Andrea Todd is Director of Northern Virginia Operations for the Virginia Tech Language and Culture Institute. In prior positions, she served as Director of Graduate Affairs and professor of graduate research and writing at National Defense University and as Program Manager of the Higher Education Administration Doctoral Program at George Washington University. Andrea holds a doctorate in Education from George Washington University, an M.A. in Linguistics from George Mason University, and a B.S. in Spanish from Georgetown University’s School of Languages and Linguistics. She has presented and published on international student issues such as community-based learning, culture shock and depression, and second language acquisition.