Associate Director, Office Of Global Education
Bucknell University
Jennifer Ellis Fritz is the Associate Director for the Office of Global Education (GE) at Bucknell University. Fritz has worked in the field of International Education over 15 years. Fritz leads the GE advising team and manages the offices daily administrative operations. Fritz is current Chair of NAFSA Region VIII. Prior member of the NAFSA Leadership Development Committee, past Chair of the Nominations Committee for the IFSA National Advisory Executive Committee, and past member of the Diversity Abroad Network First Generation Task Force. Fritz has participated in various University and national committee positions with a special focus on STEM and first generation college students. Fritz was the Region VIII coach for NAFSA Academy for International Education Class of 15. Fritz has presented at over 20 regional and national conferences. Prior to working at Bucknell, Fritz worked at the University of Pittsburgh as a study abroad advisor and co-managed the business and engineering Plus Three Program, awarded the Institute of International Education (IIE) Andrew Heiskell Award for Excellence in Study Abroad. While at the University of Pittsburgh Fritz also taught within the College of Business Administration and assisted in leading one of the Plus Three study abroad programs. Fritz holds her B.A. in Political Science from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and her M.P.A. from Pennsylvania State University. Fritz is also a graduate of NAFSA Academy, Bucknell Emerging Leaders Program, NAFSA Connecting Our World Leadership Program, NAFSA Trainer Corps, and Institute at the Institute: Risk and Crisis Management-IFSA.