IBAVI Leadership
Leadership for the IBAVI occurs at two interdependent levels: Executive Board and Advisory Board.
IBAVI Executive Director and Board
The IBAVI is administered by the IBAVI Executive Director and Executive Board. The Executive Board members include:
- Craig N. Shealy, Ph.D.
Executive Director, International Beliefs and Values Institute
Professor of Graduate Psychology - Devi Bhuyan, Psy.D.
Fellow, International Beliefs and Values Institute - Jennifer Coffman, Ph.D.
Associate Executive Director, Office of International Programs
Program Director, JMU Summer in Kenya - Steve Grande, Ph.D.
Director of Civic Engagement
Spencer Center for Civic and Global Engagement - Theresa Harris, Ph.D.
Professor of Early Childhood and Elementary Education, James Madison University - Fletcher Linder, Ph.D.
Director (Intm.), Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies
Associate Professor of Anthropology - Roderic L. Owen, Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy
Fellow, Spencer Center for Civic and Global Engagement - David Owusu-Ansah, Ph.D.
Professor of African Studies, James Madison University - Lee G. Sternberger, Ph.D.
Associate Provost, Academic Affairs
Executive Director, Office of International Programs - Heather H. Ward, M.I.A.
Director of International Programs
Spencer Center for Civic and Global Engagement
IBAVI Advisory Board
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 Trust Africa Dakar–Fann, Senegal http://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/a134.htm |
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A. T. Ariyaratne, D.Litt., D.H. Founder and President Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement Moratuwa, Sri Lanka http://www.sarvodaya.org/ |
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Jo Beall, Ph.D. Professor and Director (fmr.) Development Studies Institute London School of Economics London, England http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/DESTIN/Default.htm |
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Sergio Berensztein, Ph.D. |
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Joseph Camilleri, Ph.D. Professor and Director Centre for Dialogue La Trobe University Melbourne, Australia http://www.latrobe.edu.au/dialogue/index.html |
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Juanito Camilleri, Ph.D. Professor and Rector University of Malta Malta http://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 http://www.sociocult.ksu.ru/?pid=39 |
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Christine Loh, OBE Founder and Chief Executive Officer Civic Exchange Hong Kong, China http://www.civic-exchange.org/ |
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Usha Nayar, Ph.D. Professor and Provost (fmr.) Tata Institute of Social Sciences Mumbai, India http://www.tiss.edu/ |
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Hanne Strong President Manitou Foundation Colorado, United States http://www.manitou.org/ |











