About
Dr. Elise S. Ahn is a scholar-practitioner whose work is committed to bringing a research informed lens into education practitioner and policy contexts. She has numerous publications including most recently, a 41-chapter edited volume, Wisconsin in the world: Internationalization at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which was published in 2023 by Information Age Publishing. She has evaluated programs and work at universities, foundations, multilateral organizations, and also has extensive experience as a grant reviewer.
Managing Director / Director of Operations and Outreach
Elise is currently the Director of Operations and Outreach for the US NSF-Simons Foundation-funded AI Institute for the Sky (“SkAI Institute”). Led by Northwestern University in collaboration with The University of Chicago, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the University of Illinois Chicago, and the Adler Planetarium, SkAI tackles exceptionally complex problems in astrophysics and astronomy across a broad range of cosmic scales, from the physics of exotic objects like neutron stars and black holes to the formation of galaxies and the role that dark matter and dark energy play across the entire universe.
Language Change in Central Asia (2016)
“This is a fine work of scholarship emerging from a little-written-about, yet fascinating region of the world. Because of the linguistic complexity of the region and a multiplicity of social, economic, geopolitical and religious forces at work in the region, the author/editors strove to address their topic from several perspectives, achieving this by enlisting a broad range of researchers and practitioners.” Reviewer
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Wisconsin in the World (2023)
“Nearly every public university in the US has an internationalization strategy. But unlike in other countries, there is no central authority or guide. Dr Ahn has organized a model and much-needed anatomical guide to explaining how international translates into the life of a major state university system and enlisted a star-studded cast to explain and document impact.” Dr. Allen E. Goodman, PhD, CEO, Institute of International Education
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