Andrew Bernier, PHD

Andrew Bernier, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor - Educator of STEM and Sustainability Education. He oversees the certificate programs of STEM and Sustainability Education (graduate) and Education for Sustainability (undergraduate). He also teaches courses in the Curriculum & Instruction M.Ed. program and serves to connect campus and community partners for sustainability education initiatives.

He was a secondary classroom teacher for 6 years teaching sustainability, biology, and general science courses. He also managed an afterschool youth media center after working as a science and innovation senior field correspondent for NPR member station KJZZ in Phoenix, AZ.

Faculty and Scholar Affiliations:

• UC School of Environment and Sustainability
• UC Center for Public Engagement with Science
• Arizona State University - Global Futures Scholar in the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory, Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation.

B.A.: Ithaca College Ithaca, NY, 2007 (Environmental Studies)

M.Ed.: Arizona State University Phoenix, AZ, 2010 (Secondary Education with Certification: Science)

Ph.D.: Prescott College Prescott, AZ, 2015 (Sustainability Education)

2018 -2020 Affiliate Faculty, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, School of Education, Stevens Point, WI

2014 -2016 Adjunct Faculty, Paradise Valley Community College, Phoenix, AZ

2018 -2020 Associate Faculty & Senior Fellow, Arizona State University School of Sustainability, Tempe, AZ

2017 -2020 Manager, Editorial Instruction and Broadcast Production, News Director, SPOT 127 - Rio Salado College Division of Public Service, Tempe, AZ

2014 -2016 Senior Field Correspondent: Science and Innovation, https://kjzz.org/staff/155, KJZZ (NPR Member Station), Tempe, AZ

2021 -2022 Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

Peer Reviewed Publications

Bernier, A. & Fowler, R. H  (2020). Teens in a Digital Desert: Digital Media Literacy in an Arizona OST Program. Afterschool Matters, 33

Teens in a Digital Desert: Digital Media Literacy in an Arizona OST Program

Bernier, A.  (2020). Wanting to Share: How Integration of Digital Media Literacy Supports Student Participatory Culture in 21st Century Sustainability Education. The Journal of Sustainability Education, 24

Wanting to Share: How Integration of Digital Media Literacy Supports Student Participatory Culture in 21st Century Sustainability Education

Bernier, A.  (2018). How Systems Thinking in Sustainability Education Can Meet the Call of Critical Pedagogy. The Journal of Sustainability Education, 18

How Systems Thinking in Sustainability Education Can Meet the Call of Critical Pedagogy

Bernier, A.  (2012). Youth Voices in Sustainability. Sustainability: Journal of Record, 5 (4) , 226

Youth Voices in Sustainability

Bernier, A.  (2017). From Linear Industrial Structures to Living Systems: A Design Shift in Education for Sustainability. Education Sciences, 7 (43)

From Linear Industrial Structures to Living Systems: A Design Shift in Education for Sustainability

Book Chapter

Bernier, A. (2019). Sustainability Storytelling is Not Just Telling Stories About Sustainability. In Encyclopedia of the World's Biomes. (pp. 430). Elsevier (Author)

Sustainability Storytelling is Not Just Telling Stories About Sustainability

Victoria Carr, Debra Harwood, Andrew Bernier and Martín Bascopé (2024). Opportunities for early childhood education for sustainability in the Americas. In Young Children and the Environment Early Education for Sustainability. (pp. 274). Cambridge University Press (Co-Author)

Chapter 13: Opportunities for early childhood education for sustainability in the Americas

Electronic Journal

Bernier, A. (2020) Explainer: What is a Tipping Point? And Why Should I Care? .Ensia,

Explainer: What is a Tipping Point? And Why Should I Care?

Invited Presentations

Bernier, A. (10-2022. ) SySTEM READy: Transforming a Teaching and Learning Graduate Certificate .North American Association for Environmental Education, Virtual. Conference. . Level:International

NAAEE2022C: SySTEM READy: Transforming a Teaching and Learning Graduate Certificate

Bernier, A. (10-2022. ) For Future Generations: Toward Environmental, Social, and Economic Sustainability .Faculty Enrichment Center, University of Cincinnati. UC. . Level:University

For Future Generations: Toward Environmental, Social, and Economic Sustainability

Event Organized

2024 Midwest Regional Sustainability Summit Conference 05-02-2024 05-02-2024 Cincinnati, OH Level:Regional

Mid-Atlantic Association of Science Teacher Education Conference 09-29-2022 10-01-2022 West Portsmouth, OH Level:Regional

Mid-Atlantic Association for Science Teacher Education

2022 Faculty Sustainability Award UC President’s Advisory Council on Environment and Sustainability

2016-2018 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, https://sustainability-innovation.asu.edu/sustainabilitysolutions/fellowships/, Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute for Sustainability, Arizona State University, , Tempe, AZ

Integrating STEM into Practice Level:Graduate

Improving Instructional Effectiveness Level:Graduate

The Role of Teachers in a Democratic Society Level:Graduate

Introduction to Education for Sustainability Level:Undergraduate

STEM and Sustainability Education Level:Graduate

Curriculum & Instruction Capstone Thesis Level:Graduate