L&E Visitors,
Selected Speaker List 1995-2008

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

David Abram (Essayist, Environmental Philosopher; Santa Fe, New Mexico)

Cass Adams (Editor, Essayist, and Wilderness Therapist; Boulder, Colorado)

Joni Adamson (Ecocritic; University of Arizona, Sierra Vista)

Francisco Alarcon (Poet; University of California, Davis)

Lorraine Anderson (Editor, Ecocritic; Corvallis, Oregon)

Betty Aridjis (Translator, Environmental Activist; Mexico City, Mexico)

Homero Aridjis (Poet, Novelist, Environmental Activist; Mexico City, Mexico)

B

Thomas Bailey (Ecocritic; Western Michigan University)

Rick Bass (Nature Writer, Activist; Troy, Montana)

Keith Basso (Anthropologist, Writer; University of New Mexico)

Jonathan Bate (Ecocritic; University of Warwick, ???)

Bruce Berger (Essayist, Poet; Aspen, Colorado)

Frank Bergon (Novelist, Editor; Vassar College)

Ralph Black (Poet, Ecocritic; SUNY Brockport)

Ruth Blair (Ecocritic; University of Queensland, Australia)

Daniel Botkin (Ecologist, Environmental Historian; Santa Barbara, California)

Emilie Buchwald (Publisher, Milkweed Editions; Minneapolis, Minnesota)

C

John Calderazzo (Environmental Essayist; Colorado State University)

J. Baird Callicott (Environmental Philosopher; University of North Texas)

SueEllen Campbell (Ecocritic, Environmental Essayist; Colorado State University)

Jon Christensen (Environmental Journalist; Washoe Valley, Nevada)

Michael P. Cohen (Environmental Historian, Ecocritic; Reno, Nevada)

Valerie Cohen (Landscape Painter; Reno, Nevada)

Christopher Cokinos (Poet, Essayist; Kansas State University)

Elizabeth Cook-Lynn (Literary Critic; professor emerita, Eastern Washington University)

D

Dan Dagget (Environmental Essayist; Flagstaff, Arizona)

John Daniel (Poet, Nature Writer; Elmira, Oregon)

Wade Davis (Ethnobiologist, Author; Washington, DC)

Alison Deming (Poet, Nature Writer; University of Arizona, Tucson)

Jared Diamond (Natural History Writer; UCLA)

Terrell Dixon (Ecocritic; University of Houston)

Elizabeth Dodd (Poet, Ecocritic; Kansas State University)

Daniel Duane (Adventurer, Nature Writer, Novelist, Ecocritic; San Francisco, California)

Linda Dufurrena (Rancher, Photographer; Winnemucca, Nevada)

E

Timothy Egan (Environmental Journalist; Seattle, Washington)

Paul and Anne Ehrlich (Ecologists; Stanford University)

F

John Felstiner (Ecocritic, Translator; Stanford University)

Claude Fiddler (Photographer; Crowley Lake, California)

Jordan Fisher-Smith (Nature Writer; Nevada City, California)

William L. Fox (Poet, Essayist, Art Critic; Los Angeles, California)

Charlotte McGuinn Freeman (Fiction Writer; northern California)

G

James Galvin (Poet, Fiction Writer; Iowa Writers’ Workshop and Tie Siding, Wyoming)

Don Gayton (Biologist, Environmental Essayist; Nelson, British Columbia)

Terry Gifford (Poet, Ecocritic; Bretton College, Leeds University, U.K.)

Ray Gonzalez (Poet, Editor, Nature Writer; University of Minnesota)

R. Edward Grumbine (Author, Environmental Educator; The Sierra Institute, Santa Cruz, California)

Richard Grusin (Ecocritic; Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta)

H

Joy Harjo (Poet; Honolulu, Hawaii)

Gerald Haslam (Fiction Writer; California State University, Sonoma)

Linda Hasselstrom (Nature Writer, Rancher; Wyoming and South Dakota)

Kenneth Helphand (Editor, Landscape Journal; University of Oregon)

Linda Hogan (Poet, Essayist, Novelist; University of Colorado)

Linda Hussa (Rancher, Poet; Cedarville, California)

I

Walter Isle (Ecocritic; Rice University)

Shoko Itoh (Ecocritic; Hiroshima University, Japan)

J

John Janovy, Jr. (Biologist, Nature Writer; University of Nebraska, Lincoln)

McKay Jenkins (Literary Critic, Journalist, Biographer; University of Delaware)

Theresa Jordan (Essayist, Nature Writer, Painter; Salt Lake City, Utah)

K

Alzada Carlisle Kistner (Nature Writer; Chico, California)

William Kittredge (Fiction Writer, Nature Writer; Missoula, Montana)

Karl Kroeber (Ecocritic; Columbia University, New York)

L

John Lemons (Biologist, Editor of The Environmental Professional; University of New England)

Patricia Nelson Limerick (Environmental Historian; University of Colorado, Boulder)

Teresa Leal (Environmental Activist; Nogales, Arizona)

Herbert Lindenberger (Literary Critic, former MLA President; Stanford University)

Lucy Lippard (Art Critic, Cultural Studies Scholar; Galisteo, New Mexico)

Barry Lopez (Fiction Writer, Nature Writer; Finn Rock, Oregon)

