DASSIN, Joan
Executive Director, International Fellowships Program of the Ford Foundation (USA)
Session: Pluralism - Managing International Mobility
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
- 15.00-16.30
Dr. Joan Dassin is the Executive Director of the International Fellowships Fund, Inc. (IFP), established in 2001 to implement and oversee the Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program (IFP), dedicated to promoting social justice through international higher education. Under the program, more than 3,500 Fellows have been selected from 22 countries in Asia, Russia, Africa and the Middle East and Latin America to pursue advanced studies in universities throughout the world.
Prior to directing IFP, Dr. Dassin was Representative for the Ford Foundation Office in Brazil from 1989 to 1992. She was the Foundation’s Regional Director for Latin America from 1992 to 1996 and served as Basic Education Adviser to the Latin American and Caribbean Bureau of USAID in Washington, D.C. A recipient of three Fulbright fellowships as well as other academic grants and awards, Dr. Dassin has a long-standing professional and personal commitment to international education. Before joining the Ford Foundation and the International Fellowships Fund, she taught English and Latin American Studies at Amherst College and at Fordham and Columbia universities and worked as the Staff Associate for Latin America at the Social Science Research Council. Dr. Dassin served on the Boards of Directors of LASPAU: Academic and Professional Programs for the Americas, based in Cambridge, Mass., and the Center for International Policy in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Dassin has a PhD and an MA in Modern Thought and Literature from Stanford University and a BA in English and American Literature from Brandeis University.
Among her publications are three co-edited volumes: Origins, Journeys and Returns: Social Justice in International Higher Education; Training a New Generation of Leaders; and Press Control Around the World. She has also published books and articles on human rights, culture and politics in Brazil and Latin America.
Prior to directing IFP, Dr. Dassin was Representative for the Ford Foundation Office in Brazil from 1989 to 1992. She was the Foundation’s Regional Director for Latin America from 1992 to 1996 and served as Basic Education Adviser to the Latin American and Caribbean Bureau of USAID in Washington, D.C. A recipient of three Fulbright fellowships as well as other academic grants and awards, Dr. Dassin has a long-standing professional and personal commitment to international education. Before joining the Ford Foundation and the International Fellowships Fund, she taught English and Latin American Studies at Amherst College and at Fordham and Columbia universities and worked as the Staff Associate for Latin America at the Social Science Research Council. Dr. Dassin served on the Boards of Directors of LASPAU: Academic and Professional Programs for the Americas, based in Cambridge, Mass., and the Center for International Policy in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Dassin has a PhD and an MA in Modern Thought and Literature from Stanford University and a BA in English and American Literature from Brandeis University.
Among her publications are three co-edited volumes: Origins, Journeys and Returns: Social Justice in International Higher Education; Training a New Generation of Leaders; and Press Control Around the World. She has also published books and articles on human rights, culture and politics in Brazil and Latin America.
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