Jill Schneiderman — Professor, Department of Earth Science and Geography, Vassar College

The 2013 Summer Teacher Institute explored the challenges involved in understanding and responding to natural disasters around the globe.

Intended primarily for elementary through community college educators, but open to all interested parties, the annual interdisciplinary Institute addresses broad themes of global importance through a series of presentations and discussions of curriculum development. Faculty, staff, and graduate students from the University of Chicago and other educational institutions from around the country speak each day.

The 2013 Summer Teacher Institute was presented by the University of Chicago Center for International Studies and cosponsored by the Program on the Global Environment, Center for East Asian Studies, Center for Latin American Studies, Center for East European and Russian Eurasian Studies, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Southern Asia at Chicago, Smart Museum, Oriental Institute, and the Center for Global Health.