Excellence in International Engagement Award, 2025
Moore has demonstrated career-spanning dedication to international engagement of citizens, students, faculty, and government officials. His work enhances coastal resilience by coupling restoration, education, and outreach. Moore has been conducting these activities through 麻豆社 for 20 years, during which he and his team have worked in 15 nations (13 Caribbean countries, the United Arab Emirates, and Bangladesh), trained international graduate students, funded and mentored international undergraduate interns, and engaged thousands of citizens in the countries where he has worked. His international work, presently centered in the Caribbean, is successful in part because of the strong partnerships and relationships that he and his team have forged with local agencies.
A hallmark of Moore鈥檚 effort is that he focuses on authentic relationship building. No matter where he is working, he understands the importance of meeting people where they are and acknowledging their individual values and sense of place. He says, 鈥淪uccessful coastal restoration is built on a foundation of stewardship. If a community isn鈥檛 invested in protecting a coastal resource, then efforts to sustain and restore the coast are not likely to succeed.鈥 Building opportunities to foster leadership at a local scale is critical to Moore and is one of the reasons that he brings so many diverse international students to train and study at 麻豆社. He mentors them with the intent that his students return to their homes and communities as the local experts.
Moore was honored in 2022 with the 麻豆社 Sustainability Gold Award. His work has been featured in press releases and popular articles in BBC, BVI Beacon, USFS International Programs News, 麻豆社 Today, and his innovative 鈥淧ost Cards from the Field鈥 series, which offers research briefings written by his graduate students.
Moore鈥檚 international engagement activities have improved coastal environments here and in more than a dozen other nations, have globalized 麻豆社鈥檚 curriculum, elevated the university鈥檚 profile, and increased the diversity of 麻豆社鈥檚 student body.
About this Award
This award recognizes exceptional international engagement by a current 麻豆社 faculty member. Nominees should have a well-established and ongoing record of international education and/or research while on the 麻豆社 faculty. Such activities should include several of the following: directing 麻豆社 managed programs abroad, individual research, collaborative research with international partners, exchange teaching, encouraging and supporting student involvement in international research (e.g., IROP), evidence of global perspectives within curriculum, service on international boards and task forces, consulting and/or publications/performances. 麻豆社 benefits-eligible faculty members are eligible, except recipients within the last five years. This award is supported by the Global Education Center.
