Center for Advanced Studies in Global Education Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College Arizona State University Payne Hall 204D 1000 S. Forest Mall Tempe, AZ 85287-1372 +1 (480)965-0960 aryn.baxter@asu.edu EDUCATION Doctor of Philosophy, Education Policy and Administration Concentration: Comparative and International Development Education Master of Arts, Education Policy and Administration Concentration: Comparative and International Development Education Gordon College, Wenham, MA Bachelor of Arts, International Affairs and Sociology 2014 2008 2005 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Assistant Professor The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program Center for Advanced Studies in Global Education, Tempe, AZ Assistant Research Professor The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program Center for Advanced Studies in Global Education, Tempe, AZ Director The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at ASU Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ Lead Project Fellow The Mastercard Foundation Learn, Earn & Save Initiative Research Associate REL Pacific Regional Educational Laboratory Seward Inc., Minneapolis, MN Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant College of Education and Human Development 2017 - Present 2015-2017 2013 - Present 2011-2013 2013 2010-2013
Page 2 of 7 Academic Program Coordinator GoED Study Abroad Program Food for the Hungry, Kigali, Rwanda Graduate Research Assistant Hennepin-University Partnership, Center for Urban and Regional Affairs AmeriCorps*VISTA Education and Outreach Coordinator Hennepin County Office of Multicultural Services Minneapolis, MN 2008-2010 2006-2008 2005-2006 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Facilitator, Faculty Development Seminar Instructor, Critical Issues in Higher Education Internationalization Instructor, Introduction to Comparative Perspectives in Education Invited speaker, International and Comparative Higher Education Invited speaker, International Scholarship Program Management Middlebury Institute of International Studies Facilitator, Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program signature programming Arizona State University Instructor, Capstone Seminar for MasterCard Foundation Scholars MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program, Arizona State University Instructor, Sustainability Issues in African Contexts School of Sustainability, Arizona State University Program Evaluation Lecturer, The Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders College of Public Programs, Arizona State University Teaching Assistant, Advanced Seminar in International Development and Education College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota Training Facilitator, Improving Secondary Head Teacher Capacity and Strengthening School-level Management in Uganda Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda 2017, 2018 2017 2016; 2017 2017 2017 2013 - Present 2016 2014-2016 2014-2015 2012 2013 2007
Page 3 of 7 Teaching Assistant, Sustainable Tropical Agriculture Seminar Gordon College International Program, Fort Myers, FL and Pignon, Haiti 2004-2005 PUBLICATIONS Peer Reviewed Journal Articles Pellowski Wiger, N., Chapman, D., Baxter, A., & DeJaeghere, J. (2015). Context matters: A model of the factors associated with the effectiveness of youth entrepreneurship training. Prospects (2015) 45, 533-547. DeJaeghere, J. & Baxter, A. (2014). Entrepreneurship education for youth in Eastern Africa: A capabilities approach as an alternative framework to neoliberalism s individualizing risks. Progress in Development Studies, (14) 1, 61-76. Baxter, A. (2011). Higher education mission and vision in Rwanda: A comparative and critical discourse analysis. Reconsidering Development Journal, 2(2). Book Chapters Baxter, A. (2017) The benefits and challenges of international education: Maximizing learning for social change. In J. Dassin, R. Marsh & M. Mawer (Eds.), International scholarships in higher education: Pathways for social change. Palgrave Macmillan. Baxter, A., Chapman, D., DeJaeghere, J., Pekol, A., & Weiss, T. (2013). How can entrepreneurship training offer an effective strategy for poverty reduction? A Review of Literature and International Experience. In International educational innovation and public sector entrepreneurship, Volume 23, 33-58. Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Book Reviews Baxter, A. (2017, January). Review of Education in West Africa. [Review of the book Education in West Africa, by Emefa Takyi-Amoako]. Education Review, volume 24. Retrieved from http://edrev.asu.edu/index.php/er/article/view/2165. Blog Posts and Magazine Articles Baxter, A. (2015, September). International education in the wake of identity-based conflict: A multi-directional relationship. Institute of International Education Networker, Fall 2015, 36-37. Retrieved from http://www.naylornetwork.com/iienwl/articles/indexv2.asp?aid=339490 &issueid=40633. Baxter, A. (2015, December 18). Defining success in light of student experiences. Measuring Success. Retrieved from https://www.acu.ac.uk/about-us/blog/defining-successlight- student-experiences. Evaluation and Research Reports Marsh, R., Baxter, A., Di Genova, L., Jamison, A., and Madden, M. (2016). Career choices, return paths and social contributions: The African alumni project. Full Report.
