Dr. Cheryl Matherly is the vice president and vice provost for international affairs at Lehigh University. She serves as the university’s senior international officer and is charged with providing strategic leadership for its numerous international education programs. Lehigh was recognized in 2021 with NAFSA’s Paul Simon Award for Comprehensive Internationalization in recognition of its international education programs.

Dr. Matherly is an advisor the American Council on Education’s Internationalization Lab, consulting with universities developing internationalization strategic plans. She is past president of the Association for International Education Administrators, the association for senior university leaders, and was named Senior International Officer of the Year by the Institute of International Education in 2020. She is an inaugural member of the National Academy for International Education.

Dr. Matherly’s has written extensively on the relationship between employability and education abroad. She is recognized for her leadership on issues related to international internships and experiential learning.

She has an Ed.D. in education from the University of Houston, an M.S. in college student personnel administration from Indiana University and a B.A. in English literature and political science from the University of New Mexico. She is the recipient of two Fulbright grants for International Education Administrators, in Japan and Germany.