Dr. Barbara Kappler is assistant vice provost of International Student and Scholar Services within the Global Programs and Strategy Alliance at the University of Minnesota. She directs a comprehensive ISSS office with staff who are experts in employment-based visas, counseling, immigration advising, intercultural programming, engaging international students and scholars, sponsored students, exchanges, and non-degree options for semester-long study. ISSS’s vision is that the University of Minnesota is an inclusive and engaged international learning community with a mission to support the University’s internationalization. ISSS contributes greatly to the University as a resource to departments, faculty, staff, scholars, and students.

Barbara is also a member of the Graduate Faculty at the College of Education and Human Development where she teaches courses in intercultural communication.