Joseph Henderson

I am an anthropologist of environmental and science education, and my research investigates how sociocultural, political, and geographic factors influence teaching and learning about climate change. I am on leave as an Associate Professor of Social Sciences at Paul Smith’s College and am currently teaching at the University of Vermont.

I completed a Ph.D. at the University of Rochester, where I conducted ethnographic analyses of science learning, sustainability education, and educational policy. My post-doctoral work at the University of Delaware examined the emerging field of climate change education from a learning sciences and educational policy perspective. My current research investigates how environmental education contributes to emerging ecofascist movements around the world. As part of the Monitoring and Evaluating Climate Communication and Education (MECCE) Project I also investigate climate change educational policy in federated governance systems.

I recently co-edited Teaching Climate Change in the United States, a collection that celebrated the diversity of climate change education programs across the United States. I have published in the Journal of Environmental Education, Environmental Education Research, the International Journal of Science Education, and Educational Studies. Additionally, I am an associate editor at the Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences and am an editorial board member at Environmental Education Research and the Canadian Journal of Environmental Education.