By Karen Guerrero Karen Guerrero, Assistant Professor at the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College of Arizona State University, was a 2019 participant in the CAORC-AIIS Faculty Development Seminar to India. In this essay, she spells out why experiential, immersive learning opportunities are so essential for good teaching.
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By Mukila Maitha Mukila Maitha, Associate Professor of Geography at Harper College in Palatine, Illinois, was a 2020 participant in the CAORC-AIIS Faculty Development Seminar to India. In this essay, he examines the factors behind Delhi’s suffocating smog and what is being done to lessen its impact.
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By Shabana Meyering Shabana Meyering, Professor of Biology and Chemistry at Northern Virginia Community College, was a 2020 participant in the CAORC-AIIS Faculty Development Seminar to India. She was also born and raised in India. In this essay, she provides her reflections on the changes she observed
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By Jose Alejandro Gonzalez-Suarez Jose Alejandro Gonzalez-Suarez, Instructor of Construction and Environmental Technology at Tompkins Cortland Community College in Dryden, New York, was a 2019-2020 participant in the CAORC-AIIS Faculty Development Seminar to India. In this essay, he reflects on the many challenges facing India and how
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By Amar Sawhney and Jessica R. Barnes Amar Sawhney, Professor of Architecture, Building Construction and Interior Design at Miami-Dade College, and Jessica Barnes, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Geography, Planning, and Recreation at Northern Arizona University, were participants in the 2019-2020 CAORC-AIIS Faculty Development Seminar to
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By Jessica R. Barnes and Amar Sawhney Jessica Barnes, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Geography, Planning, and Recreation at Northern Arizona University, and Amar Sawhney, Professor of Architecture, Building Construction and Interior Design at Miami-Dade College, were participants in the 2019-2020 CAORC-AIIS Faculty Development Seminar to
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By Brian Turnbull Brian Turnbull, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Instruction with the Department of Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences at the University of South Florida and was a participant in the 2019-2020 CAORC-AIIS Faculty Development Seminar to India. In this essay he describes what ‘informal
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Faculty: Sian Proctor
Description: “In 2021, geoscientist, explorer, and community college professor Sian Proctor became the first Black woman to pilot a spacecraft as part of the SpaceX Inspiration4 all-civilian crew.”
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Faculty: Shouraseni Sen Roy Description: Study of climate change processes and impact in the Global South using geospatial analysis techniques. Read more in our AIIS feature interview.
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Faculty: Amar Sawhney & Jessica Barnes
Description: Example of Professor Sawhney’s Peace Center student projects joining the Miccosukee community in Florida with designs focused on studies of Jaipur, Chandigarh, Harappa and Brasilia.
Read more →Faculty: Laurel Panser
Description: Lesson plan on Social Contract Theory Applied to Water Access in India
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Faculty: Scott L Walker, ScEdD
Description: Deep Mapping the Upper Reaches of the Yamuna River
Read more →This year we have been celebrating a history of scholarship in and through AIIS – exploring the narratives within the walls of the institute and the conversations that have happened thanks to the support of AIIS. In this episode, we turn from history to current research that
Read more →Howard University student Lydia Hill, who received an AIIS Digital India Learning Initiative summer student fellowship, created a virtual exhibit “A Peek Into Indigenous Furniture: Through the Eyes of Lydia Hill,” that was featured in the U.S. Department of Education’s widely distributed September 2022 IFLE Newsletter. The
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