Alberto Arenas
Alberto Arenas, Ph.D. is Professor of Environmental and Sustainability Education in the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Sociocultural Studies in the College of Education at the University of Arizona. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Environmental Education, the oldest journal on environmental education worldwide. He specializes in the connections between pedagogy and ecosocialism; 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 has a Ph.D. in Sociocultural Studies in Education from the University of California, Berkeley. In 2002, he was hired by the University of Arizona, and has taught in the College of Education since then. His publications have appeared in leading education journals in the world, including Phi Delta Kappan, Teachers College Record, Compare, the International Review of Education, and the Journal of Environmental Education. Professor Arenas has been a member of the Scientific Committee of the World Environmental Education Congresses held in Morocco, Sweden, and the United Arab Emirates. Dr. Arenas grew up in Bogotá, Colombia. He has also lived in Brazil and Mexico, where he has taught and researched in the fields of environmental and sustainability education.