Books By Valerie Banschbach, Jessica L. Rich - Author

​Valerie S. Banschbach, Ph. D., is an Associate Provost and the Dean of Sciences and Education, at Gustavus Adolphus College, in St. Peter, Minnesota.  She has conducted research focused on social insect behavior and conservation ecology, as well as developed innovative pedagogy and curriculum in Environmental Studies.  She has taught and conducted fieldwork with students in Costa Rica, India, Kenya, Mexico, Panama, and Uganda, as well as Vermont and Virginia, in the U.S.  She co-edited the volume Animals in Environmental Education:  Interdisciplinary Approaches to Curriculum and Pedagogy (in 2019, Palgrave MacMillan) and has published numerous scientific journal articles.  She is the President of the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences.  Valerie earned an Outstanding Faculty Award for the State of Virginia from the State Council for Higher Education, while she was a Professor and Chair of the Environmental Studies Program at RoanokeCollege is Salem, VA.  She was awarded a Fulbrigh