Associate Professor
Daniel Chatham thrives on coaching students to find the right fit in their education and careers, and on helping nonprofit organizations and universities achieve growth and sustainability.
In higher education since 2001, he has worked primarily in enrollment management. In 2011, Chatham founded an education consultancy in Turkey that launched education and early career programs with universities, high schools, and individuals. Through coaching international students, he has seen firsthand international enrollment management practices at over 200 programs across 100 universities in 11 countries.
In South Korea, besides teaching Master’s courses on education policy implementation, learning assessment, leadership, and decision making, Chatham advised international students from Central and South Asia. He has also taught doctoral students in the Organizational Change and Leadership program of the University of Southern California.
Chatham has held leadership roles as Associate Dean of Namseoul University’s Global Education Institute, Director of Graduate Programs at the UC Riverside’s Anderson Graduate School of Management, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid at the Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences, and Director of Admissions and Asian Marketing at UC San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy.
Chatham has presented at conferences including EducationUSA Triennial, NAFSA, and NAGAP. He has served on the boards of national nonprofits, startups, and educational organizations. Before entering the education sector, Chatham worked a global Fortune 500 firm as a financial analyst focused on resource stewardship and profitability.
IEMG 8506 Current
IE AssessmentCourse Description
IEM Assessment
Assessment in the international education context prioritizes learning outcomes, with an emphasis on global and intercultural learning. Students examine approaches to assessment, draft and evaluate learning outcomes, and write assessment plans. You will critique existing assessment tools and practice creating new assessment tools. This course supports the development of essential assessment skills for practitioners.
Optional synchronous activities are offered Mon/Wed, 8-9am Pacific Time.
Terms Taught
IEMG 8520 Current
Intl Educ Marketing/RecruitingCourse Description
International Education Marketing and Recruiting
This course introduces the fundamental essentials of marketing and recruiting as a managerial process. Students who complete the course will understand how to make decisions as managers in educational organizations responsible for defining and operating recruiting and marketing strategies according to their selected mission. This decision-making process includes understanding how to identify and evaluate target market opportunities, define and articulate a value proposition for an educational service, and develop a promotional strategy that takes into consideration competitors and price sensitivities of the target market.
Optional synchronous activities are offered Mon/Wed, 2-3pm Pacific Time.
Terms Taught
IEMG 8551 Upcoming
ManagePeopleResourcX-cultCntxtCourse Description
Managing People and Resources in Cross-Cultural Context
This course prepares students to manage people and financial resources in programs, departments, or projects of moderate size and complexity. Course activities examine the complexities of staff and budget management in international and cross-cultural contexts. Specifically, students will learn about job description development, advertisement, inclusive selection processes, inclusivity, and ethics, managing remote teams, theory and practice of budgeting, and cost analysis. To manage resources effectively, managers must be able to establish trust, motivate staff, make difficult decisions, and communicate across cultural and organizational contexts. These critical skills are emphasized in this course.
Terms Taught
IEMG 8644
Strategic EnrollMgmt &PlanningCourse Description
Strategic Enrollment Management and Planning
This course introduces Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) and Planning (SEP) concepts and practices that may apply to university, language school, education abroad program, and similar settings. The course covers the foundations of selection processes, legal issues, financial aid, and student services throughout the student lifecycle from selection and enrollment to graduation or program completion.
Terms Taught
IEMG 8645
IEM ProjectCourse Description
This project-based course provides students with an opportunity to apply international education theory and research to solve problems of practice using inclusive design in global education. Students identify, design, and prepare implementation and assessment of a global education project in partnership with an external learning partner. Project work draws comprehensively from core and elective IEM classes, specifically demonstrating good practices in international education program design and assessment. Students work individually or in small groups to develop an applied project with advisement from the course professor. Projects demonstrate human-centered design reflecting key needs, good practices, ethics and standards, and equity-minded approaches with feedback from field experts.
Optional synchronous activities are offered Tues/Thurs 8-9am Pacific Time.
Terms Taught
IEMG 8650
IEM and IEM/MPA PracticumCourse Description
While undertaking an approved professional practicum in the International Education Management field, students will be responsible for rigorous academic performance, equivalent in quantity and quality to the requirements for equivalent on-campus coursework. Students will demonstrate their application of theory to practice through completion of multiple deliverables.
Terms Taught
Chatham’s international education interests include management education for 21st century careers, leadership development, internationalization of universities, innovation in degree programs, and university collaboration. His broader interests also include organizational performance and sustainability in nonprofit and for profit organizations. Chatham also serves as reviewer for international journals of: Responsible Management Education, Teacher Education and Professional Development, and Online Pedagogy and Course Design.
Ed.D., Global Education, University of Southern California
MBA, Business Administration, Temple University, Pennsylvania
BBA, Finance, Temple University, Pennsylvania
Chatham, D. (Ed.). (2021). Advancing Online Course Design and Pedagogy for the 21st Century Learning Environment. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-5598-9
Chatham, D. (2014). A Salutary Tale. QS Showcase-Asia, Middle East & Africa 2014. Published by QS Asia Quacquarelli Symonds Pte. Ltd. December 2013, Singapore.
Chatham, D. (2013). Marketing PhD Programs Application Quickstart Guide, Beaverton, OR: Insighture Media.
Chatham, D. (2012). Putting it All Together: How to apply to Professional Science Master’s programs, Beaverton, OR: Insighture Media.
| by Jason Warburg
Middlebury Institute alumnus Kevin Hyunjae Sung MAIEM ’19 came to the United States in search of opportunities and is now helping to create them for fellow international students and MIIS alumni, managing international exchange programs at the University of Nevada, Reno.
Close to forty Middlebury Institute faculty, students and alumni from the international education management degree program participated in the recent regional Association of International Educators (NAFSA) conference in Reno, Nevada.
