International Student and Scholar Support
Meet Our Staff
Amanda Finnen
Title: | Assistant Director for Scholar Support |
International Student and Scholar Support | |
Email: | afinnen@sc.edu |
Phone: | 803-777-9663 |
Office Hours: | https://calendly.com/afinnen |
LinkedIn: | My LinkedIn profile |
Resources: | Learn more about the Exchange Visitor Process here |
BA History, UNC Charlotte, 2008
MA Anthropology, NC State University, 2017
Amanda provides support for visiting Professors, Research Scholars, and Short-Term Scholars in the Exchange Visitor Program, their J-2 dependents, and J-1 students in Academic Training.
Through education abroad programs, Amanda studied history in Ireland, visiting many museums and public history sites. In Ecuador, she studied ecology in the Yasuní National Park of the Amazon and ecology and Darwinian history in the Galapagos. Her master’s project focused on a bioarchaeological dig in Lopburi, Thailand. In Columbia, she enjoys cycling on the greenways and kayaking the rivers.