Excellence in International Engagement Award, 2025
College of Life Sciences and Agriculture
Moore has demonstrated career-spanning dedication to international engagement of citizens, students, faculty, and government officials. His work enhances coastal resilience by coupling restoration, education, and outreach. Moore has been conducting these activities through UNH for 20 years, during which he and his team have worked in 15 nations (13 Caribbean countries, the United Arab Emirates, and Bangladesh), trained international graduate students, funded and mentored international undergraduate interns, and engaged thousands of citizens in the countries where he has worked. His international work, presently centered in the Caribbean, is successful in part because of the strong partnerships and relationships that he and his team have forged with local agencies.
A hallmark of Moore’s effort is that he focuses on authentic relationship building. No matter where he is working, he understands the importance of meeting people where they are and acknowledging their individual values and sense of place. He says, “Successful coastal restoration is built on a foundation of stewardship. If a community isn’t invested in protecting a coastal resource, then efforts to sustain and restore the coast are not likely to succeed.” Building opportunities to foster leadership at a local scale is critical to Moore and is one of the reasons that he brings so many diverse international students to train and study at UNH. He mentors them with the intent that his students return to their homes and communities as the local experts.
Moore was honored in 2022 with the UNH Sustainability Gold Award. His work has been featured in press releases and popular articles in BBC, BVI Beacon, USFS International Programs News, UNH Today, and his innovative “Post Cards from the Field” series, which offers research briefings written by his graduate students.
Moore’s international engagement activities have improved coastal environments here and in more than a dozen other nations, have globalized UNH’s curriculum, elevated the university’s profile, and increased the diversity of UNH’s student body.
About this Award
This award recognizes exceptional international engagement by a current UNH faculty member. Nominees should have a well-established and ongoing record of international education and/or research while on the UNH faculty. Such activities should include several of the following: directing UNH managed programs abroad, individual research, collaborative research with international partners, exchange teaching, encouraging and supporting student involvement in international research (e.g., IROP), evidence of global perspectives within curriculum, service on international boards and task forces, consulting and/or publications/performances. UNH benefits-eligible faculty members are eligible, except recipients within the last five years. This award is supported by the Global Education Center.
