John Shepard

John (M.A. Anthropology, Indiana University) is an associate professor and assistant director at Hamline University's Center for Global Environmental Education (CGEE) in St. Paul, Minnesota and president of Cascade Communications, Inc. For more than 30 years he has worked as a media producer, writer, editor, and educator. At CGEE he directs the Center’s extensive media productions, many of which focus on watershed and river education. John produced CGEE’s internationally acclaimed Waters to the Sea interactive multimedia program and Chased by the Light PBS documentary, as well as the Courage & Light professional development program featuring a filmed dialog between Jim Brandenburg and Parker J. Palmer. He has also authored three books, produced and hosted radio programs for Minnesota Public Radio and the Children’s Radio Network, been a contributing editor with Canoe magazine, and is author of numerous articles on the environment, outdoor recreation, and ecotourism for national and regional magazines and major daily newspapers throughout the U.S.