Experienced administrator, researcher, and evaluator with 23+ years in the higher education sector.

About

Dr. Elise S. Ahn is a scholar-practitioner whose work is committed to bringing a research informed lens into education practitioner and policy contexts. She has numerous publications including most recently, a 41-chapter edited volume, Wisconsin in the world: Internationalization at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which was published in 2023 by Information Age Publishing. She has evaluated programs and work at universities, foundations, multilateral organizations, and also has extensive experience as a grant reviewer.

Wisconsin in the World book project cover

wisconsin in the world (2023)

“Nearly every public university in the US has an internationalization strategy. But unlike in other countries, there is no central authority or guide. Dr Ahn has organized a model and much-needed anatomical guide to explaining how international translates into the life of a major state university system and enlisted a star-studded cast to explain and document impact.” Dr. Allen E. Goodman, PhD, CEO, Institute of International Education

Language Change in central asia (2016)

“This is a fine work of scholarship emerging from a little-written-about, yet fascinating region of the world. Because of the linguistic complexity of the region and a multiplicity of social, economic, geopolitical and religious forces at work in the region, the author/editors strove to address their topic from several perspectives, achieving this by enlisting a broad range of researchers and practitioners.” Reviewer