Emily Canosa is a Design Manager the Center for Academic Innovation at the University of Michigan (UM). She served as Assistant Director of the UM Sustainable Living Experience residential learning community from 2016-2022. She has worked in environmental and higher education for more than ten years, with organizations including the UM Sustainable Food Program, Brown Environmental Leadership Lab, and the College for Creative Studies. Canosa completed undergraduate degrees at the University of Michigan in 2007 with highest honors in Arts & Ideas in the Humanities and in History of Art. She completed a Master’s degree at the UM in Japanese Studies in 2011 with a thesis on sustainable food movements in the Kanto region. Her research interests include sustainability education, with an emphasis on environmental justice and learning design and technology.