Dr. Isaac “Ike” Leslie (they) is a University of Vermont Extension Assistant Professor of Community Development, Faculty Scholar with the Institute for Agroecology, Faculty in the Food Systems Graduate Program, and Faculty Affiliate with the Gund Institute for Environment. Ike researches and organizes with Vermont communities for social and environmental change. They are an environmental sociologist specializing in justice, sustainability, and economic viability in food systems. Ike also researches and organizes with LGBTQ+ farmers and rural residents.

Ike co-authored the sixth edition of An Invitation to Environmental Sociology and co-edited a special issue of Society & Natural Resources, which unpacks the roles of gender and sexuality in farming. Their work on the community and economic development of food systems is also published in Agriculture and Human Values, Environmental Sociology, Rural Sociology, and elsewhere.

Ike's research has been supported by the Fulbright Association, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and others. They earned a Ph.D. in Sociology/Community & Environmental Sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison; an M.A. in Sociology and M.S. in Natural Resources from the University of New Hampshire; and a B.A. in International Studies and Music from Vassar College.