David Wick
Associate Professor; Program Chair, International Education Management

- Office
- Casa Fuente Building CF300G
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- (831) 647-4176
- dwick@middlebury.edu
David Wick has worked in international education since 1988. His experience includes leading study abroad efforts at a youth exchange organization, Arkansas State University, San Francisco State University, and Santa Clara University. Additionally, Wick brings private sector experience from a decade as a project manager and account executive in advertising and design.
Wick’s international experience includes study in Mexico, France, Germany, Austria, and the UK. He has also taught in Hungary and France, where he participated in the Teaching Assistant Program in France (TAPIF) from 1991-92 at Lycée Yves-Kernanec in Marcq en Baroeul. Wick has taught education abroad programs, lectures, or workshops in Azerbaijan, France, Georgia, Greece, Hong Kong, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey. He is also a Fulbright Scholar who participated in the 2011 International Education Administrators’ Program in India.
Volunteer service is central to Wick’s professional engagement. Wick has held appointed and elected leadership roles for NAFSA: Association of International Educators with the Academy, Trainer Corps, Annual Conference Executive Committee, Region III and Region XII teams, and the Education Abroad Knowledge Community. He has supported Diversity Abroad since the organization’s inception as a conference planner, workshop designer and facilitator, and content developer. His engagement with the Forum on Education Abroad includes co-authorship of the Standards of Good Practice for Education Abroad Sixth Edition and plenary panelist at the 2024 Europe, Middle East, and Africa conference in Athens, Greece in 2024. His current leadership activities include service as facilitator for the Diversity Abroad International Education Diversity & Inclusion Certificate Program, Associate Editor for Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, editorial board member for Diversity Abroad Global Impact Exchange, and as course designer and teacher for the Nobel Future Laureates Scholarship Program. He has received awards from NASFA in recognition of his international education policy leadership and received the Diversity Abroad 2023 Excellence in Diversity & Inclusion in International Education Award for Inclusive Excellence in Teaching.
Areas of Interest
Wick’s research and scholarship focuses on designing and delivering education, and international education, to foster equity and social justice for our students, their communities, and the world at large. As a teacher, Wick seeks to guide students to apply theory to inform practice and to use practice to challenge and change theory. He particularly enjoys supporting student learning in project-based courses that connect students with professionals in the field to address real-world problems that increase diversity and inclusion.
Academic Degrees
- EdD in Educational Leadership, San Francisco State University, California
- MSE in Educational Theory and Practice, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas
- BA in French, German, and Dance, Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota
Professor Wick has been teaching at the Institute since 2015.
Publications
ARTICLES
- Wick, D., Shen, H. K., Diaz, M., Manczewski, L., Muhammad, H., & Campbell, A. (2022). A Collaborative Model for Integrating Inclusive Practices Across an International Education Curriculum. Diversity Abroad Global Impact Exchange, Fall, 13–15. Available for download here.
- Wick, D., Doll, J., Ramos Lopez, A., & Roman, A. (2022). Wellness & Wellbeing for Education Abroad: Holistic Support to Reduce Harm and Enhance Learning. Diversity Abroad Global Impact Exchange, Spring, 10–14. Available for download here.
- Campbell, A., Wick, D., Marcus, A., Doll, J. and Yunuba Hammack, A. (2021), ““I felt like I was not just a student:” examining graduate student learning at academic and professional conferences”, Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education, Vol. 12 No. 3, pp. 321-337. https://doi.org/10.1108/SGPE-08-2020-0061
- Luedke, A., Wick, D., & DePietro, K. (2020). Somewhere Over the (Virtual) Rainbow: Creating Safe and Affirming Platforms for LGBTQUI+ Students During Pandemic. Diversity Abroad Global Impact Exchange, Fall, 14–18. Available for download here.
- Fallert, N., Contreras, E., Lopez-McGee, L., Wick, D., & Willis, T. Y. (2020). An Equity-Minded Approach to Researching, Writing, and Publishing to Amplify Student Strengths. Diversity Abroad Global Impact Exchange, Summer, 42–44. Available for download here.
- Wick, D., Willis, T., Rivera, J., Lueker, E., Han, T. (2019) Assets-Based Learning Abroad: First-Generation Latinx College Students Leveraging and Increasing Community Cultural Wealth in Costa Rica. Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Education Abroad. https://doi.org/10.36366/frontiers.v31i2.455
- Willis, T. Y., Wick, D., Bykowski, C, Doran, J. K., Li, H. Y., & Tran, A. (2019): Studying Human Trafficking in Thailand Increases EPAS Competencies and Compels Action at Home, Journal of Social Work Education, (pp. 710-723) https://doi.org/10.1080/10437797.2019.1661901
- Willis, T. Y., Wick, D., Han, T., Rivera, J., & Doran, J. K. (2019) “If I Did It Over There, I Can Do It Here”: U.S. Latinx Social Work Students in Costa Rican Service Placements Deepening Their Professional Identity and Skills, Journal of Social Work Education, (pp. 1-15) DOI: 10.1080/10437797.2019.1611513
- Lueker, E., Bruce, A., and Wick, D. (2019). The Future of Inequality in Mobility. Occasional Publication #8 Borders, Mobility, and Migration (pp. 154-168). United States, CAPA: The Global Education Network. Available for download here.
BOOK CHAPTERS, EDITORIAL WORK, AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS
- Serrano, M., Wick, D., & Walker, D. (2022). Equity-minded Program Design for Inclusive Excellence. In N. J. Gozik & H. Barclay Hamir (Eds.), A House Where All Belong: Redesigning Education Abroad for Inclusive Excellence. Forum on Education Abroad.
- Chama, Samson, & Wick, D. (Eds.). (2021). An International Approach to Social Work: Connecting Across Cultures to Inform Practice. Cognella.
- Wick, D., & Willis, T. Y. (2021). Multicultural Competencies. In S. Chama & D. Wick (Eds.), An International Approach to Social Work: Connecting Across Cultures to Inform Practice (pp. 35–48).
- Contreras, E., López-McGee, L., Wick, D., & Willis, T. Y. (2020). Introduction: Special issue on diversity, equity, and inclusion in education abroad. Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 32(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.36366/frontiers.v32i1.431
- Wick, D., & Willis, T. Y. (2020). International Education’s Potential for Advancing Social Justice. In L. Berger (Ed.), Social Justice and International Education: Research, Practice, and Perspectives (pp. 11–42). NAFSA: Association of International Educators.
- Contreras, E., López-McGee, L., Wick, D., & Willis, T. (2019). Introduction: A virtual issue on diversity and inclusion in education abroad. Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 31(Virtual), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.36366/frontiers.v31iVirtual.451
- Wick, D., & Trujillo, S. (2018) Using Student Development Theory for Inclusion and Success in Education Abroad. Refining Practice White Paper, CEA Study Abroad, Phoenix, AZ. Available for download here.
- Gorlewski, E., & Wick, D. (2018). Assessment and Evaluation Terms for International Educators. NAFSA: Association of International Educators. Available for download here.
- Wick, D. (2018). Expanding Education Beyond Programmatic Timeframes. Terra Dotta. https://www.terradotta.com/articles/article-TerraDotta-Expanding-Education-Beyond-Programmatic-Timeframes.pdf
- Hernandez, M., Wick, D., & Wiedenhoeft, M. (Eds.). (2014). Guide to Education Abroad (4th ed.). NAFSA: Association of International Educators.