Mary Churchill

Mary Churchill is the Executive Director and Founding Editor of University of Venus. In addition to writing at University of Venus and She’s Got It! at Inside Higher Ed, she created Old School, New School at The Chronicle and is regularly invited to write and present on the future of education.

Mary is passionate about the role of public engagement in higher education. In her twenty years of management experience, she has tirelessly advocated for a new paradigm of leadership informed by diversity, collaboration, and equity. Mary earned her Ph.D. in Sociology in 2004 and has taught courses in International Studies, Sociology, and Political Science for the past fifteen years.

Currently Special Assistant to the Provost for Innovation and Partnerships in the Provost and Academic Vice President's Office at Salem State University, Mary is also a Faculty Associate at the Middle East Center at Northeastern University, She is working on several book projects related to education and is currently looking for a publisher for her book, Fantastic Reading: Comic Books and Popular Culture.

Married to an amazingly talented librarian with whom she is raising a seven-year old son, she is also active in her Roxbury neighborhood in Boston and on several city appointed committees and boards. Originally from the “pets or meat” world portrayed in Michael Moore’s Flint, Michigan; she was the first in her family to attend college.

Mary can be reached by e-mail at marylchurchill@gmail.com and can also be found on Twitter (@mary_churchill) and LinkedIn.

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Most Recent Articles

October 30, 2011
What’s New at University of Venus - Week Ending 29 October 2011
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October 23, 2011
What’s New at University of Venus - Week Ending 22 October 2011
UVenus Around the Web:
August 29, 2011
Advocate for Languages
Executive director of the MLA discusses mentors, career paths, learning from disappointments and the challenges facing higher education.
August 8, 2011
Factory Worker to President
In debut of new column, an interview about career paths, work-family balance and leadership.
August 4, 2011
She's Got It!*
Work has radically changed... We will have several different careers over the course of our working lives... We just need to follow our passion to find meaningful work... Recent cuts to spending in the US are going to further escalate the unemployment rates... Not only is the news overwhelming, it’s paralyzing.
June 6, 2011
Balancing Act or Bridging Cultures?
What makes for a successful collaboration with a corporate partner? Although academic institutions are historically risk-averse, more and more universities are searching for ways to officially partner with private corporations both locally and globally. Last week’s sessions at the NAFSA11 conference for international education were filled with references to the growth of these partnerships.
June 3, 2011
International Collaboration Makes Us Better
Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of attending Vice-Chancellor Nigel Thrift’s presentation: Taking Global Research Cooperation to a New Level. Thrift’s talk was provocative and engaging. Rather than try to summarize it here, I’ll share some of the pieces that are more relevant for University of Venus readers:
June 1, 2011
Internationalization is About Cultural Change
Internationalization is about changing culture. The best higher ed internationalization strategy in the world is doomed to fail if it doesn’t include a comprehensive plan for changing the culture of your institution. Rather than ignore prejudice and outdated attitudes towards other countries, international students, and global scholars; institutions have to build cultural change into their strategy. Too often, an institution’s internationalization strategy is developed at the most senior executive levels and implemented haphazardly and irregularly on campus.
June 1, 2011
#NAFSA11
I’ll be blogging from #NAFSA11 in Vancouver, Canada for the next couple of days. This year’s Annual NAFSA Conference brings together over 8,000 international educators from countries around the world.
May 11, 2011
Recruitment Agents: An Excuse for Prejudice
“US and Australia Usher in New Agent Guidelines” –This article came flying through my Twitter feed this week and I was happy to see that progress is being made towards institutionalizing the training and vetting of agents who recruit international students to study at higher ed institutions. This is particularly important as countries such as the US ramp up their recruitment of international students in hopes of diversifying their student body and revenue base.

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