Catherine Meeks Quinlan

Catherine Meeks Quinlan is an Associate Lecturer in the English Department at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC). She holds an MFA in Fiction Writing from Warren Wilson College (2015) and an MS in Environmental Studies with a focus on Environmental Writing from the University of Montana (2006). Her teaching and research emphasize interdisciplinary connections between the humanities and natural sciences.

• Education:
  • MFA, Warren Wilson College - Creative Writing
  • MS, University of Montana - Environmental Studies
  • BA, Berry College - English Literature

Her instructional focus includes Environmental Writing, Literature, and Scientific Writing courses, often integrating guest lecturers from Anthropology, Biology, Geology, and Environmental Science. She developed a "Sense of Place"-themed Rhetoric and Composition course linked with Geology tutorials and advocates for cross-listed General Education courses between Environmental Studies (EVST) and English.

Quinlan co-founded the Fall Line South Field Institute, offering interdisciplinary summer field courses for high school students, and organized UTC's Instructional Excellence Retreat on Sustainability in the Curriculum. Her publications appear in environmentally focused journals like Ecotone and Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment (ISLE).

• Awards:
  • Rona Jaffe Fellowship