Thomas S. Davis

Thomas S. Davis is an Associate Professor at The Ohio State University, specializing in modern and contemporary literature, environmental humanities, and aesthetic theory. He is affiliated with the Sustainability Institute and the Petrocultures Research Group. His research explores intersections between aesthetics, ecology, and cultural crisis, with a focus on late modernism and climate collapse.

Education includes a PhD from the University of Notre Dame (2008), MA from Boston College (2001), and BA from the University of South Carolina (1998). He has authored two books: *The Extinct Scene: Late Modernism and Everyday Life* (2016) and *Forming Attachments: Aesthetic Education and Ecological Crisis* (in progress), which examine cultural responses to environmental and societal crises through literary and artistic lenses.

His 15+ peer-reviewed articles span journals like *Resilience*, *Modern Fiction Studies*, and *Twentieth Century Literature*. Research trends emphasize 'attachment' as a critical framework for understanding ecological interdependencies and cultural resilience in the Anthropocene. His work frequently engages with postcolonial ecologies, energy humanities, and crisis aesthetics.

• Awards: EUGO Professor of the Year (teaching), Paul W. Brown Teaching Award, Ratner Distinguished Teaching Award.
• Fieldwork: Co-directed field schools in Louisiana wetlands and Antarctica.

Current projects include a third book on African-American modernist painter William H. Johnson and collaborations on the Bakken oilfields' cultural impacts. His pedagogical focus emphasizes environmental literature and community-based learning.