Andrew Wingfield

Andrew Wingfield is a Professor at the School of Integrative Studies (SIS) at George Mason University, specializing in Fiction and Nonfiction Writing and Sustainability Studies. He has played a pivotal role in shaping Mason’s sustainability curriculum, including directing the Environmental and Sustainability Studies BA program for a decade, creating the Sustainability Living Learning Community, and designing the Sustainability Studies Minor. His work emphasizes the interplay between human communities and their environments.

Research Interests include environmental and sustainability studies, Indigenous rights, and place-based storytelling. He collaborates extensively with Dr. Michael P. Gilmore on projects involving the Maijuna indigenous group in the Peruvian Amazon, focusing on biocultural conservation and environmental justice.

Scientific Awards:

• Award for Right of Way (2010)
• Center for Humanities Research Residential Fellowship (Spring 2024)

Grants:

• SIS Faculty Research Grant (2024-25)
• Faculty Research and Development Award (2024)
• 4-VA Innovation Grant (2016, 2018)
• United States Department of State Grant (2018)
• United States Department of Agriculture Grant (2014)

Education:

• M.F.A. in Creative Writing, George Mason University
• M.A. in English Literature, University of Chicago
• B.A. in English, Rutgers University