I teach undergraduate and graduate courses in multicultural literatures of the U.S; critical theory; feminist theory; cultural studies; and environmental literature, film, and theory.
My research interests include 19th and 20th century American literatures; critical theory; feminist theory; cultural studies, green cultural studies; science studies; environmentalism and feminism; environmental health, environmental justice, environmental ethics; emerging theories of materiality in environmental feminism, corporeal feminism, and science studies; animal studies; science, literature, and art of sea creatures.
Publications include: Undomesticated Ground: Recasting Nature as Feminist Space (Cornell 2000) and Material Feminisms, edited with Susan J. Hekman, (Indiana 2008). Bodily Natures: Science, Environment, and the Material Self is in progress.
I am honored to serve as the co-chair of the President's Sustainability Committee, as well as on the sub-committee for Curriculum, Research, and Community Engagement.
During October of 2009 the English Department will host the Hermanns Lecture Series, on "Greening English Studies." Check the English Department web site for more information.
Invited talks for 2009/2010:
Plenary Speaker, Gendering Climate and Sustainability, University of Copenhagen, March 2009.
Invited presentation. Gender, Science, and Critical Animal Studies conference. SUNY Stonybrook, April, 2009.
Invited presentation. Beyond Environmentalism: Culture, Justice, and Global Ecology. American Cultures and Global Contexts Center, UC Santa Barbara. May 2009.
Fellow. Quadrant Project. Institute for Advanced Study, Environmental Studies, University of Minnesota Press, University of Minnesota. Two weeks. Fall, 2009.