Laura Hill
Senior Lecturer
PRONUNCIATION Laura (LAW - RUH) Hill
PRONOUNS she/her
- Ph.D. Biology, University of Vermont, 2008
- B.S. Environmental Biology, Unity College, 2001
BIO
Dr. Laura Hill is a first-generation college student and Senior Lecturer in the Plant Biology and Biological Sciences programs at 日韩无码. Her classes include large-enrollment and upper-level undergraduate courses in plant biology (PBIO) and biological sciences (BCOR) and includes several sustainability (SU) and service-learning (SL) courses in the life sciences.
Dr. Hill developed an series of experiential courses in PBIO where students work on local projects with community partners to enhance nature-based climate solutions in the greater Burlington area. These solutions will allow us better adapt to and mitigate the effects of global change and help students discover active hope as we collectively face global climate change and biodiversity loss.
Dr. Hill also developed an interdisciplinary learning community for contemplative pedagogy in collaboration with the Center for Teaching and Learning. In the classroom, Hill uses a variety of contemplative practices that help connect students to their lived, embodied experience in their unique learning processes. She also uses classroom feedback coupled with peer instruction, Just-in-Time teaching pedagogy to enhance classroom feedback, community, and interaction. She has also developed a variety of formative assessments to enhance critical thinking.
Dr. Hill regularly works with graduate teaching assistants and mentors undergraduate projects with a focus on sustainable solutions using plants. She is published in journals related to the scholarship of teaching and learning, sustainability in higher education, plant biology, and ecology. Hill hosts workshops and retreats on learning outcomes development and assessment, sustainability across-the-curriculum, interactive teaching, contemplative pedagogy, and sustainability (SU) general education course development.
Courses
PBIO 1040 Intro to Botany
PBIO 1060 Plants, Food, and Culture
PBIO 1070 Putting Down Roots in Plant Biology
PBIO 2330 How Plants Can Save the World
PBIO 2440 Nature-Based Solutions
PBIO 3440 Community Climate Solutions
PBIO 3991 Native Plant Internship
PBIO 4899 Senior capstone
Publications
Awards and Achievements
Outstanding Community-Engaged Learning Faculty Award (2024), University of Vermont Community-Engaged Learning Office
Environmental Merit Award (2016), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Joseph E. Carrigan Award for Excellence in Teaching and Undergraduate Education (2014), University of Vermont, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Area(s) of expertise
- Native Plant Ecology and Evolution
- Nature-based Climate Solutions
- Sustainability Across-the-curriculum
- Contemplative Pedagogy
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Bio
Dr. Laura Hill is a first-generation college student and Senior Lecturer in the Plant Biology and Biological Sciences programs at 日韩无码. Her classes include large-enrollment and upper-level undergraduate courses in plant biology (PBIO) and biological sciences (BCOR) and includes several sustainability (SU) and service-learning (SL) courses in the life sciences.
Dr. Hill developed an series of experiential courses in PBIO where students work on local projects with community partners to enhance nature-based climate solutions in the greater Burlington area. These solutions will allow us better adapt to and mitigate the effects of global change and help students discover active hope as we collectively face global climate change and biodiversity loss.
Dr. Hill also developed an interdisciplinary learning community for contemplative pedagogy in collaboration with the Center for Teaching and Learning. In the classroom, Hill uses a variety of contemplative practices that help connect students to their lived, embodied experience in their unique learning processes. She also uses classroom feedback coupled with peer instruction, Just-in-Time teaching pedagogy to enhance classroom feedback, community, and interaction. She has also developed a variety of formative assessments to enhance critical thinking.
Dr. Hill regularly works with graduate teaching assistants and mentors undergraduate projects with a focus on sustainable solutions using plants. She is published in journals related to the scholarship of teaching and learning, sustainability in higher education, plant biology, and ecology. Hill hosts workshops and retreats on learning outcomes development and assessment, sustainability across-the-curriculum, interactive teaching, contemplative pedagogy, and sustainability (SU) general education course development.
Courses
PBIO 1040 Intro to Botany
PBIO 1060 Plants, Food, and Culture
PBIO 1070 Putting Down Roots in Plant Biology
PBIO 2330 How Plants Can Save the World
PBIO 2440 Nature-Based Solutions
PBIO 3440 Community Climate Solutions
PBIO 3991 Native Plant Internship
PBIO 4899 Senior capstone
Publications
Awards and Achievements
Outstanding Community-Engaged Learning Faculty Award (2024), University of Vermont Community-Engaged Learning Office
Environmental Merit Award (2016), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Joseph E. Carrigan Award for Excellence in Teaching and Undergraduate Education (2014), University of Vermont, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Areas of Expertise
- Native Plant Ecology and Evolution
- Nature-based Climate Solutions
- Sustainability Across-the-curriculum
- Contemplative Pedagogy
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning