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Students, parents, faculty and advisors can rely on the Alliance for Global Education to provide insightful guidance and thorough support services throughout their experience. Before departure, students may contact Julia Levy and Traci Chupik, the Alliance's China and India Program Managers respectively, with any questions or concerns. Once students arrive overseas, the Alliance for Global Education's Resident Directors and staff lead orientation programs and are be available to students at all times for academic and personal support and practical advice. They work to enhance students' experience through planned cultural activities, lectures, field study trips, and social events.

U.S.-based Staff

Janice Levitt, Executive Director
Janice Levitt has spent her professional life working in China and the United States in the field of study abroad. She is a committed educator and has extensive understanding of and fluency in Chinese language and culture as well as more than 15 years of experience working with students, faculty and administrators both in the United States and abroad. She earned her B.A. in East Asian Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and did graduate work at the Johns Hopkins University-Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies, based in Nanjing. She spent more than four years living and working in China and has traveled throughout the country. Janice is responsible for the leadership and direction of the Alliance. She also directs the China programs.

Dr. Andrea Custodi, Director for India Programs
Andrea Custodi is responsible for the leadership and direction of the Alliance's India programs, with a background in international education that includes over ten years of program management in India and short-term faculty-led programs in Nepal. In addition to her travel, fieldwork and development work in South Asia, Andrea's academic interests are interdisciplinary, with doctoral research and publications incorporating contemporary critical, feminist, and psychoanalytic theory with a focus on South Asian religious materials, in particular the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata. Andrea currently serves on the Fourm on Education Abroad’s Standards Committee, as well as its Ethics and ACCRAO working groups, and serves as leader and moderator of the Association of U.S. Academic Programs in India (AUSAPI).

Julia Levy, Program Manager

Julia has been with the the Alliance for Global Education since its inception. In addition, she has been with the College of Global Studies at Arcadia University since 1988, shortly after receiving her BA from Dickinson College. Julia's long-standing relationship with Arcadia began during her undergraduate years, when she participated in a study abroad program to England. Following college graduation, Julia began a career as a program assistant and since then she has held a number of different positions at Arcadia. In her current role, she manages the admissions and pre-departure process for Alliance China students.

Traci Chupik, Program Manager
Traci joined the Alliance for Global Education in spring of 2008 after working as a Program Manager for the College of Global Studies at Arcadia University since June 2006. She earned her B.B.A. in Management from the University of Texas at Austin in 1999 and completed her M.S.Ed. in Intercultural Communication from the University of Pennsylvania in 2006. After studying abroad in London as an undergraduate, Traci became committed both personally and professionally to international education and exchange, and has since taught English at an elementary school in Misato, Japan, and volunteered as an intern at an educational exchange organization in Yerevan, Armenia. As an Alliance Program Manager, Traci is responsible for the admissions and pre-departure process for Contemporary India students.

Courtney Kenny, Program Coordinator

Courtney Kenny joins the Alliance as the newest member in the Washington, D.C. headquarters. After graduating with B.A. in Communications from Penn State University, Courtney spent a month backpacking Europe and 3 months working on Paros, a small island in Greece. After this experience, she became an advocate of international exchange and travel. In 2005, she left Washington, D.C. for Yamanashi, Japan where she spent a year teaching English in a high school and a year in the local government. She continued her travels in Latin America, spending two and half months volunteering in Costa Rica. After returning to the States in late 2007, Courtney worked for several months with the Embassy of Japan and the Institute of International Education. As Program Coordinator for the Alliance, Courtney manages the daily operations of the Washington office and supports its programs in China and India.