NCID-3393
William Baptist Jr.
Program Manager
Florida State University
Education/Degree:
1 International and Multicultural Education International and Multicultural Education (Florida State University)
About
William Baptist, Jr. is an international education scholar-practitioner focused on acclimating students to the mindset of global citizenship. As a program manager at Florida State University International Programs, William teaches Global Foundations and Global Engagement courses and manages internships offered in the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy and Panama. As an instructor, William introduces students to concepts, theories, and behaviors associated with intercultural communication and equips them with practical skills for thriving abroad. William is an alumnus of the University of Delaware ('06) and the University of Illinois ('17) and is currently pursuing his PhD in International and Multicultural Education at Florida State University. In addition to his years abroad as an English instructor for the Boards of Education in Tatebayashi and Yokohama, Japan, William has advised on international student immigration policy at the University of Illinois and Coastal Carolina University.
Current Work
As a scholar-practitioner, William hopes to use his research to provide direction for initiatives aimed at increasing national minority and underrepresented study abroad access and participation. According to national statistics, students of color, and particularly students identifying as Black or African American, lag other demographics in study abroad participation despite the supported benefits study abroad programs offer undergraduate students. Focusing on Black PWI students, William's research explores the factors influencing students at Florida State University’s access to study abroad program participation to uncover underlying factors contributing to the participation numbers among Black students. Expansion of this model can shed light on how institutions can utilize data to directly address the access issues confronting university students not only at PWIs, but colleges and universities around the country.
Research Area Keyword(s)
higher education, International education, access, diversity