Jayme Scally, Ph.D.

Dr. Jayme Scally comes to Multidisciplinary Studies from the Honors Program at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa where she served as faculty for six years. She is originally from Baltimore, MD and has lived and studied in England, Ireland, Spain, and South Africa. Her research focuses on the development of intercultural competence in various settings, including through study abroad, intentional campus programming, and through media. Jayme’s dissertation focused on a comparison of the three main study abroad models in US undergraduate education and assessed their program structures to ascertain which best support the development of intercultural competence, as well as the influence of administrative support and varying student motivations. Other work has investigated the idea of “internationalization at home” including a look at the relationship between Fundamental British Values and Arabic complementary schools and a focus on the mismatch between Global North and South institutions in higher education exchange programs that results in further propagating the inequity such programs are meant to address. A scholar-practitioner, Jayme has also worked in careers and study abroad advising, welfare and student support in the US and UK.

Jayme would like to collaborate with others on research around accessibility, engagement, and identity development in higher education and in teaching that helps students view issues from new perspectives or those that they might not think to use in a given environment, particularly with focus on civic engagement and social justice. She is also eager to develop and incorporate short-term study abroad programs into her teaching and would love to work with anyone else with similar goals or experience creating such a course.

Education:

B.A. History, Gettysburg College
M.Ed. Higher Education Administration, Vanderbilt University
Ph.D. Education, University of York, UK
Certificate in Disability and Diversity Studies, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, USA