Asia has a joint appointment with the Office of International Affairs and the Yale MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies. She is responsible for overseeing strategic initiatives, engagement, and institutional partnerships related to Latin America and Europe. As the director of programs for the Councils on Latin American & Iberian Studies and European Studies at the MacMillan Center, Asia also works closely with faculty, students, and visiting scholars. Prior to her current roles, Asia focused on board relations, alumni engagement, and international fundraising initiatives, including for the Yale Center Beijing, during her tenure at the Yale School of Management and Yale’s Office of Development. Asia received her B.A. and M.A. from Wesleyan University and her Ed.D. from Northeastern University. Her academic research focuses on networks and internationalization in higher education, a topic in which she is completing a Fulbright research project with a university in Colombia. At Yale, Asia is a Fellow and Advisor at Silliman College. She is currently the Regional Editor for Latin America for the Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education and a member of the Advisory Board for The Halifax Institute for Global Interdisciplinary Collaboration.

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