Tara Mangan, Ed.D., is an instructor of environmental and sustainability studies. She began teaching at King's in 2012 and joined the environmental program full-time in 2019. She teaches courses in sustainability, environmental psychology, environmental education, and environmental art.
She completed an Ed.D. in 2025 from University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point in educational sustainability with a concentration in ecological thought. Her graduate work explored ecological literacy in higher education. Her teaching interests focus on the psychological and social dimensions of environmental issues.
Dr. Mangan is a certified interpretive guide through the National Association of Interpretation and a certified forest school teacher through the Forest School Teacher Institute.
Her other interests include spending time outdoors with her husband, Mark, and daughter, Renny, and hiking, gardening, and beekeeping.
Education
B.A., Psychology, King's College
M.A., Clinical Psychology, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Ed.D., Educational Sustainability, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
