Leland L'Hote

As an Assistant Vice President for Academic Programs, Lee L’Hote supervises the IES Abroad Centers in Argentina, Austria, Chile, Ecuador, Germany, Morocco, South Africa, and Spain and oversees Central Europe, Global South, and Spain Academic Clusters. Since joining IES Abroad in 2010, he has led numerous projects and initiatives for the organization, including implementing the IES Abroad MAP for Language and Intercultural Communication across IES Abroad Centers and the ongoing assessment project for IES Abroad’s Language Centers. Lee teamed with the IES Abroad Registrar to implement human subjects’ research guidelines and serves as the IES Abroad Representative on the organization’s IRB. He currently leads faculty engagement initiatives across all Centers and serves as a member of the Academic Leadership Team.

Lee holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in Hispanic Studies from the University of Kentucky and completed his undergraduate studies at Washington University in St. Louis, including a year abroad at the University of Salamanca in Spain. Before joining IES Abroad, he served on the faculties at Longwood University and Iowa State University.