Sara Ashpole is an Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at St. Lawrence University; she was Faculty Director of the Sustainability Program from 2019 until 2022. She received both her undergraduate degrees in Zoology and a Masters degree in Eco-Toxicology from the University of Guelph, Ontario. She completed her Ph.D. in Conservation Planning at the University of Waterloo, Ontario. Since 1999, Sara's research has been collaborative with NGO, government, First Nation peoples, and private landowners, examining cumulative impacts to amphibian, reptile, and turtle populations in the Great Lakes and the south Okanagan River Valley, British Columbia.

She is a chocolate enthusiast.