Michael Baum

Executive Board Member @ FLAD - Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento

About

Higher-ed and non-profit management executive with decades of international teaching, research and administrative experience between Europe and the US. Actively engaged in building and strengthening institutional partnerships between Portugal and the US, particularly in higher ed and between the academy and civil society. Executive Board Member, the Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD). Professor and Director of the Global Education Office for the Faculty of Human Sciences at Catholic University of Portugal (UCP). Co-Director of UCP's undergraduate major in Philosophy, Politics & Economics (PPE). Significant experience designing and delivering inter-university consortia programs. Developed and delivered dozens of new faculty-led programs in Portugal for HEIs all across the US. Grant writing and grant management experience as both a researcher and administrator.

Country

Portugal

City

Lisbon

Industry

Higher Education

Skill

Higher Education Teaching, Undergraduate Teaching, Academic Administration, Higher Education, Research, Writing, Teaching, Program Evaluation, Public Speaking, Lecturing, Statistics, Program Development, SPSS, Political Science, Qualitative Research, Policy Analysis, Comparative Politics, University Teaching, Student Development, Grant Writing

Experience

Executive Board Member

FLAD - Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento

2021-7 - Present · 5 yrs 3 mos

Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Nominated by both the US Embassy in Portugal and the Government of Portugal to the Executive Board of this 36-year-old foundation. Its mission is to deepen cooperation between Portugal and the USA, in a variety of fields, serving as a bridge that contributes to the development of Portugal.

Professor Catedrático Convidado (Full Professor)

Universidade Católica Portuguesa

2019-5 - Present · 7 yrs 5 mos

Lisbon Area, Portugal

Director, The Global Education Office Co-Director, Philosophy, Politics & Economics (PPE) undergraduate program Professor Catedrático Convidado Faculty of Human Sciences Catholic University of Portugal

Invited Professor

ISCTE-IUL

2015-9 - 2019-5 · 3 yrs 9 mos

Lisbon Area, Portugal

Professor Convidado, Ph.D program in Public Policy, teaching course on Comparative Methodology.

Program Director

Study in Portugal Network (SiPN)

2014-10 - 2019-2 · 4 yrs 5 mos

Lisbon Area, Portugal

Developed new multi-university consortium for several Portuguese universities to attract study abroad students to Portugal. Program is housed within the non-profit Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD). Participant growth from 28 to 340 participants in first 3 years. Served over 750 students and faculty and directly managed a staff of 4 with nearly 1 million EUR/year gross revenues.

Executive Board Member (FLAD), Founder and former-Director of the Study in Portugal Network

FLAD - Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento

2014-2 - 2019-1 · 5 yrs

Lisbon Area, Portugal

Nominated by US and Portuguese governments to executive board of this major Portuguese foundation for a 5-year mandate. Managed various grant programs that promoted mobility between HEIs and civil society organisations in the US and Portugal. While there, designed and oversaw the development of a new non-profit multi-university consortium for study abroad that grew 1100% in 3 years, accounting for 1/3 of all US students in Portugal by AY 2016/17. Delivered dozens of customised faculty-led programs for universities and colleges throughout the US.

Full Professor

University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth

2011-8 - 2018-10 · 7 yrs 3 mos

Dartmouth, MA

Promoted to Full Professor of Political Science (Comparative Politics) in 2011, was on unpaid leave from 2/14 until October 2018.

Director

UMass in Lisbon

2001-6 - 2014-1 · 12 yrs 8 mos

Developed a summer faculty-led program at ISEG-UTL that began in 2001 and continued through 2013. Starting in 2011, developed and expanded this relationship to a year-round study abroad program in Lisbon, Portugal based at ISCTE-IUL, bringing students to Lisbon for a semester or academic year to study Portuguese language and Lusophone-related topics in English or Portuguese. Oversaw directly a staff of 2 and managed a budget of nearly $200,000/year. Significant grant work was involved in getting this endeavor off the ground. Enrollments grew from 14 in the first year to 23 in year two.

Associate Professor & Chair

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

2003-6 - 2012-7 · 9 yrs 2 mos

UMass-Dartmouth, Political Science Dept

Oversaw a department with 9 FT faculty and several adjunct lecturers. Chaired search committees and engaged campus stakeholders and students on a wide variety of matters. Promoted to full professor in 2011.

President, Faculty Senate

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

2007-5 - 2010-5 · 3 yrs 1 mo

North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, United States

Elected to three terms as President of Senate by the faculty at UMass Dartmouth.

Assistant Professor

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

1997-9 - 2002-8 · 5 yrs

North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, United States

Assistant Professor of Political Science. Teaching in Comparative Politics (Contemporary Portugal, Western European politics, Politics of Development).