Duke's Global Travel Advisory Committee (GTAC) advises Duke leadership as to the safety and security of destinations around the globe.
The Global Travel Advisory Committee (GTAC) is convened three times annually to review the Duke Restricted Regions List (RRL) in its entirety. It also convenes when conditions warrant (i.e., when world events call for a review of a location) and/or when a petition for Undergraduate/Medical Resident or House Staff who wish to travel to a destination on the RRL is received.
GTAC consists of faculty from every School and several Institutes (recommended by their Deans and Directors) as well as leaders of programs that conduct student travel. All committee members are appointed by the Provost to serve 2-year terms, which are renewable if mutually agreed, and both committees advise the Provost on policy matters, travel destinations and other travel related issues.
Any member of the Duke Community, at any time, can request a review of a particular destination, or of their travel plans, for an assessment of the safety and security situation or to reconsider Duke's position. Requests and inquiries should be sent to the Travel Policy Administrator. Note: Asterisks (*) below indicate that the individual is a member of the GTAC Executive Committee.
Current Committee Members
- Eric Mlyn*, Lecturer, Sanford School of Public Policy and Distinguished Faculty Fellow, Kenan Institute for Ethics (Chair)
- Amanda Kelso*, Assistant Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and Director, Global Education Office (Vice Chair)
- Edna Andrews, Professor, Department of Slavic & Eurasian Studies
- Chris Beyrer, Director, Duke Global Health Institute
- Chris Boroski, Director, Corporate Risk Management
- Jung Choi, Associate Dean for Global and Intercultural Formation; Director, Asian House of Studies, Divinity
- Kevin D'Arco, Senior Associate Dean of International Students
- Eve Duffy, Associate Vice Provost, Global Affairs
- Emily Funk, Assistant Clinical Professor, School of Nursing
- Didem Havlioglu, Associate Professor of the Practice of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Trinity
- Anna Hayes, Director, Office of Global Health and Safety
- John Klingensmith, Senior Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, the Graduate School
- James Lambert, Director of Academic Advising, Law
- Todd Mesibov, Sr. Associate Athletic Director, Compliance, Duke Athletics
- Russ Morgan, Associate Dean for the Duke MBA—Daytime and MMS Foundations of Business and Professor of the Practice, Fuqua School of Business
- Brendan Murphy, Director, Global Administrative Support
- Eric Mvukiyehe, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Sanford School
- Bill Nicholson, Associate University Counsel, Office of General Counsel (ex officio member)
- Ram Oren, Professor, Earth Systems Science, Nicholas School of the Environment
- Christy Parrish*, Director, Global Travel Office (Travel Policy Administrator)
- Charlie Piot, Professor, Cultural Anthropology, African, African-American Studies and Faculty Director of DukeEngage
- Christopher Simmons, Associate Vice President for Public Affairs and Government Relations
- David Toole, Associate Dean for Global Health Initiatives, Duke Divinity School and Adjunct Associate Professor of Global Health, Duke Global Health Institute
- Frank Tramble, Vice President for Communications, Marketing and Public Affairs
- Krishna Udayakumar, Director, Global Health Innovation Center; Associate Professor, Global Health and Medicine and Associate Professor, Duke-NUS Singapore
- Daniel Vick, Director, Export Controls
- Giovanni Zanalda, Associate Research Professor, SSRI, Economics, History and Director, Duke University Center for International Studies