Academic Faculty Member
Universidad Veritas
Helen Temple holds a Bachelor of Arts Honors’ Degree in Latin American Studies, Women’s Studies and Spanish Language from the University of North London and a Master of Science Degree in Latin American Environmental Issues from the University of London’s Advanced School of Study. In 1998 she was awarded a scholarship from the European Union Alpha Program which entitled her to undertake her second Master of Science Degree in Sociology and Central American Politics at the University of Costa Rica. She then went on to complete her PhD with Exeter University, and Birkbeck College at the University of London. Helen has lived and spent over 20 years researching and lecturing in Costa Rica. Her academic and professional experience has been formed in the fields of Development and Sustainable Development Studies, Environmental Policy, Sociology and Ecotourism, Latin American and Afro-Caribbean Development History, Human Rights, and Gender. She is an active member of the Universidad Veritas sustainability team and was the first faculty member to design and introduce a course on Latin American LGBTQI+ Issues into the Universidad Veritas study abroad program to promote inclusion and deepen understanding of the social side of sustainability.
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Thursday, June 2, 2022
9:30 AM – 10:20 AM MDT