Erik Shonstrom is the author of Wild Curiosity, The Indoor Epidemic, and The Wisdom of the Body (all published by R&L).
He lives in South Burlington, Vermont..
He has published a number of articles on education, learning, and the outdoors, as well as lectured on topics ranging from curiosity to the connection between reading novels and imagination.
Currently, Erik is a professor of interdisciplinary studies at Champlain College.
He has worked for charter, independent, public, and experiential education-based schools.
He has taught students while clinging to cliffs in Joshua Tree National Park; swimming frigid rivers in the High Sierra; snorkeling jellyfish infested waters off Mexico; paddling tippy kayaks amid the orcas of Puget Sound; trudging up narrow trails in the Adirondacks; and, occasionally, in the classroom.
He has worked in education for over two decades.
Erik Shonstrom is the author of Wild Curiosity, The Indoor Epidemic, and The Wisdom of the Body (all published by R&L)