International Social Work Conference | Boston 2008

is the Executive Director of Amizade Global Service-Learning. Amizade has a 14-year record of connecting people with communities for intercultural service and learning worldwide, and it has done so primarily through a social enterprise model. Eric is currently finishing his dissertation on global service-learning methodology and outcomes at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. He has had a leading role in developing and evaluating Amizade’s global service-learning and global citizenship curricula. He served as lead author on a chapter contribution to Learning to Serve: Promoting Civil Society through Service-Learning and has published articles on service and citizenship for Transitions Abroad and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Eric has taught global service-learning courses for the University of Pittsburgh and West Virginia University in Bolivia, Jamaica, Pittsburgh, Peru, and Tanzania.