Michael Blouin

Michael Blouin serves as a Senior Lecturer at the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont, teaching core natural resources curriculum while collaborating with the Secondary Education Department to supervise K-12 teaching license interns.

His educational background:

• Master of Science, University of Vermont Field Naturalist Program (2015)

Blouin's academic mission centers on building, questioning, and reframing human relationships with the natural world through field-based science and place-based education. His expertise integrates Vermont's natural and cultural history with contemporary issues in environmental justice, emphasizing experiential learning and the intersection of race, culture, and natural resource management.

He teaches Natural and Cultural History of Vermont (NR 9) for transfer students and leads discussion sections for Race and Culture in Natural Resources (NR 6), while mentoring future educators through the Secondary Education Department's teacher licensure program.