Stephanie Kaza is Professor Emeritus in the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Vermont (UVM).
She combines an academic background in science, education, and theology in her writing, which is often categorized under the term spiritual ecology.
In 1991, Kaza finished work at the Starr King School for the Ministry, earning a Master of Divinity degree.
At UVM, she taught both undergraduate and graduate students in the field of environmental humanities, which comprises religion and ecology, environmental justice, American nature philosophers, issues of race and culture in natural resources, ecofeminism, and issues related to consumerism.
Upon retiring, Kaza returned to her hometown of Portland, Oregon with her husband, artist Davis TeSelle.