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Zarestky, Jill

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jill.zarestky@ubc.ca

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Adult education, Environmental Education, Lifelong Learning, Research methodologies, STEM Education, Sustainability

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Dr. Jill Zarestky is an associate professor and associate director of the School of Education at Colorado State University. She holds a Ph.D. from Texas A&M University in educational human resource development, with a specialization in adult education, and a M.S. in computational and applied mathematics from the University of Texas, Austin. Her research focuses on adult STEM education, emphasizing climate and sustainability, and with funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. She serves as an editor for the journal New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development and an editorial board member for the journals Adult Education Quarterly, Adult Learning, and Human Resource Development Review.

 


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Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z2
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