Spring 2021 EducationUSA Seminar

Dr. Tony Roark joined the faculty at Boise State University in 2000. He has held several administrative appointments at the University, including Department Chair of Philosophy, Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. He currently serves as Interim Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs. Dr. Roark holds a doctoral degree in Philosophy from the University of Washington and has applied his academic training in volunteer positions on the City of Boise’s Ethics Commission and the Idaho State Department of Education’s Professional Standards Commission, as well as publishing his research in the area of the history of Philosophy.

Anthony Koliha is the Director of the Office of Global Educational Programs at the U.S. Department of State, where he oversees a portfolio of international teacher, professional, and global mobility programs and services. Prior to joining ECA, he was the Director of International Programs in the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University, Bloomington, where he helped successfully launch a new School of Global and International Studies, in addition to expanding international programs and providing senior leadership for over a dozen federally- funded international, area studies, and foreign language centers. Mr. Koliha previously held joint posts as Director of the Fulbright Program in Russia and International Director of the Russia/Eurasia office for the Institute of International Education.  Mr. Koliha has also worked at the Social Science Research Council and American Councils for International Education. He holds degrees from Kenyon College and Indiana University, Bloomington.

Gonzalo R. Bruce serves as Assistant Provost for Global Education at Boise State University. As the Senior International Officer, he provides leadership in areas that support strategic internationalization, including Global Learning Opportunities, International Recruitment and Admission, the Intensive English Program, International Scholars and Academic Immigration Services, International Students Services, and the Peace Corps Prep Program. He has more than 20 years of experience in international education at public and private higher education institutions, in the U.S. and in Chile. In his current position, he provides oversight of the Center for Global Education, a division of Academic Affairs that is dedicated to advance campus internationalization efforts, where he is directly involved in developing new international programs and partnerships and managing externally funded projects with global partners. Gonzalo is active in several professional associations, including NAFSA, AIEA, and EAIE.

Jarred Butto is Senior Advisor to the global EducationUSA network in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) at the U.S. Department of State. His portfolio includes direction of outreach and strategic communications to interagency, foreign government, and higher education sector stakeholders, and he advises on department-wide policies impacting international student mobility and global engagement across academia and the research enterprise. Prior to his current role, Jarred served as a Foreign Affairs Officer in the Office of Public Diplomacy in the State Department’s Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, where his portfolio included managing large-scale public diplomacy grants, serving as liaison to the department’s Global Engagement Center, and assessing/countering foreign influence in civil society sectors at home and abroad. Previously, Jarred served as EducationUSA Program Officer for the East Asia/Pacific region and as Acting Branch Chief for the EducationUSA network (2015-2016). He has also held temporary detail positions as Public Diplomacy Desk Officer for China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Mongolia and as Special Assistant to the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. Prior to joining the State Department, Jarred was Senior Program Specialist in the Center for Internationalization and Global Engagement at the American Council on Education. He holds a BA in East Asian Studies and Anthropology from Bucknell University and an MA in Social Service Administration from the University of Chicago.