Rate My Professor Lisa Siegel

Dr Lisa Siegel is a Lecturer in the Faculty of Education at Southern Cross University. She earned a BA from San Francisco State University, an MA in Education from Columbia University, an MA in Social Ecology from the University of Western Sydney, and a PhD from the Faculty of Education at Southern Cross University. Her PhD research investigated the lived experiences of women environmentalists through a material feminist theoretical framework and collective biography methodology, exploring how environmental agency is understood and mediated. With over 30 years as a skilled environmental educator, she has developed and facilitated programs for children, young people, and adults in public and independent schools across three countries. Dr Siegel co-founded and leads the not-for-profit Centre for Ecological Learning (CEL) on Gumbaynggirr Country since 2009. She teaches environmental education, interdisciplinary education, and philosophies of education, and is affiliated with the Sustainability, Environment, and Arts in Education (SEAE) Research Centre and SCU's ZeroWaste Research Cluster.

Dr Siegel serves as National President of the Australian Association for Environmental Education (AAEE) in her second term. Her research focuses on material feminist and eco-feminist theory and praxis, intra-connective education, environmental and sustainability teacher training, and teacher wellbeing. Key publications include 'Ecofeminism ↔ Intraconnectivism: working beyond binaries in environmental education' (Gender and Education, 2024), 'Still "minding the gap" sixteen years later: (re)storying pro-environmental behaviour' (2018), 'A Critical Cartography of Waste Education in Australia: Turning to a Posthumanist Framing' (Environmental Sustainability and Education for Waste Management, 2019), and 'Landcare and Landscapes and Accidental Beauty: Failing Digital Technologies and the Gaze of Child Researchers' (2024). She received the 2021 NSW Environmental Educator of the Year Award (Tertiary category) and commendations in Southern Cross University's Faculty of Education Awards and 2023 Teaching Awards for her inspiring educational contributions.