FACULTY & GLOBAL AFFILIATE SCHOLAR BIOGRAPHIES
DR. CATHY SCHEDER cscheder@uwsp.edu
Cathy Scheder has been actively involved in non-formal education and sustaining program and community systems most of her career. With expertise in youth development, environmental education and ethics and organizational leadership she agrees with Stephen Sterling when he says, “Sustainable education is about integrating and balancing process (what education is) with purpose (what education is for)” (2011) – mission driven. Cathy was on the core team in the development of the Ed.D. – “It’s the program I would have done if it had been available at the time I was doing my doctorate.”
Research Interests: • Youth Development, Organized Camp, Out of School Time, Non-formal education • Not-for-Profit Leadership • Justice, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion DR. LOIS STEVENS stevensl@uwgb.edu
Lois Stevens is a mother, teacher, researcher, geographer, and a member of the Oneida Nation in Wisconsin. She is an assistant professor of First Nations Studies and the First Nations Education Doctoral Program at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Kansas in the Department of Geography. Growing up on the Oneida Reservation, she developed a deep appreciation for ancestral knowledge, community relationship, and an understanding of her impact on Mother Earth. As a researcher and geographer, her research interests involve the effects of environmental and climatic
change on Indigenous food systems and place-based adaptation within Indigenous communities. She is also invested in empowering Indigenous voices in academia by fostering a love for collaborative research and writing.
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