Acknowledgments
A book such as this requires a number of acknowledgements for the support and help along the way. We extend our gratitude to:
CIES Past President Dr. Noah Sobe, and the entire Board of Directors of CIES for their support of this endeavor;
Our stalwart group of plenary speakers who came ready to challenge and be challenged and engage in a rather innovative format of discussion and debate. These speakers include: Anjali Adukia, Lesley Bartlett, Emily Bent, Peter Demerath, Barbara Dennis, Ameena Ghaffar-Kucher, Shenila Khoja-Moolji, Huma Kidwai, Patricia Parker, Leigh Patel, Oren Pizmony-Levy, Gerardo Blanco Ramírez, Lilliana Patricia Saldaña, Riyad Shahjahan, Fran Vavrus and Dan Wagner;
Dr. Halla B. Holmarsdottir for both her championing of this book and for representing Oslo Metropolitan University as a partner in this effort;
George Mason University, Dr. Beverly D. Shaklee and the Center for International Education for their tireless work to make this symposium a success;
All of the symposium attendees who came to learn, unlearn and relearn over the course of the two-days;
The team at Arizona State University who hosted the first CIES Symposium in 2016 and shared their knowledge and lessons learned generously;
Dr. Will Brehm and his team at FreshEd who hosted four plenary speakers for deeper conversation about their speaker statements in his cutting edge podcast; and
Betsy Scotto-Lavino a graduate student at GMU, who supported our work in collecting information and formatting chapters.