Institute Team
Research Associate Professor, Agriculture, Landscape, and Environment • Co-Director, Institute for Agroecology
Gund Affiliate • William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Food Studies, Middlebury College
Postdoctoral Associate
Research Associate, Institute for Agroecology
Postdoctoral Associate, Institute for Agroecology
Carlos Andres Gallegos-Riofrío
Research Assistant Professor • Affiliate, Fund Institute for Environment
Learning and Culture Lead, Institute for Agroecology • Ph.D. Student in Transdisciplinary Leadership, Creativity and Sustainability
Senior Lecturer • Director and Co-Founder, Vermont Entomology and Participatory Action Research Team (VEPART)
Postdoctoral Associate
Research Associate, Agroecology Support Team
Professor of Agroecology and Environmental Studies
Research Assistant Professor
IFA Research Affiliate • Research Assistant Professor
Business Manager, Institute for Agroecology
Outreach and Narrative Lead
Administrative Assistant
Events & Donor Relations Coordinator
About Our Graduate Students
About Our Graduate Students
The Agroecology Community of Practice (CoP) includes the Institute Team, graduate students, and alumni with interest in agroecology and a commitment to fostering transitions to just and sustainable food systems. Within our group, we pay particular attention to transdisciplinary and participatory action research (PAR) approaches. The group distinguishes itself in its commitment to constructive, collaborative work and caring mutual support. Masters and PhD students who are undertaking research on agroecology within the vision and mission of the Institute are eligible to become a part of the CoP.
Graduate Students
Ph.D. Student, Transdisciplinary Leadership for Creativity and Sustainability Program
kahlil.apuzen-ito@uvm.edu
Ph.D. Student, Agriculture, Landscape and Environment • Gund Graduate Fellow
julie.davenson@uvm.edu
Ph.D. Student in Transdisciplinary Leadership, Creativity and Sustainability
clherric@uvm.edu
Ph.D. Candidate, Community Development and Applied Economics • Gund Graduate Fellow
Juliana.Neira@uvm.edu
Ph.D. Student, Agriculture, Landscape and Environment • Agricultural Business Educator, UVM Extension
Zachary.M.Smith@uvm.eduAdvisory Board
IFA Advisory Board Member
IFA Advisory Board Member
IFA Advisory Board Member
IFA Advisory Board Member
IFA Advisory Board Member
Undergraduate Fellows
Caelah Kennedy Caelah.Kennedy@uvm.edu
Morgan Jablonski Morgan.Jablonski@uvm.edu
Jess Kay Brosius (she/her) Jessica.Brosius@uvm.edu
Molly Geldert Molly.Geldert@uvm.edu
Mack Hamilton Mackenzie.Hamilton@uvm.edu
Isabelle Ruth Neve (she/her) Isabelle.Neve@uvm.edu
AJ Pierce AJ.Pierce@uvm.edu
Affiliates
The UVM Institute for Agroecology’s (IFA) Affiliates are researchers, organizers, educators, and practitioners who are committed to a shared vision of transformative agroecology, and who are in close relationship with the IFA. They are collaborators and thought partners on IFA projects and programs in the regional, national, and global spaces. IFA Affiliates