Martin gives 2015 Distinguished Teacher-Scholar lecture

Pamela Martin, 19th recipient of the HTC Distinguished Teacher-Scholar Lecturer Award, gave a public lectures on topic “Confronting Crisis: The Politics of Sustainability in the Amazon and the Galapagos Islands” on April 2 in the Johnson Auditorium.

Based on her extensive research on sustainable development and environmental politics in Ecuador and the Galapagos, Martin described the challenges involved in ongoing efforts to balance economic, social and environmental issues relating to energy development and oil extraction in those areas.

The Distinguished Teacher-Scholar award is presented by HTC Inc. annually to a CCU faculty member who demonstrates outstanding abilities as a teacher, scholar and communicator. Each year, the recipient of the honor delivers a lecture during on an original topic drawn from his or her area of expertise.

Martin joined CCU's Department of Politics and Geography in 1999, focusing her research activities in the areas of sustainability and energy. She has worked closely on international collaborations with Ecuador and has written extensively about oil extraction in the Amazon and on the Galapagos Islands. She has directed CCU's Model U.N. Team for 12 years and co-authored a textbook with former HTC Distinguished Teacher-Scholar Richard Oliver Collin.

Currently, she is beginning a new sustainable development program at the University in which students produce digital case studies of local sustainability issues and challenges. Martin enjoys working directly with students and engaging them in real world activities. Combining her scholarly work with her classroom teaching has been her passion at CCU for the past 15 years.