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Biography

Lisa holds a PhD from the Faculty of Education, ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½, as well as a MA in Education (Columbia University) and a MA in Social Ecology (University of Western Sydney). She works as a Lecturer in the Faculty of Education, where she teaches environmental education and interdisciplinary education, and is a member of the Sustainability, Environmental, and Arts Education (SEAE) Research Centre. Lisa is a skilled environmental educator with over 30 years’ experience in developing and facilitating educational experiences for children, young people, and adults, having worked in both public and independent schools in three different countries. She is currently the National President of the Australian Association for Environmental Education.

Lisa is a member of SCU's Research Clusters:

• ZeroWaste

Lisa's work contributes to the following

Research

Lisa’s PhD research focused on the lived experiences of women environmentalists. Based on a material feminist theoretical framework, this research enacted a collective biography methodology to explore how environmental agency can be understood and mediated. Lisa’s current research interests include material feminist and eco-feminist theory and praxis, intra-connective education, environmental/sustainability teacher training, and teacher wellbeing.

Community engagement

Community environmental education is also a particular passion, with Lisa having co-founded and led the not-for-profit Centre for Ecological Learning (CEL) since 2009, on Gumbaynggirr Country on the mid-north coast of NSW. Lisa is also involved in the peak body for environmental educators, the Australian Association for Environmental Education (AAEE), and is currently in her second term as National President.