The Office of Global Affairs is excited to announce that three faculty members have been awarded Global Engagement Fellows grants for the 2022-2023 academic year. Each fellow will receive $3000 from the Global Innovation Fund to build an inclusive Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ global faculty community.
The Global Engagement Fellows (fellows) will convene new cross-disciplinary groups of faculty (referred to as “communities”) that share a common interest. The fellows will convene these communities on a pilot basis for the 2022-2023 academic year.
The purpose of the Global Engagement Fellows grant program is to increase connections and foster deeper ties among faculty across units at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ. The grants were developed and awarded in response to the work of the .
Please visit our 2022-2023 Global Engagement Fellows page to learn more and to request to participate in a community.
The Global Engagement Fellows for 2022-2023 are:
Dr. Taso Lagos
Multi-sustainability Academic Program
Goals of Community:
- To create a community of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Study Abroad program directors who are dedicated to creating environmentally conscious overseas programs.
- To encourage Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Study Abroad program directors to adopt environmentally sustainable best practices in faculty-led Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Study Abroad programs.
- To create a database of environmentally friendly companies, organizations, and stakeholders involved in the travel and hospitality industries for countries that host Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Study Abroad programs.
Questions? Contact Dr. Taso Lagos (Lecturer, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies) at taso@uw.edu.
Dr. Yen-Chu Weng
Interdisciplinary Cross-Cultural Classroom Exploration on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
Goals of Community:
- To convene a faculty community that explores pedagogical tools to engage with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) in their courses to promote global literacy and cross-cultural competence.
- To discuss best strategies for using the UN SDGs in cultivating global awareness and international perspectives among college students.
- To develop a collection of lesson plans that focus on the UN SDGs, that connect the UN SDGs to Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ curriculum, and that incorporate interdisciplinary cross-cultural approaches.
Questions? Contact Dr. Yen-Chu Weng (Lecturer, College of the Environment) at yweng@uw.edu.
Dr. Kristie L. Ebi
Global Environmental Change Engagement
Goals of Community:
- To bring together a community of faculty and staff who are interested in international environmental change processes, committees, and organizations.
- To increase understanding of and explore opportunities for engagement with processes/organizations such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, and Future Earth.
- To deepen ties and strengthen collaborations across units at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ to address the challenges of global environmental change.
²Ï³Ü±ð²õ³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô²õ?ÌýContact Dr. Kristie L. Ebi (Professor, Center for Health and the Global Environment) at krisebi@uw.edu.