Dr. John Mischler is an associate professor of environmental sciences, sustainability, and environmental education at Goshen College in Goshen, Indiana. He is teaching at Universitas Nusa Cendana in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, for his Fulbright US Scholar Teaching Award.

Dr. Mischler focuses on experiential learning, specifically place-based education within an environmental context. He has published on education frameworks within the Food-Energy-Water nexus and directed semester-long immersive programs in the USA and abroad in Zambia and Indonesia. He also currently co-coordinates an REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) in Kenya, focusing on the interaction of fire and grazing on grassland systems. He is especially interested in the interface between nature and food production, has directed non-profit farms, and has participated in both rural and urban food councils. Additionally, Dr. Mischler has a particular focus on the use of educational farms in university settings for both education and research.