Joe Rogers, Director of CSBSJU Center for Global Education

Joe Rogers became the inaugural director of the Center for Global Education in November of 2010. He previously served as Director of the Office for Education Abroad at CSB/SJU for three years. Rogers is a 1989 graduate of Saint John's University and was a participant in CSB/SJU's study abroad program in London.

He received his M.A. in East Asian Studies at the University of Minnesota in 1993, after spending significant time studying, working and traveling in East Asia. Rogers graduated with honors from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1998, where he served as Note and Comment Editor for The Journal of Global Trade and as a mentor for international lawyers in the Law School's International L.L.M. program.

After spending six years as a lawyer in private practice, Rogers returned to CSB/SJU to work with the Asian Studies Program. In this capacity, he promoted student opportunities, study abroad and exchange programs in Asia and led the May Term program to South China in 2006 .