I write and teach about landscape and resilience.

We express our understandings of nature through art, literature, science, and the landscapes we call home. I study these forms of expression for what they reveal—about what we believe, how we love and how we imagine, and why we struggle to understand that we, too, are part of the nature we grieve.

Through teaching, writing, and outreach,
I explore natural history, pursue hope, and seek healing.

 RECENT & UPCOMING EVENTS

Summer 2026
THE ENVIRONMENTAL LEGACY OF EMERSON’S NATURE
Teaching Faculty, Bread Loaf School of English

February 27-March 1, 2026
THE BODY AS GROUND IN AN AGE OF ATTENTION
Workshop Leader, The Bread Loaf School of English Winter Institute
middlebury.edu/school-english/winter-institute

October 3-5, 2025
INVITED PARTICIPANT at EXPANDING CIRCLES: TRANSCENDENTALISM’S PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
Symposium Hosted by the Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard University
Read a synopsis of the symposium here.

September 8, 2025
RECIPIENT of the OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN THE HUMANITIES AWARD from the Idaho Humanities Council
Read the award annoucement here: idahohumanities.org/programs/outstanding-achievement-awards/

Summer 2025
WRITING THE BODY IN PLACE and THOREAU’S WALDEN: ON MATTER, NATURE, and MEANING
Teaching Faculty, Bread Loaf School of English

June 7, 2025
AWARDING of the 2025 THOREAU PRIZE IN LITERARY NATURE WRITING: HONORING ROBERT MACFARLANE
Award Committee Chair, Thoreau Prize Committee
Watch a recording of the event: youtube.com/watch?v=5p7iRlKwIpE

May 1, 2025 at 7PM Eastern Time
INVITED LECTURER: THE MAKING OF A YOUNG NATURALIST: SUSAN FENIMORE COOPER’S GRAND EUROPEAN TOUR (via ZOOM)

Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, New York
Watch the lecture here: Susan Fenimore Cooper's Youth in Europe: The Making of Environmental Understanding