Biography
Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Land Management.
I joined the RAU as a Lecturer in Sustainable Land Management in August 2020. I bring to the role over three decades of study, work and engagement in the fields of education, environmental studies & ecology, sustainable and regenerative agriculture.
My work in education includes extensive experience teaching in FE and HE both in the UK and internationally. My particular interest is in integrative and trans-disciplinary approaches to education and the role that these can play in the contemporary educational 'landscape'. My commitment to integrative education has deepened over two-decades of designing and delivering courses, workshops, and conferences for teachers, agricultural apprentices, master's students and for the public.
Alongside my interest in education I have - ever since first encountering the joys of hand-weeding on an organic farm in the wilds of New Brunswick almost 30 years ago - been engaged with agriculture. I have a particular interest in the interface between agriculture and ecology, between society and the environment, between people and place. I have developed and deepened these interests over the last decade through engagements in China, South Africa, North America and Scandinavia.
I am currently completing my doctoral studies at the University of Bath.
