Dr. Teresa Lloro earned her Bachelor’s of Science in Biology from the University of Redlands (Summa cum laude), followed by her Master’s of Science in Environmental Studies from California State University, Fullerton in 2009 and her PhD in Education, Society, and Culture from the University of California, Riverside in 2014. Her current research is focused on the intersections of local food justice activism and education.
Dr. Lloro uses a variety of qualitative research methods to understand how community educational spaces and processes are inherently political and produce and human-nature relations within these political frameworks. She enjoys teaching interdisciplinary courses because they provide students with opportunities to understand the interconnectedness of social, ecological, and environmental issues, particularly as they relate to questions about equity and justice. In 2018, the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences selected Dr. Lloro as its inaugural early career fellow.
Most recently, she and her colleague, Dr. Jeff Roy, received a California Humanities Grant (as well as several grants from Cal Poly Pomona) to support their activism and research around food justice in the Pomona Valley. She is the co-editor of Animals in Environmental Education: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Curriculum and Pedagogy and the author of the forthcoming book, Animal Edutainment in a Neoliberal Era.
