Andy Dailey

Andy Dailey is the Director of Evolution International School in Cairo, Egypt, an IB Continuum School that is CIS and Middle States accredited. He was formerly the Founding Director of Uptown International School in Egypt and Founding Executive Director of Albanian Colleges, a two campus system of IB Continuum Schools in Albania. He is a former IB History teacher, History and CAS workshop leader, CAS Coordinator, Assistant Examiner, and IB and CAS Curriculum Review Committees member. He is currently a member of the Alumni Board of Directors of Vanderbilt University and a founding member of the Board of the Archaeological Society of Hibeh, Egypt.

Andy Dailey has served as Series Editor of Access to History for the IB since 2011 and has authored and co-authored a number of titles in the series, including Conflict (Since 750 CE), Authoritarian Rule (Since 1750 CE), Move to Global War, Causes and Effects of 20th Century Wars, and Peacemaking, Peacekeeping: International Relations 1918-1936. He is a co-author of Individuals and Societies MYP by Concept 4 & 5.

A native of Tennessee, Andy graduated from Vanderbilt University with degrees in European History and Education. After teaching on a Native American reservation, he decided to enter international education and taught for three years in Zagreb, Croatia. He moved on to Egypt where he was introduced to the IB and taught history for 11 years, while completing a Master's Degree in Curriculum and Teaching with Michigan State University. He assisted in the establishment of the IB Diploma program at International Academy Amman in Jordan, before returning to Egypt to help set up yet another IB Diploma program at the New Cairo British International School. In 2014, he was named Founding Director of Albanian College Durres, an IB Continuum School, and then promoted to Executive Director in 2015 with the founding of a second campus of Albanian College in Tirana.

Andy is a great collector and has a vast collection of kilims and carpets from the western Balkans, primarily from today's Albania. He has published articles on Balkan weavings in the Journal of Oriental Textile Studies. His main residence is on the Nile in the Beni Suef Province of Egypt.