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About the Office

The Office of Global Affairs (OGA) was created in 2007 to enhance collaboration between the Brandeis community and support international activities, programs, research and service. The OGA will build connections between the University's many ongoing activities in the international arena, strengthen the public profile of our global programs, identify new resources for international projects, and develop a strategic vision for "Global Brandeis."

With the Office of Communications, the OGA produces and maintains this Global Brandeis web portal. In addition, the OGA coordinates the University's major overseas partnerships, including the Brandeis-Al-Quds partnership, a multi-year project funded by the Ford Foundation that links Brandeis with a Palestinian university.

The OGA was established by the Provost following one of the suggestions of an ad hoc group of faculty and administrators convened in spring 2006 to consider the strengths and challenges of "Brandeis as a Global Institution." More information on the work of this ad hoc group can be found at www.brandeis.edu/provost/.

Office of Global Affairs Staff

Daniel Terris is vice president of global affairs and the director of the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life. Programs initiated under his leadership at the Center and as assistant provost at Brandeis have included: the Slifka Program in Intercommunal Coexistence, the Brandeis Institute for International Judges (BIIJ), the Brandeis International Fellowships, Community Histories by Youth in the Middle East (CHYME), the Ethics Center Student Fellowships (formerly the Ethics and Coexistence Student Fellowships), Brandeis in the Berkshires, Genesis at Brandeis University, and the University's continuing studies division. He has offered courses on individualism, poverty, American literature, and the roots and causes of September 11, and he offers the annual writing seminar for the Ethics Center Student Fellows. Terris received his Ph.D. in the history of American civilization from Harvard University, and he has written on 20th century history, literature, and religion. He is the author of Ethics at Work: Creating Virtue in an American Corporation (University Press of New England, 2005) and the co-author of the The International Judge: An Introduction to the Men and Women Who Decide the World's Cases (with Leigh Swigart and Cesare Romano, University Press of New England, 2007).

Bryan McAllister-Grande is the assistant director of the OGA. He received his M.Ed. from Harvard’s Graduate School of Education, where he studied higher education with an international and comparative focus. Before coming to Brandeis, he coordinated and advised on international exchange programs at Clark University, the Colleges of the Fenway, and EF Education. He serves as the network leader for research & scholarship for NAFSA: Association of International Educators. He has presented at international education conferences on the history of universities and internationalization.

Department Associates

Elle McPherson is a masters student in the Sustainable International Development (SID) program at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis. Previously, she worked in the scholarship department of Outward Bound, tracking and allocating funding for students on wilderness expeditions. She has also done fundraising as an Americorps VISTA and international education with Heifer International. She holds a BA in political science from Bates College.

Justin Phalichanh graduated with a BS from Middle Tennessee State University in 2008. He majored in general science with two minors in global studies and photography. During his last year at MTSU, he participated in a summer seminar on media issues at King's College in London. Afterwards, he traveled throughout western Europe for two weeks. Enriched by his experienced, Justin decided to continue his education as a graduate student in the new MA program in global studies at Brandeis. He enjoys learning about different cultures and globalization.