Circumventing Roadblocks featuring Liz Potter-Nelson

04/09/2025 17 min Temporada 4 Episodio 6

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Episode Synopsis

Dr. Liz Potter-Nelson is an Assistant Professor of Education Foundations at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point where she teaches courses in the School of Education to undergraduate and graduate students. In addition to teaching, Potter-Nelson conducts research in sustainability education with a focus on how educators, at all levels, holistically incorporate sustainability into their courses through the content they teach, and the pedagogies they use. Prior to joining the faculty at UWSP, Potter-Nelson was an assistant professor at the University of Maine at Farmington, and a Postdoctoral Associate in the Environmental Solutions Initiative at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She also has over 15 years of experience in public schools as a high school science teacher and administrator. Potter-Nelson has degrees in Educational Sustainability (Ed.D. University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point), Science Education (M.A.T. Iowa State University) and Physics (B.S. Iowa State University). 

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