FULBRIGHT SENIOR U.S. SCHOLAR AWARD, September - December 2025 (Part 1 of 4: Research Activities) By invitation of the Department of International Relations and Tourism Studies (The Open Faculty) at the Universidad de Murcia in Spain, I worked with undergraduate students in all four years to examine ways to study sustainability challenges in urban and rural areas leading up to their senior year thesis projects. I studied local and regional issues related to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and worked with UMU faculty and The Open Faculty dean to developed a plan for a new summer Study Abroad course in Murcia and southeast Spain that I will propose to the CU Boulder Education Abroad program. I also conducted research on the pedagogical strategies utilized in their program, and conducted research on the how the history of Spain in relationship to Latin America is represented in many different locations around the country to augment my own pedagogical approaches to teaching at CU Boulder.
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coca leaf, drug policy, democracy, sustainability, social innovation, syndicalism, pedagogy, study abroad, service learning
