Andy Coburn

Andy Coburn is based in Cullowhee, North Carolina where he is a member of the Graduate and Research faculty at Western Carolina University and serves as Associate Director of the WCU Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines, Faculty Advisor for the WCU Sustainable Campus Initiative (SCI), and Faculty Liaison to the Outdoor Industry. He is originally from New Jersey and arrived at WCU in 2006 after receiving a BS degree from Penn State and an MEM degree from Duke University. This is Andy’s third summer as Academic Director for SIT, and when he’s not in the classroom in North Carolina – or leading students around Iceland – you can find him hiking, camping, kayaking, or rafting.