Global Scholars Leadership
Leadership
Dr. Jeff Hamilton
Vice Provost for Global Engagement
Dr. Hamilton has been on the faculty at Baylor since 1995. He holds a B.A. from Tufts University and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Emory University. Before serving as Vice Provost for Global Engagement, Dr. Hamilton was chair of the Department of History. The VPGE oversees international education initiatives, including study abroad and international student and scholar services. He has been VPGE for seven years and has traveled internationally extensively to expand Baylor's global offerings. He is excited about the new Global Scholars initiative and believes it is a great opportunity for Baylor students to expand and embrace a global worldview.
Holly Joyner
Director of Programming and Development for Global Scholars; Assistant Director of Marketing and Communications for the Center for Global Engagement
Based in Waco, she oversees Baylor's Global Scholars program and is the main point of contact for students applying to the program. Holly will also be on hand during orientation in both the Waco and Dublin portions.
Prior to joining the Center for Global Engagement, she served as the Program Director for several of Baylor's Living Learning Centers, including the Fine Arts LLC and Baylor & Beyond LLC. Before Baylor, Holly worked as their Orientation Coordinator at the University of North Texas. Holly is a 2007 graduate of Baylor University, where she earned a B.A in International and Asian Studies. She also has her Masters of Science in Higher Education from Azusa Pacific University in California.
Dr. Bo White
Director of Baylor Study Abroad
Dr. White has traveled to over forty countries in both faith-based service and international education. Prior to Baylor, he was the Director of Global Exchange at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and currently serves as the Director of Study Abroad in the Center for Global Engagement at Baylor University. A student of leadership, he seeks to nurture a curiosity for ideas and culture with a passion for keeping grace at the center of life and work. He is excited to work on the Global Scholars initiative, assist Baylor students in their global endeavors, and connect them to a network of resources.
While in Dublin, you'll be accompanied by full-time Baylor faculty and staff. We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Lauren Poor will be the faculty member teaching courses and guiding you through your travels during the semester, along with a graduate assistant TBA.
Dr. Lauren Poor
Faculty Director - Global Scholars Dublin; Senior Lecturer in History & Director of the Office of the Core
Dr. Poor will travel to Dublin, Ireland, with our 2023 Fall Cohort. She will be the student's main point of contact while in-country and teach HIST 1300- The United States in Global Context, as well as a few other elective courses.
Dr. Poor is a historian of early modern Britain and the British Atlantic World with a particular interest in transnational issues, including immigration, xenophobia, religious toleration, and state formation and identity. Her research is driven by a desire to understand how moral perceptions become effective in action. Her current book project, based on her dissertation titled Refugee Nation: The Origins of Practicing English Toleration, c. 1660-1732, examines the late seventeenth and early eighteenth-century culture and politics of
refugee relief. Through a comparative study of the English reception of Huguenot, Irish, Palatine, and Salzburg refugees, she traces the development of England as a refugee nation, and the subsequent utilization of the Atlantic as a corrective to England’s refugee "problem."
Dr. Poor is looking forward to this opportunity to take students abroad and welcomes any questions you may have.
Still, have questions? Email Global_Scholars@baylor.edu.