In his spare time, Brendan writes historical fiction, is an avid cyclist and cook, and continues his international education work as a consultant regarding leadership and organizational development.
Brendan has been working in international education and development for over 25 years, and joined Yale as its new Senior Associate Provost for Global Strategy in August of 2024. During his career, he has been a Senior Researcher in international education at New York University, a Senior Program Officer at the U.S. Department of State, and founded Stanford University’s Office of International Affairs in 2011. He earned a B.A. in history, with a minor in German, from the College of the Holy Cross, and a Ph.D. in international education from New York University, where his study on German history textbooks from 1949-1999 earned him NYU’s Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award. He was a Fulbright Teaching Fellow in Vienna, Austria, was awarded the U.S. Department of State’s “Superior Honor Award,” and recently received the Scholars at Risk Network’s “Distinguished Service Award.”