Abroad & Global Learning
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Baltimore, Maryland
Katherine Heird is the Director for Education Abroad & Global Learning at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) and has worked in international higher education within the U.S. and abroad since 2007. She has led numerous study abroad programs in Ecuador, Peru, and Spain, designed and administered many programs globally, and worked on two winning IDEAS grants to diversify participation in study abroad. In 2024, she was awarded a Fulbright International Education Administrator award to Taiwan. Heird serves on the NAFSA Trainer Corps and the board of the Association of Academic Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean (AAPLAC).
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CEP Workshop: EA Student Health and Safety Abroad
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM EST
Internationalization through Fulbright's International Education Administrators Program
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
1:50 PM – 2:40 PM EST