Leo Rowland

Leo Rowland has over 20 years of experience in higher education as an administrator and faculty member at various universities and study abroad organizations the US, Argentina, Italy and South Korea. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Brown University and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from California State University, Fresno. He returned to Buenos Aires in June 2024 to become the Executive Director of the Fulbright Commission Argentina after having previously served as Executive Vice President of Laguna College of Art and Design in California. Leo spent a term on the Forum on Education Abroad´s Forum Council and has volunteered as a national selection panelist for both the David Boren Award and the Benjamin Gilman Scholarship. He has taught a wide range of writing courses, most recently at Pepperdine University, Buenos Aires campus. Leo is primarily interested in the framing of human/nature interactions in narrative, visual and artistic form. Outside of higher education, Leo has worked as a journalist, editor/abridger of audio books and translator.

Leo will be participating in the Networking Pop-Up on Thursday. Here is an icebreaker question to get the conversation going: In your experience, what do you think Interns can bring by to your organization in relation to its goals?

Facts about Fulbright Commission Argentina:

• Founded in 1946 through U.S. Senate legislation to increase mutual understanding.
• Operates in over 160 countries, with a unique bi-national partnership in each.
• Has awarded grants to over 5,700 Argentines and Americans since its inception.