This paper provides insights into the complexities and rewards involved in conducting a collaborative research project in geographic education. Using a case study from the National Council for Geographic Education's ongoing EMBARC Project ("Encouraging our Members to Belong to a Research Community"), the authors document and analyse their ongoing efforts to mediate the challenges of four scholars working cross-nationally at three different universities. The overarching goal of this article is to elucidate some of the key issues needing resolution in collaborative work in geographic education. These include finding ways to help clarify the goals of the research project, understanding the professional frameworks and values of each scholar on the team, determining each person's roles in completion of the project, and maintaining clear communication at critical stages of the project. Using these issues as a framework for their analysis, the authors provide evidence that collaborative research is not only timely and relevant, but they believe it is also long overdue in the field of geographic education.