People

Krista Martin

Krista Martin is Assistant Director of Academic Advising in APEX.

Much of her time during the academic year is dedicated to working individually with students on academic planning, but she also works with her APEX colleagues on programs and initiatives to promote student retention and academic success.

Krista trains and supervises a group of 24 Peer Mentors, who are embedded in First Year Seminar classes and work through the academic year to support first year students.

She is a member of the ARCH orientation leadership team and is integrally involved in the training of the student ARCHers.

Krista has been at the College of Wooster for 12 years.

She is currently co-chair of Staff Committee, an elected group that advocates for college staff and fosters communication with college administration, faculty, students, and the Board of Trustees.

Matt Mariola

Matt Mariola is a professor and chair of the environmental studies program.

Professor Mariola began his teaching career at The College of Wooster in 2008. He earned a Ph.D. in rural sociology from The Ohio State University, an M.S. in environmental studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from The College of Wooster.

Professor teaches a variety of courses covering topics in environmental science and sustainability, including:

Environment & Society
Sustainable Agriculture
From Farm to Table
Waste & the Environment
Experiments in Everyday Life

His research interests explore the worldwide movement by small family farmers and peasant farming communities to transition away from industrialized, input-intensive, export-oriented agricultural practices and (back) towards more ecological, low-input, and locally-oriented farm systems. This work has connected him to Amish farmers in Ohio, as well as farmers in Thailand and southern Chile, as he seeks to understand the social forces that propel and impede these changes.

Other research topics of interest include local food cooperatives, biological pesticides, and campus gardens as learning sites.

At Wooster, he supervises the campus learning garden behind Ruth Williams Hall of Science.