People

Central Staff

Elise S. Ahn, PhD

Credentials: Director, International Projects Office

Position title: Partnership Manager, UW–Madison Partnership with Nazarbayev University; Evaluation Co-Lead, Open Society Foundations Scholarship Legacy Project

Email: elise.ahn@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.263.3112

Address:
254 Bascom Hall
500 Lincoln Dr
Madison, WI 53706

Virginia Martin, PhD

Credentials: Partnership Manager

Position title: Partnership Coordinator, UW–Madison Partnership with Nazarbayev University; Partnership Coordinator, UW–Madison Partnership with American Councils (Kazakhstani Higher Education Project)

Email: vmartin2@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.5805

Address:
256a Bascom Hall
500 Lincoln Dr
Madison, WI 53706

J. Pasha Prem

Position title: Business Operations Manager

Email: jzdouglas@wisc.edu

Address:
256s Bascom Hall
500 Lincoln Dr.
Madison, WI 53707

Satiya Samlal

Credentials: Graphic Design Assistant

Email: ipo_comms@intl.wisc.edu

Address:
261 Bascom Hall
500 Lincoln Dr
Madison, WI 53706

Project/Partnership Staff

Sumudu Atapattu, PhD

Credentials: Director of Research Centers and Senior Lecturer, UW Law School

Position title: Faculty Advisor, UW–Madison Partnership with the University of Kelaniya

Email: sumudu.atapattu@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.890.1395

Address:
6218 Law Building
975 Bascom Mall
Madison, WI 53706

James H. Sweet, PhD

Credentials: Vilas-Jartz Distinguished Professor of History

Position title: Interim Faculty Director, UW–Madison Partnership with Nazarbayev University

Email: jhsweet@wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 265-2523

Address:
5213 Humanities Building, Mosse G
455 N Park St
Madison, WI 53706

Timothy Van Deelen

Credentials: Professor, Forest and Wildlife Ecology

Position title: Faculty Advisor, Botswana Projects

Email: trvandeelen@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.265.3280

Address:
217 Russell Labs
1630 Linden Dr
Madison WI 53706

Karen Evans-Romaine

Credentials: Associate Chair and Professor, German, Nordic and Slavic+, Director, Russian Flagship Program

Position title: Faculty Advisor, UW-Madison-American Councils Kazakhstani Higher Education Capacity Building Project

Email: evansromaine@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.263.3499

Address:
1442 Van Hise Hall
1220 Linden Dr
Madison, WI 53706

Nathan Schulfer

Credentials: Director, International and Professional Programs, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies

Position title: Project Manager (Technical), US Embassy Botswana Exploratory Grant

Email: schulfer@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.263.7771

Address:
84 Science Hall
550 N Park St
Madison, WI 53706

Jennifer Kushner

Credentials: Director, CALS Global

Position title: UW-Madison-American Councils Project Coach

Email: jennifer.kushner@wisc.edu

Dr. Felecia Lucht

Credentials: Language Program Office Academic Director, WISLI Director

Position title: UW-Madison-American Councils Project Coach

Email: felecia.lucht@wisc.edu

Anne Naparstek

Credentials: Language Program Office Assistant Director

Position title: UW-Madison-American Councils Project Coach

Email: anne.naparstek@wisc.edu