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Laurie Shannon is the Franklyn Bliss Snyder Professor of English at Northwestern University, with a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. She studies English literature and culture in the long sixteenth century, focusing on the history of ideas in language, stakeholdership, embodiment, and cross-species relations. She serves as convener of The Anne Lister Society and is collaborating with Oxford University Press on a scholarly edition of Anne Lister’s Journal. Education: J.D., Harvard Law School; Ph.D., University of Chicago Shannon’s research explores the political imagination in early modern literature, particularly through friendship (Sovereign Amity: Figures of Friendship in Shakespearean Contexts) and animal studies (The Accommodated Animal: Cosmopolity in Shakespearean Locales). Her current monograph, 'Frailty’s Name: Shakespeare and the Natural History of Human Being,' examines human negative exceptionalism in Renaissance thought and its implications for climate crisis ethics. Her publications span Shakespeare studies, queer theory, environmental humanities, and textual editing. Notable awards include the Elizabeth Dietz Memorial Award, Robert B. Cox Teaching Award, and Dean’s Award for Graduate Mentoring. She has held NEH, ACLS, and Guggenheim fellowships. Scientific Awards: Elizabeth Dietz Memorial Award, Robert B. Cox Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award, Dean's Award for Graduate Mentoring, NEH Fellowship, ACLS Fellowship, Guggenheim Fellowship Shannon contributes to the Anne Lister Diary Transcription Project and has served as English Department Chair at Northwestern. Her recent articles focus on Shakespeare’s engagement with natural history, queer cosmology, and animal sovereignty, reflecting her interdisciplinary approach.

• Early Modern Literature
• Gender & Sexuality Studies
• Environmental Humanities
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Alenda Y. Chang serves as an Assistant Professor in Film and Media Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. With a multidisciplinary background spanning biology, literature, and film, she integrates ecocritical theory with contemporary media analysis. Her scholarly work appears in journals including Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment , Qui Parle , and electronic book review , focusing on sustainable media practices and ecological frameworks for digital engagement. Her educational background includes: M.A. and Ph.D. in Rhetoric from the University of California, Berkeley M.A. in English Language and Literature from the University of Maryland Chang specializes in environmental media and game studies, developing theoretical frameworks for ecological game design. Her research examines how digital games model environmental systems and foster player engagement with climate change through concepts like "slow violence" and "rambunctious play." She advocates for sustainable design patterns that address gaming's carbon footprint while creating immersive ecological narratives. Analysis of her 15 most recent publications reveals a consistent trajectory from foundational ecological game theory (2013-2018) to current work on thermal contexts of play and sustainable infrastructure (2022-2024). Her scholarship increasingly bridges data-driven activism with critical game design, emphasizing multispecies entanglements and infrastructural play as tools for environmental awareness. As co-founder of Wireframe—a collaborative media studio at UCSB—Chang cultivates critical game design practices through initiatives like growinggames.net . The studio supports data-driven global media art, environmental activism, and experimental pedagogy, serving as a hub for translating ecological theory into tangible digital interventions that challenge anthropocentric perspectives in gaming.

• Environmental Media
• Game Studies
• Ecocritical Theory
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Cristina Bacchilega is a retired Professor and former Graduate Director in the Department of English at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, affiliated with the College of Languages, Linguistics, and Literature. Her research focuses on fairy tales, folklore, and their intersections with gender, colonialism, and translation. She co-edited journals like Marvels & Tales and held roles such as Department Chair (2001-2007) and Acting Graduate Program Director. Her work includes books like Legendary Hawaiʻi and the Politics of Place and Postmodern Fairy Tales: Gender and Narrative Strategies . Education: BA, University of Rome (Italy); MA and PhD, State University of New York at Binghamton. Her research interests span fairy-tale studies, folklore, gender studies, and decolonial narratives. Recent projects explore Hawaiian mo‘olelo in translation and the cognitive potential of wonder in contemporary adaptations. She co-organized international conferences on storytelling in conflict zones and co-edited special journal issues on these topics. Awards: Fulbright Fellowship (2016) IAFA Distinguished Scholarship Award (2016) Guggenheim Fellowship (2001) Her advising and grants include SSHRC postdoctoral fellowship reviews and Fulbright applications. She collaborates on projects like An Ocean of Wonder (2024) and a forthcoming book on fairy tales and justice (2025). She also engages in Hawaiian language revitalization efforts.

