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DR. MARK FERGUSON mferguso@uwsp.edu
Mark A. Ferguson is a professor of Social and Environmental Psychology at UW-Stevens Point. He previously completed a visiting assistant professorship in Social Psychology at Syracuse University and a Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Global Fellowship in Behavioral Economics at the University of Calgary (Canada). His research focuses on how group identities emerge, are maintained, or change over time, as well as their effects on how we think, feel, and behave in the context of climate change. He has served as an associate editor for the Journal of Environmental Psychology and as a Guest Editor for a special issue of Current Opinion in Psychology on the Psychology of Climate Change. DR. LYNDA FERNHOLZ lfernhol@uwsp.edu Lynda Fernholz is committed to educating students, colleagues, families, and the community through establishing strong connections. She holds a Ph.D. in Language and Literacy, Cardinal Stritch University (2014), an M.S. in Education (1999), and an B.S. in Elementary Education, Viterbo University, La Crosse. In 2015, she began working with several non-profit, NGOs dedicated to enriching the lives of women and children living in rural Nicaragua. She has led numerous trips to Nicaragua to train Nicaraguan women facilitators for sustainable literacy teaching practices. Additionally, she works tirelessly for the creation
of libraries in rural communities worldwide which has molded her beliefs in equity, celebrating diversity, and developing partnerships. She is an active member of Wisconsin/Nicaragua Partners of the Americas, serves on the board of advisors for Project Alianza and is currently developing the Dulce Porvenir Initiative Project for increasing opportunities for Nicaraguan women in beekeeping entrepreneurship. Dr. Fernholz firmly believes that success in education begins with building sustainable relationships. She currently serves as the associate dean/head of the School of Education.
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