Martha Caswell serves on the leadership team of the Institute for Agroecology as Associate Director.

Her work focuses on community mobilization and pedagogy that considers whole systems and searches out the entry points for meaningful engagement. With a belief in the power of collective action, Martha is often a bridge between academic and community participants, working to establish reciprocal relationships that facilitate exchanges of knowledge and experience toward food systems transformation. Through a commitment to critical analysis and inviting in multiple ways of knowing, her research and teaching currently investigate power and possibilities within agroecological transformations. A connector by nature, Martha looks for the synergies and opportunities that are possible across constituencies, geographies, and experience.

Martha teaches on the Certificate for Graduate Studies in Agroecology and is engaging in various community efforts around political and popular education. She is also involved in a range of research programs including: agroecology transformations, territorial food systems, food sovereignty and more.