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Jill Shashaty

Associate Director of Education

As Associate Director of Education, Jill ensures that Riverbend’s programs embody high-quality, best-practice environmental and science education. She develops and teaches programs for students and teachers, directs Riverbend’s Nature-Based STEM Community of Practice PD program, designs programs for scout troops, and blazes and creates signs for Riverbend's trails. Jill graduated from Georgetown University (BA, English), Vanderbilt University (MDiv, environmental ethics), and the University of Pennsylvania (PhD, American literature), and volunteers as a PA Master Naturalist, Girl Scout troop leader, and Scouts BSA Merit Badge Counselor. She lives in West Philly, and loves hiking, backpacking, playing guitar, and reading whenever she's not at Riverbend.Â