This section of the account of the action research and thorough reform of the CASA-Sevilla study abroad programme describes how the courses in the fields of anthropology, history and art / art history were changed. It explains why a pedagogical reform was needed, the choices faculty members made and the difficulties they faced. Transitioning to an active pedagogy has not been an easy path for faculty. The accounts show how they integrated independent intercultural research into their classes and how they reacted to their new roles as intercultural mentors. It also includes a description of the faculty member-in-residence's role in the programme and reflections on the reform by the faculty member who served as Cornell representative in CASA-Sevilla during the 2016–2017 academic year.
Carmen Castilla-Vázquez is Professor of Anthropology in the CASA-Sevilla study abroad programme and at the University of Granada, and she holds a PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Seville. Her main research interests are popular religiosity, new religious movements, immigration and flamenco. She is a member of the research group of Applied Sociocultural Studies (SEJ 208). Email: mccv@ugr.es
Rafael Cid-Rodríguez, Professor of History in the CASA-Sevilla study abroad programme, holds a PhD in the Area of Historiographic Sciences and Techniques and a BA in Geography and History from the University of Seville. He is a professor and a tutor at the Associated Center of the UNED in Seville. Email: rcid@sevilla.uned.es
Gustavo A. Flores-Macías, Associate Professor of Government at Cornell University, is the author of After Neoliberalism: The Left and Economic Reforms in Latin America (2012), which received the Latin American Studies Association Tomassini Book Award in 2015, and the editor of The Political Economy of Taxation in Latin America (2019). He is a member of the core faculty at the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs and a faculty fellow at Cornell's Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future. In 2017–2018, he was awarded Princeton University's Democracy and Development Fellowship at the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies. Email: gaf44@cornell.edu
Davydd J. Greenwood is Goldwin Smith Professor of Anthropology Emeritus at Cornell University, where he taught for forty-four years. A Corresponding Member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences, his work centres on action research, general systems and evolutionary theory, political economy, ethnic conflict, community and regional development and neoliberal reforms of higher education. He is the co-author with Morten Levin of Creating a New Public University and Reviving Democracy: Action Research in Higher Education (Berghahn Books, 2016). Email: djg6@cornell.edu
Eva Infante Mora, Director of the CASA-Sevilla study abroad programme, is responsible for overall administration of the centre, including day-to-day management of the programme, student advising, liaison with the University of Seville and supervision of programme faculty and staff. A native of Seville (Spain), she holds a PhD in Arabic and Islamic Studies from the University of Seville, and an MA in Modern Middle Eastern and North African Studies from the University of Michigan. She has been with CASA-Sevilla since 1997. Email: eva@sevilla.casa.education
Melina Ivanchikova, Associate Director of the Cornell Inclusive Teaching, Center for Teaching Innovation, supports the teaching mission of Cornell University (teaching.cornell.edu) and offers consultations and faculty development programming to integrate inclusive teaching practices. She has partnered with the CASA-Sevilla study abroad programme since 2015. She is a bicultural poet, the co-author (with Elena Lafter) of Lugar de Origen / Place of Origin (2008) and the author Later the House Stood Empty (2014). Email: md734@cornell.edu
Bartolomé Miranda Díaz, Cultural Mentor and Professor of Art History in the CASA-Sevilla study abroad programme since 2016, holds a PhD in History and a BA in Art History from the University of Seville. He combines teaching with historical-artistic research and has published numerous monographs and articles. His main interest involves the analysis of modernity in Spain, focusing on the Moorish population, military orders and vernacular and monumental architecture. He has been awarded several prizes, among them the Bibliographic Research Bartolomé J. Gallardo Award. Email: bartolome@sevilla.casa.education