Lisa Pawloski
Professor of Anthropology and Senior Associate Dean for International Programs, Administration, and Finance in the Barefield College of Arts and Sciences (BCAS) at the University of Alabama (UA)
Lisa Pawloski, Ph.D., is a Professor of Anthropology and Senior Associate Dean for International Programs, Administration, and Finance in the Barefield College of Arts and Sciences (BCAS) at the University of Alabama (UA). In her role overseeing international programs, Dr. Pawloski supports all international activities including student mobility, international high-impact practices, international student and scholar needs, international research and travel, and international partnerships and MOUs. Dr. Pawloski is also responsible for facilitating A&S’s major international initiatives in Greece (Alabama Greece Initiative), Cuba, and most recently Southeast Asia. These initiatives send faculty to and from UA’s partner institutions each year to engage in collaborative research. Dr. Pawloski has throughout her career conducted research projects related to health, anthropology, and nutrition in multiple international locations including (but not limited to) Mali, Iraq, Nicaragua, and most recently Thailand. Dr. Pawloski has extensive experience as an administrator and overseeing international programming at UA and at her previous institution, George Mason University, where for close to 12 years she served as the Chair of two Departments; Nutrition Food Studies and Global and Community Health. Dr. Pawloski also served as the founding Dean of Academic Affairs on the Mason Korea campus where she oversaw faculty hiring, development, and student affairs. Dr. Pawloski is the recipient of four Fulbright grants to conduct research in Mali, Thailand, and Myanmar, as well as a program to bring the first Fulbright cohort from Iraq to the United States. Dr. Pawloski has been funded by HRSA, the Department of State (DOS), and USAID to engage in international research and training. She most recently received a Public Diplomacy grant from the US Embassy Thailand to develop student mobility programs partnered with multiple Thai universities with a focus on global health, the environment, and climate change.