| At the heart of this graduate program is our community
– from faculty at Western Washington University and North Cascades
Institute to partners in the National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service
and other agencies and organizations. Throughout the program, our
students learn from and work alongside many of the Northwest's best
educators, naturalists and conservation professionals.
Western Washington University
Faculty and Staff
 |  | John
Miles, Ph.D.
John Miles is the program adviser to the
M.Ed. and has worked for 36 years in many capacities in the
environmental education field. His principal interests are application
of experiential learning in environmental education and environmental
history. Author and editor of several books, he is in the final stages
of preparing a history of wilderness in the U.S. National Park System.
An avid outdoorsman, he has traveled the North Cascades for 32 years
with ice ax, telemark skis and backpack. More information about
Professor John Miles can be found on his Web site. | |  | | Gene Myers,
Ph.D.
Gene's Cascadia roots extend
back 4 generations, and his early passion for northwest natural history
continues with intensity. An environmental educator since 1978, his is
aim is to integrate a deep understanding of ecology with a profound
grasp of human ethical development. A pioneer in Conservation
Psychology, his research specialty concerns the bases of children's and
adults' connection to nonhuman animals (and nature in its other
aspects), and how educators may use this to foster the development of
environmental responsibility and effective action. For more information
about Professor Gene Meyers can be found on his Web
site.
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| North Cascades Institute Faculty, Staff and Instructors
North Cascades Institute Faculty and Staff
North Cascades Institute Field Instructors
Partners
North Cascades Institute partners with a wide range of agencies and
organizations. During the Institute Residency, students will likely
work closely with some of the following:
North Cascades National
Park
USDA Forest Service
Student Conservation Association
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