Mark Chakoian, PhD, Director of Program Development Initiatives

Mark (he/him) has a background in developing a wide variety of programs across several institutions of higher education, including academic outreach and professional development programs for Montana State University, graduate degree, non-degree and undergraduate mobility programs at Northeastern University’s bay area campuses, and faculty-led international programs with Columbia College Chicago.  He also brings experience as a faculty member with Gonzaga University’s department of philosophy, having earned his PhD in that subject from Loyola University Chicago.  Mark is an advocate for the immense value of higher education and a firm believer in the crucial roles that intercultural education and the inclusion of a diversity of perspectives play in challenging our assumptions and broadening our worldviews.