Laura Sewall

Laura Sewall

Director - Bates-Morse Mountain Conser­vation Area and Shortridge Coastal Center, Bates College

Published with Humans & Nature Press

Laura Sewall is an educator, conservationist, and author. She holds a PhD in visual psychology from Brown University and a master’s degree in environmental law from Vermont Law School. She was on the faculty of Prescott and Bates colleges for two decades, teaching courses in psychology, environmental studies, and ecopsychology. While at Bates, she also served as the Director of a large coastal conservation area, during which she facilitated field research and environmental education. She is the author of Sight and Sensibility: The Ecopsychology of Perception and numerous papers for academic and popular audiences. She lives in mid-coast Maine.


Contributions to Humans & Nature:
  • “The Ethical Eye,” an essay in Sensoria: Attending to the Wonder and Vitality of Nature (Humans & Nature Press, 2026). 
  • All Sorts of Healing: Nature and Psyche Together
    From Minding Nature’s January 2013, Volume 6, Number 1 issue.
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