Walter Poleman
Director, Field Naturalist Program
Senior Lecturer
63 Carrigan Dr
268 Jeffords Hall
Burlington, VT 05401
United States
- Ph.D., University of Vermont, 2010
- M.S., University of Vermont, 1996
- B.A., Cornell University, 1984
Area(s) of expertise
Landscape analysis, place-based education, land conservation, social-ecological systems science
BIO
Walter Poleman specializes in natural history, place-based landscape analysis, and education for sustainability. He teaches courses in natural history and human ecology, landscape inventory and assessment, and conservation science. Walter is the Field Naturalist Graduate Program director and an FN graduate himself. He teaches Fundamentals of Field Science in the fall and Landscape Inventory and Assessment in the spring, using the classic Field Naturalist "layer cake" approach to ecology.
He also serves as faculty advisor to the Sustainability Learning Community. Walter is the founding director the PLACE (Place-based Landscape Analysis & Community Engagement) Program, and co-coordinator of the Greater Burlington Sustainability Education Network.
He coordinates the Rubenstein School’s dual master’s degree program with Vermont Law & Graduate School and teaches ecology there each summer. His teaching awards include the President’s Distinguished Senior Lecturer Award, the Kroespsh-Maurice Award for Excellence in Teaching, and the Outstanding Service-Learning Faculty Award.
Courses
- Natural Resources
- Sustainability, Ecology, and Policy
Bio
Walter Poleman specializes in natural history, place-based landscape analysis, and education for sustainability. He teaches courses in natural history and human ecology, landscape inventory and assessment, and conservation science. Walter is the Field Naturalist Graduate Program director and an FN graduate himself. He teaches Fundamentals of Field Science in the fall and Landscape Inventory and Assessment in the spring, using the classic Field Naturalist "layer cake" approach to ecology.
He also serves as faculty advisor to the Sustainability Learning Community. Walter is the founding director the PLACE (Place-based Landscape Analysis & Community Engagement) Program, and co-coordinator of the Greater Burlington Sustainability Education Network.
He coordinates the Rubenstein School’s dual master’s degree program with Vermont Law & Graduate School and teaches ecology there each summer. His teaching awards include the President’s Distinguished Senior Lecturer Award, the Kroespsh-Maurice Award for Excellence in Teaching, and the Outstanding Service-Learning Faculty Award.
Courses
- Natural Resources
- Sustainability, Ecology, and Policy