Zakiyyah and Henry cover Maine Environmental Education Association’s Conference in mid-March. Featured panelists include

Olivia Griset – Executive Director of MEEA
MEEA Website: https://www.meeassociation.org

My name is Olivia Griset and I am the Executive Director of the Maine Environmental Education Association (MEEA) and the co-founder of the Maine Environmental Changemakers Network, a statewide program of MEEA. I am a 37 year old white women and also the mother of two young daughters. I am passionate about building a more inclusive and equitable environment and conservation sector and challenging white supremacy culture. In our Changemakers network we work across generations and difference to build the power of young people in Maine to lead forward environmental change in their community and we are committed to helping build the skills of young people so they can have the voice and power to lead differently. There is so many things about us all in the network that are different but the thing that brings us together in this work is our connection to the environment and our passion for building more just and sustainable communities.

Tyler Kidder – Program Officer
Onion Foundation Website: https://www.onionfoundation.org

Tyler is the Program Officer at the Onion Foundation and the Lead Trainer for Maine Climate Table’s Communication training workshops. She previously held positions at GrowSmart Maine, Efficiency Maine and the University of Southern Maine. Tyler holds a degree in Environmental Studies from Bucknell University, is a Senior Fellow of the Environmental Leadership Program, and a graduate of the Sustainable Food Systems Leadership Institute of Maine. She lives on a lake in Winthrop with her partner and gaggle of pets. She spends her spare time hibernating in the winter and boating in the summer.

Asli Sezen-Barrie – Assistant Professor of Curriculum, Assessment and Instruction at the University of Maine
Webpage: https://umaine.edu/edhd/facultystaff/asli-sezen-barrie/

Dr. Sezen-Barrie is an Assistant Professor of Science and Engineering Education at the University of Maine. Currently, her research interests have an overarching goal of improving science teacher education towards ambitious equitable classroom practices. The research program she developed during her early career years has two lines. The first line involves using the discourse analysis method to look at sociocultural dynamics of learning and teaching practice. Drawn from the fields of sociolinguistics, epistemology and climate change education research, Dr. Sezen-Barrie examines students’ and teachers’ construction of and learning from evidence-based explanations on climate change topics. The second line of research lies at the intersection of anthropology and learning progression studies. She uses the concept of “professional vision” while developing a sustainable support system to improve preservice and novice teachers’ teaching of climate science and effectively assess students’ learning in a meaningful progression. Previously, Dr. Sezen-Barrie was involved in projects to develop a framework for analyzing preservice teachers’ learning to teach science and an extensive international review of learning progression studies.

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