Quotes by Stephanie Kaza

Stephanie Kaza is Professor Emerita of Environmental Studies at the University of Vermont (UVM), where she previously directed the Environmental Program. Her interdisciplinary academic background includes a B.A. in Biology from Oberlin College (1968), an M.A. in Education from Stanford University (1970), a Ph.D. in Biology from the University of California, Santa Cruz (1979), and an M.Div. from Starr King School for the Ministry (1991).

At UVM, Dr. Kaza taught courses such as Religion and Ecology, Environmental Justice, Ecofeminism, Radical Environmentalism, and Unlearning Consumerism. She advised graduate students on diverse research topics, including energy and citizen participation, smart growth in town planning, campus sustainability, agricultural ethics, and religion and ecology. In recognition of her teaching excellence, she received the UVM George V. Kidder Outstanding Faculty Award in 2011.

A long-time practitioner of Soto Zen Buddhism, Dr. Kaza trained at Green Gulch Zen Center in California and studied with teachers like Thich Nhat Hanh, Joanna Macy, and John Daido Loori. She was lay ordained by Kobun Chino Ottogawa in the late 1980s and has been active in interfaith dialogues, including the International Christian-Buddhist Theological Encounter group.