Director
North American Center for Transborder Studies
480-965-1846
nacts@asu.edu

bio

As director of the North American Center for Transborder Studies at Arizona State University, Mr. Van Schoik develops, manages and interprets complex, multidisciplinary, trinational research and policy programs.

He received a bachelor's degree in oceanography and engineering from the U. S. Naval Academy and was a Navy SEAL until returning to school and acquiring a master's degree from San Diego State University in biology. He conducted post-graduate studies in philanthropy at Harvard Graduate School of Education and in sustainable development at Tufts University.  He attended the first Natural Resources Leadership Institute in North Carolina. He teaches energy, ecological and environmental policy as well as science, law, economics and engineering. He was previously the managing director of the Southwest Consortium for Environmental Research and Policy.

Mr. Van Schoik has served as a trustee or on the board of directors of several educational, environmental, transportation and energy organizations. He is invited to give 25 to 30 talks per year and publishes articles in the scientific, lay and professional press that inform the several perspectives on transboundary security, transportation, water, energy, environmental and related issues.