COIL Fellows: Supporting Faculty in Developing International Course Collaborations
In 2014, UW Bothell spearheaded a UW-wide effort to deepen global engagement of students in the classroom - without requiring travel abroad - by implementing online collaboration with international partners. The initiative was launched with seed funding from the UW Jackson School of International Studies. The COIL Fellows Program, now run jointly by UW Bothell Global Initiatives with UW Tacoma Office of Global Affairs and UW Seattle Office of Global Affairs, supports faculty in developing Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) courses.
COIL is an approach to fostering global competence through development of a multicultural learning environment that links university classes in different countries. Using various online communication technologies, students from different countries complete shared assignments and projects, with faculty members from each country co-teaching and managing coursework.
COIL Fellows participate in community of practice meetings to deepen learning and facilitate the sharing of ideas, resources and strategies, and submit written documentation of their partnership. Participants are awarded a stipend for course development and implementation. The program is facilitated by a team of global office staff, learning technologists, and previous COIL Fellows.
2024 COIL Fellows
Faculty of all ranks and from all schools, who teach at the UW full-time and are interested in developing a course collaboration with an international partner during 2024 or 2025, are invited to apply for the next cohort of COIL Fellows. We hope to have participants from across the tri-campus system. The Call for Proposals is expected to be announced at the beginning of Autumn 2023, with a mid-November deadline. In the meantime, review the 2022 Call for Proposals and view a recording of the info session.
Congratulations, 2023 COIL Fellows!
Five UWB faculty representing three schools and FYPP are participating in course development workshops during Winter and Spring 2023 and will begin implementing their COIL courses in Autumn 2023 and beyond.
- Tyson Marsh (SES) - B EDUC 502 - Identity and Reflective Practice and B EDUC 504 - Enacting Agency for Social Justice, with a partner in Mexico
- Alka Kurian (IAS) - BISGWS 301: Critical Gender and Sexuality Studies or BISCLA 380: World Literatures, with a partner in Morocco
- Jed Murr (IAS) - BIS 379: American Ethnic Literatures, with a partner in Slovenia
- Maureen West & Sunita Iyer (SNHS/FYPP) - BCORE 107/Discovery Core I: Mental Health & Student Life- Integrating Well Being & Academics, with a partner in Portugal
2022 COIL Fellows
Five UWB faculty representing three schools and FYPP completed the course development portion of the program and are implementing their COIL courses in 2022 and 2023.
- Ashley JoEtta (IAS/FYPP) - B WRIT 134: First Year Composition
- Deborah Hathaway (IAS/FYPP) - BCORE 117: Front and Center: Images of Women in Theatre and Film
- Jeffrey Kim (STEM: CSS) - CSS 360 Software Engineering, CSS 350 Management Principles for Computing Professionals
- Santiago Lopez (IAS) - BES440: Remote Sensing of the Environment
- Yue Bian (SES) - Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), BEDUC 441 or BEDUC 444
2021 COIL Fellows
Five UWB faculty representing three schools completed the course development portion of the program and are implementing their COIL courses in 2021 and 2022.
Name |
Affiliation |
Theme/ Title of COIL Project |
Partner Institution, Country |
Salwa Al-Noori |
STEM: Biological Sciences |
History & Philosophy of Science |
University of Al-Qadisiyah, Iraq |
Hoa Appel |
NHS: Health Studies |
Behavioral Health |
University of Leon, Spain |
Chiyoung Lee |
NHS: Health Studies |
Disparities in Health and Health Care
|
Seoul National University, South Korea
|
Georgia Roberts |
IAS: Culture, Literature & Arts |
Social Movements & Popular Music |
Stellenbosch University, South Africa |
Avery Shinneman |
IAS: First-Year Program |
Water Availability and Quality |
American Center for Mongolian Studies, Mongolia |
2020 COIL Fellows
Five UWB faculty from three schools are implementing COIL courses during 2020 and 2021.
