IHE Student Voices
Find out more about who some of our students and graduates are and how they're manifesting humane education in the world.
Kathleen Beck
Kathleen is an M.Ed. graduate who works as an outdoor educator and who runs People's Foodlink in San Diego county, California, which helps connect people with fresh, local, sustainable food and other eco-friendly choices.
Read an interview with Kathleen.
Carolin Behrend
Carolin is an M.Ed. graduate who runs Healing Species Puget Sound and Project Canine in the Seattle, Washington, area.
Read Carolin's profile.
Valerie Belt
Valerie is an HECP graduate who gives presentations to school students about animal protection and environmental preservation issues and serves on the advisory board for the Food Empowerment Project.
Read Val's profile.
Chrissy Bevens-BrownChrissy is an M.Ed. graduate who has combined her love of fiction and writing with her passion for helping people, animals and the earth and has written a book of stories exploring issues of anthropocentrism.
Read Chrissy's profile.
Holly Clark
Holly is an M.Ed. graduate who taught about social transformation through literacy in her English composition classes at a community college in Kentucky and now runs a biodynamic outdoor learning cooperative.
Read Holly’s profile.
Read Holly’s essay about her work with students.
Read an interview with Holly about creating and running the Earth & Spirit Center.
Andrea CohenAndrea is an M.Ed. graduate who brings her humane education expertise to her job as a social worker.
Read Andrea's profile.
Caroline Crane Caroline is an M.Ed. student who helps youth connect with and learn to respect animals and the earth through her work as Director of Education at the Humane Society of Broward County in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
Read Caroline's profile.
Jason Crook
Jason is an M.Ed. graduate who integrates humane education into his role teaching at the American Community School in Beirut, Lebanon.
Read Jason’s profile.
Read our interview with Jason about his experiences infusing humane education into schools and other projects internationally.
Daniella DennenbergDani was IHE's first M.Ed. graduate. She is the Director of Organizational and Higher Educational Partnerships for the Northwest Earth Institute.
Read Dani's profile.
Gina Diamond
Gina is an M.Ed. graduate who has created her own eco-coaching business in Seattle, Washington.
Read Gina's profile.
Read an interview with Gina about her Green Diamond Consulting business.
Kelly DiNorcia
Kelly is an M.Ed. student and parent who loves to teach others about humane parenting through her writing, presentations and website.
Read an interview with Kelly about her work.
Russell EllevenRussel is an HECP student who brings the power and promise of humane issues and choices to his work as a minister.
Read Russell's profile.
Sophia Erlsten
Sophia is an M.Ed. student who developed and runs humane education centers at area festivals in central Florida, and who's working to create a K-12 humane education school.
Read Sophia's profile.
Lisa Forzley
Lisa is an M.Ed. student who works as the Humane Education Specialist for the Detroit Zoo in Detroit, Michigan.
Read Lisa's profile.
Debra FreitagDebra is an HECP student who works as a middle school social studies teacher and humane educator in Wisconsin.
Read Debra's profile.
Roberto Giannicola
Roberto is an HECP graduate who has created his own business, Provokare Presentations, to provoke businesses to position themselves at the forefront of social responsibility.
Read Roberto’s profile.
Read an interview with Roberto about his Provokare work.
Christopher Greenslate
Christopher is an M.Ed. graduate who teaches a highly successful social justice class at La Costa Canyon High School in California.
Read Christopher’s profile.
Susan HargreavesSusan is an HECP student who serves as a Humane Educator for Caring Fields Animal Sanctuary in Florida and who runs the website HumaneEducators.com.
Read an interview with Susan about her work.
Mark Heimann
Mark is an M.Ed. student who spent a few weeks in Latvia in 2007, teaching young people about humane education, while teaching them English.
Read Mark’s profile.
Read about Mark’s experiences in Latvia.
Neil Hornish
Neil is an M.Ed. graduate who has established a humane education organization in Connecticut called the Compassionate Living Project.
Read Neil’s profile.
Read an interview with Neil about his work with the Compassionate Living Project.
Kristina HulvershornKristina is an M.Ed. graduate who has integrated humane education into her school curricula and has now established The Ethic Project, an organization dedicated to empowering and inspiring people to live more compassionate lives and to connecting with educators to help facilitate humane education.
