ESTHER DO LAGO E PRETTI Arizona State University, Tempe Campus Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College 1050 S Forest Mall - Tempe, AZ 85287 (602) 491-6628 [email protected] EDUCATION Doctor of Philosophy in Education Policy and Evaluation, (expected Spring 2022) Arizona State University Committee: Dr. Iveta Silova (Chair), Dr. Mirka Koro and Dr. Andrea Weinberg. Master of Science in Landscape Ecology and Nature Conservation 2012 Ernst Moritz Arndt Universität Greifswald, Germany Thesis: Pattern of cloud cover and vegetation in a montane Atlantic forest at the Serra do Mar state park, Sao Paulo, Brazil Professional Master of Science in Environmental Technologies 2009 Technology Research Institute Sao Paulo, Brazil Specialist in Environmental Assessment 2008 Campinas State University Campinas, Brazil Bachelor of Science in Biology 2006 Teacher Licentiate in Biology, Chemistry and Physics 2007 Londrina State University, Brazil RESEARCH INTERESTS Environmental and nature-based education Posthuman theory Human-environmental relationships Post-qualitative research methodologies PUBLICATIONS I. Peer-Reviewed Fischman, G., Salles, S., Pretti, E.L. (2018) Beyond simplistic metrics in educational research: the continuous relevance of Freire’s impact. EccoS revista cientifica. 47. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5585/eccos.n47.10752 Pretti, E.L., Jiang, J., Nielsen, A., Goebel, J., Silova, I. (under review) Speculative Common Worldings: Memories of a Girl Between Worlds. Wakefield, W., Amrein-Beardsley, A., Collins, C., Pretti, E.L., Glassmeyer, K., Palandjian, G., Parra-Gaete, I., Roberts, T., & Terada, T. (under review). Examining an alternative teacher education undergraduate program: Possibilities for teaching and extending what it means to be an educator outside of the classroom. ESTHER DO LAGO E PRETTI (602) 491-6628 [email protected] II. Media Review Chachkhiani, K., Goebel, J., Gong, B.-G., Palandjian, G., Pretti, E.L., Silova, I., & Vitrukh, M. (2019). Donna Haraway: Story Telling for Earthly Survival by Fabrizio Terranova. Comparative Education Review, 63(3), 457–459. https://doi.org/10.1086/704138 III. Conference Proceedings Pretti, E.L. (October, 2020). TEK Holders in Education: A Community Garden Case Study [Bright Spot Paper session]. Annual meeting of the North America Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE). Tucson, AZ. (Virtual Conference) Pretti, E.L. (2019). Gardens as Strategic spaces for Environmental Education: Epistemology, Connection and Justice. North America Association for Environmental Education 2019 Annual Conference and Research Symposium online archive eePRO. Lexington, KY. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Pretti, E.L. (July, 2021). “Walking in Urban Gardens: Attending to the Methodological Implications of Spacetime Relationalities” [Paper presentation]. Reseach Committee 21Conference - Sensing the City: Place, People, Power (2021 RC21). Antwerp, Belgium. Pretti, E.L. (April, 2021). Learning with the Garden: a Posthuman Perspective on School Gardens [Paper presentation]. Annual meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society (vCIES 2021). Seattle, WA. Pretti, E.L. (May, 2020). Learning with the land: Indigenous Intergenerational Epistemologies and Education [Conference session]. 16th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (ICQI). Urbana, IL, United States. (Conference cancelled) Wakefield, W., Roberts, T., Parra-Gaete, I., Glassmeyer, K., Amrein-Beardsley, A., Collins, C., do Lago e Pretti, E., Palandjian, G. & Terada, T. (2020, Apr 17 - 21) Students and Stakeholders Collaborating for the Public Good: Evaluating a Large-Scale, Alternative Teacher Education Program [Paper Session]. AERA Annual Meeting San Francisco, CA http://tinyurl.com/umr3bxh. (Conference Canceled) Pretti, E.L. (March, 2020). Learning with Nature: Brazilian healer’s epistemologies and learning in the Anthropocene [Paper presentation]. Annual meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society (vCIES 2020). Miami, FL. Pretti, E.L. (February, 2020). Indigenous epistemologies in the Anthropocene [Paper presentation]. 