Craig Thomas
PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Advisor, Graduate Sustainability Programs
Research Areas
Sustainability studies, sustainability history, environmental humanities, environmental studies, socio-ecological systems, climate action planning, “wicked” problems, transdisciplinary education
Education
- PhD, Sustainability, Arizona State University, 2015
- MLA, Sustainability and Environmental Management, Harvard University, 2012
- MFA, Writing and Poetics, Naropa University, 1998
- BA, English (cum laude), Ohio State University, 1991
Recent Publications
- “Studying American Naturalists for Transdisciplinary Solutions for Today’s Wicked Problems." Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment. Oxford University Press.
- Sustainability and the American Naturalist Tradition: Revisiting Henry David Thoreau, Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carson & Edward O. Wilson. 2018. Bielefeld, Germany: Transcript Verlag (distributed by Columbia University Press).
- In Progress: “International Partnership Models for Interdisciplinary and Sustainability Education: What Works?”
- “An Intellectual History of Sustainability.” 2016-2019. In Sustainability for the 21st Century: Pathways, Programs, and Policies., 1st, 2nd and 3rd Edition. pp. 39-62. Pijawka, K.D., Hagen, B., Eds. Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt.
Courses Taught
- EVS 118 – Introduction to Environmental Studies
- EVS 199 -- Weather and Climate
- EVS 317 – The Politics of Sustainability
- EVS 330 – Sustainability and Community
- EVS 417/517 – Sustainability and American Culture
- EVS 418 – Environmental Problems