Upcoming Lectures, Readings, & Presentations
April 5, 2018, "Teaching Climate Change Across the Disciplines," Trinity College, Hartford CT
Selected Lectures, Readings, & Presentations
“Teaching Sustainability in the Introductory Writing Classroom.” Oregon Higher Education Sustainability Conference (OHESC), Lane Community College, Eugene, OR, February, 2015.
“Developing Climate Change Literacy with the Humanities: A Narrative Approach.” American Geophysical Union (AGU) annual fall meeting, San Francisco, December 14, 2015.
“Teaching Cli-Fi and Lessons on Affirmative Speculation.” Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment Biennial Meeting, University of Idaho, June 2015.
“Climate Stories Project and the Importance of Narrative.” Guest Lecturer, Climate Change Communication Course, Instructor Jenny Crayne, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, April 2015.
Roundtable co-organizer and participant, “Promises and Pitfalls of Teaching Climate Change in the Humanities.” Climate Change Research Symposium, University of Oregon, April 2014.
“The Empirical Mystic: Thoreau’s Skillful Making of Forests.” Thoreau Society’s Annual Gathering, Concord, MA, June 2013.
“Octavia Butler, Ecological Limits, and the Age of Empathy.” Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment Biennial Meeting, University of Kansas, May 2013.
“Climate Stuplimity: What Can Literature (and literary analysis) Do for Climate Change?” Climate Change Research Symposium,University of Oregon, May, 2012.
“The Climate Change Subject in U.S. Literature and Culture.” Modern Language Association Annual Convention, Seattle, WA, January 2012.
“Under Miles of Ice and Heaps of Data: The Climate Change Subject in U.S. Culture.” ASLE Biennial Meeting, University of Indiana, June 2011.
“Gathering the Rio Grande: Anzaldúa, Irland, and Watershed Consciousness.” Western Literature Association Annual Meeting, Prescott, AZ, October 2010.
“Imagining Climate Change: 350.org, Victory Speakers, and the New Planetary Patriots.” Under Western Skies: Climate, Culture, and Change in Western North America, University of Calgary, October 2010.
April 5, 2018, "Teaching Climate Change Across the Disciplines," Trinity College, Hartford CT
Selected Lectures, Readings, & Presentations
“Teaching Sustainability in the Introductory Writing Classroom.” Oregon Higher Education Sustainability Conference (OHESC), Lane Community College, Eugene, OR, February, 2015.
“Developing Climate Change Literacy with the Humanities: A Narrative Approach.” American Geophysical Union (AGU) annual fall meeting, San Francisco, December 14, 2015.
“Teaching Cli-Fi and Lessons on Affirmative Speculation.” Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment Biennial Meeting, University of Idaho, June 2015.
“Climate Stories Project and the Importance of Narrative.” Guest Lecturer, Climate Change Communication Course, Instructor Jenny Crayne, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, April 2015.
Roundtable co-organizer and participant, “Promises and Pitfalls of Teaching Climate Change in the Humanities.” Climate Change Research Symposium, University of Oregon, April 2014.
“The Empirical Mystic: Thoreau’s Skillful Making of Forests.” Thoreau Society’s Annual Gathering, Concord, MA, June 2013.
“Octavia Butler, Ecological Limits, and the Age of Empathy.” Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment Biennial Meeting, University of Kansas, May 2013.
“Climate Stuplimity: What Can Literature (and literary analysis) Do for Climate Change?” Climate Change Research Symposium,University of Oregon, May, 2012.
“The Climate Change Subject in U.S. Literature and Culture.” Modern Language Association Annual Convention, Seattle, WA, January 2012.
“Under Miles of Ice and Heaps of Data: The Climate Change Subject in U.S. Culture.” ASLE Biennial Meeting, University of Indiana, June 2011.
“Gathering the Rio Grande: Anzaldúa, Irland, and Watershed Consciousness.” Western Literature Association Annual Meeting, Prescott, AZ, October 2010.
“Imagining Climate Change: 350.org, Victory Speakers, and the New Planetary Patriots.” Under Western Skies: Climate, Culture, and Change in Western North America, University of Calgary, October 2010.
Poetry reading at the Prichard Art Gallery, Moscow, ID, June 2015