• Fairy-tale studies
• Folklore and literature
• Gender studies
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Olivia Badoi is a faculty member in the Department of English at Saint Louis University-Madrid. She holds a Ph.D. in English from Fordham University and contributes to the academic mission through teaching and research in modernist studies, graphic narratives, and ecocriticism. Education: Ph.D. in English, Fordham University M.A. in English, Wroclaw University B.A. in American Studies, University of Bucharest Dr. Badoi's research lies at the intersection of modernist literature, visual culture, and environmental thought. Her work explores how wordless narratives, particularly woodcut novels, engage with ecological themes and nonhuman agency. She introduces the concept of arboreal modernism to describe how trees and forests serve as structural and symbolic models in modernist art. Her scholarship spans ecocriticism, feminist modernism, adaptation studies, and the representation of animals and nature in media. She is currently completing her first book, Arboreal Modernism and the Woodcut Book , under contract. Her recent publications and conference presentations reveal a strong interdisciplinary trajectory, combining literary analysis with visual culture, environmental philosophy, and translation studies. Themes such as deep time, materiality, liminality, and nonverbal communication recur across her work, reflecting a sustained engagement with the boundaries between human and nonhuman, word and image, nature and culture. Scientific Awards: No scientific awards listed in the provided text. Dr. Badoi actively contributes to academic discourse through peer-reviewed publications and international conference presentations. While specific grant funding is not mentioned, her book contract and scholarly output indicate a robust research profile. She mentors students through her academic role, though no named advisees are listed. Her work is supported by her affiliation with Saint Louis University-Madrid, where she participates in scholarly events such as the Landscape, Narrative, and Deep Time conference. She is associated with academic teams and initiatives focused on modernism, adaptation, and environmental humanities, as evidenced by her conference organization and participation.

• Visual and Literary Modernism
• Graphic Narrative Studies
• Ecocriticism
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Kristi McKim is an Associate Professor at the School of Literature, Media, and Communication at Georgia Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on film studies with particular emphasis on ecocritical analysis, phenomenological approaches, and feminist cinema. She explores themes such as cinematic weather, love in film, and the intersection of capitalism and art. Her notable works include BFI Film Classics: Rushmore (2023), analyzing the film's critique of perfectionism through ecocritical and feminist lenses; Cinema as Weather (2013), examining weather's role in narrative and stylistic film techniques; and Love in the Time of Cinema (2011), which investigates love and temporality in cinema through close readings of key films. McKim teaches courses like Intro to Film and Contemporary American Indie Film . Her work bridges academic scholarship with accessible film analysis, emphasizing how cinema shapes our understanding of human connection and environmental dynamics.

• Film Studies
• Ecocriticism
• Feminist Theory
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Professor Kecia Ali is a scholar of Religion and Islamic Studies at Boston University, with a PhD from Duke University. Her research focuses on Islamic law, gender studies, ethics, and biography, emphasizing feminist critiques of religious texts and institutions. She has authored influential books like Sexual Ethics and Islam and The Lives of Muhammad , exploring intersections of gender, law, and culture in Islamic traditions. Ali has held fellowships at Brandeis University and Harvard Divinity School before joining BU in 2006. She actively contributes to organizations like the American Academy of Religion and served as President of the Society for the Study of Muslim Ethics (2014–2016). Her work bridges religious studies with popular culture, analyzing themes in J.D. Robb's fiction and critiquing academic sexism. Courses taught include Islamic law, Quranic studies, and representations of Muhammad.

• Islamic Studies
• Gender Studies
• Ethics
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Nancy Reynolds is an Associate Professor of History at Washington University in St. Louis, with affiliate appointments in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies and Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies. Her research focuses on environmental and social-cultural history of twentieth-century Egypt, examining political-material intersections in built environments from department stores to dams. Her academic background includes: PhD in History from Stanford University MA in History from Stanford University BA from Harvard University Reynolds' scholarship spans Environmental History , Social History , and Urban Studies , with emphasis on how mundane objects (socks, store floors) and monumental structures (Aswan Dam, temples) reflect nationalist struggles. Her work critically engages gender dynamics and decolonization , revealing how consumption patterns and urban spaces became sites of political contestation in semicolonial Egypt. Her 13 publications (2000-2024) demonstrate an evolution from consumer culture studies (department stores, Cairo Fire) to environmental history (Aswan Dam, desert ecologies), with recent collaborative work on Middle Eastern wastelands and sustainable architecture. The 2024 corpus particularly emphasizes political ecologies and materialized absence. Her scientific recognition includes: Roger Owen Book Award (2013) for A City Consumed American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship (2012) Bernadotte E. Schmitt Grant (2010) Stanford Humanities Center Geballe Dissertation Prize Social Science Research Council Fellowship Reynolds actively shapes graduate education as former administrator of History and JIMES PhD/MA programs. Her research is sustained by major grants including a Mellon Sawyer Seminar (2016-2018) and Mellon New Directions Fellowship (2014-2016), both supporting transregional collaborations on environmental humanities. She co-leads the Grounding the Ecocritical research collective with Dr. Anne-Marie McManus, producing the "Following Absence" symposium and CSSAAME special section on Middle Eastern wastelands.

