Emily Hoyler
Learning and Culture Lead, Institute for Agroecology
Ph.D. Student in Transdisciplinary Leadership, Creativity and Sustainability
PRONOUNS she/her
- PhD Candidate, Transdisciplinary Leadership and Creativity for Sustainability, University of Vermont
- MEd, Administration, Planning, and Social Policy, Harvard Graduate School of Education
- BS, Geography, University of Victoria
Transdisciplinary Leadership, Creativity and Sustainability
Areas of expertise
Organizational learning & culture, relational systems change & compassionate systems awareness, unsettling self/systems, cultivation of relational space for change, pedagogy & curriculum, post-sustainability & place-based education, reciprocal healing, and youth leadership.
BIO
Emily is the Learning & Culture Lead at the UVM Institute for Agroecology (IFA), where she cultivates and nurtures the IFA’s communities and learning programs. She is also a PhD student in the Transdisciplinary Leadership and Creativity for Sustainability program, exploring leadership practice through the cultivation of relational spaces for change, praxis as medicine, post-sustainability approaches, unsettling self/systems, Land-rooted and reciprocal healing, and resilience practices.
With over three decades of experience as an educator, learner, and facilitator across primary, secondary, and higher education settings, Emily has also held roles as an environmental educator, curriculum specialist, and facilitator of professional learning and systems change. She co-authored Shelburne Farms’ Cultivating Joy and Wonder, an early childhood curriculum guide for food- and farm-based education. Emily is a professional affiliate with Shelburne Farms and a nationally certified facilitator for the Origins Program.
Bio
Emily is the Learning & Culture Lead at the UVM Institute for Agroecology (IFA), where she cultivates and nurtures the IFA’s communities and learning programs. She is also a PhD student in the Transdisciplinary Leadership and Creativity for Sustainability program, exploring leadership practice through the cultivation of relational spaces for change, praxis as medicine, post-sustainability approaches, unsettling self/systems, Land-rooted and reciprocal healing, and resilience practices.
With over three decades of experience as an educator, learner, and facilitator across primary, secondary, and higher education settings, Emily has also held roles as an environmental educator, curriculum specialist, and facilitator of professional learning and systems change. She co-authored Shelburne Farms’ Cultivating Joy and Wonder, an early childhood curriculum guide for food- and farm-based education. Emily is a professional affiliate with Shelburne Farms and a nationally certified facilitator for the Origins Program.