Emma Swift
Director, Office of International Education
BIO
Emma Swift is the Director of the Office of International Education, where she provides strategic leadership for education abroad, international student services, international scholar and employee services, and faculty-led program development. She oversees a highly skilled team and advances the university's international engagement through expertise in regulatory compliance, program design, partnership development, risk management, and assessment. She assumed this role in 2022 following more than a decade of leadership within the office, where she directed international student, scholar, and employee services.
Emma has lived, studied, and worked abroad extensively, including six years in Germany as a child, a study abroad experience in Spain, and a year teaching and conducting research at Trường Đại học Quy Nhơn in south-central Vietnam as a Fulbright fellow. She holds undergraduate and master’s degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she also worked for several years advising international students and scholars.
With nearly 20 years of experience in international education, Emma has held numerous regional and national leadership roles. Her service includes work with NAFSA: Association of International Educators as Dean for the Assessment and Evaluation curriculum, chair of the Spring Immigration Workshop coordinated by the Governmental Regulatory Affairs Committee (GRAC), Vermont State Representative, and leader of a regional mentorship program. She has presented and published widely, taught undergraduate- and graduate-level coursework, and is frequently engaged by peer institutions and education-adjacent organizations to support facilitated learning, staff onboarding and training, and systems development for organizations navigating growth and change in global education.
In her free time, Emma loves biking, caring for a garden, and learning how to speak Portuguese.
Bio
Emma Swift is the Director of the Office of International Education, where she provides strategic leadership for education abroad, international student services, international scholar and employee services, and faculty-led program development. She oversees a highly skilled team and advances the university's international engagement through expertise in regulatory compliance, program design, partnership development, risk management, and assessment. She assumed this role in 2022 following more than a decade of leadership within the office, where she directed international student, scholar, and employee services.
Emma has lived, studied, and worked abroad extensively, including six years in Germany as a child, a study abroad experience in Spain, and a year teaching and conducting research at Trường Đại học Quy Nhơn in south-central Vietnam as a Fulbright fellow. She holds undergraduate and master’s degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she also worked for several years advising international students and scholars.
With nearly 20 years of experience in international education, Emma has held numerous regional and national leadership roles. Her service includes work with NAFSA: Association of International Educators as Dean for the Assessment and Evaluation curriculum, chair of the Spring Immigration Workshop coordinated by the Governmental Regulatory Affairs Committee (GRAC), Vermont State Representative, and leader of a regional mentorship program. She has presented and published widely, taught undergraduate- and graduate-level coursework, and is frequently engaged by peer institutions and education-adjacent organizations to support facilitated learning, staff onboarding and training, and systems development for organizations navigating growth and change in global education.
In her free time, Emma loves biking, caring for a garden, and learning how to speak Portuguese.