Director
Center for Geography and Environmental Education
Energy, Environment and Resources Center
University of Tennessee
311 Conference Center Building
Knoxville, TN 37996-4134
Phone: 865-974-4251
Fax: 865-974-1838
mckeowni@utk.edu

Selected Publications:

Rosalyn McKeown-Ice, "Environmental Education in the United States: A Survey of Pre-service Teacher Education Programs," Journal of Environmental Education 32(1), 2000.

Rosalyn McKeown-Ice and Roger Dendinger, "Socio-Political-Cultural Foundations of Environmental Education," Journal of Environmental Education 31(4), 2000.

Rosalyn McKeown-Ice, Education for Sustainable Development Tool Kit, Waste Management Research and Education Institute, University of Tennessee, 2000. Also available on the World Wide Web at <http://www.esdtoolkit.org>.

Rosalyn McKeown-Ice, "Preparing Teachers for the Next Century," EEducator, North American Association for Environmental Education, Special Issue, Spring 1999.

Rosalyn Mckeown-Ice, "Environmental Literacy," Tennessee Conservationist 65(2), March/April 1999.

Rosalyn McKeown-Ice, "Assessment in Geography: 1997 and Beyond," First Assessment: Research in Geographic Education, eds. R.G. Boehm and J.F. Peterson (San Marcos, TX: Southwest Texas State UP, 1997).

Rosalyn McKeown-Ice, "Environmental Education: A Geographical Perspective," Journal of Geography 93(1), 1994.

Rosalyn McKeown-Ice, "Rostov Region, Russia - Tennessee Valley, USA Partnership in Training in Environmental Education and Management," International Research in Geography and Environmental Education 3, August 1994.
 

Dr. McKeown's interests focus on developing a framework for education for sustainability and on assessing the environmental literacy of undergraduate students. As part of her assessment efforts, Dr. McKeown has developed and validated frameworks for teaching environmental issues and the socio-political-cultural foundations of environmental education. She has also directed curriculum development efforts in water and solid waste management education.

Dr. McKeown is Secretariat for the UNITWIN/UNESCO Chair on Reorienting Teacher Education to Address Sustainability, York University, and Co-Director for the Tennessee Solid Waste Education Project. She is Secretary of the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) and former president of the Tennessee Environmental Education Association (TEEA).

Dr. McKeown is a member of the National Council for Geographic Education as well as the NAAEE, and TEEA. 

Her hobbies are canoeing and writing.