Coco Moseley is the Executive Director of the Henry Sheldon Museum in Middlebury. Since beginning this role in 2023, she has worked alongside the staff, board and community to reimagine the Sheldon Museum as a place where stories, history and art can inspire visitors today.
Kerstin Lange has lived in Vermont since 1995, when she worked as a caretaker along the Long Trail. Originally from northern Germany and fluent in German, she holds an M.A. in Anthropology and an M.S. from the University of Vermont. She has taught in both fields, worked with biological anthropologists among nomads in northwest Kenya, and consulted on natural history-based land management.
James R. “Jim” Jones, a Burlington, Vermont native, has maintained a lifelong interest in railroading. His love for “underdog trains”—and communities they served—stems from childhood locomotive rides with his father, noted railroad author Robert C. Jones.
Declan McCabe is an aquatic ecologist and professor of biology at Saint Michael’s College in Vermont. In many ways, his career parallels the earlier stages of Phillis’ experiences with data collection, exploration, and marking change over time. Declan discusses how each of us has the ability to contribute real-time data to broaden understandings of changes in our biological systems. Declan’s primary role at Saint Michael’s College has been to clearly communicate fascinating and complex biology to entry-level students, and he has translated that skill into a successful career as an outreach specialist to broader audiences.
For more than 25 years, Long has been exploring and writing about New England’s forests. Learning from experts in various forest-related disciplines, he jumped into forest stewardship with the zeal of the newly converted.
Kahlia Livingston is a Burlington, Vermont native currently working as the Fair Housing Project Education & Outreach Coordinator with the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity. Kahlia is a UVM graduate with a bachelor’s degree in political science and sociology.
Jess Hyman is Fair Housing Project Manager and Associate Director of Statewide Housing Advocacy Programs at the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (CVOEO), where she works with renters, counsels people experiencing illegal housing discrimination, and oversees housing education programming.
Peter Harrigan has created college theatre productions for 38 years, with 33 at Saint Michael’s College in Colchester.
Katherine Leung is the editor of Canto Cutie, an art and literature zine about the Cantonese diaspora. Canto Cutie has published seven volumes featuring works from over 130 international artists, garnering recognition from Vermont media outlets and prominent international arts organizations.
Andy Kolovos is the Associate Director and Archivist of the Vermont Folklife Center. He has conducted ethnographic and oral history research in Vermont since 2002, and has a deep interest in the use of comics as a medium for collaborative documentary work.
Our seasonal “Words in the Woods” program allows Vermonters and visitors to enjoy our state’s natural beauty while listening to and reading literature in the outdoors.
Humanities Camps are filled with reading and writing projects, field trips, and outdoor activities.
We won a 2020 Schwartz Prize for best public humanities programming in the U.S. for Vermont Reads 2019: “March: Book One.”
We supported the Chandler Center for the Arts’ Global Connections Youth Outreach program, which highlights artists from around the world.
Our free public events help bring the power of the humanities to communities across Vermont.
