Emory University is an intellectual beacon for students and faculty of the highest order to discover innovative solutions to universal challenges. The Office of Global Strategy and Initiatives provides vision for Emory's global engagement by fostering international partnerships, welcoming international students and scholars, and supporting global study and research.
We bring the world to Emory, and we share Emory with the world.
The Office of Global Strategy and Initiatives
Emory University’s Office of Global Strategy and Initiatives (GSI) is dedicated to the support, promotion, and expansion of Emory’s international engagement. Through the strategic internationalization of programs, curricula, and research, GSI supports creative global initiatives, fosters cross-unit collaboration, promotes a culturally vibrant and diverse campus, and coordinates Emory’s international resources and partnerships. GSI leads the implementation of Emory’s global strategies, which it helped develop through a multiyear effort involving broad community input. These strategies provide a vision for the future of Emory’s global engagement.
Following his appointment in 2013, Wainwright led the development of Emory’s global strategic plan and launched the office in new directions to more broadly support Emory’s strategic goals, which include developing geographic focal points, cultivating institutional partnerships and support networks in target countries, and strengthening the university’s infrastructure in support of global work.
Philip Wainwright
Philip Wainwright, retired, served as vice provost for global strategy and initiatives at Emory University from 2013-2024.
Following his appointment in 2013, Wainwright led the development of Emory's global strategic plan and launched the office in new directions to more broadly support Emory’s strategic goals, which include developing geographic focal points, cultivating institutional partnerships and support networks in target countries, and strengthening the university’s infrastructure in support of global work.
As the son of an early international faculty member in Candler School of Theology, Wainwright’s investment in Emory’s values and growth traces back to childhood.
After completing his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Emory, he earned a doctorate in modern British history from Stanford.
A 2007 winner of the Andrew Heiskell Award for Innovation in International Education, Wainwright first joined Emory’s Center for International Programs Abroad (CIPA) at its founding in 1996 and eventually oversaw the center as one part of his broader portfolio as associate dean at Emory College of Arts and Sciences. During the 16 years in which he worked with and guided CIPA, Wainwright built study abroad into a feature of students’ lives at Emory, creating support structures in the college from crisis management to curriculum.
A multi-published expert in the field of international education, Wainwright is also professionally active in a number of related organizations and served on the committee drafting the Forum on Education Abroad’s Standards of Good Practice. In the past, he served as the regional representative for the Section on US Students Abroad for NAFSA: Association of International Educators.
Wainwright has also taught as a visiting assistant professor in Emory’s Department of History.
Philip Wainwright
Vice Provost for Global Strategy and Initiatives (2013-2024, retired)
