Dr. Teresa Coker
Assistant Professor – Environmental Education and Education
Dr. Coker is co-coordinator of the Environmental Education Graduate Program at SOU, and she teaches in both the Environmental Education program and the School of Education. Teresa approaches education through an equity lens, continually seeking to make education accessible and attainable for all. She has experience working in both nonformal and formal education settings. Her nonformal environmental education experience includes teaching at Sandy Creek Nature Center, the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont, and the Urban Tree House Project. Her formal education background includes elementary teaching and faculty positions at other institutions. In addition to her educational experience, her research interests have led her to examine program evaluation for nonformal organizations.
Office: Education 136/Science 226
Phone: 541.552.6871
E-Mail: cokert1@sou.edu
Dr. Arielle Halpern
Professor – Biology
Dr. Halpern is a co-coordinator of the Environmental Education Program and a faculty member in the Biology Program. She has been working in the Klamath-Siskiyou region since 2009 conducting ecological research, coordinating multi-stakeholder restoration projects, and developing place-based environmental education programs. Dr. Halpern is passionate about fostering a feeling of connection to the environment through direct experience of the extraordinary diversity in southern Oregon and northern California.
Office: SC 225
Phone: 541.552.6929
E-Mail: halperna@sou.edu
Dr. Michael Parker
Professor – Biology
Dr. Parker has a strong passion for Environmental Education and brings a strong science background to the program. He is an aquatic ecologist and is actively involved in the program. His work focuses on the structure and dynamics of aquatic food webs with an emphasis on the effects of human impacts and introduced species. From aquatic invertebrates to amphibians to desert fishes, he is involved in the conservation of aquatic organisms and the environments that sustain them. He teaches Trends in Environmental Education (EE 526) and Biology courses such as Aquatic Ecology, Fish & Fisheries, Herpetology, and Vertebrate Natural History.
Office: SC 381
Phone: 541.552.6749
E-Mail: parker@sou.edu
Contact Environmental Education
Environmental Education Program
1250 Siskiyou Blvd.
Ashland, OR 97520
541.552.6876
seec@sou.edu
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