About ASPA's President's Committee on International Scholarly Engagement
The ASPA President’s Committee on International Scholarly Engagement (PCISE) was active from January 2022 through March 2023. Committee members included:
- Mary-Lee Rhodes, Co-Chair, Trinity University
- Alasdair Roberts, Co-Chair, University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Mohamad Alkadry, University of Connecticut
- Maria Aristigueta, University of Delaware
- Nisha Botchwey, University of Minnesota
- Michael Brintnall, Montgomery College
- Gyorgy Hajnal, NISPAcee
- Leslie Pal, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
- Meghna Sabharwal, University of Texas at Dallas
Its goal was to provide guidance for how organizations can engage internationally while respecting academic freedom, human rights and other core values.
The PCISE conducted background research, interviewed organization leaders and held several discussion sessions with a range of stakeholders over 2022, producing a final report in winter 2023.
The committee recommended, and ASPA's National Council endorsed, that scholarly organizations make clear the core values that guide their international engagement, take steps to embed those values in decision-making processes, and develop processes for addressing concerns about engagement that are evidence-based, fair, and transparent. In addition, it describes seven examples of core values that organizations might consider as a first step in developing their approach to international engagement.