Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States
Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina
Geology and Policy: Energy Resources in the Americas, Now and in the Future
Northern Arizona University will initiate a long-term bilateral exchange with Universidad Nacional de Tucumán through a program that provides geology and energy policy-focused students the opportunity to take a field course in an international setting. The program will consist of a classroom/virtual portion, during which students will prepare academically through distance webinar courses to learn about study sites in Arizona and northern Argentina as well as meet their counterparts, followed by travel to various locations in Arizona and Argentina, where students learn energy issues and challenges through the local context of the host community and country. Through the program, students in geology and energy will learn to collaborate effectively across linguistic and cultural borders within the Americas and begin to develop the broad research networks needed to address regional and global challenges in their respective disciplines.