Recent Presentations
2020 (Cancelled due to COVID-19) “Institutional Study Abroad Portfolio Analysis: Towards Decolonizing Study Abroad” with Amelia Dietrich. NAFSA: Association of International Educators National Conference and Expo. St. Louis, MO.
2020 Rethinking Education Abroad for the Global Generation: Considerations for SIOs” with Anthony Ogden, Elizabeth Brewer, Katherine N. Yngve, and John Lucas. Association of International Education Administrators Conference. Washington, D.C.
2019 Keynote Address, November 2019, NAFSA Research Symposium
Ficarra, J. (2019). "Extending Colonial Critiques Beyond International Service-Learning in the Global South: The Case of Florence, Italy". 9th Annual CAPA Symposium, "Empires of the Mind? (Post)colonialism and Decolonizing Education Abroad". Boston, MA.
Ficarra, J. (2018). “Critical Institutional Study Abroad Portfolio Analysis”. NAFSA: Association of International Educators National Conference and Expo. Philadelphia, PA.
Ficarra, J. (2018). “Study Abroad and Host Communities: Local Partner Engagement Process Model”. NAFSA: Association of International Educators National Conference and Expo. Philadelphia, PA.
Brewer, B., Ficarra, J., and Adkins, R. (2018). “We’re So Vain, We Probably Think This Program’s About Us: Decolonizing Study Abroad”. Forum on Education Abroad Conference. Boston, MA.
Ficarra, J. (2018). “Frontiers Journal Featured Research: Curating Cartographies of Knowledge: Reading Institutional Study Abroad Portfolio as Text” Forum on Education Abroad Conference. Boston, MA.
Ficarra, J. and Avery, S. (2017). “'Northside': The Politics of Community Inclusion”. International Association of Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement. Galway, Ireland.
Ficarra, J. (2017). “Dangerous Discourses: ‘Benevolent Power’ in Domestic Service Learning and International Development”. International Association of Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement. Galway, Ireland.
Ficarra, J. (2017). “Tracing the Evolution of Education Abroad Program Models into the Age of the Corporate University: Perils and Possibilities”. Panel Presentation: Historical Perspectives on Critical Internationalization, with Bryan McAllister-Grande (Harvard University) and Eduardo Contreras (University of Portland). American Educational Research Association Annual Conference. San Antonio, TX.
Ficarra, J. (2017). “Comparative International Approaches to Understanding and Supporting Refugee Learners”. New York State Foundations of Education Conference. Ithaca, NY.
Ficarra, J. (2016). “Race, Development, and ‘Benevolent Power’ at Home and Abroad”. New York State Foundations of Education Conference. Cortland, NY.
Ficarra, J. and Avery, S. (2015). “The Education of Belonging: Exploring the Politics of Space and Memory Using Documentary Film”. American Educational Studies Association Conference. San Antonio, TX.
Ficarra, J. and Avery, S. (2014).“14 Days in Africa: Community Collaborative Filmmaking on the Continent”. New York African Studies Association Meeting. Cortland, NY.
Ficarra, J. and Cichello, F. (2013). “The Affordances of Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) at Various Stages of the Study Abroad Cycle”. NAFSA: Association of International Educators Region X Conference. Atlantic City, NJ.
Ficarra, J., Gomis, J. and Acacio, E. (2012). “First Do No Harm: The Effects of Short-Term Study Abroad Programs on Host Communities”. NAFSA: Association of International Educators National Conference and Expo. St. Louis, MO.
Zimmerman, A., Ficarra, J., and Bryant, A. (2012). “Ready, Willing, and Able to Serve: Supporting Students with Disabilities on Internships Abroad”. NAFSA: Association of International Educators National Conference and Exp. St. Louis, MO.
Ficarra, J., Gomis, J. and Acacio, E. (2012). “First Do No Harm: The Effects of Short-Term Study Abroad Programs on Host Communities”. NAFSA: Association of International Educators Regional Conference and Expo. San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Ficarra, J. (2012). “The Affordances of Online Learning in the Context of Education Abroad. Florida International Education Consortium (FCIE) Conference, Valencia College. Orlando, FL.