Board members
Dehkontee Chea
Co-Director of Programming
Liberia
Felix Ting
Director of Finance
Hong Kong SAR
Faculty Advisors:
Dr. Mikael Elias
Dr. Bhaskar Upadhyay
Past Faculty Advisors:
Noro Andriamanalina, Ph.D.
Dr. Noro Andriamanalina was CIGS advisor and she is currently Director of Academic and Professional Development for the Graduate School at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
Dr. Andriamanalina leads and oversees strategic initiatives to support graduate students across disciplines; conducts research and has co-published on writing experiences and career paths of Indigenous and doctoral students of color. She has 20 years of professional experience in higher education as administrator and instructor at both undergraduate and graduate levels. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in English and Religion from Augsburg College, a Master of Arts in Teaching English from Minnesota State University, Mankato, and a doctoral degree in Educational Policy and Administration from the University of Minnesota.