Tulane University

Contact Info
vmcgmar@tulane.edu

Department Affiliation
Stone Center for Latin American Studies

Valerie McGinley has been with the Stone Center since 1995. Her responsibilities include overall planning and supervision of outreach activities, media and public relations including production of Center publications, and coordination of all funding initiatives of the Stone Center including major gift solicitation and institutional and foundation applications. Previous to her current position she coordinated educational outreach activities through the Latin American Resource Center. She holds a B.A. in Spanish and a M.Ed. in Second Language Instruction, both from Tulane University, and taught high school Spanish and adult ESL in the metro-New Orleans area.

• B.A., Tulane University, Spanish, 1991
• M.Ed., Tulane University, Second Language Instruction, 1993

• Director of Planning and Management, Stone Center for Latin American Studies, 2010-
• Director of Development & External Programs, Stone Center for Latin American Studies, Tulane University, 2000-2010
• Outreach Director, Stone Center for Latin American Studies, Tulane University, 1995-2000
• Teacher of Spanish, Archbishop Rummel High School, 1993-1995

• Secretary/Treasurer, Consortium of Latin American Studies, Tulane, 2014-
• Tulane University Staff Excellence Award, 2007
• President, Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP), 2003-
• Co-Founder, National Outreach Web Site for Title VI Centers, 2002
• Outreach Committee Chair, CLASP, 1999-2001

• Spanish
• Portuguese

• Spain
• Mexico
• Guatemala
• Brazil

• 2017. ‘€œ‘€œCollaboration and Community: From New Orleans to Haiti,‘€ with Shearon Roberts. Creating Equity of Opportunity in Education through Latin American Studies. Latin American Studies Association 2017 Conference. Lima, Peru.* 2013. ‘€œA Comprehensive Model for National Resource Center Evaluation.‘€ With Avery Dickins de Girón. Demonstrating the Impact of National Resource Centers Conference, Columbus, OH.
• 2012. ‘€œBrazilian Portuguese ‘€” Language and Culture: A Short Course Experience,‘€ with Renée Zicman, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo. Conference of the Americas on International Education (CAEI). Río de Janeiro, Brazil.
• 2009. ‘€œProfessionalization of Outreach: A Continuing Challenge for Title VI Centers.‘€ Title VI 50th Anniversary
  Conference, U.S. Department of Education and Michigan State University, Washington, D.C.
• 2008. ‘€œMaking the Argument for Depth Instead of Breadth in K-12 Outreach.‘€ The IEPS International Education Forum: Fostering Connection, Collaboration, and Creative Ideas, Washington, D.C.
• 2006. ‘€œIntroduction to Best Practices in Outreach to the K-12 Community by the National Resource Centers for Area
  Studies,‘€_ Outreachworld.org_ http://outreachworld.org/article.asp?articleid=113.
• 2006. Q‘€™anil: Introduction to Kaqchikel Maya. Editor, Composition and Translator. With Marie Carianna and
  Judith Maxwell. New Orleans: Tulane University. CD-ROM.
• 2002. ‘€œLatin American Resources for Educators.‘€ Presented at the NEH Summer Institute for Teachers-The Hispanic Presence in Louisiana. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.
• 2002. ‘€œBeyond the Book-Web-Based Materials for the K-12 Classroom-Problems and Possibilities,‘€ and ‘€œCollaborations: An On-Line Guide to Best Practices in K-12 Outreach.‘€ Presented at the National Outreach Conference for Area & International Studies. Madison, WI.
• 2001. ‘€œFreedom Struggles in the Atlantic World: Focus on Latin America.‘€ Pre-conference Teacher Workshop for the Tulane/Cambridge Conference on Freedom Struggles in the Atlantic World, Tulane.
• 2000. ‘€œEducational Resources for Teaching About Latin America: Focus on Brazil.‘€ Presented at Towards a Better Understanding of Brazil and Latin America. Sponsored by the Nine University and College International Consortium of Georgia. Morrow, Georgia.

• Assists Executive Director in all major fundraising initiatives such as gift solicitation, grant proposal preparation, prospect research, and alumni relations and acts as liaison to these constituencies.
• Coordinates logistics, coordination, and implementation of projects, programs related to Latin America in the Stone Center and it‘€™s affiliate centers and institutes
• Directs Center‘€™s public relations image through management of publication production.
• Plans and supervises outreach initiatives of the Center.
• Oversees compliance and reporting on all grant-funded activities.
• Supervision of financial, logistical and risk management aspects of all Stone Center programs and projects