People

Hi my name is Shannon and I'm a Natural Resource Management student at OSU, I'm taking an Environmental Education class currently and I enjoy learning about environmental science! 

My name is Anne , I am a socio-educational animator especially on environmental education, I am passionate about climate change , conservation , environmental and sustainable development issues. I am a good communicator and my hobbies are lecture, tourism and home decoration.

Hello I have taught reading, ESL, third grade and AIG since 1998. I love teaching! I have 4 children. Twins that are grown and live in Virginia. I have a daughter that is a freshman at ECU and a son that is a junior in high school. I love watching movies, reading and relaxing outside. It 's nice to have cool weather. I have 3 dogs and 2 cats so basically a zoo at my house. 

I am the Executive Director for Talking Talons Youth Leadership, which focuses on climate change education for students grades 5-12 and Youth Conservation Corps. I formerly was the first Outdoor Learning Specialist in the Math and Science Bureau at the New Mexico Public Education Department. I have been an educator for over the past 15 years in both New Mexico and Colorado; I previously was the Director of Environmental Education and Technology at Cottonwood School (Corrales, NM) but spent my previous five years at the Department of Cultural Affairs at the Sandia Mountain Natural History Center (Cedar Crest, NM) as an Environmental Educator and Certified Wilderness First Responder. I am excited to connect the work done through the Senate Memorial 1 Task Force, Environmental Education New Mexico (EENM), the Department of Cultural Affairs, and teaching! I have bachelor's degrees in environmental engineering, and technical writing, with a master's curriculum and instruction and a teaching license. 

Jocelyn is executive director of Looseleaf Learning, a nature-based non-profit education organization. A Montessori educator, teacher trainer, and former head of school for Williamsburg Field School, she is committed to restoring nature’s priority in education, recreation, and healthy food systems. In addition to providing the "Nature Hour" programs to area public and private schools, Jocelyn is founder of the Williamsburg Farm Camp and co-founder of Farm Fridays at her Toano farm.

A member of the Williamsburg community since 1994, Jocelyn is passionate about bringing learners of all ages to the joy and delight of nature.

Dr. Kristina Slagle is a researcher and instructor in the Environmental and Social Sustainability Lab in the School of Environment and Natural Resources at Ohio State University. She focuses on decision making under risk, and how this impacts policies related to fisheries and wildlife conservation, and is particularly interested in conservation on privately-owned landscapes.   

I am an interdisciplinary environmental social scientist and I work primarily in human-animal studies, environmental education, and sustainable food systems.

See my books:

Animals in Environmental Education: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Curriculum and Pedagogy

Animal Edutainment in a Neoliberal Era: Politics, Pedagogy, and Practice in the Contemporary Aquarium

As a Jewish early childhood educator I love teaching children to find the joy of the everyday rituals that make up the rhythms of our lives. I focus my teaching on tikkun olam (repair the world) l'dor v'dor (from generation to generation). A lifelong lover of every bird and plant I come across I can often be found guiding conversations  about natural resources with three year olds or with my Girl Scout troop. 

Hello! My name is Cassie Poray and I am a soon to be college graduate from Ohio State University. My degree is in Natural Resource Management with a specialty in Parks and Recreation Visitor Services. I am looking to create opportunities to get youth outdoors and help them foster a connection with the world around them. I have worked as both a camp counselor and an outdoor educator in addition to working as an intern for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. A fun fact about myself is that I am a part of the inagural class of female Eagle Scouts.