Julie Carlson

Julie Carlson has enjoyed decades of teaching and working with learners of all ages in the outdoors in environmental education, adventure education, and experiential education arenas. She first learned of Lloyd Burgess Sharp, pioneer in outdoor education, as an undergraduate in college majoring in outdoor recreation. Her interest in his contributions to the outdoor education movement in the United States continued to grow throughout her years as an educator, and it took no deliberation on her part when she entered doctoral studies in Educational Leadership to focus her dissertation on Sharp’s career, presented here in a condensed book form (Never Finished...Just Begun). Julie is a professor of graduate studies in Experiential Education and Educational Leadership at Minnesota State University, Mankato. She enjoys exploring new places and experiencing adventures in the great outdoors.