Stephanie Gottlob is a dancer, scholar, artist, and educator whose work explores the intersections of embodiment, ecology, creativity, and environmental ethics. A PhD candidate in Sustainability Education at Prescott College, she holds an MA in Movement, Mind, and Ecology from Schumacher College and degrees in Dance and American History from The Ohio State University.
Drawing upon decades of experience in dance, transformative education, and curriculum design, Stephanie creates learning experiences that invite participants into deeper relationship with themselves, one another, and the living world. Her teaching integrates movement, somatic awareness, creative inquiry, outdoor learning, critical theory, and collaborative exploration, fostering spaces that are inclusive, embodied, and deeply participatory.
Stephanie is the creator of Dancing the Biomes, an eco-embodied pedagogy that engages students in affective encounters with environmental ethics through movement, place-based learning, and direct engagement with local ecosystems. Her work bridges environmental humanities, ecosomatics, ecofeminism, posthumanist thought, and arts-based inquiry, helping learners cultivate both ecological understanding and ecological belonging.
As a Gaia Fellow, Stephanie contributes expertise in embodied pedagogy, ecological consciousness, and transformative learning. She is particularly interested in how movement, creativity, and more-than-human relationships can foster cultural renewal and deepen our capacity to respond to the ecological challenges of our time. Her scholarship and teaching invite us to remember that the body is not separate from the Earth, but one expression of its living intelligence.