Alexander Cotnoir

Alexander Cotnoir (he/him) is a citizen of the Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation whose passion for environmental education is rooted in his home in Askaskwiwajoak (the Green Mountains of Vermont), where a love of maple sugaring, hiking, and hunting alongside his grandparents, aunties, uncles, and sisters created a passion for environmental stewardship, ecology, and food. As a Dartmouth College undergraduate, he served as a teaching assistant for ecology and writing courses and worked in the university’s archival collections and ecology department. Alexander is particularly passionate about exploring how rural communities relate to temperate forests and how climate change is impacting food systems and associated cultural practices in the north. After graduating with a degree in Environmental Studies, Alexander worked in outdoor education programs. Alexander recently graduated from GW with a Master of Arts in Teaching. In his spare time, Alexander enjoys running, learning to weave ash baskets, and gardening whenever he can.