SUSAN JANE GENTILE
5103 Eloise St. NW
Fort Payne, AL 35967
256-273-6277 (h) 413-834-4410 (c)
EXPERIENCE:Antioch UniversityGraduate SchoolFaculty Member2002-present
Courses taught in the Department of Environmental Studies M.S. Program-New England:
Curriculum Design, Developing Sense of Place, Food Systems, Foundations of Environmental Education, Foundations in Science and Environmental Education (on campus and hybrid), Conceptual and Human Development, Leadership for Change, Principles of Educating for Sustainability, Problem-Solving and Inquiry-Based Science Teaching, Program Planning and Design, Student Teaching Seminar, Teaching Teachers Skills in Environmental Education, Urban Environmental Education, Using Writing To Learn.
Courses taught in the Department of Education M.Ed. Program-New England:
Curriculum Design for Educating for Sustainability (online), Data Collection and Analysis (online), Green Schools: Models of Sustainable School Practice, History and Practice of Educating for Sustainability, and Integrating the Three E’s: Environment, Economy, and Equity (online).
Courses taught in the Department of Management M.B.A Program-New England:
Earth Systems in Organizations (hybrid).
Courses taught in the Urban Sustainability M.A. Program-Los Angeles(hybrid):
Research Methods, Science for Urban Sustainability, Urban Sustainability.
Interim Director Science Teacher Certification Program Spring 2015 and Fall 2009 and 2004 (sabbatical replacement) Managed program, advised students, interviewed program applicants, and supervised students in their student teaching placements.
Managing Editor, Whole Terrain 2008-2016
Supervised student editors in production of annual journal of reflective environmental practice.
Collaborative Program Development and Implementation of Experienced Educators M.Ed. concentration in Education for Sustainability, Department of Education. 2004-2009
Interim Director of Environmental EducationProgram Spring 2007 and 2003 (sabbatical replacement) Managed program, advised 40 students, interviewed program applicants.
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education 2010-2011
STARS Content SpecialistCoordinated the ongoing technical development of AASHE’s Sustainability Tracking,Assessment & Rating System (STARS).
Northfield Mount Hermon School 1981-85 and 1986-2004
Massachusetts Excellence in Environmental Education Award1999
Drs. E. Freeman and Margaret S. Hersey Faculty Fellowship 1995-1998
Roles: School Dean, Director of Environmental Education, Chair of the Executive Committee of the Faculty, Science Teacher, History Teacher, Study Abroad Leader (Greece and Costa Rica), Dormitory Head, Athletics Coach.
EDUCATION:Antioch University New England M.S. Environmental Studies 1997
Specialization in Environmental Education
Nominated for Switzer Foundation Environmental Fellowship by ES Department Faculty.
Williams College B.A. Political Science and Environmental Studies 1980
Receivedfirst place award in essay contest focused on relationships between the
natural and social sciences.
SUSAN JANE GENTILE
5103 Eloise St. NW
Fort Payne, AL 35967
256-273-6277 (h) 413-834-4410 (c)
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
PRESENTATIONS
Panelist, “Innovative Approaches to Sustainability Education in U.S. Universities”, Security and
Sustainability Forum webinar, January 14, 2015
Coordinator and Host, EECapacity Project Webinar Series for Professors of Education, eight webinars,
March through December 2014
Co-presenter,“Climate Change EE: EECapacity-Generated Resources and Suggestions for Informal/Formal
Educators”, North American Association for Environmental Education Annual Conference, Ottawa,
ONT, 2014
Co-presenter, “Project-Based Online Learning Community Alliance (POLCA)”, CLEAN Network
Teleconference, February 11, 2014
Co-presenter, “Project-Based Online Learning Community Alliance (POLCA)”, North American
Association for Environmental Education Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD, 2013
Panelist, “Green/Sustainability Standards and the Career Clusters,” National Career Technical
Education Foundation (NCTEF) National Career Clusters Institute, Washington, DC, 2012
Planner and Facilitator, Resume and Cover Letter Workshop (6 hours), Antioch University New
