Teachers. Mentors. Practitioners. Guides.
Our faculty do more than just pass along information. We learn by doing, and our faculty are the main engine for experiential learning.
You’ll interact with them in the classroom and laboratory, yes. But you’ll also be with them in the field, such as when you map invasive plants in the Northeast Kingdom or explore the natural history and ecology of the Sierra Nevada.
They’ll be your guides on Expedition and will share the hardships and triumphs of that experience.
No one embodies the Sterling College motto of “Working Hands. Working Minds” like our faculty.
They’ll be your supervisors for Work programs around campus. You’ll serve with them on committee meetings and discuss issues with them in Community Meetings.
They’ll be your coaches for skiing and ultra-trail running. You’ll even eat meals with them in Dunbar Dining Hall.
There’s no typical formality between teachers and students here. We’re all on a first-name basis—including the faculty, deans, and the president. They are your guides for environmental stewardship and lifelong learning.
They are an eclectic and diverse group, ranging from traditional academic faculty to practitioner faculty, with a broad range of teaching styles. But all of them want to work with you as a whole person—your interests, your point of view, your challenges, and your hopes.
MEET OUR FACULTY
Farley Brown
Faculty in Ecology
Matthew Derr
President & Faculty
Leah Bayens
Dean of the Wendell Berry Farming Program
Laura Beebe
Faculty in Environmental Humanities
Josh Bossin
Faculty in Outdoor Education
Emily Brodsky
Faculty in Ecology
Carol Dickson
Faculty in
Environmental Humanities
Ed Fredrickson
Visiting Faculty in Sustainable Agriculture
David Scott Gilligan
Faculty in Ecology
Anne Morse
Faculty in Outdoor Education
Adrian Owens
Faculty in Outdoor Education
Jeff Richardson
Faculty in Sustainable Agriculture
Charlotte Rosendahl
Faculty in Sustainable Agriculture
Julian Sharp
Director of Community Outreach, Faculty in Environmental Humanities
Laura Spence
Dean of Academics, Faculty in Ecology
Rickey G. Thomas
Faculty in Sustainable Agriculture
Tony VanWinkle
Director of the Rian Fried Center for Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems, Faculty in Sustainable Food Systems
John Zaber
Faculty in Outdoor Education