Grace Tompkins is an Education Specialist with international experience in academic exchanges of students and scholars. Previous positions have included Program Coordinator, Center for Australian and New Zealand Studies at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, Washington D.C.; Outreach Education Counselor at the Fulbright US-Israel Education Foundation, Tel Aviv; Education Advisor for the US Information Service, U.S. Embassy, Barbados; Community Liaison Officer, U.S. Embassy, Australia; President of the French-Australian Pre-School, Canberra, Australia; Education Training Specialist for the US Agency of International Development, U.S. Embassy, Zimbabwe; Education Counselor (West Bank and Gaza students) at AMIDEAST , Washington D.C.; and Lecturer in Social Anthropology at The American University, Beirut, Lebanon.