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         NICHOLAS PETER SHEAR
                                   info@casainteram.org
                                   Casa Hermosa
                                  Frente La Mirage
                                  Cotacachi, Imbabura
                                  ECUADOR
                                  +593-8-684-9950


EDUCATION

University of Michigan
Bachelor of Science in Natural Resources,
Environmental Policy concentration
May 1993

University of Vermont
Master of Science in Political Geography
May 1997


EXPERIENCE

1999-2005
Director, Inter-American Cultural and Development Studies
Burlington College
Burlington, Vermont
  • Planned and organized service-learning trips for university students to Guatemala,
    Puerto Rico, and Ecuador. Courses taught include: Mesoamerican History, Andean
    History, and World Economic Geography.

2000-present
Director, Inter-American Center for the Arts, Sustainability, & Action
Cotacachi, Ecuador
  • This small NGO supports communities and organizations throughout the Americas in
    their small-scale and artistic endeavors to create sustainable, creative, and more
    autonomous ways of living. I currently manage rural integrated development projects
    in Guatemala and Ecuador.  

2002-present
Adjunct Faculty
Department of Geography
University of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont
  • Courses taught: A Modern Geographic Survey of Latin America, Geography of the
    Andes, and The Politics of Land Use in Ecuador.

2007-present
Ecuador Country Director
Global Works
Boulder, Colorado
www.globalworkstravel.com
  • Organize Service Learning work projects in rural communities in Ecuador for groups
    of high school-age volunteers. Train staff and coordinate all logistics for groups of up
    to 30 people.

2008-present
Coordinator
Intichakiñan Project
Cotacachi, Ecuador
www.intichakinan.com
  • Coordinate and promote community and ecological tourism programs in four rural
    villages. Manage the training of guides and community members to receive tourists as
    well as the day-to-day operations of a Spanish School.
Pete with his wife
Zahíra and
daughters Camila
and Nina
(January, 2010).
Inter-American Center for the Arts, Sustainability,and Action


Centro Interamericano para las Artes, el Sustento, y la Acción