Contact us
Virginia Commonwealth University
Global Education Office
Education Abroad
817 West Franklin Street, Room 122
P.O. Box 843043
Richmond, Virginia 23284-3034
Phone: (804) 827-7882
Fax: (804) 828-2552
Email: abroad@vcu.edu
When contacting us for an advising appointment, please list the days and times you are available to meet over a three week period.
Instructions for off-campus visitors and recruiters 
Education Abroad staff
Stephanie Davenport
Director
Email: davenportse@vcu.edu
As the director of Education Abroad, Stephanie Davenport oversees administration of the university’s study abroad and exchange programs. She joined VCU Education Abroad in February 2005. An alumna of VCU, she first discovered her passion for international education while on a semester study abroad program in Edinburgh, Scotland, through the International Student Exchange Program (ISEP). In graduate school, she studied abroad in Peru and spent time volunteering in Ecuador as a teacher of English as a foreign language. She co-led an alternative spring break program to Oaxaca, Mexico in 2006, and in recent years has had the opportunity to travel to several of VCU’s partnership universities in Spain, England, Malaysia and Mexico.
Advising areas
- Curtin University
- University of Córdoba
- University of Westminster
- University of São Paulo
- University of the West of England
- Spain
- Latin America
Nasha Lewis
Program Manager
Email: nlewis7@vcu.edu
Nasha Lewis joined VCU Education Abroad in September 2007. She holds a bachelor’s degree in international politics from George Mason University and a master’s degree in international education from George Washington University. Lewis has worked in community development for the U.S. Peace Corps in West Africa, and her experience there encouraged her to travel to other places such as Eastern Asia, Southern Africa, South America and Western Europe.
Advising areas
- Africa
- Asia
- France, Canada and all French-speaking locations
- Fudan University
- Multi-country programs
- Middle East
- Russia
- Saint Petersburg State University
- University of KwaZulu-Natal
- VCU School of the Arts in Qatar
Cole Cridlin
Advisor
Email: cridlinrc@vcu.edu
Cole Cridlin joined the VCU Education Abroad team in May 2011. He holds bachelor’s degrees from VCU in English, French and Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies. After studying abroad three times in France and Canada, he has dedicated himself to learning French and plans to live abroad someday. He plans to go on to teach English in France, among other things.
Advising areas
- General advising
- Australia
- France
- Canada
- Ireland
- New Zealand
- Oceania
- UK
- Europe including France, Spain and the UK