Read Kristina's profile.
Read an interview with Kristina about her work.
Kathy Kandziolka
Kathy is an M.Ed. graduate who joyfully manifests humane education through her massage therapy practice.
Read an interview with Kathy about her work.
Kelle Kersten
Kelle is an M.Ed. student who is striving to integrate her passions of sustainable agriculture and working with troubled youth.
Read Kelle's profile.
Ashley Kiani
Ashley is an M.Ed. student who is using writing and teaching to spread the power of humane education.
Read Ashley’s profile.
Read an interview with Ashley about her writing project.
Charley KornsCharlely is an M.Ed. student who is working to transform his life and career, while helping people and animals.
Read Charley's profile.
Doriane Lucia
Doriane is an M.Ed. graduate who has established the Humane Nation Foundation to teach humane education to at-risk youth, and who has published a children's book, The Story of Lilly and Lou.
Read Doriane's profile.
Magaly Madrid
Magaly is an M.Ed. student who has been teaching humane education in Miami schools, as well as helping establish humane education schools in Peru.
Read part 1 of Magaly’s essay about her work.
Read part 2 of Magaly’s essay about her work.
Ginnie Maurer
Ginnie is an HECP graduate who loves to share with others about humane education through humor and writing.
Read Ginnie's profile.
Read an interview with Ginnie about her work promoting humane education through writing and humor.
Kate Moore
Kate is an M.Ed. student who teaches humane education to her college English students.
Read Kate's profile.
Becky Morgan
Becky is an M.Ed. student who serves as the Executive Director for BUGS (Boise Urban Garden School), teaching others about the power of humane choices through food and gardening.
Read an interview with Becky about her work.
Liberty Mulkani
Liberty is an M.Ed. graduate who works with the Power of One Humane Education program in Vancouver, B.C.
Read Liberty’s profile.
Stephanie Muzekari
Stephanie is an M.Ed. graduate who focuses on helping people make connections between faith and humane living.
Read Stephanie's profile.
Read an interview with Stephanie about her desire to incorporate humane education with her Orthodox Christian faith.
William PalkaBill is an HECP student who explores humane education issues with his church's youth group and works to help rehabilitate youth involved in animal abuse.
Read Bill's profile.
Karen Patterson
Karen is an M.Ed. student who wants to help create a compassionate world and who teaches compassion to her elementary students.
Read Karen's profile.
Bob Schwalb
Bob is an M.Ed. graduate who serves as a humane educator for HEART (Humane Education Advocates Reaching Teachers) in Chicago.
Read Bob’s profile.
Read an interview with Bob about his work.
Daniella SchmidtDaniella is an M.Ed. student who currently lives in Germany and has more than a decade of experience teaching in public schools.
Read Daniella's profile.
Michele Thames
Michele is an M.Ed. student who is passionate about the power of the human-animal bond. Her dog, Lady, accompanies her in her work with abused and neglected children.
Read Michele's profile.
Phoebe Tufts
Phoebe is an HECP student who is bringing the power of humane education to her high school, as well as to the students in the college English course she teaches.
Read Phoebe’s profile.
Read an interview with Phoebe about her work.
Kerri Twigg
Kerri is an M.Ed. student who is combining her passions for the theatre and creating a humane world to teach students about the power of their choices.
Read Kerri's profile.
Read an interview with Kerri about her work teaching drama to children and writing plays with humane themes.
Lynne Westmoreland
Lynne is an M.Ed. student who is using humane education to find her right livelihood and to help others do the same.
Read Lynne's profile.
James Wildman
James is an M.Ed. graduate who works as a humane educator for the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida (ARFF).
Read James's profile.
Read an interview with James about his work.
Robin Henderson WilliamsRobin is an M.Ed. student who works with intellectually disabled adults, as well as with helping improve the lives of animals.
Read Robin's profile.
Dace Zoltners
Dace is an M.Ed. student who spent a few weeks in Latvia in 2007, teaching young people about humane education, while teaching them English.
Read Dace’s profile.
Read about Dace’s experiences in Latvia.
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