Julia
Frost Nerbonne, Program Director, (B.A. Vassar College;
M.S., and Ph.D. in Conservation Biology, University
of Minnesota, Twin Cities) Julia has taught numerous
courses in both natural and social science focusing on aquatic ecology,
conflict management of natural resources, and environmental
ethics. She has extensive experience in community education,
field research, and community organizing. When she is
not at HECUA she is conducting research on the role
of scientific knowledge on citizen empowerment, teaching
in the department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation
Biology at the University of Minnesota, and serving
on the
board of directors of the Dispute Resolution Center
in St. Paul.
Robby Schreiber, Field Methods Coordinator and Assistant Instructor, is a recent graduate of St. John's University (May 2004) with
a degree in Liberal Studies with emphases in biology and philosophy. He is also an alum of the inaugural Environmental Studies semester (Fall 2003) and spent three summers ('01,'02,'04) working for the Minnesota
Conservation Corps Summer Youth Program where he have developed an interest
in experiential environmental education.
Students also learn from a wide variety of guest resource
persons throughout the semester.
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