by Aimee Samara Krouskop Instructor Aimee Samara Krouskop, an alum of the “Sustainability at the Margins” faculty development seminar (jointly coordinated by ACOR and CAORC in January 2020), discusses an in-person study-abroad program she has developed and is offering for students through Portland Community College in the coming academic year: Peace and Conflict in Jordan:…
by Blaine Pope, Ph.D. Since I traveled to Jordan for the first time, for the January 2020 ACOR-CAORC Faculty Development Seminar “Sustainability at the Margins,” life in the United States, in Jordan, and around the world has changed noticeably. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and massive worldwide protests against racism stemming from the Black…
by Marjolein Schat, Ph.D. As an ecologist who teaches a wide array of biology and environmental science courses, I was intrigued by the announcement for “Jordan: Sustainability at the Margins,” an ACOR-CAORC faculty development seminar. CAORC’s summary about the importance of bringing a global perspective to the classroom resonated with me, the topic sounded like…
By Jacqueline Salzinger, Development and Communications Officer In January 2020, ACOR kicked off the new decade in the company of twelve faculty members visiting Jordan from the U.S. They were joining us for just over two weeks through a program put on in partnership with the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) under the…