Dr. Taylor C. Woodman is a critical internationalization scholar that uses his research, teaching, and practice to challenge dominant assumptions of international education exchange. His research interests include global learning, academic diplomacy, internationalization of higher education, digital internationalization, qualitative methodology, and Cuban education.  He has taught at the undergraduate and graduate level for the last decade at DC area schools. He leads the that has taken over 100 UMD students to Cuba. He is an affiliate faculty member of the and he currently serves on the editorial board for . In addition to his research and teaching, he has almost 15 years of experience as an administrator in international education programming on college campuses. He currently also serves as the Associate Director for Global Faculty Learning in UMD's . In this role, he supports the university's strategic internationalization priorities by collaborating with the instructional community to integrate global learning content into the university's curriculum and programming. Outside of the university, Taylor enjoys road tripping to explore the cultural communities within the U.S. He also serves the DC community as a for and as a board member for the and a member of the D.C. Superior Court's Family Court Division's Court Improvement Program Advisory Committee. Taylor holds a B.A. in Public and Urban Affairs from Virginia Tech and a M.A. in ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂal Leadership and Policy Studies and a Ph.D. in Higher ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ, Student Affairs, and International ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ Policy from the ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ. 
 

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  • Associate Director of Global Learning Initiatives, Office of International Affairs
  • Faculty Advisor, HESI Preview Committee
  • Senator, College of ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ Senate (PTK CHSE Representative)
  • Board Member, Foster and Adoptive Advocacy Center
  • Guest Editor of Special Issue on Virtual Exchange, Journal of International Students
  • Editorial Board Member, Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad
  • Fulbright Doctoral Student Advisor, Anna Grigoryeva - Higher School of Economics - Moscow (2021-2022)
  • Member, U.S. Department of State, Speaker’s Bureau
  • Executive Committee Member, Institute for Study Abroad (2017 – 2022)
  • Higher ºÚÁÏ´óÊ Fellow, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of ºÚÁÏ´óÊ (April 2019)
  • Weaver G.C., McDonald P.L., Louie G.S., & Woodman T.C. (2024). Future potentials for international virtual exchange in higher education post COVID-19: A scoping review. ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ Sciences; 14(3):232. 

  • Woodman, T.C., Whatley, M., & Glass, C.R. (Eds.). (2023). (1st ed.). Routledge.

  • Whatley, M., & Glass, C.R., Woodman, T.C. & Braun, N. (2023). Chapter 1: Digital Internationalization: A new era. In Woodman, T.C., Whatley, M., & Glass, C.R. (Eds.).  (1st ed.). Routledge. 

  • Woodman, T.C. & Engel, L.C. (2023). Chapter 1: Internationalization of the curriculum landscape. In Ahn, E.S. (Ed.). Wisconsin in the world: Internationalization at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. IAP, North Carolina.

  • Woodman, T.C., Gombin-Sperling, J. & Najeeullah, Q.S. (2022). Chapter 8: Dismantling exclusive practices: Application as a tool for inclusion. In H. Barclay Hamir and N. Gozik (Editors) Deepening Impact through Inclusive Excellence in ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ Abroad. Forum on ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ Abroad, Pennsylvania.

  • Terentev, E., Woodman, T.C., Grigoryeva, A. & Minaeva, E.A. (2022). Academic (dis)engagement of international doctoral students at Russian universities. In M. Mohamad and J. Boyd (Editors) International Student Support and Engagement: Innovative Practices for Universities. Routledge Series on Global Mobility. Abingdon, UK: Taylor & Francis.

  • Woodman, T.C. (2019). Embargoed exchanges: Critical issues in U.S. and Cuban academic [Special issue: The construction of knowledge in higher education studies: A Southern perspective]. ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ Policy Analysis Archive.

  • Niehaus, E., Woodman, T.C., Wegener, A., Bryan, A., Hill, E. (2019). Student learning outcomes: What instructors emphasize in short-term study abroad. Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad.
  • Woodman, T.C. (2018). New destinations in study abroad: Examining U.S. university expansion efforts in Cuba. The Journal of Comparative & International Higher ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ. DOI 10.32674/jcihe.v10iWinter.696
  • Niehaus, E., Holder, C., Rivera, M., Garcia, C. E., Woodman, T.C., Dierberger, J. (2017). Exploring integrative learning in service-based alternative breaks. The Journal of Higher ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ. DOI 10.1080/00221546.2017.1313086.
  • Woodman, T. C. & Punteney, K. (2016). Chapter 18: Graduate ºÚÁÏ´óÊ in Context: preparing scholar- practitioners as future international education leaders. In B. Streitwieser and A. Ogden (Editors) International Higher ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ’s Scholar-Practitioners: Bridging Research and Practice. Oxford, UK: Symposium Books.
  • Woodman, T.C., DeNapoli, S & Skiba, J. (2016). Global Identities: exploring study abroad student narratives through digital storytelling. In H.C. Saulny and S. Swazye (Editors) Innovation in Diversity and Inclusion: Advancing The George Washington University's commitment to academic excellence.
  • Nessas, D., Wood, T. C. & Woods, M.L. (2014). A practice in solidarity: A U.S. perspective on Cuban higher education. International Educator. 23 (6), 49-51.

 

  • Do Good Campus Award Grantee, $5,000
  • The Power of Narrative in Academic Diplomacy: Stories from Cuba
  • Principal Investigator, UMD's Graduate School, $10,000
  • Universal Global Learning: A Common Agenda for Global Justice
  • Co-Principal Investigator/Co-Facilitator, UMD's Teaching & Learning Transformation Center, $70,000
  • Creating Public Health OER to Empower Students in Addressing the Challenges of Our Time
    Co-Principal Investigator/Co-Facilitator, Maryland Open Source Textbook (M.O.S.T.) OER Grant, $2,000
  • Global Virtual Exchanges- Teaching Innovation Grant
    Project Co-Facilitator, UMD’s Provost’s Office, $2,500
  • Global Classrooms Design Sprint- Teaching Innovation Grant 
    Co-Author/Project Co-Facilitator, UMD Provost’s Office, $39,000
  • Global Classrooms Initiative for International Virtual Exchange: Embargoed Dialogues
    Principal Investigator, Office of International Affairs, $10,000
    Department of Counseling, Higher ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ & Special ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ, $2,000
  • Innovation in Diversity and Inclusion: Global Identities-Digital Storytelling Project
    Principal Investigator, Office of Diversity and Inclusion, $5,000
  • EDHI750: International Higher ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ
  • EDHI788T: International ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ & Cultural Exchange: Policies & Practices (Summer)
  • EDHI788I: Connecting Across a Disrupted World -Technology & Virtual Exchange in International Ed. (Not currently offered)
  • EDHI798: Critical Internationalization Doctoral Research Seminar (By request)