Doug Hayhoe

Biography

Dr. Hayhoe worked for many years as a science consultant and a board-wide science coordinator. He co-authored the Ontario textbooks on Science & Technology 4-8 (Pearson, 1999), Science and Technology Perspectives 7-8 (Nelson, 2009) and Science Perspectives 9-10 (Nelson, 2010). His current research focuses on teacher understanding of soil, water, and climate change, a Christian perspective on sustainability, and the interaction of faith and science in education. He has presented at conferences of the American Geophysical Union (2010, 2012, 2014), Soil Science Societies (2011, 2015), International Christian Community for Teacher Education (2012, 2014), and Canadian Evangelical Theological Association (2015). He has also published peer-reviewed papers in Weather, Climate, and Society (2011), Sustainable Agriculture Review (2013), Journal of Geoscience Education (2014, 2017), Canadian Journal of Soil Science (2016), and Science & Christian Belief (2017), and contributed to the NAE booklet, When God and Science Meet (2015).

Research Interest

Research on education and environmental science topics, including climate change, energy, soils, and water. Research on the interaction of science and Christianity, in the context of education.