Core Faculty
211 Living Learning Academic
burkebj@appstate.edu
Research & Teaching Interests: Political ecology and political economy; grassroots activism for environmental and socio-economic change; alternative economies; globalization and...
217 Living Learning Academic Building
denbiggelaa@appstate.edu
Research & Teaching Interests: In addition to his knowledge and skills in agriculture, agroforestry and organic gardening, his areas of expertise include endogenous knowledge systems; farmer...
126 Living Learning Academic
englandle@appstate.edu
Research & Teaching Interests: environmental science; ecology; freshwater ecosystems; watershed systems; terrestrial-aquatic linkages; community-based watershed conservation;...
214-A Living Learning Academic
fanaticoac@appstate.edu
Research & Teaching Interests: Ecological poultry production (free-range, organic); alternative slow- and medium-growing meat genotypes, alternative feeding including free-choice systems,...
133 Living Learning Academic
anatoli@appstate.edu
Education Ph.D., Political Science, Johns Hopkins University, 2014 B.A., Political Science, San Francisco State University, 2007 Research Interests Environmental Political Theory, African...
214-B Living Learning Academic
jignatova@appstate.edu
Research & Teaching Interests: Jacqui's research and teaching interests include global environmental politics, the politics of food and agriculture, globalization and development, global...
212 Living Learning Academic
millercp3@appstate.edu
Research & Teaching Interests: Environmental history, agroecological change, and food systems; farms, forests, and society; environmental humanities and place-based pedagogy; labor, political...
paudeld@appstate.edu
Research & Teaching Interests: Political economy, international development, political ecology, economic geography, subaltern social movements, identity politics, indigeneity, climate...
222 Living Learning Academic
rheingansrd@appstate.edu
Research & Teaching Interests: Interaction between socio-economic factors, the environment and health, global environmental health and equity issues, small farm agroforestry, basic food...
215 Living Learning Academic
westermanjh@appstate.edu
Research & Teaching Interests Global & US environmental literary and cultural studies; environmental humanities; social & environmental justice; intersectionality of class, precarity,...
216 Living Learning Academic
witterrc@appstate.edu
Research & Teaching Interests: The dynamic relationships, material and symbolic, between humans and environment; environmental conservation; tenure relations and dispossession; human-wildlife...
Staff
Farm Director
SD Farm
hopecc@appstate.edu
Research & Teaching Interests: Sustainable Agriculture Education: MS Clemson University 2001 BA UNC Chapel Hill 1974 AAS CPCC 1981 Teaching: SD4200, SD3100, SD3125,...
Resident Assistant Farm Manager
SD Farm
rudicilljt@appstate.edu
I am the new Resident Assistant Farm Manager at the SD farm. I served as the farm manager at Western Piedmont Community College in Morganton, North Carolina since 2012. I live full-time at the...
Adjunct Instructors
209 Living Learning Academic
rjboylan@ncsu.edu
Research & Teaching Interests: Permaculture and Environmental Science
209 Living Learning Academic
hamiltonjv@appstate.edu
Research & Teaching Interests: Jim's program areas of expertise include Latino farmworker safety, forest landowner education, and forest farming of ginseng. He will be teaching SD 3150- Soils...
209 Living Learning Academic
reedsf@appstate.edu
Research & Teaching Interests: Education in a time of mass extinction: critical (eco)pedagogy, ecojustice education, pedagogy of grief/solastagia; transformative education, collaborative...
209 Living Learning Academic
is42996@appstate.edu
Research & Teaching Interests: Agroforestry, sustainable forest management, forestry
209 Living Learning Academic
terrellsl@appstate.edu
Research & Teaching Interests: Animal Health Care, ecology, sustainable development, animal studies, anatomy and physiology, immunology, biology, and Appalachian Studies. Education: M.A...