6th Teacher’s College Doctoral Council (TCDC) Education Research Conference. Tempe, AZ. Pretti, E.L. (October, 2019). Gardens as Strategic spaces for Environmental Education: Epistemology, Connection and Justice [Round table presentation]. Annual meeting of the North America Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE). Lexington, KY. ESTHER DO LAGO E PRETTI (602) 491-6628 [email protected] Pretti, E.L. (April, 2019). Botanical Garden conversations: Epistemology in an informal environmental education activity [Round table presentation]. Annual meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES). San Francisco, CA. Menolli, N., Pretti, E.L., Raio, C.B. (April, 2019). How to protect what we do not know? Prior knowledge about fungi in two levels of education in Brazil [Poster presentation]. Annual meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES). San Francisco, CA Pretti, E.L. (April, 2018). Science popularization on YouTube in Brazil: correlations to the main National Assessment exam [Poster presentation]. Annual meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES). Mexico City, Mexico. Pretti, E.L. (July, 2011). Restoration ecology in Europe: examples of sustainable land use [Paper presentation]. Restoration Ecology annual meeting at Libera Università di Bolzano. Bolzano, Italy Pretti, E.L. (February, 2008). Genotoxicity and mutagenicity effects of soluble fraction of gasoline and effects of the FSG in acetylcholinesterase enzyme activity in neotropical fish Prochilodus lineatus [Paper presentation]. XXVII Brazilian Zoology Conference. Londrina, Brazil. Pretti, E.L. (October, 2007). Comet essay and induction of abnormal blood cell nucleus genotoxicity and mutagenicity in neotropical fish Prochilodus lineatus to soluble fraction of gasoline [Paper presentation]. VIII Brazilian Ecology conference. Minas Gerais, Brazil. Pretti, E.L., Cavalcante, D., Simonato, J.D., Sofia, S.H., Martinez, C.B.R. (August, 2007). Induction of erythrocytic nuclear abnormalities by gasoline water soluble fraction in the neotropical freshwater fish Prochilodus lineatus [Paper presentation]. 14th International Symposium of pollutant responses in marine organisms. Florianópolis, Brazil. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE RESEARCH Arizona State University, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College Tempe, Arizona Research Assistant: Projects and Collaborations 2017 – present • Turn it Around! Flashcards for Education Futures – research project • Learning to Become in Urban Gardens: Climate Crisis, Epistemology and Colonialism – research project • Wild Childhoods: Memory Work and Childhood in Nature – research project • Sketching as Academic Work: Towards Multiplicity and Qualitative Inquiry – research project • Intersections of (in)justice: Dismantling environmental racism and sexism - Grant submitted • Traditional Ecological Knowledge Holders as Educational Leaders: a Brazilian case study – research project • Urban Gardens as Strategic Spaces for Climate Education: epistemicide and environmental justice Research Skills • Designing Qualitative Research • Writing literature reviews • Conducting qualitative interviews • Transcribing and coding interview data • Analyzing qualitative data • Organizing an international annual academic conference and symposia • Drafting conference proposals and manuscripts • Organizing a journal special issue and other editorial activities ESTHER DO LAGO E PRETTI (602) 491-6628 [email protected] Greifswald University Greifswald, Germany Research Assistant 2009-2010 • Climate change analysis through the study of temperate forest tree rings • Organizing and analyzing quantitative data for a forest restoration project • Initial design of zero waste campus for Greifswald University – Urban Garden Case Study TEACHING Federal Institute for science and technology São Paulo, Brazil Lecturer 2010-2011 • Urban Environmental Education – EAU 102 • Zero Carbon Campus: Environmental projects on a college campus – EAU 202 Project • Planning and implementing socio-environmental projects among first generation Biology majors at a higher education institution. Society for the development of Medicine São Paulo, Brazil Lead environmental educator 2009 • Environmental hazards assessment in underserved communities in São Paulo • Environmental education projects implementation in partnership with community institutions • Held regular environmental education classes and outreaches Terra Livre High School São Paulo, Brazil Teacher 2008-2009 • Head English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Instructor • Highschool Biology teacher • Delivered equivalent SAT preparation classes Londrina State University Londrina, Brazil Teaching Assistant/Instructor of Record 2005-2007 • Teaching assistant (TA) for three disciplines: Embryology I, Comparative Zoology and; Comparative Anatomy for second- and third-year Biology undergraduate students • Instructor of record (IR) for embryology laboratory classes for undergraduate Biology students Recanto Ecológico Fazendinha Londrina, Brazil Coordinator of Environmental education and mediation 2003-2007 • Head instructor • Curriculum redesign and developing of training materials • Delivered Professional development for Elementary school teachers integrating nature-based learning with classroom practices • Tutoring of school groups through animal conservation farm RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE MAXQDA Level: Beginner 2020 – present • Qualitative Data Coding