- Ph.D., Plant and Soil Science, University of Vermont
- M.Sc., Food Systems, University of Vermont
- B.A., Environmental Policy, Middlebury College
BIO
Katie grew up in Queens, New York and currently lives in Winooski, Vermont. She holds an MS in Food Systems and a PhD in Plant & Soil Science, both from the University of Vermont. Some of her recent work has focused on how education, soil health discourses, and land access outside of private property can support transitions towards agroecology. Katie is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Institute for Agroecology at UVM. She is committed to collaborative approaches to research and is motivated by the belief that ecological resilience and social justice are inextricably linked. Prior to academic work, Katie worked on small and medium-sized diversified farms in Vermont and California.
Publications
Horner, C., Morse, C., Carpenter, N., Nordstrom, K.L., Faulkner, J.W., Mares, T., Kinnebrew, E., Caswell, M., Izzo, V., Méndez, V.E., Lewins, S.A. and McCune, N. 2021. Cultivating Pedagogy for Transformative Learning: A Decade of Undergraduate Agroecology Education. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 5.
Roy, E.D. & C. Horner. 2021. Carbon Sequestration in Agricultural Soils. In Galford, G.L., Faulkner, J., Dupigny-Giroux, L.-A., Posner, S. and Edling, L. (Eds.), Vermont Climate Assessment. Burlington, Vermont: Gund Institute for Environment at the University of Vermont.
Area(s) of expertise
Transformative agroecology, equitable models of land access, soil health, participatory action research, agroecology pedagogy
Bio
Katie grew up in Queens, New York and currently lives in Winooski, Vermont. She holds an MS in Food Systems and a PhD in Plant & Soil Science, both from the University of Vermont. Some of her recent work has focused on how education, soil health discourses, and land access outside of private property can support transitions towards agroecology. Katie is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Institute for Agroecology at UVM. She is committed to collaborative approaches to research and is motivated by the belief that ecological resilience and social justice are inextricably linked. Prior to academic work, Katie worked on small and medium-sized diversified farms in Vermont and California.
Publications
Horner, C., Morse, C., Carpenter, N., Nordstrom, K.L., Faulkner, J.W., Mares, T., Kinnebrew, E., Caswell, M., Izzo, V., Méndez, V.E., Lewins, S.A. and McCune, N. 2021. Cultivating Pedagogy for Transformative Learning: A Decade of Undergraduate Agroecology Education. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 5.
Roy, E.D. & C. Horner. 2021. Carbon Sequestration in Agricultural Soils. In Galford, G.L., Faulkner, J., Dupigny-Giroux, L.-A., Posner, S. and Edling, L. (Eds.), Vermont Climate Assessment. Burlington, Vermont: Gund Institute for Environment at the University of Vermont.
Areas of Expertise
Transformative agroecology, equitable models of land access, soil health, participatory action research, agroecology pedagogy