SEER
Symposium On Experiential Education Research
The Symposium on Experiential Education Research (SEER) provides an outlet and venue for researchers in the field of experiential education to present, share, dialogue, and further develop their research ideas each year at the AEE International Conference.
Research Symposium Co-Chairs
SEER 2026 CALL FOR PROPOSALS CLOSED ON MAY 1.
For questions, please contact SEER Co-Chairs:
Mike Froehly, mfroehly@mmsa.org
Rob Lubeznik-Warner, rob@delta-consulting-group.com
Cecil Goodman, cgoodman@prescott.edu
Research Symposium Co-Chairs
Mike Froehly, Ph.D., Research Associate, Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance
Michael (Mike) Froehly is a Research Associate with the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance. His research focuses on outdoor and environmental education, place-based education, and youth STEM programs. He is also Senior Field Faculty at the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) and a former Assistant Professor of Parks and Recreation at Salem State University. When not teaching or conducting research, you can find him fly fishing, cooking, or birding.
See some of Michael’s research here
Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance
"I presented at SEER for the first time as a graduate student. It was so great to meet other practitioners and researchers in the field and be welcomed into the research community with open arms. I look forward to joining this year as a co-coordinator for SEER!”
Rob Lubeznik-Warner, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, University of Utah & Principal Consultant, Delta Consulting Group
Rob Lubeznik-Warner, Ph.D., is an applied researcher, evaluator, and experiential educator with 15+ years of professional experience in the human service, higher education, and youth development fields. He conducts research and evaluation studies that inform the development of evidence-based practices and decision-making for local, national, and international organizations. Rob is a co-founder and principal consultant for Delta Consulting Group and serves as a postdoctoral fellow in quantitative methods for the Behavioral Health Innovation and Dissemination Center/Department of Psychology at the University of Utah. Outside of work, you can find Rob spending time with his family exploring the northwoods of Minnesota and beyond.
See some of Rob’s research here.
“SEER is an excellent opportunity to share meaningful research with other scholars and practitioners. I love the collegial atmosphere!”
Cecil Goodman, Ph.D., is a Full Faculty of Adventure Education at Prescott College, where, since 2014, she has led the Undergraduate Wilderness and Community-Based Orientation programs, and currently serves as the Field Risk Manager for the College. With nearly two decades of teaching experience at the university level, Cecil’s transdisciplinary teaching portfolio and research interests lie at the intersections between the environment and society, nature and justice, and education. She aspires to contribute scholarship and teaching that aids in the elimination of barriers to access, belonging, and sovereignty for individuals from traditionally minoritized and/or underserved groups, and which supports new futures and justice-oriented relationships between humans and nature. She loves the immense gifts of rivers, deserts, and mountains, especially when with her two small children, Kai and Jo, and her partner, Noah.
“I deeply value SEER’s interdisciplinary and practitioner-approach to experiential education. I have loved presenting at SEER and learning from colleagues in such a welcoming, scholarly environment. I am so excited to be joining the SEER co-chair team this year to support this scholarly community I am so honored to be a part of!”
The History of SEER
The first SEER took place at AEE's 2001 International Conference in Charleston, West Virginia. Fittingly, it was Dr. Alan Ewert of Indiana University who conceived of and led the effort to establish that first SEER. A widely published researcher and author in the field of adventure-based education, Dr. Ewert is also known for his distinguished career in academia, three decades as an Outward Bound instructor, as holder of the Patricia and Joel Meier Outdoor Leadership Chair, past editor of the Journal of Experiential Education, and as fellow and past president of the prestigious Academy of Leisure Sciences. In providing the leadership to launch SEER, Dr. Ewert was giving back to the field that he has helped develop throughout his academic and professional career.
The symposium occurs concurrently with the International AEE Conference each year and involves the presentation of research papers from leading international scholars in the field of experiential education.