Joseph Halaas

Senior Director, WSB Global Programs

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3260 Grainger Hall

Biography

Joseph Halaas serves as the Senior Director of Global Programs in the Wisconsin School of Business. In this role, he leads the Global Programs team in providing Business Badgers with high-quality, enriching learning abroad. This includes a portfolio of semester, summer, and short-term experiences for both undergraduate and graduate students. 

Prior to this role, Joseph served as associate director for administration in the UW–Madison Office of Strategic Consulting, and he held a similar role at the UW–Madison Arboretum. Joseph previously worked in the Wisconsin School of Business for over a decade with study abroad and other international initiatives, culminating in his role as the school’s director of global programs and partnerships. Before joining UW–Madison, Joseph’s other experiences included roles in education and publishing. He has studied and worked in both France and Switzerland. 

In addition to an advanced management and leadership certificate from the Wisconsin School of Business, Joseph earned a master’s degree in French studies from UW–Madison and a bachelor’s degree in French from Denison University. As an undergraduate, Joseph studied abroad for a year in Paris, where he also completed an international internship. As a graduate student, Joseph spent a semester working as a researcher in Fribourg, Switzerland.