Welcome to CAFEGlobal
Welcome to CAFEGlobal, the global initiatives hub dedicated to UMKC Faculty. Explore the site for useful information about global partnerships, research, international award opportunities, faculty-led study abroad programs, and upcoming CAFEGlobal events.
“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page.” – St. Augustine
Your Journey Starts Here
“I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” – Susan Sontag
Faculty Highlights
Virginia Blanton
Fulbright Scholar Award (2023-24)
School of Humanities and Social Science, is currently serving as Fulbright Scholar at the Ruusbroec Institute in Antwerp, Belgium. She is researching the work of English nuns who sought refuge in Catholic Flanders during the Protestant Reformation.
Yotam Haber
Fulbright Scholar Award (2023-24)
Associate Professor of Music Composition at the UMKC Conservatory, will serve at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance in Israel. He will further develop the cross-fertilization of his creative work with traditional Jewish liturgical cantillation practices.
Gary Abbott
Guggenheim Fellow (2022-2023)
Professor of Dance at the UMKC Conservatory, has developed a creative project that focuses on the prison system’s impact on the Black community; he first explored this subject when he created a dance titled, “Breaking the Dam: Mass Incarceration.”
