Natalie A. Mello
Director of Global Operations
Adjunct Instructor
Project Center, 2nd Floor
508-831-5852
508-831-5485
nmello@wpi.edu
Education
- Masters of Liberal Arts, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1995
- Graduate Certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language, Clark University, 1993
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Bachelor of Arts, Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut, 1984
Related Links
- Member of the Forum Advisory Council for The Forum on Education Abroad and Chair of the 2008 Annual Conference in Boston, MA.
- Chair, Region XI, NAFSA: Association of International Educators
- Member of the Inter-Associational Advisory Committee on Safety and Responsibility in Study Abroad
Areas of Interest
- Curricular development: professional development workshops dealing with education abroad, health and safety, risk management, faculty preparation; faculty development workshops designed to prepare advisors for the non-academic issues when accompanying students off-campus; pre-departure orientation development; re-entry programming; and cultural orientation for students and advisors.
- Assessment issues for WPI and for the field of education abroad in general.
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Issues of health, risk management and safety and security in education abroad.
Selected Publications
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Maximizing safety and security and minimizing risk in education abroad programs, Barbara Lindeman and Natalie Mello, Joseph Brockington, Margit Johnson, and Les McCabe chapter in NAFSA’s Guide to Education Abroad for Advisers and Administrators, 3rd Edition, Edited by W. Hoffa and P. Martin. NAFSA Association of International Educators: Washington DC. 2005.
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DiBiasio, D., and N.A. Mello, Assessing a Nontraditional Study Abroad Program in the Engineering Disciplines, Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad. Vol. X. 2004.
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Mello, N.A, D. DiBiasio and R.F. Vaz, Fulfilling ABET Requirements by Sending Students Away, ASEE Conference Proceedings, June 2007, Honolulu, HI.
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DiBiasio, D. N. A. Mello, and F. Carrera, "A Multilevel Assessment Process for Student/Faculty Teams in a Project-Based Learning Environment," ASEE Conference Proceedings, June 2004, Salt Lake City, UT.
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Carrera, F., D. DiBiasio and N. A. Mello, Undergraduate Engineers Get Credit for Saving Venice, ASEE Conference Proceedings, June 2003, Nashville, TN.
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Davis, P.W. and N. A. Mello, Beyond Study Abroad: Expectations for International Experiential Education, International Educator, Winter 2003.
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Davis, P.W. and N. A. Mello, The Last Word: A World-Class Education, ASEE Prism, Vol. 12, No. 5, January 2003.
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Mello, N. A., Maher, K., and Miller, D. Providing International Experiences for US Engineering Students – It Can Be Done! Frontiers in Education Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, November 2002, Boston, MA.
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Mello, N. A., How One Institution Provides a Global Perspective for Engineers, Frontiers in Education Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, October 2001, Reno, Nevada.
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Mello, N. A., Managing Risk in an International Engineering Experience, ASEE Conference Proceedings, June 2001, Albuquerque, NM.
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Mello, N. A., Risk Management and How WPI Meets the Guidelines of NAFSA, SAFETI Consortium, Summer Issue 2001; updated 2005.
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