Our Team

Jill Reister, Ph.D.

Ex-Officio Member (School of Record) and Assistant Director of Programming, Learning Abroad, University of Minnesota

Jill Reister is the Assistant Director of Programming at the University of Minnesota Learning Abroad Center, overseeing affiliate programs and supervising a large team of Program Advisers. Prior to joining the Learning Abroad Center in 2015, she worked at the University of Cincinnati for just over a decade. Jill received her PhD in Educational Studies from the University of Cincinnati where her research focused on students who choose to study abroad in non-traditional destinations. An active member of the Forum on Education Abroad, the Global Leadership League and NAFSA, she joined the ISEP Board in April 2023.