College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

UVM Food Systems graduate faculty members are diverse in their disciplinary backgrounds, areas of research, and forms of scholarship. If you are a UVM faculty member who would like to be affiliated with our program, contact foodsystemsgrad@uvm.edu for more information.

Food Systems Faculty

Anaka-Aiyar

Anaka Aiyar

Associate Professor • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment

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Colin Anderson

Research Associate Professor, Agriculture, Landscape, and Environment • Co-Director, Institute for Agroecology

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John Barlow

Professor

Bradley A. Bauerly

Senior Lecturer (2018)

Emily Belarmino, PhD

Emily Belarmino

Assistant Professor • Faculty Fellow, Gund Institute for Environment

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Farryl Bertmann

Clinical Associate Professor

Trishnee Bhurosy

Trishnee Bhurosy

Assistant Professor • Associate Member of the UVM Cancer Center

Pablo Bose

Professor • Associate Dean, CAS

Matt Burke Fall 2025

Matthew Burke

Research Assistant Professor • Leadership for the Ecozoic

Lisa Chase

Extension Professor • Natural Resources Specialist

Yolanda Chen

Associate Professor, PSS • CCGH Team Leader

Dr. David Conner

David Conner

Professor

Rocki-Lee DeWitt

Rocki-Lee DeWitt

Professor

Tyler Doggett

Professor

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Polly Ericksen

Director, Food Systems Research Institute • Research Professor, Community Development and Applied Economics

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Food Systems Faculty

Andrea Etter

Andrea Etter

Associate Professor • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment

Josh Farley

Joshua Farley

Professor • L4E Ecological Economics Lead

Rachel Floreani

Rachael Floreani

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment

Gillian Galford

Gillian Galford

Research Associate Professor • Faculty Fellow, Gund Institute for Environment

Bernice Garnett

Bernice Garnett

Adam and Abigail Burack Family Green and Gold Associate Professor

John Gennari

Professor

Sarah Heiss

Sarah Heiss

Associate Professor

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Stephanie E. Hurley

Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences • Professor - Ecological Landscape Design

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Vic Izzo

Senior Lecturer • Director and Co-Founder, Vermont Entomology and Participatory Action Research Team (VEPART)

Simon Jorgensen

Simon Jorgenson

Associate Professor of Education

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Jana Kraft

Associate Dean - Graduate Affairs • Professor

Ike Leslie

Ike Leslie

Institute for Agroecology Collaborator • Extension Assistant Professor of Community Development

Teresa Mares

Associate Professor • Faculty Fellow, Gund Institute for Environment

Cristina Mazzoni

Wolfgang and Barbara Mieder Green and Gold Professor of Italian

V. Ernesto Méndez

Professor of Agroecology and Environmental Studies • Co-Director, Institute for Agroecology

Scott Merrill

Scott Merrill

Gund Fellow, Research Associate Professor, Department of Agriculture, Landscape, and Environment

Cheryl Morse

Cheryl Morse

Associate Professor • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment

Lizzy-Pope

Lizzy Pope

Associate Professor • Director of the Didactic Program in Dietetics

Travis Reynolds

Travis Reynolds

Associate Professor • Faculty Fellow, Gund Institute for Environment

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Taylor Ricketts

Director of the Gund Institute for Environment • Professor, Rubenstein School of the Environment and Natural Resources

Matthew Scarborough

Matthew Scarborough

Assistant Professor • Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Chris Skinner

R. Chris Skinner

Assistant Professor

Julie Smith

Julie Smith

Research Professor

Dan Tobin

Daniel Tobin

Director of the Sustainable Development Policy, Economics, and Governance Ph.D. program • Associate Professor

Amy Trubek

Amy Trubek

Professor • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment

M. D. Usher

Lyman-Roberts Professor of Classical Languages and Literature • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment

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Eric Bishop von Wettberg

Professor • Faculty Fellow, Gund Institute for Environment

Asim Zia

Asim Zia

Associate Dean of Research and Postgraduate Education • Professor of Public Policy (CDAE)

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Terence Bradshaw

Chair of the Department of Agriculture, Landscape, and Environment • Director of the UVM Horticulture Research and Education Center

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Jason Konefal

Professor • Chair

Maki Hatanaka

Professor • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment

Recruiting Faculty Members

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