Geographer, educator and author Stephen F. Cunha spent 10 years as a national park ranger in Yosemite and Alaska. Recently retired as a geography professor at Humboldt State University, he often travels to and lectures on U.S. and Canadian national parks.

He spent four years developing the Pamir National Park in eastern Tajikistan, which was named a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2013. His travel and consulting on mountain and environmental issues includes assignments with USAID, United Nations University, World Bank, International Union for Conservation of Nature Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas, Myanmar Ministry of Education, and the U.K. Asylum Law Project.

Stephen holds two undergraduate degrees in geography and natural resources from the University of California, Berkeley and a master’s and PhD in geography from the University of California, Davis. He will share his insights gained from decades of travel, research and teaching across the globe.