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Tara Muenz

500 500 Stroud Water Research Center

Interim Director of Education and Leaf Pack Network Administrator

Education Department

Contact

tmuenz@stroudcenter.org
tel. 610-268-2153, ext. 1301
970 Spencer Road, Avondale, PA 19311
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Tara Muenz

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Interests and Expertise

Trained as an aquatic scientist, Tara Muenz’s interests and experiences spread wide, with a passion for all life on earth including science communication, conservation education, community science, streamside forests, landscape design, nature therapy, and creating meaningful experiences (fostering awareness, appreciation, and action) that bring people closer in a reverent relationship with the planet. She has devoted decades to traveling worldwide, assisting individuals and communities in connecting, sustaining, and understanding the planet’s resources on the physical and soul levels. Muenz practices a “less is best” way of life, often seeking the beautiful stillness of the natural world as her greatest source of joy.

Education

  • M.S., conservation ecology and sustainable development, Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.
  • B.A., zoology, Miami University of Ohio, Oxford, Ohio.

Professional Experience

  • Interim director of education, 2026–present.
  • Associate director of education and Leaf Pack Network Administrator, 2025.
  • Assistant director of education and Leaf Pack Network Administrator, Stroud Water Research Center, 2015–2024.
  • Education program manager and Leaf Pack Network administrator, Stroud Water Research Center, 2014–2015.
  • State coordinator, Georgia Adopt-a-Stream, Atlanta, Georgia, 2009–2014.
  • Lead research technician, Aquatic Biology Laboratory, Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center, Newton, Georgia, 2004–2009.
  • Graduate research assistant, University of Georgia/Jones Ecological Research Center, Athens, Georgia, 2000–2004.

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Education Department Highlights: Hello, Congratulations, and Goodbye

Stroud Center announces the retirement of Susan Gill, the appointment of new education director Steven Kerlin and the promotion of Tara Muenz to assistant director of education.

Summer Research Program Boosts Confidence, Shapes Careers

Working alongside CZO scientists, the interns examined everything from bacteria strains to soil ages and root growth to aquatic bugs.

Sharing Our Science: Summer 2015

In May, Stroud Water Research Center scientists attended the weeklong annual meeting of the Society for Freshwater Science in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Stroud Center Gets Award for Environmental Education Programs

The Pennsylvania Association of Environmental Educators gives Stroud Water Research Center the Outstanding Environmental Education Program Award.

Getting Our Boots Ready for Spring Stream Programs

Known for boots-in-the-water programs, our education department goes above and beyond to share the latest in freshwater knowledge with thousands of students each year.

Education News, Fall 2014

From New Jersey to Costa Rica to North Carolina and back home at the Stroud Center, our education staff was busy this fall!
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