Teaching Faculty

The Emerson College staff are also an international group of people with a variety of different backgrounds. Students often remark on how committed, interested in and excited by their work the staff are whether it be in the classroom, in the garden, in the kitchen or in the administration offices. All are grounded in anthroposophy, the work and philosophy of Rudolf Steiner.

Each year different members of staff are invited to teach, train and consult in organisations and with groups of people in many parts of the globe. 


full-time course faculty

Arjen Huese - Biodynamic Organic Agriculture

trained as a biodynamic vegetable grower in the Netherlands, and worked in biodynamic farming in Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands and Brazil. He is the course leader for the Biodynamic Organic Agriculture Training at Emerson College. His special interest is the study of the formative forces in plants.

Nir Halfon - Biodynamic Organic Agriculture

studied Anthroposophy in Israel and Biodynamics at Emerson College. Nir has completed an Msc in Energy and Environmental studies. He has taught gardening and sustainable development in schools and workshops on permaculture, gardening and biodynamics more broadly. His main interest is in the issues of sustainable farming and food production.

Sue Hollingsworth - School of Storytelling

co-carried the School of Storytelling at Emerson College for six years. As well as performing and teaching, she has an MBA and is the Director of Storymatters Ltd., a consultancy which takes storytelling into the world of business.

Rudolf Kaesbach - Visual Arts & Sculpture

trained in Dornach, Switzerland and taught sculpture at Marburg Steiner School. He has run the three-year sculpture training at Emerson College since 1981.

Roi Gal-Or - School of Storytelling

is a co-carrier of the School of Storytelling at Emerson College as well as teaching storytelling at the University of Sussex in Brighton. He is a leader of workshops dealing with group and personal development using stories, social games and biographical work.

 

Part-time course faculty

Martin Hardiman - Waldorf Steiner Education

carries the Steiner/Waldorf Teacher Training Program. He has worked with learning disabled children, taught as a class teacher for 20 years at Wynstones Rudolf Steiner School and has specialised in teaching dyslexic pupils.

Angela Querido - Waldorf Steiner Education

taught in a Waldorf school as a class teacher for 20 years after having worked with special needs children in Camphill, Scotland. Having received a Waldorf education herself from Kindergarten to age 18, she has particularly enjoyed using the arts, crafts and music in her teaching. She began working at Emerson College in 2004 to jointly start the part time Teaching as an Art course in Waldorf education.