England, 2010, 2011, 2012
Presenter, “What Sustains Us: Finding the Connections Between Our Teaching And Educating For
Sustainability“, Vermont Women in Higher Education Annual Conference, Killington, VT, 2012
Presenter, “Planning To Be Flexible“, Vermont Women in Higher Education Annual Conference,
Killington, VT, 2012
Planner and Facilitator, Resume and Cover Letter Training for Writing Center tutors (1.5 hours),
Antioch University New England, 2012
Presenter, “Using STARS to Evaluate and Enhance Sustainability in the Curriculum”,
Integrating Sustainability into the Undergraduate Curriculum: Best Practices and
Pedagogical Resources, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa.Co-sponsored by:
Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM) and Upper Midwest Association for Campus
Sustainability (UMACS), 2011
Panelist, “STARS 101”, Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
Annual Conference, 2010
Presenter, “An M.Ed. in Educating for Sustainability,” Sustainability Education Summer Institute,
Islandwood, 2009
Presenter, “Educating for Sustainability”, New York State Union of Teachers (NYSUT)Statewide
Committee for Math, Science, and Technology Education Meeting, 2009
Presenter, “Educating for Sustainability”, NYSUT Statewide Committee for Health, Physical
Education, and Consumer Sciences Meeting, 2009
Presenter, “Educating for Sustainability Across the Science Curriculum”, New Hampshire
Science Teachers Association Conference (NYSUT), 2009
Facilitator, “Infusing Green into the Curriculum” Round Table Discussion, New York State
United Teachers Health and Safety Conference, 2009
Panelist, Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education Annual Conference,
“Sustainability Across the Curriculum: Lessons and Questions from the Field”, 2008
Closing Speaker, Coalition of Essential Schools Fall Forum, “Educating for Sustainability:
Equity, Economy, and Environment At Your School”, 2008
Planner and Panelist, Education for Sustainability National Professional Organizations Summit
coordinated by the US Partnership for the UN Decade for Education for Sustainable Development
K-12 Steering Committee, 2008
Presenter, Antioch University New England Information Sessions for undergraduate students at
Mount Holyoke College, Wesleyan University, and Williams College, 2008
Guest Teacher, Northfield Mount Hermon School, “Geological History and Geography of Greece”,
for Greece Senior Seminar Program, 2008
Speaker, Williams College, “Considering a Career in Environmental Education,” Environmental
Studies Log Lunch Speaker Series, 2006
Presenter, Connecticut Outdoor and Environmental Education Assoc. annual conferences, 2000 &
2002, CREI presentation and NAAEE Guidelines for Excellence presentation
Panelist, Antioch New England Graduate School Alumni Careers Panel, 1999
Keynote Speaker, Northeast Informal Science Education Network annual conference, 1999
Panelist, Antioch New England Graduate School alumni panel for re-accreditation, 1999
Panelist.Williams College Alumni Careers Panel, 1999
Guest Speaker, New Hampshire Public Television (NHPTV) Knowledge Network Ed Exchange
Program, February 10, 1998
PUBLICATIONS
Subject Matter Expert and Advisor, Sustainable Living,middle school reference set published
by Gale/Cengage in 2016.
Co-author, “The US Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development: Progress and
Challenges Ahead,’Applied Environmental Education &Communication, Special Issue: Decade of
Education for Sustainable Development, Volume 14, Issue 2, Taylor & Group, published online June
16, 2015.
Managing Editor, Whole Terrain Volume 21, Metamorphosis, published December 2014
Associate Editor,Achieving Sustainability, two-volume reference encyclopedia published by
Macmillan in 2014.
Lead Author, National Action Plan for Educating for Sustainability, a collaborative effort of
Center for Green Schools of the U.S. Green Building Council and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
published in 2014.
Managing Editor, Whole Terrain Volume 20, Heresy, published December 2013
Contributing Editor,Advancing Climate Change Environmental Education: Resources and
Suggestions Ithaca, NY:EECapacity, Cornell University Civic Ecology Lab, and North American
Association for Environmental Education.
