Biography
Astrid Schmidt-King, who joined Loyola in 2015, currently serves as an Associate Teaching
Professor and teaches various courses including the Global Environment of Business,
International Management, Cross-Cultural Interactions in Business, Sustainability
Management, International Business (IB) Law, The Legal Environment of Business, Commercial
Law, and Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility. During her time at Loyola, she
directed the IB program and served as the Academic Director of the Sellinger Scholars
Program. Astrid chaired the Building a Better World Through Business initiative from
2016-2021, and she currently serves on the Pre-Law Advisory Board (2021-present).
In 2020, she was inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma, in 2017 she was awarded the Sellinger
STAR Award for Service and, in 2016 she was awarded Loyola’s Educator for Life Award.
Schmidt-King earned her MA from Freie Universität in Berlin, Germany (International
Relations and Global Politics, 2017), LL.M. from American University Washington College
of Law (Law and Government, 2006), Juris Doctor from the University of Baltimore School
of Law (2002), and BA from New York University (International Relations, 1999). In
her MA thesis, she examined globalization's socioeconomic impact on developed democracies
and the rise of right-wing populism. She authored a chapter, “Foreign Law and Policy”
in Law and Public Policy, participated in a Fulbright International Education Administrators
Seminar (Germany) and the American Council on Germany's immigration delegation in
Berlin, was named a Presidential Fellow by the Association of International Education
Administrators, completed the Emerging and Developing Global Executive Bowe fellowship
by the World Trade Center Institute in 2020, is currently part of the Global Diplomacy
Lab, and, in 2021-2023, she was invited to be a participant of Johns Hopkins’ American
Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS) project on “Social Divisions and
Questions of Identity in Germany and the United States.” Prior academia, Schmidt-King
practiced in the fields of immigration law, business compliance, and health care policy
in Washington, DC and New York.
Research Areas
Areas of research and interest include international business, immigration law, migration, transatlantic relations, globalization, populism, sustainability management.
Academic Degrees
M.A. International Relations and Global Politics, Freie University, Berlin, Germany
(2017)
LL.M. Law & Government, Washington College of Law at American University, Washington,
DC (2006)
J.D., University of Baltimore School of Law, MD (2002)
B.A. in International Relations, New York University, NY (1999)
Representative Publications
- Moderator, Consortium for Undergraduate International Business Education, “New Courses and Initiatives in International Business” (March 2023)
- Presenter, Global Diplomacy Lab, “A Global Aspiration Dependent on National Implementation: Challenges & Opportunities of The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration” (June 2021)
- Presenter, Fulbright Commission, “New and Inclusive Forms of Diplomacy” (May 2021)
- Author, Academy of International Business Insights, “The Renewed Relevancy of High-Impact Practices (HIP): Doubling Down on our ‘HIP’ Identity in Support of Responsible IB Education” (February 2020)
- Presenter, CUIBE, The Impacts of Globalization and the Unique Opportunity for International Business in the Current (Anti)Globalization Environment (March 2019)
- Author of textbook chapter "Foreign Law & Policy" in Law & Public Policy (Routledge, 2018)
Representative Presentations
- Presenter, World trade Center Institute, Youth Diplomat Program, Complicating the Issue: Immigration, Youth Diplomats Program (April 2023)
- Moderator, Consortium for Undergraduate International Business Education, “New Courses and Initiatives in International Business” (March 2023)
- Presenter, Global Diplomacy Lab, “A Global Aspiration Dependent on National Implementation: Challenges & Opportunities of The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration” (June 2021)
- Presenter, Fulbright Commission, “New and Inclusive Forms of Diplomacy” (May 2021)
- Presenter, CUIBE, The Impacts of Globalization and the Unique Opportunity for International Business in the Current (Anti)Globalization Environment (March 2019)
Professional Memberships
- New York State Bar Association, (2003 – present)
- Consortium for Undergraduate International Business Education (CUIBE) (2018—present)
- Selection Committee, WTCI’s Emerging and Developing Global Executive (EDGE) Fellow, Summer 2020
- Center for Global Politics, Freie University, Alumni Association Board Secretary (2018—2019)
Awards and Honors
- Named Top 50 Women Leaders of Washington, DC by , May 2022
- Selected Fellow, Johns Hopkins American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS) Social Divisions and Questions of Identity Program (Buffalo, NY Dortmund, Germany) (2021—2023) [Project: Transatlantic Collaboration: A Balanced Response to Demographic Shifts and Globalization Backlash.]
- Selected as an Emerging and Developing Global Executive Fellow, World Trade Center Institute (2020)
- Invited and Inducted, Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS), the International Business Honor Society (2020)
- Recipient of the STAR Award for Service awarded to one faculty member whose work enhances the quality, visibility and reputation of the institution (2017)
- Recipient, Educator for Life Award chosen by Loyola students and presented to one faculty member that instills values and skills, inside and outside the classroom, to help them strive and succeed in life (2016)
- Named Neal Presidential Fellow, Association for International Education Administrators (2013—2014) (AIEA)
- Named a Leading Women by The Daily Record (50 Women in Maryland under 40 years old) (2012)
- Selected by the American Council on Germany (ACG) to be part of a U.S. delegation of immigration professionals that traveled to Berlin, Germany to discuss immigration and integration (2012)
- Recipient of a Fulbright Award—International Education Administrators Program in Germany (Berlin, Dortmund, Hamburg and Mainz)—focused on comparative higher education between Germany, the European Union and the U.S. (2010)
Professional Experience/Certification
- Bar Admission: New York (2003)
- Associate Faculty Member and Associate Dean for International Education, Notre Dame of Maryland University
- Assistant Dean, University of Baltimore School of Law
- Associate Director, New York University School of Law
- Associate, Greenberg Traurig
- State Legislator Coordinator and Legal Policy Analyst, Families USA
Recent Community and Professional Involvement
- Author, Academy of International Business Insights, “The Renewed Relevancy of High-Impact Practices (HIP): Doubling Down on our ‘HIP’ Identity in Support of Responsible IB Education” (February 2020)
- Served as a faculty leader, Kino Border Initiative, CCSJ Student Immersion (May 2019)—co-led a group of 8 students to travel to Arizona and Mexico to experience and reflect upon Kino’s vision for “humane, just, workable migration between the U.S. and Mexico
- American International Recruitment Council, Certification Review Task Force Member and Certification Commission Board Member
- Fulbright International Education Administrators Seminar, Peer Review Panelist
- Aspen Undergraduate Consortium Participant
- Council on Foreign Relations College and University Educators Workshop Participant
- NYU Berlin, Germany, Presenter— Migration in the Age of Globalization: Challenging the Concept of the Nation-State and Cultural Identity
- The Chimes, Board of Directors, Executive Committee Member; Secretary and Treasurer; Chair, Business Practices Committee; Member, Governance Committee