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 Erin
Papa
(M.Ed.,
Rhode Island College)
Tel: (401) 874 - 5566
Fax (401) 874 - 7088
E-Mail: epapa@uri.edu
Erin
Papa is currently Coordinator of the URI Chinese Language Flagship Partner Program, having previously held the position of Program Coordinator for the International Engineering
Program. Erin is a graduate of the IEP; she earned her B.S. degree
in Civil Engineering and a B.A. in German in 2001. She studied abroad
at the Technische Universität
Braunschweig during the winter semester in 1999-2000 and
followed that semester with an internship in the environmental protection
and safety department of Beiersdorf AG in Hamburg, Germany. After
working as an engineer for some time at the Rhode Island Department
of Environmental Management, Erin decided to devote herself to the
field of international education.
Erin has taught English
as a Second Language in public schools in Melbourne, Australia and
at Zhejiang University City College (affiliated with the IEP’s newest
partner Zhejiang University)
in Hangzhou, China. While in Hangzhou, Erin also studied Mandarin
at Zhejiang University and co-coordinated the first IEP Study Tour
to China in summer 2006. She earned her Master of Education
in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) from Rhode Island College in 2005.
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