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Author, “Educating for the Future,” published in Oak Meadow Newsletter issue 114 spring 2013
Managing Editor, Whole Terrain Volume 19, Net Works, published August 2012
Manuscript Readerfor Steve Chase’s Letters to a Fellow Seeker: A Short Introduction to the Quaker
Way, 2012
Managing Editor, Whole Terrain Volume 18, Boundaries, published December 2011
Managing Editor, Whole Terrain Volume 17, The Significance of Scale, published December 2010
Managing Editor, Whole Terrain Volume 16 ,((r)e)volution, published December 2009
ww.antiochne.edu/wholeterrain/issue_16/
Manuscript Reader for Mitchell Thomashow’s Bringing the Biosphere Home: Learning to Perceive
Global Environmental Change, 2000
Author,The Connecticut River Watershed: Introductory Activities for High School Watershed Educationfor the Connecticut River Watershed Council, published 1999
Author. “The Connecticut River Education Initiative: Making Connections through Sense of Place,” published in Outdoors, COEEA newsletter, 1998
Co-author, “Inviting Them to Dance,” published in Whole Terrain, 1998
Author, “Treatment for a National Neurosis” published in Pioneer Valley Forum,1994;Family Earth
1994, and Family Connections,1993
Contributing Editor. The News, NMH alumni magazine, 1992-1994
Author, reflection published in Earthwatch magazine, 1992
CONSULTING
Consultant, Education for Sustainability Middle School Pilot Project with Environic International
Foundation and Goochland County Public Schools (VA), 2016-present.
Director, Education Summit, a day-long component of Local Solutions: Eastern
Regional Climate Preparedness Conference,convened by
Antioch University’s Center for Climate Preparedness and Resilience in partnership with the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Baltimore, MD, 2016.
Independent Contractor, North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE),
EECapacity Project, 2014
Facilitator, Higher Education Faculty Team, National Training Workshop, EECapacity Project,
North American Association for Environmental Education, Baltimore, MD, 2013
Independent Contractor, North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE),
EECapacity Project, 2013
Facilitator, Higher Education Faculty Team Planning Meetings, week-long National Training
Workshop, EECapacity Project, Washington, DC 2012
Independent Contractor, North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE),
EECapacity Project and NCATE Environmental Education Standards Project, 2012
Consultant, Work of 1000, curriculum materials development, 2011
Subject Matter Expert, Infusing Green Standards in National Career Clusters Framework Project,
US Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE) 2011
Consultant, Discovery Charter School for Sustainability Founding Group, Franklin County, MA
2008-2010
Consultant, Fall Mountain Regional School District, NH, Sustainability Initiative, 2008
Consultant, Northfield Mount Hermon School Costa Rica Study Abroad Program planning and
curriculum development, 2007-2008
Consultant, Vermont Academy, Place-Based Education half-day professional development
workshop for faculty, 2005
Consultant, Gill Elementary School, K-6 watershed science curriculum development, Gill,
Massachusetts, 2005-2006
Consultant, Lithonia Academy of Technology and the Environment, K-8 curriculum development and
teacher training, Lithonia, Georgia, 2005
Consultant, The Connecticut in the Classroom project, K-8 curriculum development,
City of Holyoke, Massachusetts, 2002
MANAGEMENT
Managing Editor, Whole Terrain, an annual journal of reflective environmental practice published
by Antioch University New England, 2008-2015
Managing Director, Center for Environmental Education Online,a web site providing environmental
education resources and support for K-12 educators, 2004-2006
Education Director, Connecticut River Education Initiative (CREI), 1999-2004
Coordinator, Connecticut River Education Initiative Opening Channels Conference, 2000 & 2001
Program Coordinator, Connecticut River Education Initiative (CREI) Summer Institute for Teachers, 1996-1999
Coordinator, Panel Sessions for the 1996 New England Environmental Education Alliance Annual Conference, 1996
SERVICE
Board of Directors, US Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development, 2010-present,
Nominating Committee Chair, 2011-present; Secretary, 2015-present
Advisory Committee Member, Ecology Education, Incorporated ( 2013-present
Managing Editor and Board Member, Whole Terrain, nationally acclaimed literary journal of
Antioch University New England, 2008-2015,
Board of Directors, Four Rivers Charter Public School, Greenfield, MA, 2011-2014
Accountability Committee Chair, 2012-2014
Board of Directors, Ecology Education, Incorporated, Saco, ME, 2007-2013,
Vice-President, 2011-2013
Executive Committee, Steering Committeeand Work GroupMember, US Partnership for Education
for Sustainable Development, K-12 and Teacher Education Sector, 2006-2013
Task Group Facilitator,Climate Change Environmental Education Project-based Online Learning
CommunityAlliance (CCEE POLCA), an EE Capacity Project initiative, 2013
