Mission
To promote collaboration and mutual understanding of the United States and Indonesia through higher education partnerships
To strengthen institutional capacity in teacher education through collaborative development of innovative educational programs and research to be conducted in the U.S. and Indonesia
The U.S./Indonesia Teacher Education Consortium (USINTEC)
A binational higher education consortium
The Alliance for Teacher Quality (ATQ)
A public-private global development alliance of universities, corporations, foundations, and organizations committed to Indonesian education and teacher quality
Partner Institution - State University of Malang
Prof. Dr. Siusana Kweldju
Director, Office of International Affairs
Institutional Director, USINTEC
State University of Malang
E-mail: siusana.kweldju@yahoo.com
Prof. Dr. Siusana Kweldju teaches in the English Department at State University of Malang (UM). She is an applied linguist and educational researcher. She has been a research fellow at the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education (SEAMEO) Regional Language Center (RELC) in Singapore.
Her specialist interest is the teaching of English as a second language and rhetoric. She has developed a theory on lexically-based language teaching for all educational levels, especially in the context of Indonesia. She has written and published more than 75 articles in ESL, linguistics, and education.
In 2008 she obtained an award from APCEIU-UNESCO on International Understanding.
Most recently she has been involved in developing a model for the teaching of peace education and education for sustainable development, especially on water and sanitation. She has also been a speaker in conferences in Singapore, New Zealand, Canada, Thailand, and China.