In this episode, we’ll explore the joint work of the Council of American Overseas Research Centers, or CAORC, and AIIS in supporting faculty at community colleges and minority-serving institutions. CAORC has been partnering with member centers since 2017, organizing two-week international study abroad trips focusing on enriching faculty development opportunities through the exploration of complex global issues like climate change, religious and ethnic diversity, and the complexities of urban sustainability.
[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”9″ display=”basic_slideshow” gallery_width=”350″ arrows=”1″]Joining us today to explore the work of CAORC and AIIS is Sandria Freitag, Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of History at NC State University and leader of the CAORC-AIIS faculty development seminars; Maria del Carmen Paniagua, Associate Professor in the Math Department in Ivy Tech-Community College-Bloomington, Indiana; Mukila Maitha, Associate Professor of Geography, Department Chair, and Coordinator of both the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Drone Technology Program at Harper College; and Amar Sawhney, Professor of Architecture, Building Construction, and Interior Design and Miami Dade College alongside Jessica Barnes, senior lecturer in Geography at Northern Arizona University.Maria del Carmen Paniagua
Images from Professor Paniagua’s trip to India with CAORC-AIIS and her students working on related projects at Ivy-Tech Bloomington, Indiana.
[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”8″ display=”basic_imagebrowser”]Amar Sawhney & Jessica Barnes
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 Professors Barnes and Sawhney’s writings for CAORC on “Planning for Informal Settlements in India” and “Addressing Eco-Disparity in India.”
Mukila Maitha
Images from Professor Maitha’s trip to India with CAORC-AIIS. Follow along with the 2019-2020 CAORC-AIIS trip using Dr. Maitha’s map!
[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”10″ display=”basic_imagebrowser”]Read Professor Maitha’s writings for CAORC on “Explaining Northern India’s Oppressive Smog” and for NASA’s Earth Observatory on “Airborne Particle Levels Plummet in Northern India“.Professor Maitha’s pedagogical work is a part of a greater program that he contributes to at Harper College. Learn about his work with the award-winning Global Region of Focus faculty development program: dept.harpercollege.edu/international/index.html.
For more information about CAORC-AIIS faculty development seminars, visit www.caorc.org/faculty-development-india.
Produced by AIIS
Music “Desh” by Stephen Slawek