Facilitator, Monthly Educating for Sustainability K-12 Teacher Open Conference Calls, fall 2012
Reviewer, twelve proposals for North American Association for Environmental Education Annual
Conference, 2012
Member, GeoScience Committee, New Hampshire Department of Education, 2009
Artist Contributor, Antioch New England University Student Alliance Silent Auction, two clay pieces,
2008, 2009
Member, Greenfield Military Band, Flutist, 2007, 2008
Member, Gill-Montague Regional School District School Committee, 2000-2003
Member, Open Space Planning Committee for Town of Gill, Massachusetts, 1999-2000
Member, WGBY (public television) Program Selection Committee to review and select educational
programming for broadcast in the coming academic year, 1999-2000
Member, Gill Elementary School Community Council, 1999-2000
Volunteer. Earthwatch wild dolphin research team in Sarasota, Florida,as a part of master’s degree
program, 1996
Volunteer, Earthwatch organic farming research team in Scotland and Crow Canyon Archaeological
Research Center in Colorado while on sabbatical, 1991
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) Annual Conference, Ottawa, ONT,
2014
North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) Annual Conference,
Baltimore, MD, 2013
Co-op Power Sustainability Summit, Amherst, MA 2013
EECapacity Project National Training Workshop (week-long), Washington, DC, Higher Education
Faculty Team Facilitator, 2012
From the Ashes: The 1992 Civil Unrest and the Rise of Social Movement Organizing Conference, University
of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 2012
US/Canada Citizens’ Summit for Sustainable Development, Yale University, New Haven,
CT, 2012
Vermont Women in Higher Education Annual Conference, Killington, VT, 2012
Integrating Sustainability into the Undergraduate Curriculum: Best Practices and
Pedagogical Resources Conference, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, 2011
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education Sustainability Across the Curriculum
Leadership Workshop, Emory, Atlanta, Georgia, 2011
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education Annual Conference, 2010
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education Annual Conference, 2008
Greenfield Community College Water Color Primer day-long workshop, 2008
U.S. Partnership Educating for Sustainability National Education Organizations Summit, 2008
Antioch New England Colloquium with Dr. Julian Agyeman, 2007
The Core Responsibilities of Nonprofit Boards Workshop, Institute for Civic Leadership together with The Board Network, 2007
Greenfield Community College Beginning Pastels Class, 2007
North American Association for Environmental Education Annual Conference, 2006, 2004, 1998, 1996
Antioch New England Faculty Colloquium with Dr. Joseph White, 2006
Antioch New England Graduate School Faculty Forums on Systems Thinking Fall 2005 and Research and Scholarship Spring 2006
Snow Farm week-long Landscape Painting Workshop, 2005
Brattleboro Clay Works Beginning Pottery Class, 2005
Island School site visit to develop educating for sustainability for CEEonline, 2005
Association for Continuing Higher Education (ACHE) Region 1 Meeting of New Hampshire Continuing Education Leaders, 2005
Exploration of national parks of the western United States while on sabbatical, 2002
Bard College one-day writing workshop, 2001
A Master Plan for Environmental Education in Massachusetts, Plan Development Workshop, 1999
American Heritage Rivers Initiative Forum, 1999
Orion Society “Fire and Grit” Millennium Conference, 1999
Grant Writing Workshop sponsored by WGBY/57, 1999
High School Environmental Leadership Conference, CREI presentation, 1998
New England Environmental Education Alliance Conference, CREI presentation 1998, 1996
Several Institute for Writing and Thinking weekend workshops at Bard College: Writing and Thinking, Narrative, Inquiry into Essay, Poetry, Reading and Writing Nature, 1987-1999
Vernal Pools for Educators workshop, 1997, and hosted at NMH, 1998
Northeast Sustainable Energy Association Conference for educators, 1997
Massachusetts Environmental Education Society Annual Conference, 1997
Northeast Environmental EducationAnnual Conference, 1996
Massachusetts Association of Science Teachers Annual Conference 1995
Participation in monthly poetry seminar, 1995-96
Peter Elbow’s and Lucille Burt’s “Teachers as Writers” week-long summer program, 1995
Participation in weekly writing workshop 1992-1995
Mt. Holyoke Writers’ Conference, week-long, 1994
Several American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Conferences, 1987-93
Independent School Association of Massachusetts David Mallory weekend workshop for administrators, 1984
Northfield Counseling Institute, week-long training program in counseling of adolescents, 1984
Several Brattleboro Retreat workshops on adolescent behavior and substance abuse, 1982-90
Spanish language classes through intermediate level including six-week academic program at
Universidad de Valencia and home-stay in Valencia, Spain, 1981-83
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