Sue earned a BA in political science and environmental studies at Williams College. She worked for over twenty years at Northfield Mount Hermon School as a teacher, dorm head, athletics coach, director of environmental education, chair of the executive committee of the faculty, and dean. Sue also has an M.S. in environmental studies earned at Antioch University New England (AUNE) and began teaching there in 2002. Over the past 20+ years, she has taught in master’s degree programs in the departments of environmental studies, education, and business administration at AUNE, and for more than a decade, she taught in Antioch University Los Angeles’ Urban Sustainability MA Program. Sue continues to work for Antioch University, teaching online courses in the Undergraduate Studies Program and in Antioch’s fully online MBA program and B.S. completion program. In 2025, she added administrative work in the Antioch University Online Undergraduate Studies Program to her responsibilities. Sue has also been a consultant for schools and school districts, working towards educating for sustainability. She lives in Connecticut, has two adult sons, and enjoys biking, gardening, walking with friends and her dog, cooking, and learning to play the fiddle.
Faculty Program Co-Coordinator,
Online Undergraduate Studies, School of Interdisciplinary & Professional Studies
Affiliate Faculty,
Undergraduate Studies, School of Interdisciplinary & Professional Studies
Adjunct Faculty,
Graduate Management Studies, School of Interdisciplinary & Professional Studies
- MS in Environmental Studies with a Specialization in Environmental Education, Antioch University New England
- BA in Political Science and Environmental Studies, Williams College
In addition to teaching courses in the Undergraduate Studies Program and the AU online BS Completion and MBA Programs, I consult with schools as they work to incorporate educating for sustainability into their curricula and institutional practices and am a member of the Board of the United States Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development, collaborating with professionals across the country to bring educating for sustainability to education in the U.S. and elsewhere in the world.
- Courses taught for Antioch University Online:
- Earth Systems and Climate Change, MBA Program; Environmental Health, BS Program.
- Courses taught for Urban Sustainability MA Program-Los Angeles:
- Capstone Project, Capstone Proposal, Research Methods, Science for Urban Sustainability, Urban Sustainability (all hybrid).
- Courses taught in the Undergraduate Studies B.A. Program-Los Angeles:
- Earth System Science, Ecology and the Environment, Science of Nutrition and Health (all online).
- Courses taught in the Environmental Studies M.S. Program-New England:
- Curriculum Design, Developing Sense of Place, Food Systems, Foundations of Environmental Education, Foundations in Science and Environmental Education (on campus and hybrid), Conceptual and Human Development (on campus and hybrid), Leadership for Change, Place-Based Environmental Education, Principles of Educating for Sustainability, Problem-Solving and Inquiry-Based Science Teaching, Program Planning and Design, Student Teaching Seminar, Teaching Teachers Skills in Environmental Education, Urban Environmental Education, Using Writing To Learn (all on campus unless otherwise indicated).
- Courses taught in the Management MBA Program-New England:
- Earth Systems in Organizations (hybrid).
- Courses taught in Education M.Ed. Program-New England:
- Curriculum Design for Educating for Sustainability (online), Data Collection and Analysis (online), Green Schools: Models of Sustainable School Practice (on campus), History and Practice of Educating for Sustainability (on campus), Integrating the Three E’s: Environment, Economy, and Equity (online).