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Dr. Tom Kuzmic
Hometown: Originally from Euclid, Ohio – Presently in Stillwater, Oklahoma
Degrees: BS & MS in Forestry from Virginia Tech, Ph.D. in Environmental Science from Oklahoma State University.
What interested you in developing this class? This course provides students with an experiential learning opportunity at the "First-Person Level" in an international setting. I would like students to have the opportunity to examine the linkage between people, natural resources, and the land in a geographic and cultural setting very different from what they are accustomed to in Oklahoma.
What do you hope that Students will take from this Class?
I hope that the students will take a step out of their "comfort zone" and broaden their focus beyond the cultures, ecological systems, and socio-political realities of their own borders. I encourage them to develop a sensitivity and understanding of the forces, issues, and demands that shape natural resource use and management across the globe.
Any future goals? I would like to offer the course as a longer-duration experience utilizing additional resources and sites in Honduras and Central America.
Anything else? I encourage students to become effective members of the global natural resources community. This course hopefully stimulates a motivation in my students to commence lifelong global perspective learning. |
