Juanita Villena-Alvarez
University of South Carolina Beaufort Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (Interim) & Coordinator-USCB International Programs
Beaufort, SC, USA
I am very interested in expanding French and Study Abroad Programs! You can talk to me about that or about any of the items in the list below:
Full Professor of French, Spanish, and Global Studies - University of South Carolina Beaufort, USA
2021-- Awarded US Fulbright Specialist (until 2025)
2018-- INTERIM Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
2018-2020 USCB Title IX Coordinator for Faculty & Staff
2017-- USCB Fulbright Program Adviser
2016-- USCB (Co-)Coordinator - International Programs @USCB
2007-2016 Head of Humanities/Fine Arts (FA until 2015)-University of South Carolina Beaufort, USA
2018 Awarded Fulbright-Hays Seminar Abroad Program to Poland
2012 Awarded Carolina Trustee Professorship (USC Board Trustees)
2010 Was the South Carolina Governor’s PROFESSOR OF THE YEAR
Past leaderships include:
-Program Director - Liberal Studies (previously BAIS, now Interdisciplinary Studies)
-Program Director - Spanish
-PI for US Dept of Education UISFL grant 2003-05, plus extension year to 2006 for USCB Internationalization
2004 -- Full Professor- USCB
2000-2004 -- Associate Professor - USCB
1994-2000 -- Assistant Professor - USCB
1998 - awarded USCB PROFESSOR OF THE YEAR
1995 - inaugural USCB Study Abroad Programs in France and Costa Rica
1994 - awarded PhD, University of Cincinnati
1993-1994 -- Charles Phelps Taft Doctoral Fellow
1993 -- Instructor (replacement for a sabbatical) -- Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
1993 -- Instructor -- Alliance Française de Cincinnati
1989 - awarded joint Master's University of Cincinnati-Université de Paris-Sorbonne
1987-1988 -- Rotary Ambassador of Goodwill to France-Université de Paris-Sorbonne (Magistère graduate diploma) representing entire Rotary District of Country-Philippines.
1986-1987 -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain (Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores)- one year Academic Grant for Faculty Development in Instituto de Cooperación Iberoamericana de Madrid, Spain (Graduate Diploma)