2022 Research Symposium Featured Speakers
All featured speakers will be live-streamed and accessible by both in-person and virtual conference participants. Plenary sessions will be recorded and available for on-demand viewing for two weeks after the presentation.
Arizona does not observe Daylight Saving Time and will be on Mountain Standard Time during the conference. Session times are subject to change.

Dr. Alberto Arenas
University of Arizona College of Education
Alberto Arenas is a professor of environmental and sustainability education in the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Sociocultural Studies at the University of Arizona. He specializes in the connections between pedagogy and environmental sustainability; experiential education, with an emphasis on vocational education; and the decolonization of education with a focus on restoring culturally-rich, non-commodified knowledge and skills. Dr. Arenas is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Environmental Education. His publications have appeared in Phi Delta Kappan, the International Review of Education, and more. He received his PhD in sociocultural studies in education from the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Arenas has served as co-director of the Study of the United States Institute, which invited Indigenous Latin American college students to the University of Arizona to explore sustainability issues. He also served as a member of the Scientific Committees of the World Environmental Education Congress and researched Mexico’s environmental education programs as a Fulbright Scholar.