Faculty and staff
Dr. Divya C. McMillin
Director / Professor, Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
Divya C. McMillin teaches international communication and cultural studies. Classes focus on media globalization, children and television, gender, ethnicity, class and the media; and media ethics.
Her first book, International Media Studies (2007, Blackwell Publishing) argues for a postcolonial turn in the study of the political economy and reception of global and local media. Her second book, Media Globalization and Youth Identity (2009, Peter Lang Publishing), interrogates the material conditions that produce youth workers and consumers.
McMillin has published articles in the Journal of Communication, International Journal of Cultural Studies, Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies, Indian Journal of Gender Studies, and the International Communication Bulletin, to name a few. She has contributed book chapters to such anthologies as Planet TV (2003, New York University Press), Girl Wide Web (2006, Peter Lang), South Asian Technoscapes (2008, Peter Lang) and Re-Orienting Global Communication (2010, University of Illinois Press). Her conference presentations have won top paper awards.
McMillin also works collaboratively with the Internationales Zentralinstitut fur das Jugend-und Bildungsfernsehen (Germany) to develop high quality programming for children's television worldwide.
Kirk Lange
Program Specialist and Adviser
Kirk Lange has more than a decade of diverse international experience and a deep passion for global studies education. He joined UW Tacoma's Global Honors in 2011.
Recent experience includes serving as the Assistant Director of the International Relations Program at Tufts University, promoting environmental conservation and community development in Borneo, and co-editing a journal volume treating conflict resolution in Eastern Indonesia. During his five years at Tufts, Kirk coordinated advising for over 500 majors, supported faculty in the development of a new curriculum, and helped build opportunities for student co-curricular activities and research.
His background with NGOs, universities, private sector social entrepreneurs and public agencies enables him to offer UW Tacoma students insight into the range of career pathways opened up by a Global Honors education. Kirk received a B.A. in International Studies from Vassar College, an MPH in International Health from the University of Hawai'i (where he was an East-West Center Graduate Studies Fellow), and a graduate certificate in Asia-Pacific Leadership Studies from the East-West Center.
Linda Gilbert
Program Assistant
Linda Gilbert has been supporting UW Tacoma students for nearly 20 years.
Faculty
The Global Honors program draws the expertise of faculty from different disciplines and academic programs throughout UW Tacoma. Faculty who currently teach Global Honors courses include:
