Skylar Wampler
EDUCATION
skylarvwampler@gmail.com Skylarwampler.com
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia: BA Creative Writing, Poetry focus Distinguished Major BA Global Studies, Environmental Sustainability focus
2021
HUMANITIES FUNDING AND FELLOWSHIPS Workshop Lead “The Nature of Attention: Poetry as Lived Experience” Art in the Park, Shenandoah National Park
2026
Featured Poet, Celebration of Lights, Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community
2025
Virginia Humanities Rapid Grant, Silver Line Theatre Exchange, $2,000, 2023
2023
Guest poetry instructor at Cyanwood yoga studio, monthly. Plant humanities focus.
2022-2023
Anna Ruth Inskeep Scholarship
2021
Guest poetry instructor, University of Virginia project with the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation in North and South Dakota
2021
English Departmental Phyllis and Peter Pruden Scholarship $20,000, 2021
2020
Wolfe Docent Undergraduate Research Fellowship $3,000, 2018
2018-2020
VA P.E.O. State Scholarship
2017
VBA Bank Day Scholarship, $2,500, 2017
2017
ENVIRONMENTAL FUNDING AND FELLOWSHIPS Conservation Stewardship Program award, Willow Run Farm, $23,107 2026-Present
2026
Appalachian Solar Finance Fund, Wise County Justice Center, $82,730 2025-Present
2025
Co-organizer Virginia Clean Energy Summit, Richmond VA
2024
Attendee, World Bank Fragility Forum, Washington DC
2024
UVA Parents Fund Sustainability Internship Grant
2021
Co-Author Strategies for Sustainable Development and Affordable Housing in Kingston, Jamaica, Team: Tara Boyd, Yewon Choi, Shelby Curry, Scott Danforth, Satori Greene, Liv Gwilliam, Adelyn Klimek, Amelia Lindsey, Jasmine Noel, Macie O'Connor, Madison Parse, Caroline Pittard, Sabrina Sampson, Lea Taylor, Gracie Tilman, Skylar Wampler, Alicia Zheng, Yuki Zheng.
2021