Merrill, Martha
who holds degrees in Russian literature, Creative Writing, Higher Education Administration, and Islamic Studies, is the Dean of Academic Programs for the International Partnership for Service-Learning and Leadership, based in New York City. Previously, she was an Associate Professor at the School for International Training in Brattleboro, VT, where she taught Intercultural Communication as well as international education courses. She has been involved in international education professionally for more than 20 years, at institutions including Rockland Community College, the County College of Morris, the New College for Global Studies at Radford University, International House (New York), the American University - Central Asia, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, and the Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center at Indiana University.