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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
• Bachelor of Arts, Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut, 1984
• Wilderness First Responder, Wilderness Medical Associates, Atenas, Costa Rica, 2008 
  

Related Links

• Co-Chair, Standards of Good Practice Institute: Beyond the Basics of Health, Safety and Security
• Chair of the Advisory Council for The Forum on Education Abroad
• Past-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.
• Issues of health, risk management and safety and security in education abroad.
  

Selected Publications

• Mello, N.A., J. Davis, S. Ferst and M. Hogan, Short Term Education Abroad: Participant Manual; Trainer Manual  NAFSA Association of International Educators: Washington DC. 2009.

• Bingham, K., L. Kenney, N. A. Mello and K. Tuma, Professional Practice Workshop: Managing the Education Abroad Office: Participant Manual; Trainer Manual NAFSA Association of International Educators: Washington DC. 2007 revised May 2008.

• 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, 3^rd Edition, Edited by W. Hoffa and P. Martin. NAFSA Association of International Educators: Washington DC. 2005.

• 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.

• Mello, N.A., and R. F. Vaz., "Fulfilling ABET Requirements by Sending Students Away", ASEE Conference Proceedings, June 2007, Honolulu, HI.

• 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.

• Carrera, F., D. DiBiasio and N. A. Mello, Undergraduate Engineers Get Credit for Saving Venice, ASEE Conference Proceedings, June 2003, Nashville, TN.

• Davis, P.W. and N. A. Mello, Beyond Study Abroad: Expectations for International Experiential Education, International Educator, Winter 2003.

• Davis, P.W. and N. A. Mello, The Last Word: A World-Class Education, ASEE Prism, Vol. 12, No. 5, January 2003.

• 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.

• Mello, N. A., How One Institution Provides a Global Perspective for Engineers, Frontiers in Education Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, October 2001, Reno, Nevada.

• Mello, N. A., Managing Risk in an International Engineering Experience, ASEE Conference Proceedings, June 2001, Albuquerque, NM.

• Mello, N. A., Risk Management and How WPI Meets the Guidelines of NAFSA, SAFETI Consortium, Summer Issue 2001; updated 2005.

• Designed a multiday workshop entitled "Making the Case:  Beyond the Basics of Risk Management" to be facilitated with co-leader B. Frederick. This was delivered at the Forum 2009 Conference, Portland, OR.
• "Risk Management for Faculty Led Short Term Programs" and "Risk Management for Administrators," Bill Frederick and Natalie Mello. Two day workshop provides an overview of major aspects of risk management in short term education abroad; training for the trainers of faculty who lead education abroad excursions;and preparation for faculty leaders of education abroad trips to prevent and respond to health and safety incidents – both emergency and non-emergency.  Delivered at WPI in October 2008 and March 2009.
• Team leader for the revamped NAFSA Core Education Program Workshop: Short-term Education Abroad Programs. This workshop to be delivered in May 2009.
• Invited facilitator in the Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) Assembly Interdisciplinary Seminar hosted by the National Academy of Sciences and National Science Foundation, 2003 and 2005.