Senem Bakar

SENEM BAKAR

Associate Director for Exchange Visitors and Students, American University

With over 20 years of experience in International Education and Exchange, Senem is overseeing the ISSS front line, admissions and immigration services, and managing the university’s J1 Exchange Visitor Program. She is active in NAFSA leadership: Association for International Educators as the Chair of Embassy Dialogue Committee to facilitate communications between embassies and the US higher education community, and on the Trainer’s Corps for J1 regulations and Credential Analysis. She serves on the scholarship selection committees of the Boren, Fulbright, the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program and the U.S. Department of State Critical Languages Scholarship Program. Senem has been interviewed by the US Department of State, various sections of the VOA, NBC, ABC, WETA, WAMU, NPR and several foreign media on international education matters. Senem managed international admissions and recruitment at AU prior to joining ISSS and actively marketed AU in the following countries for more than 8 years: Bahrain, Belgium, Cyprus, Egypt, Germany, Greece, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Netherlands, Switzerland, Turkey, UAE and UK.