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Martha Moreno Linares

Biography

Originally from Venezuela, Martha is the newest member of the Champlain Abroad office. Her main responsibility is working with students who want to study abroad in Champlain College’s Dublin and Montreal programs. She is in charge of advertising the programs as well as recruiting, advising and helping students through the application process. She is also responsible for the curricular side of study abroad, so she often collaborates with faculty to make sure that students from all majors are able to study abroad. She comes from a background of linguistics and literature, and taught French as a foreign language for twenty years before transitioning to this position.

Martha earned her PhD in Romance Studies at UNC Chapel Hill in 2021. At Champlain College, she often teaches a section of the course Interdisciplinary Perspectives that focuses on Graphic Medicine for the Core Division. Her research interests include non-fiction literature by francophone women, comics studies and gender studies. In her free time she enjoys reading, crafting, watching movies and playing videogames.

Specialties

• Montreal Programs
• Dublin Programs

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Genevieve Lord

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With a background in programming, IT, and international business, complemented by an MBA from McGill University, Geneviève was previously an IT consultant and director for 11 years while living in five countries. She then became a game producer and senior game director for Ubisoftand A2M (Behaviour) in Montréal. In 2008, she became the Director of the Montreal branch of the Champlain College of Vermont.

Geneviève’s special interests are coaching and all applications of convergent media. When not working, she can be found in a good book, European BD, or playing video and board games with her (very tall) children. She is committed to helping students reach their full potential by harnessing the effects of new technologies.

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Stephen Robinson

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Dr. Stephen Robinson is a British born, Canadian raised and educated environmental geoscientist with a PhD from McGill University (2000). Since 2008 he has been working in international education in Ireland as Director and Professor at Champlain College’s Dublin Campus. Stephen previously held the Chapin Chair in Geology at St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York. He is co-founder and board member of ASAPI, the Association of Study Abroad Providers in Ireland, and co-founder and Chair of EUASA, the European Association of Study Abroad. He is passionate about climate action and sustainability in study abroad.

Stephen recently acted as Guest Editor of a Special Issue of Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad. The Special Issue, due for release in early 2025, is titled US Study Abroad: The View from Europe, and features 3 papers co-authored by Robinson.

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