Kerry Uniyal (she, her)
Administrative Director, Project Global Officer (Project GO), WISLI Summer Language Coordinator for the Intensive Summer Multilanguage Seminar (MULTI) and the Summer Intensive Portuguese Institute (SIPI)
L50 Pyle Center
702 Langdon St.
Kerry Uniyal is the coordinator for the Middle Eastern and Mediterranean Language Institute (MEDLI), the Intensive Summer Multilanguage Seminar (MULTI), and the Summer Intensive Portuguese Institute (SIPI) at the Wisconsin Intensive Summer Language Institutes (WISLI). She’s also the Administrative Director for Project Global Officer (Project GO) at the Language Program Office (LPO). She holds an MA in French and Francophone Studies with a concentration in French Translation and Interpretation from Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India. She has a BA from UW-Madison where she completed a double major in French and Languages and Cultures of Asia, and a Certificate in South Asian Studies. In 2011, she studied and interned abroad in India through UW and has been involved in international education ever since. Prior to her role as MEDLI Coordinator, she worked as a Program Advisor at the Institute for Study Abroad (IFSA) for study abroad programs in Asia, Australia, and the Middle East, as well as for customized faculty-led programs worldwide. Kerry speaks Hindi, French, has studied some Spanish and Mandarin, and is currently studying Persian.
Katie Pratt (she, her)
Student/Program Assistant
Katie Pratt is a student/program assistant at the Language Program Office (LPO) specializing in MEDLI (Middle Eastern and Mediterranean Language Institute), NORDSummer, SASLI (South Asian Summer Language Institute), SIPI (Summer Intensive Portuguese Institute), and ProjectGO (Project Global Officer). She is an undergraduate student majoring in International Studies with an emphasis on global security, as well as majoring in Dance. Along with working at the LPO, Katie is the cohort representative for the 2026 Dance Department graduating class, volunteers as a Peer Mentor for the Dance Department, and teaches ballet at Storybook Ballet. She is also proficient in Spanish and hopes to become fluent at the end of her four years at UW-Madison. Outside of the university, Katie enjoys spending time outside by the lakes, discovering new places to eat, and travelling to her hometown in Houston, Texas.