KERI VACANTI BRONDO University of Memphis SUZANNE KENT Colorado State University ARLEEN HILL University of Memphis Teaching collaborative environmental anthropology: A case study embedding engaged scholarship in critical approaches to voluntourism This article presents lessons learned from an interdisciplinary-engaged scholarship collaboration between the University of Memphis, Col- orado State University, and four Honduran conservation organiza- tions to assess the relationship be- tween gender and conservation val- ues among voluntourists on the Bay Island of Utila, Honduras. We fo- cus on four key domains of teach- ing feminist and environmental anthropology through applied col- laborative work: (1) teaching in- clusion and collaboration; (2) un- derstanding and valuing situated- ness; (3) interrogating the idea that women are naturally conservation- ists; and (4) understanding neolib- eral conservation and applying an- thropology. Finally, we share some lessons learned from the experience, situating this discussion within the broader literature on teach- ing applied anthropology in higher education. [conservation volun- tourism, feminist methods, engaged scholarship] Though “messy,” I enjoyed the opportunity to dive in head first. This course was unlike any other I had taken. It allowed me to find my strengths and weaknesses without the training wheels. The final day of class was moving for me. I had never expe- rienced that level of pride before. It was pretty amazing to see my thoughts and ideas presented and appreciated by the team that I’ve worked with this semester and our partners in Utila. It may have been the coolest thing I’d experienced. I definitely did not expect my own reaction to the project. —Anonymized quotes from student remarks on a survey reflecting on the engaged scholarship project in Gender & Environment course, Fall 2015 T hese quotes above are anonymous feedback from a course survey at the close of our fall 2015 “Gender and Environment” class in which we had embedded a collaborative research project with conservationists from the Bay Island of Utila, Honduras. The scope of student engagement was to collaborate on the design of a survey that assessed the relationship between gender and conser- vation values among voluntourists on the island of Utila. This was one piece of a longer term project exploring the relationship between voluntourism and conservation outcomes, the results of which would inform ethnographic work on the island in sum- mer 2016. In the last weeks leading up to the students’ video presentation via Skype to Honduran NGO leaders, our students experienced a rollercoaster of emotions as they questioned their skillsets and ability to find meaning in the data they collected. It was indeed quite stressful, resulting in tears for some and lost sleep for others. But as the feedback reveals, our students “got it” on that final day of class. During that final class period, “ev- erything” came together as students collaboratively engaged with their Honduran partners and actively applied their anthropology background. What emerged was a purposeful dialog focused on ANNALS OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL PRACTICE, Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 193–206, ISSN 0094-0496, online ISSN 1548-1425. C  2016 by the American Anthropological Association. All rights reserved. DOI: 10.1111/napa.12101