Currently, she provides leadership and strategic operational guidance to Georgia Institute of Technology’s international enterprise, specifically GT’s international off-campus instructional site locations in her leadership role with Georgia Tech-Europe in Metz, France. Strawn-Valcy is a doctoral candidate in the University of North Georgia’s Higher Education Leadership and Practice E.D. program where was awarded the Student of the Year for 2023-2024. She holds a master’s degree in psychology, a Certificate in Student Affairs Law and Policy from NASPA, and a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and Latin American and Caribbean Studies from Agnes Scott College. Strawn-Valcy’s research interests include higher education internationalization leadership and strategy and globalization and internationalization.

Strawn-Valcy was a member of the 5^th Leading Women@Tech Cohort at Georgia Tech in 2020 and has been the recipient of various recent recognition and honors, including:

• 2024 Louise McBee Scholar, sponsored by The Georgia Association for Women in Higher Education
• Outstanding Administrator of the Year, Kennesaw State University, 2018
• Co-Recipient, Association for International Education Administrators (AIEA) Innovation Award in Internationalization, 2017