About Me

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I am an educator who is committed to the holistic development of students and communities locally and around the globe.  Over my fifteen year career in international development, international education, and higher education I have lived in five countries and worked in or traveled to over thirty others.  Currently, I serve as the coordinator of the International Agriculture undergraduate minor at Pennsylvania State University (University Park, Pennsylvania, USA) and teach undergraduate classes related to international agriculture and development.

Want to learn more about my work experience?  Connect with me on LinkedIn.

Educator

I have the tremendous privilege of working with and learning alongside some amazing young people everyday. I seek to further their perspectives on life around the globe in order to challenge, empower, and develop how they view the world around them. Click here to read more about my teaching philosophy.

The core classes I teach are:

INTAG 100

A comprehensive overview of the ecological, social, political, economic, and technological challenges and opportunities facing agriculture and food security globally.

INTAG 490

This senior seminar is a deep dive into the interconnected complexities of facing agriculture and food security globally. This class combines active discussion with applied grant writing skills.

INTAG 100 Online

Offered to students at Penn State’s Commonwealth campuses, this course addresses much of the same content of INTAG 100 but in an online learning format.


Learn more about the International Agriculture minor at Penn State University:


Research

My research interests include:

  • Community perspectives of community-engaged education abroad programs
  • International Development
  • Food security
  • Global North-Global South partnerships
  • Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Recent publications:
Habashy, N., & Hunt, C.A. (in press). Service learning as community development? Local resident perspectives of community-engaged educational travel. Tourism Review International Special Issue: Tourism and Community Development

To learn more about my research, visit my ResearchGate profile.

I also am working to further the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning within my own classroom.  Here is one presentation from the 2019 annual conference of the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture.

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Contact

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