I am an associate professor of education at VTSU-Johnson, where I am the co-director of the Elementary + Special Education program. Before returning to the United States to pursue an academic career in 2009, I lived in China for seven years where I taught elementary and secondary science, and also English as a foreign language.
My scholarship interrogates the process of social change through a critical lens in educational systems, with a focus on privilege, power, justice, and oppression. My academic career began in the field of science and environmental education, and in my early career I focused on climate change curriculum development, climate change education, and education for sustainability. My current research project, “TeachOut Vermont,” uses critical participatory action research to build sustainable, equitable, and transformative social networks with and for queer, nonbinary, and transgender teachers in Vermont. This research is supported in part by the Spencer Foundation, the Vermont State University President’s Fund, and the Working Learning Communities grant.
I live in Morrisville with my wife and too many pets. When I am not working, I spend my time knitting, playing games, and birding. I am also on a question to read, write, and knit in all of Vermont’s 187 public libraries. Wish me luck!