Marsha Weisiger
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Graduate study at the University of Oregon

_Mentoring students is a responsibility I take quite seriously. I accept graduate students primarily in U.S. environmental history and the history of the American West, including those whose research is on popular culture and Native America (in collaboration with my colleague Jeffrey Ostler). The quality I most value in prospective students, aside from strong research and analytical skills, is a demonstrable commitment to clear narrative writing. Prospective students should refer to my university website for more information.


I teach environmental history and the history of the American West.

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Undergraduate environmental history class hiking at Fall Creek, Willamette National Forest

Join us at the Center for Environmental Futures
& the Cascadia Environmental History Collaborative

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To enhance the learning environment for graduate and undergraduate students and facilitate collaborative work among colleagues, I helped launch co-found the Center for Environmental Futures at the University of Oregon, of which I am co-director, with my colleague Stephanie LeMenager. We sponsor various symposia, lectures, and performances, the annual Emerald Earth Film Festival, and the annual Understories Writers' Workshop, and we co-sponsor the Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change Lecture. Additionally, we offer financial support for a Senior Visiting Scholar program, a post-doctoral fellowship, dissertation fellowships, undergraduate research awards, and faculty research awards. We also welcome self-funded visiting scholars. Finally, we will soon relaunch an on-line journal, Ecotone, for UO undergraduates and graduate students.  For more information about upcoming programs, click here to visit our website.






I also co-founded the Cascadia Environmental History Collaborative (with my colleague Linda Nash of the University of Washington, and now co-organized with my colleague Josh Reid, of the University of Washington). We hold annual retreats at Pack Forest Research Station, near Mount Rainier. Graduate students in environmental history attend this three-day retreat at no cost, thanks to generous support from the Cornwall Fund.
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Members of CEHC at the base of Nisqually Glacier, 2014
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  • Home
  • Writings
    • Dreaming of Sheep in Navajo Country
    • Scholarly Essays
    • Journal Writings
  • Research
    • Western Rivers
    • Ecotopia Rising
  • Teaching
    • Graduate Study
    • Archival Sources
    • Resources
    • Four Corners Project
    • Middle Ground Project
  • Speaking
  • Contact