Guest Reception – Dr. Roger Harris
11 September 2015
Dr. Roger Harris is a Visiting Professor at the Institute of Social Informatics and Technological Innovations (ISITI), Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. He works with Universiti Malaysia Sarawak on communication and technology development projects with remote and isolated indigenous communities. They have been arranging service learning visits by students from Cornell University who will be collecting indigenous knowledge relating to traditional agriculture and climate change.
As a biologist working on rice improvement, including on the yield and nutritional quality of hybrid rice, Master Sun was interested in Dr. Harris’ agricultural development projects. They met on 11 September to exchange ideas on service learning and explore opportunities to collaborate on joint service learning projects.
