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NAFSA 2020 takes place in St. Louis, Missouri May 24-29

This NAFSA Special Event has been cancelled out of concern for the health and safety of our attendees. Learn more about the decision to cancel this Special Event and the NAFSA 2020 Annual Conference & Expo.


Higher Education and Environmental Sustainability

In this inaugural Global Issues Forum, we focus our sights on sustainable development and the environment. The event will bring together professionals, students, researchers, and activists in sustainable development, environmental studies, and international education. The first half of the forum will explore innovative projects around the world that universities are engaged in to address the most pressing environmental sustainability issues. The second half will take a closer look at best practices and how higher education institutions are addressing environmental sustainability issues on their campuses.

Jay Antle

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Jay Antle
Johnson County Community College
Moderator
Jay Antle is executive director of sustainability and professor of history at Johnson County Community College. As an undergraduate student, he took a field course in Yellowstone National Park that led him to become deeply interested in environmental issues. While in graduate school, Antle...

Kehkashan Basu

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kehkashan basu
Green Hope Foundation
Iconic youth leader, environmentalist, champion of women & children’s rights, peace and sustainability campaigner, 19-year-old Kehkashan Basu is a trailblazer who has been challenging the status quo and social strictures which impede the progress of future generations. Winner of the 2016...

Anne Dodge

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Anne Dodge
The University of Chicago
Anne Dodge is the executive director of the Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation, The University of Chicago. Prior to joining the Institute, she led UChicago Urban, where she worked to make the university’s urban research more transparent and accessible, while serving as a guide to the university...

John Trelawney Hoal, PhD

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John Trelawney Hoal
Washington University in St. Louis
NAFSA Senior Fellow
John Trelawney Hoal, PhD, is a professor of architecture and urban design. Hoal was the chair of Urban Design from 2007 to 2019, directing the master of urban design program. He was the founding director of the doctor of sustainable urbanism degree, serving from 2015 to 2019, and is currently a...

Shannon Márquez

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Shannon Márquez
Columbia University
Moderator
Shannon Márquez is the dean of global engagement and director of the Center of Undergraduate Engagement (UGE), Columbia University. Prior to that, she was the vice provost for international development and a professor of global and environmental health, civil and environmental engineering, and...

Daniel Ponce-Taylor

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Daniel Ponce-Taylor
Intercultural Outreach Initiative
Daniel Ponce-Taylor is the director of operations and international development at Intercultural Outreach Initiative (IOI). For over 15 years he has been deeply involved in the international education field, developing and managing overseas operations in more than 15 countries. As a concerned and...

Srinivasan (Raghu) Raghavan

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Srinivasan (Raghu) Raghavan
University of Missouri
Srinivasan (Raghu) Raghavan has been the sustainability manager at the University of Missouri since 2015. He provides strategic direction to and manages a campus-wide sustainability program and teaches an honors course on sustainable development. His office is the coordinating hub for campus...

NAFSA thanks Education in Ireland for their generous support of this event.

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