• Environmental History
• Social History
• Cultural History
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Jennifer Rhee is an Associate Professor and Director of the MA in English program at Virginia Commonwealth University. She holds a PhD in Literature from Duke University and a BA in English from Princeton University, focusing on intersections between literature, science, and technology. Education PhD, Program in Literature, Duke University BA, English, Princeton University Her research examines artificial intelligence and robotics through lenses of race, gender, and labor, particularly how visions of "humanness" shape these technologies. She connects AI discourses to speculative fiction and art, with expertise in feminist science and technology studies, critical AI studies, and ecocritical media studies. Key publications include The Robotic Imaginary (2018) and contributions to The Palgrave Handbook of Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century Literature and Science (2020). Her recent work explores automated care labor ethics and facial recognition technology's historical implications. Scientific Awards Residential Fellowship, Humanities Research Center (2022–23) ACLS Fellowship (2019–20) First Book Institute Fellowship (2015) Postdoctoral Fellowships at Emory (2013–14) and Penn State (2011–12) Rhee teaches speculative fiction, contemporary American literature, and ENGL 301. She mentors graduate students exploring literary-science intersections and AI analysis through humanities frameworks. Her work bridges speculative fiction studies with critical AI discourses, emphasizing ethical and sociocultural implications.

• Speculative Fiction Studies
• Literature and Science
• Feminist Science and Technology Studies
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Jack Martínez Arias is an Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies at Hamilton College , specializing in Indigenous and Andean Studies . His work critically examines the intersections of extractive industries , cultural production , and environmental impacts in Peruvian and Bolivian contexts. Education: Ph.D. from Northwestern University, B.A. from Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. His research explores how literature , film , and cultural narratives reflect and resist extractivism , colonialism , and environmental degradation . He also investigates transculturación in Andean traditions and the role of science fiction as a tool for cultural resistance . Martínez Arias’ publications focus on Andean modernity , mining fictions , and ecocritical responses to extractive practices. His recent journal contributions span Latin American literature , film studies , and popular culture , emphasizing historical memory and social justice . Additional roles include serving on the Latin American Studies Committee and advising the Spanish Club . He is a member of the Latin American Studies Association and has taught courses on Hispanic cinema , Indigenous migration , and Spanish immersion .

• Indigenous Studies
• Andean Studies
• Latin American Literature
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Mimi Yiengpruksawan is a Professor of History of Art at Yale University, affiliated with the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, the Council on East Asian Studies, the Council on Southeast Asian Studies, and the Program in Medieval Studies. She holds a Ph.D. from UCLA (1988) and joined Yale in 1990, achieving tenure in 1998. Her research focuses on Buddhist art in nonmodern Japan and Eurasian cultural exchanges, emphasizing cross-regional and interdisciplinary approaches to study contact-driven cultural formation. Her academic work includes two major manuscripts: Michinaga’s Peacocks: A Heian World in Transition (examining exogenous influences on Kyoto’s art) and Kyoto in the Twilight of the Dharma (focusing on eschatological patronage). She also explores early modern Japanese global interactions, analyzing visual production during the 'Nanban' period. Recent research bridges environmental history with art, linking the 1006 supernova and Buddhist prophecies to artistic developments. Key publications include analyses of Buddhist iconography, transnational art networks, and transcultural architecture. She is a leading figure in rethinking Heian Japan’s cultural interconnectedness, challenging isolationist narratives through material evidence and primary sources.

• Buddhist Art and Architecture
• Japanese Art History
• East Asian Art
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Gina Stamm is an Associate Professor of French at the University of Alabama, Department of Modern Languages & Classics. Her work bridges environmental humanities, speculative literature, and queer/feminist theory, focusing on 20th-21st century French and francophone Caribbean literature. PhD in French, Emory University (2016), with certificates in Psychoanalytic Studies and Comparative Literature MA in French, Miami University (2010) Stamm specializes in ecocritical analysis , examining how surrealism, feminist utopias, and post-exotic literature engage with ecological crises. Her research spans topics like queer ecology , vegetal transhumanism , and postcolonial environmental trauma , often through interdisciplinary lenses combining psychoanalysis and postcolonial theory. Recent publications explore intersections of racial capitalism , intergenerational trauma , and botanical agency in francophone Caribbean contexts. She actively translates works like Antoine Volodine's Songes de Mevlido and participates in podcasts such as ASLE EcoCast, discussing plant-oriented critical theory and speculative narratives. Her scholarship contributes to evolving frameworks in ecopoetics , nonhuman subjectivity , and decolonial environmentalism , with affiliations to academic institutions in France and the Caribbean.

