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.
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Join us at the Center for Environmental Futures
& the Cascadia Environmental History Collaborative
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.
Members of CEHC at the base of Nisqually Glacier, 2014
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