Faculty and Staff

ISLANDWOOD GRADUATE PROGRAM FACULTY AND STAFF

Déana Scipio, Ph.D., Director of Graduate and Higher Education Programming

Dr. Scipio has focused much of her career on broadening p...

Priya Pugh, Ph.D., Senior Faculty for Practicum

Dr. Pugh is a learning scientist with a background in env...

Michela Dimond, M.ED., EEC Graduate Program Recruitment Manager

Michela graduated from the IslandWood EEC Program in 2020...

Renée Comesotti, M.Ed. MEDL, EEC Mentor Coordinator

Renée invested her early childhood in the Pacific Northwe...

Lynn Braun, Administrative Operations Coordinator

Lynn grew up in Western Washington exploring woods and mo...

ADJUNCT FACULTY FOR 2022 - 2023 ACADEMIC YEAR

Lydia Geschiere, Associate Teacher

Lydia has designed and taught environmental education and...

Amanda Hipp, MNR,Campus Summer Camp & Education Ops Manager

I grew up exploring various natural habitats up and down ...

Oscar Newman, Associate Teacher

Oscar Newman began teaching in Chicago Public Schools in ...

Celina Steiger, M.A.Ed., Partnerships Manager

Celina is (so far) the only person to have graduated from...

Paul Teske, Ph.D., Instructor

Paul has been in education for over 25 years. A former EL...