Profile for Alysa Remsburg

Brief biography

Alysa Remsburg teaches in the Sustainability & Environmental Studies Program, where she helps students explore how they interact with the environment as individuals and as a society.  She is passionate about expanding ecological literacy.  As a community ecologist, Alysa has researched how habitat features on land and in the water influence dragonfly species diversity.  Broad interests in landscape ecology have also led her to research experiences with ground beetles, mites, frogs, turtles, forest invasive species, and forest ecosystem processes.  As a Wisconsin Teaching Fellow, she investigated how well students learn when other students present information in comparison to when instructors present information.

Alysa grew up in West Michigan, where she frequently spent time exploring lakes and forests. After working in environmental education, Alysa's research in community ecology took her to Yellowstone, northern Wisconsin, South Africa, and Maine.  As Associate Professor of Conservation Biology at Unity College in Maine, Alysa developed an interest in teaching interdisciplinary courses about the environment.  She moved to La Crosse in 2013 to teach full time in an interdisciplinary program and to live near family. Alysa appreciates the strong sense of place that UWL students and community members share: a great pride for the natural landscapes in this unique place.