Page 4 of 7 Toronto: The MasterCard Foundation. Retrieved from http://africanalumni.berkeley.edu/media/african-alumni-project-final-full- Report-Aug-2016.pdf. Baxter, A., Shaw, M., & Krause, B. (2012). Swisscontact Year 1 Synthesis Report. The Mastercard Foundation Learn, Earn, and Save Initiative Program Evaluation. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota. Baxter, A. & Pike-Baky, M. (2010). School Based Teacher Training Summary Report. Kigali: International Education Exchange. PRESENTATIONS Baxter, A. (2017). Expanding access to mobility through international scholarships: The opportunities and challenges of transnational education spaces. Presented at the Addressing Inequalities, Mobility and Dislocation: Insights from International and Domestic Research and Practice Conference, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. Baxter, A. (2017). Exploring the educational value of films, podcasts, and social networks workshop. Global Learning Metrics Conference, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. Baxter, A. (2016). Connections to home: A multi-university mixed methods study on the career and life trajectories of African alumni of international universities. Presented at the annual meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society, Vancouver, Canada. Baxter, A. & Ross, D. (2016). Expanding international access: Program design and lived experience of the MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program at Arizona State University. Presented at the New Paradigms in Inclusion and Education: Pedagogy and Practice in the 21 st Century conference, Tempe, Arizona. Baxter, A. & Ngwenya, A. (2016). Reflections on identity and race in American classrooms. Presented at the Voice of the 21 st Century Student panel, Tempe, Arizona. Baxter, A. (2015, March). The cultural politics of identity, mobility and globalization among Rwandan international scholarship recipients. Presented at the Should I Stay or Should I Go: Maximizing the Contribution of Higher Education to Development in Africa conference at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Baxter, A. (2015, March). Designing education for peace. Presented at the South Sudan Education Fellows Program, Santa Monica, CA, USA. Baxter, A. & Amoako-Agyei, E. (2015). Africa, Business, & Culture. Presented at the Arizona State University Global Business Club Meeting. Baxter, A. (2014, May). The burden of privilege: Transnational education space and migration dilemmas among scholarship students from Rwanda in the U.S. Presented at the annual meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society, Toronto, Canada.
Page 5 of 7 Baxter, A., Panel organizer and chair. (2013, May). Session: Scholarships for change: An exploration of motivations and experiences across stakeholder perspectives. Panel: Student Perspectives: A multi-sited ethnographic case study of the Rwanda Presidential Scholars Program. Presented at the annual meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society, New Orleans, LA, USA. Baxter, A., Pekol, A., & Krause, B. (2012, October). The eco-system of program evaluation: Foundations, NGOs and academics. Presented at the American Evaluation Association Annual Conference in Minneapolis, MN. Baxter, A. & DeJaeghere, J. (2012, April). A capabilities approach as a framework for learning and livelihood for youth. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Baxter, A., & Lutterman-Aguilar, A. (2011, November). Student learning abroad At whose expense and/or benefit? Paper presented at Council on International Educational Exchange Annual Conference in New Orleans, LA, USA. Baxter, A., & Pike-Baky, M. (2011, May). Kneading the dough: An academic-practitioner dialogue. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society 2011 Conference in Montreal, Canada. Baxter, A. (2009, August). Transformation for whom? Considering the community impact of study abroad and service-learning. Paper presented at the Transformational Development Conference, Eastern University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. AWARDS AND GRANTS Co-Principal Investigator for $1,000 Higher Education Internationalization Learning Community grant awarded by the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College (2017) Co-Principal Investigator for $21.9 million Strengthening Institutional Linkages grant awarded by the Mastercard Foundation (2016) Professional Development and Travel Grants, University of Minnesota (2012) Women s Philanthropic Leadership Circle Graduate Student Award, University of Minnesota (2012) Corcoran Research Travel Award, University of Minnesota (2012) SERVICE University Mentor, Higher Education MA Program, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College (2016 2017) Planning Committee, Global Education MEd Program, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College (2017 Present)
Page 6 of 7 Faculty Engagement Committee, Center for Advanced Studies in Global Education (2016 Present) Organizing Committee, Global Learning Metrics Symposium (2016) International Student Experience Committee, Arizona State University (2014-2017) Internal Reviewer, NSF Partnerships for International Research and Education (July 2016) Member of the following MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program Working Groups: Transformative Leadership, Research and Publications (current) Strategic Relations Committee Chair, Interdisciplinary Perspectives on International Development, University of Minnesota Mentor, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota Professional Joyce Cain Award Committee, Comparative and International Education Society (2017 Present) Evaluation and Learning Working Group, The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program (2016-Present) Advisory Committee, FreshEd (2016-2017) Publications Committee, Comparative and International Education Society (2013 2016) New Scholars Essentials Committee Chair, Comparative and International Education Society (2012 2015) Reviewer, Forum for International Research in Education (2015) Reviewer, Children and Youth Services Review (2015) Reviewer, Journal of Peace Education (2012) Reviewer, Reconsidering Development Journal (2011) Reviewer, Feminist Formations (2011) Community Mentor, Big Brother Big Sister of Arizona (2015 Present) Board Member, Soul Source Foundation (2015 2016) Board Member, Manifesto Project (2013-2015) PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Comparative and International Education Society (CIES)
Page 7 of 7 National Association of Foreign Student Advisors (NAFSA) American Evaluation Association (AEA)