AIFS Partnership Programs: Faculty-Led Study Abroad Programs

Faculty Bios

Dyane Duffy
Citrus College

Dyane Duffy is a tenured professor and taught in the Art Department at Citrus College since 1999. She holds an MFA in Painting from Claremont Graduate University and a BA in Art from Chico State University. Part of Ms. Duffy’s undergraduate education was a study abroad program for one year at the Accademia de Belle Arti in Florence, Italy.  She has spent time traveling to museum conservation laboratories and received further training with acrylic and oil paint. She has traveled throughout Europe many times and is excited to show the students Barcelona!

Jeffrey Schmidt
Crafton Hills College

Jeffrey Schmidt has taught at Crafton Hills College for the past eleven years. Mr. Schmidt received his Master’s Degree in Spanish from the University of California at Riverside. His B.F.A. is in Dance from the Juilliard School and he danced professionally with the Jose Limon Dance Co. and Anna Sokolow’s Players’ Project. In 1993 Mr. Schmidt served as a cultural ambassador to Asuncion, Paraguay. In addition to instructing students as part of our 2014 Spain study abroad program, Mr. Schmidt has travelled extensively throughout Europe and the Americas. He looks forward to helping students partake in the exceptional opportunities that study abroad can offer.

Dana Vazquez
Rio Hondo

Professor Dana Marie Vazquez has taught English, Literature, and English as a Second Language at Rio Hondo College for 21 years. After recently completing a Master’s Degree in Theatre Arts, she created a student touring company presenting Alice in Wonderland at Whittier-area elementary schools. Professor Vazquez is the Coordinator for the Rio Hondo College Writes of Spring Literary Festival. She speaks Spanish fluently, loves Spanish culture, and wishes to cultivate within her students a similar appreciation for the culture, literature, art, music, theatre, and food of Barcelona and the Catalonia region.