Course Instructor
Karen Kutish
Karen Kutish
Karen Kutish is the Manager of Curriculum and Instruction for Seminars on Science. She divides her time between NYC and northeastern Pennsylvania. Karen was a high school teacher before joining AMNH full time. She taught high school biology and environmental science. She has also taught anatomy and physiology to students at Misericordia University, in Dallas, PA.
Karen received a B.S. in Biology from Virginia Tech where her undergraduate research focused on The Acid Rain Effects on Mountain Lake, Virginia. She received an M.S. in Biology from Bloomsburg University. Her thesis, entitled Intraspecific and Interspecific Mycelial Interactions Among the Wood Inhabiting Tsuga canadensis, involved a forest ecology study of a virgin stand of Eastern Hemlocks in Ricketts Glen State Park, Pennsylvania.
Karen has a passion for travel and the outdoors. She is an avid organic gardener. She loves hiking, biking, kayaking and camping. She is currently on a quest to see all of the national parks in the U.S. Karen has worked with a student watershed group that spends time in and on the North Branch of the Susquehanna River.
Karen is an associate of the Sisters of Mercy and through this organization has been active in outreach regarding ecological issues, education, and poverty in her community.
She is married and has sons, Russell and Vaughn.