American Broadcasting Company | Beijing | Fox Broadcasting Company | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | Australian Broadcasting Corporation | California Institute of Technology | Art Institute of Chicago | Institute for Advanced Study | American Institute of Architects | Georgia Institute of Technology | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Rochester Institute of Technology | Franklin Institute | Trinity Broadcasting Network | Royal Institute of Technology | Pasteur Institute | Institute of Contemporary Arts | Digital Audio Broadcasting | California Institute of the Arts | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | British Film Institute | Broadcasting | Pratt Institute | National Cancer Institute | Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation | Virginia Military Institute | Cato Institute | Australian Institute of Sport | Special Broadcasting Service |
He received an MA in International Peace Studies from University of Notre Dame in 1998 and an MA in International Journalism from Beijing Broadcasting Institute in 1999.
Foster's continuing relationship with Chinese documentary television professionals began in 1997, when professor Ren Yuan of the Beijing Broadcasting Institute (now the Communication University of China) brought Chinese documentaries to show at the Windy City International Documentary Festival in Chicago, which Foster founded and directed.