Field studies have a rich history in higher education with effective active learning pedagogy that immerses students in the environment, helping to transform them into the next generation of scientists.
I've begun developing an iNaturalist Project to support biodiversity literacy for undergraduate learning objectives on our VCU James River field course, "Footprints on the James". This overview project harvests all > 63,000 + observations of 5,000+ species by 4,000+ observers within a narrow buff... Read More
Meet River Field Studies Network 2022 River Scholar, Aaron Koning, National Geographic Young Explorer & Postdoc at University of Nevada, Reno - http://www.aaronkoning.com/research Read More
Congrats to RFSN member and Rogue Rendezvous veteran Dr. Sarah Praskievicz in the Department of Geography, Environment and Sustainability at UNC-Greensboro and her team for being awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for their grant "Cape Fear Watershed Project (CFWP): Water... Read More
Meet another of our first cohort of River Field Studies Scholars, Elise Chapman, Instructor in the Department of Biology, Geology, and Environmental Studies at the University of Tennessee - Chattanooga. Read More
