Gillian Wigton Bell, MA

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Gillian Wigton Bell joined SIT Study Abroad in 2021 and serves as the associate director of Custom & Signature Programs. As an undergraduate student, she did an SIT Study Abroad program in Fiji and earned a master’s degree in international education from SIT Graduate Institute.

Wigton Bell leads a team responsible for designing and delivering customized partner programs and draws from her direct experience on SIT’s experiential learning programs to inform her work. She also provides direct management for a select portfolio of custom, faculty-led, modified, and first-year programs.

Before joining SIT, Wigton Bell worked at Rhode Island School of Design, managing a diverse portfolio of faculty-led and semester-long programming. Previously, she worked in support of the U.S. Department of State J-1 Work & Travel program at Council on International Educational Exchange in Portland, Maine. Her more than 15-year career in international and exchange programming has included work in the United States, Czech Republic, Fiji, Nepal, and Switzerland as a teacher, program leader, and coordinator of global programs. Wigton Bell is based in Burlington, Vermont.

Education

• MA, International Education, SIT Graduate Institute
• BA, Anthropology/Nonviolence & Peace Studies, University of Rhode Island