Leadership for the IBAVI occurs at two interdependent levels: Executive Board and Advisory Board.
The IBAVI is administered by the IBAVI Executive Director and Executive Board. The Executive Board members include:
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Craig N. Shealy, Ph.D. Executive Director, International Beliefs and Values Institute Professor of Graduate Psychology, James Madison University (JMU) |
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Devi Bhuyan, Psy.D.
Fellow, International Beliefs and Values Institute |
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Jennifer Coffman, Ph.D.
Associate Executive Director, Office of International Programs, JMU Program Director, JMU Summer in Kenya |
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Steve Grande, Ph.D. Director, Civic Engagement Spencer Center for Civic and Global Engagement, Mary Baldwin College (MBC) |
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Teresa Harris, Ph.D. Professor of Early Childhood and Elementary Education, JMU |
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Fletcher Linder, Ph.D. Director, Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies Associate Professor of Anthropology, JMU |
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Roderic L. Owen, Ph.D. Professor of Philosophy Fellow, Spencer Center for Civic and Global Engagement, MBC |
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David Owusu-Ansah, Ph.D. Professor of Africana Studies, JMU |
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Lee G. Sternberger, Ph.D. Associate Provost, Academic Affairs Executive Director, Office of International Programs, JMU |
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Heather H. Ward, M.I.A. Director, International Programs Spencer Center for Civic and Global Engagement, MBC |
The IBAVI Advisory Board includes a distinguished and international assemblage of individuals and organizations from around the world.
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Akwasi Aidoo, Ph.D. Executive Director TrustAfrica Dakar–Fann, Senegal www.trustafrica.org/ |
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Fawzia Al-Attia, Ph.D. Chair, Union of Iraqi Sociologists Professor, Department of Sociology University of Baghdad Baghdad, Iraq http://www.ulum.nl/a98.htm |
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A. T. Ariyaratne, D.Litt., D.H. Founder and President Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement Moratuwa, Sri Lanka www.sarvodaya.org/ |
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Jo Beall, Ph.D. Professor and Director (fmr.) Development Studies Institute London School of Economics London, England www.lse.ac.uk/collections/DESTIN/Default.htm |
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Sergio Berensztein, Ph.D. President Poliarquía Consultores Buenos Aires, Argentina www.poliarquia.com/ |
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Joseph Camilleri, Ph.D. Professor and Director Centre for Dialogue La Trobe University Melbourne, Australia www.latrobe.edu.au/dialogue/index.html |
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Juanito Camilleri, Ph.D. Professor and Rector University of Malta Valetta, Malta www.um.edu.mt/ |
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Sergey Erofeev, Ph.D.
Professor and Director Centre for the Sociology of Culture Kazan State University Kazan, Russia www.sociocult.ksu.ru/?pid=39 |
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Christine Loh, OBE Founder and Chief Executive Officer Civic Exchange Hong Kong, China www.civic-exchange.org/ |
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Usha Nayar, Ph.D. Professor and Provost (fmr.) Tata Institute of Social Sciences Mumbai, India www.tiss.edu/ |
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Hanne Strong President Manitou Foundation Crestone, Colorado, United States www.manitou.org/ |