Name |
Affiliation |
Theme/ Title of COIL Project |
Partner Institution, Country |
Ching-In Chen |
IAS: Creative Writing and Poetics |
Ecojustice: Writing the World |
Tianjin Normal University, China |
Steve Collins |
STEM: Mechanical Engineering |
Sustainable Energy |
Ehime University, Japan |
Jin-Kyu Jung |
IAS: Environmental Studies |
1. Smart City Seattle
2. Mapping Communities
|
1. Pusan National University, Korea
2. Catholic Kwandong University, Korea
|
Kosuke Niitsu |
NHS: Nursing |
Resilience and Mental Health
|
Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan |
Geetha Thamilarasu |
STEM: Computer Science |
Cybersecurity Principles and Ethics |
Mainz University of Applied Sciences, Germany |
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2019 Introduction to COIL Learning Community
Five UWB faculty representing four schools participated in the Introduction to COIL Learning Community to begin exploring ideas for a COIL course.
Name |
Affiliation |
Theme/ Title of COIL Project |
Partner Institution, Country |
Deanna Kennedy |
Business: Management |
Project Management |
Czech Republic (TBD) |
James Reinnoldt |
Business |
Cross-cultural business, CSR or ethics |
Thailand or Cambodia (TBD) |
Mo West |
NHS: Health Studies |
Women's Issues Globally |
Tianjin Normal University, China |
Min Tang |
IAS: Media and Communication Studies |
Introduction to Journalism |
MediaAid Foundation, Liberia |
Salwa Al-Noori |
STEM: Biology |
History and Philosophy of Neuroscience |
In progress for 2021! |
2018 COIL Learning Community
Eight UWB faculty representing three schools participated in the COIL Learning Community, under a new umbrella of the Teaching and Learning Center. The group consisted of COIL practitioners with diverse levels of experience, who supported each other in continuing existing COIL courses and developing new ones, and was facilitated by Greg Tuke and Natalia Dyba.
Name |
Affiliation |
Theme/ Title of COIL Project |
Partner Institution, Country |
Anida Yoeu Ali |
IAS: Interdisciplinary Arts |
Global Agitation: Art & Activism |
TBD |
Michael Dean |
IAS/FYPP: Pre-Major Program |
Comics and Graphic Novels |
TBD |
Meghan Eagen-Torkko |
NHS: Nursing |
Maternal Health |
Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland |
Diana Garcia-Snyder |
IAS: Interdisciplinary Arts |
Dance and Movement |
Universidad de Colima, Mexico |
David Goldstein |
IAS: Culture, Lit and Arts |
Topics in the Study of Culture: Japanese Popular Culture |
Toyo University, Japan |
Martha Groom |
IAS: Envi Studies |
Conservation and Sustainable Development: Learning across Contexts |
Universidad Católica de al Santísima
Concepción (CIBAS), Chile |
Susan Harewood |
IAS: Cultural Studies |
Cultural Studies |
Barbados Community College, Barbados |
Michael Stiber |
STEM: Computing and Software Systems |
Computer Science or Neuroscience |
TBD |
Ursula Valdez |
IAS: Envi Studies |
The Great Rivers of the World |
Peru and Egypt |
2017 COIL Fellows
Six UW Bothell instructors were selected to join the 2017 cohort of COIL Fellows.

COIL Community of Practice meeting, May 2017. Photo by Todd Conaway.
