Engaged Curriculum Grants
Sustainable Development and Community Participation in Ecuador
Building a new interdisciplinary summer program for undergraduates
The Latin American Studies Program (LASP) is building on Cornell’s existing research, nonprofit and community networks in Ecuador to develop a new interdisciplinary program on sustainable development in Latin America. This initiative combines a new on-campus course with a two-week community-engaged learning field course extension in Ecuador, along with summer research and internship opportunities with community partners in Ecuador.
With support from faculty across five departments, the field course provides students with an opportunity to engage with local communities, including Andean and Amazonian indigenous communities, and learn about their efforts to promote development strategies that are environmentally sustainable and responsive to local needs.
The Team
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Kenneth Roberts, Latin American Studies Program, Department of Government
College of Arts and Sciences
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Gustavo Flores-Macias, Department of Government
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
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Mildred Warner, Department of City and Regional Planning
College of Architecture, Art and Planning
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Angela Cornell, Labor Law Clinic
Cornell Law School
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William Phelan, Department of Government
College of Arts and Sciences
- Simon Valasquez, Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives
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Luisa Trujillo, Department of Agroforestry
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Engaged Curriculum Grants
Funding teams that are integrating community-engaged learning into new and existing curricula.