• Environmental Humanities
• Speculative Literature
• 20th-21st Century French and Francophone Studies
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Jennifer Peeples is a Full Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Utah State University, where she contributes to the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Her research lies at the intersection of environmental and visual rhetoric, exploring how discourse and imagery shape public understanding of energy transition, pollution, and public health. Her research interests focus on how visual images communicate environmental risk and public health concerns. She investigates the rhetorical construction of toxicity and the role of visual narratives in environmental advocacy. Her work emphasizes environmental justice, particularly in relation to race and access to outdoor spaces. The recent publications show a strong trend in environmental communication, with a focus on visual rhetoric, discourse analysis, climate activism, and the intersection of race and environmental access. Her scholarship spans book chapters, edited volumes, and peer-reviewed articles in prominent communication journals. Co-editor, Communication, Race, and Outdoor Spaces (2022) Contributor, Handbook of Environment and Communication (2nd ed., 2022) Chapter: Toxic Grotesque Landscapes (2022) Article: Strategic Gestures in Bill McKibben’s Climate Change Rhetoric (2019) Jennifer Peeples has co-authored or co-edited three significant books, including Under Pressure: Coal Industry Rhetoric and Neoliberalism (2016) and Voice and Environmental Communication (2014), demonstrating sustained scholarly leadership. She regularly mentors graduate students through methods training in rhetorical criticism and teaches core courses such as Environmental Communication and Visual Rhetoric. While specific grants are not listed, her editorial roles and frequent publications indicate active research funding and academic engagement. She is also involved in interdisciplinary collaborations, particularly around environmental justice and communication equity.

• Environmental Communication
• Visual Rhetoric
• Environmental Rhetoric
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Steven Robert Swarbrick is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences, Baruch College, City University of New York. He specializes in English Renaissance literature, critical theory, queer theory, psychoanalysis, and ecocriticism, with a focus on intersections between environmental thought and posthumanism. His research engages with Deleuzean philosophy, Shakespearean studies, and interdisciplinary methodologies. Ph.D. , English, Brown University, Providence, RI B.A. , English, San Francisco State University Professor Swarbrick's research explores the relationships between Renaissance ecological poetics, queer negativity, and the environmental unconscious. His work interrogates how early modern texts anticipate contemporary debates around extinction, asexuality, and object-oriented ontologies. Key projects include The Environmental Unconscious: Ecological Poetics from Spenser to Milton (2023) and The Earth Is Evil (2025), alongside collaborations on cinematic and posthumanist critiques. Recent publications demonstrate trends in ecocritical Shakespeare studies , queer posthumanism , and Deleuzean interpretations of Renaissance texts . His scholarship bridges literary analysis with philosophical inquiry, emphasizing destructive environmentalism and the prosthetic imagination. He teaches courses such as Shakespeare, Great Works of Literature, and Renaissance Poetry, with a pedagogical approach rooted in critical theory and interdisciplinary engagement.

• English Renaissance literature
• Critical theory
• Queer theory
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Patrick Barron is a Professor in the Department of English at the University of Massachusetts Boston, based in Wheatley Hall, Floor 06. His academic expertise spans twentieth-century American and Italian poetry, environmental literature, Native American literature, professional writing, and literary translation. Education: PhD, University of Nevada, Reno MS in Geography, University of Nevada, Reno MA, Queen's University of Belfast BA, University of Oregon Barron's research integrates literary studies with geography and environmental humanities, focusing on spatial representations in poetry and prose. His work examines agropastoral landscapes, urban wastelands ("terrain vague"), and cross-cultural literary exchanges between American and Italian traditions. He specializes in ecocritical approaches to Native American literature and environmental writing. His publication trajectory reveals consistent engagement with spatial theory across American and Italian contexts, from Edward Dorn's Western poetry to Fellini's cinematic Rome. Barron's translations of Andrea Zanzotto and Gianni Celati highlight his bridging of literary traditions through environmental and spatial lenses.

• Twentieth-century American and Italian Poetry
• Environmental Literature and Ecocriticism
• Native American Literature
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Alicia Carroll is a Professor and Department Chair of English at Auburn University . She holds a PhD from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and specializes in Victorian Studies and Ecocriticism . Carroll actively mentors both graduate and undergraduate students in these fields. Department Chair, English Member of UKI Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment Member of American Association for Studies in Literature and the Environment (serving in Diversity Caucus) Research Interests focus on 19th-century British literature and culture, green cultural studies, environmental humanities, women's and gender studies, and Victorian ecocriticism. Her work explores intersections of gender, ecology, and cultural production during the Victorian era. Key Publications include her monograph New Woman Ecologies: From Arts and Crafts to the Great War and Beyond (2019) and co-edited works examining Victorian environmental narratives. She also contributed to the Quilts of Gee’s Bend in Context website as a lead faculty member.

• Victorian Studies
• Ecocriticism
• Environmental Humanities
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