Name |
Affiliation |
Theme/ Title of COIL Project |
Partner Institution, Country |
Gary Carpenter |
IAS: Culture, Lit and Arts/ First-Year Program |
Creative Activism: Inspiring Social Change through the Arts |
TBD |
Charlie Collins |
IAS: Society, Ethics and Human Behavior |
Community Organizing in an International Context |
TBD, Ireland |
David Goldstein |
IAS: Culture, Lit and Arts |
Topics in the Study of Culture: Japanese Popular Culture |
Toyo University, Japan |
Martha Groom |
IAS: Envi Studies |
Conservation and Sustainable Development: Learning across Contexts |
Universidad Católica de al Santísima
Concepción (CIBAS), Chile |
Kristin Gustafson |
IAS: Media and Comm Studies |
Media and Communication Studies Core |
University of Monterrey, Mexico |
Sue Kraemer |
STEM: Biology |
Exploring Cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzyme genetic polymorphisms in West African populations |
Noguchi Memorial Institute
for Medical Research (NMIMR), Ghana |
2015-2016 UW COIL Fellows
Eleven UW COIL Fellows were selected from all three UW campuses and a variety of disciplines:
Name |
Affiliation |
Campus |
Theme/ Title of COIL Project |
Partner Institution, Country |
Bryan White |
STEM: Biology |
Bothell |
Cross-cultural perspectives on the science and ethics of personalized medicine |
Kyodai University, Japan |
Butch De Castro |
Nursing and Health Studies |
Bothell |
Comparing Professional Nursing Practice Between the Philipinnes and the USA |
University of Santo Tomas, Philippines |
Charlotte Rasmussen |
STEM: Biology |
Bothell |
Myth or Reality: Biological science and medicine in the movies |
University of Rostock, Germany |
Eduardo da Silva |
CAS: Portuguese Studies |
Seattle |
Mapping Luso-Brazilian Cultures |
University Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique |
Erica Cline |
IAS: Sciences and Math |
Tacoma |
Sustainable Agriculture |
Farmer's cooperative, Costa Rica |
Jed Murr |
IAS: Cultural Studies |
Bothell |
Traveling Cultures: Cultural Work and the Politics of Location |
Indian Institute of Technology
Roorkee, India |
Nektaria Klapaki |
JSIS: Hellenic Studies |
Seattle |
Migration and Multiculturalism in the Mediterranean |
University of Thessaly, Greece |
Peter Selkin |
IAS: Sciences and Math |
Tacoma |
Rock and Environmental Magnetism |
Universidade Federal de Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; Institut du Physique du Globe, France |
S. Charusheela |
IAS: Cultural Studies |
Bothell |
Alternate Economies – Cultural Studies and Postcapitalist Futures |
Ambedkar University Delhi, India |
Vanessa de Veritch Woodside |
IAS: Spanish |
Tacoma |
COIL Enhanced Elementary Spanish |
Jefferson International School, Mexico; Universidad de Concepcion, Chile |

UW attendees at the 10th Annual COIL Conference at SUNY Global Center, April 2016.
2014-2015 UW COIL Fellows
Congratulations to the inaugural cohort of COIL Fellows:
Name |
Affiliation |
Campus |
Theme/Title of COIL Project |
Partner Institution, Country |
Michael Dean |
CUSP: Pre-major program |
Bothell |
Comics and Graphic Novels: A Global Dialogue |
American University in Beirut, Lebanon |
Chris Demaske |
IAS: Communication |
Tacoma |
Journalism |
Moscow State University, Russia |
Mabel Ezeonwu |
Nursing and Health Studies |
Bothell |
Health Policies and Politics in a Global Context |
University of the Free State, South Africa; Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Nigeria |
Wei Gao |
CUSP: Chinese |
Bothell |
Chinese Cultural Heritage: From Ancient Virtues to Modern Visions |
Tianjin Normal University, China |
Eunjung Kim |
Nursing |
Seattle |
Growth and Development through the Life Span |
Swaziland Christian University, Swaziland |
Ron Krabill |
IAS: Cultural Studies |
Bothell |
Cultural Mediascapes in South Africa and the United States |
University of Cape Town, South Africa |
Amos Nascimento |
IAS: Philosophy |
Tacoma |
Teaching Environmental Ethics and Climate Change around the World |
University of Frankfurt, University of Essen, Germany; University of Medellín, Colombia; Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil |
Ursula Valdez |
IAS: Environmental Studies |
Bothell |
From The Andes to The Cascades along the Pacific Coast: Environmental issues in Peru and the Pacific Northwest |
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru |