For the fifth year, the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) Center for Global Engagement is partnering with the InterAmerican Center for Global Health and the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP) to offer an immersive professional development program in Costa Rica for a select cohort of UMB and UMCP faculty, postdoctoral, and staff members to globalize their courses, modules, tracks, clinical electives, or cocurricular programs.
The purpose of this program is to develop global education opportunities for students enrolled in UMB and UMCP degree programs.
From Dec. 12-19, 2026, selected fellows will engage in a series of interactive workshops in Costa Rica on topics such as learning design and assessment, strategies to globalize curricula, ethical global engagement, and other topics in order to develop global education opportunities for students enrolled in degree programs.
This year's fellows come from five UMB schools and UMB Central Administration, as well as College Park.
Congratulations to the 2026 cohort of the Costa Rica Faculty Development Institute:
- Dr. Yvette Alania, School of Dentistry
- Ana Corina Alonso-Yoder, Maryland Carey Law
- Dr. Fotini Anagnostopoulos-King, School of Dentistry
- Paris Barnes, School of Pharmacy
- Aneuri Castro, School of Social Work
- Dr. Gerrin Davis, School of Nursing
- Dr. Lori Edwards, School of Nursing
- Dr. Charmaine Eyeguokan, School of Pharmacy
- Dr. Amy McLaughlin, UMCP
- Morgan Pardue-Kim, School of Social Work
- Dr. Stacey Rose, UMB Central Administration
- Maureen Sweeney, Maryland Carey Law