David Lukas (Naturalist; North San Juan, California)

M

Scott MacDonald (Film Scholar; Bard College)

Kim Mahood (Visual Artist, Memoirist; New South Wales, Australia)

Michael McClure (Nature Poet; Oakland, California)

Bill McKibben (Environmental Journalist; Middlebury, Vermont)

Malcolm Margolin (Publisher, Heyday Books; Berkeley, California)

Ian Marshall (Ecological Literary Critic; Penn State-Altoona)

Leo Marx (Literary Critic, Cultural Historian; MIT)

David Mas Masumoto (Farmer, Nature Writer; Fresno, California)

David Mazel (Ecocritic; Adams State University)

Kit Miller (Photographer, Journalist; Carson City, Nevada)

Kathleen Dean Moore (Nature Writer, Philosopher; Corvallis, Oregon)

N

Gary Paul Nabhan (Ethnobotanist, Nature Writer; Tucson, Arizona)

Kent Nelson (Fiction Writer; Salida, Colorado)

Richard K. Nelson (Anthropologist, Nature Writer; Sitka, Alaska)

John Nichols (Novelist, Nature Writer; Taos, New Mexico)

Sheila Nickerson (Poet, Nature Writer; Juneau, Alaska)

Ken-ichi Noda (Ecocritic; Rikkyo University, Japan)

Reed Noss (Biologist, editor of Conservation Biology; Corvallis, Oregon)

Naomi Shihab Nye (Poet, Essayist; San Antonio, Texas)

O

Wendy Oberlander (Mixed-Media Installationist; Vancouver, British Columbia)

John P. O’Grady (Ecocritic; Rocky Mountain College)

Shigeyuki Okajima (Environmental Journalist; Tokyo, Japan)

John Opie (Environmental Historian; New Jersey Institute of Technology)

Simon J. Ortiz (Poet, Fiction Writer; Tucson, Arizona)

P

Tim Palmer (Environmental Writer; Beaver, Pennsylvania)

Devon Peña (Sociologist; University of Washington)

Brenda Peterson (Nature Writer, Novelist; Seattle, Washington)

Jennifer Price (Environmental Historian, Cultural Studies Scholar, Author; UCLA)

E. Annie Proulx (Fiction Writer; Centennial, Wyoming)

Robert Michael Pyle (Ecologist/Lepidopterist, Nature Writer; Gray’s River, Washington)

Q

David Quammen (Natural History Writer; Bozeman, Montana)

R

Barbara Ras (Poet, Editor, University of Georgia Press; Athens, Georgia)

John Reily (Filmmaker; Los Gatos, California)

Robert D. Richardson, Jr. (Biographer of Emerson and Thoreau; Hillsborough, North Carolina)

David Robertson (Photographer, Ecological Literary Critic; University of California, Davis)

David M. Robinson (Ecocritic, Emerson Scholar; Oregon State University)

Doug Robinson (Mountaineer, Essayist; Aptos, California)

Pattiann Rogers (Poet; Castle Rock, Colorado, and University of Arkansas)

Randall Roorda (Ecocritic; University of Kentucky)

William Rossi (Ecocritic, Thoreau Scholar; University of Oregon)

David Rothenberg (Environmental Musician, Environmental Philosopher, Editor of Terra Nova; New Jersey Institute of Technology)

Hal K. Rothman (Environmental Historian, Former Editor of Environmental History; UNLV)

Galen Rowell (Nature Photographer; Berkeley, California)

Running-Grass (Essayist, Environmental Educator; Sausalito, California)

Sharman Apt Russell (Nature Writer; Western New Mexico University)

Kent C. Ryden (Ecocritic; University of Southern Maine)

S

Barton L. St. Armand (Ecocritic; Brown University)

Benjamin Saenz (Poet, Fiction Writer; University of Texas, El Paso)

Jennifer Sahn (Managing Editor, Orion Afield; Great Barrington, Massachusetts)

Don Scheese (Ecocritic, Environmental Essayist; Gustavus Adolphus College)

Lane Simonian (Environmental Historian; Reno, Nevada)

Pete Sinclair (Mountaineer, Philosopher, Essayist; Evergreen State College)

Paul Slovic (Psychologist; University of Oregon)

Agee Smith (Rancher; Wells, Nevada)

Don Snow (Environmental Essayist, Editor; Walla Walla, Washington)

Gary Snyder (Poet, Environmental Essayist; University of California, Davis)

Rebecca Solnit (Art Critic, Environmental Journalist, Activist; San Francisco, California)

David Strong (Environmental Philosopher; Rocky Mountain College)

T

Judy Temple (Literary Critic, Mary Austin chautauqua performer; University of Arizona)

Mitchell Thomashow (Author, Environmental Educator; Antioch New England Graduate School)

George Thompson (Author, Editor, Director, Center for American Places; Harrisonburg, Virginia)

Stephen Trimble (Photographer, Nature Writer; Salt Lake City, Utah)

Kaylynn TwoTrees (Environmental Artist; Flagstaff, Arizona, and Cleveland Museum of Art)

V

Mikel Vause (Mountaineer, Editor, Essayist; Weber State University)

Ann Vileisis (Environmental Historian; Beaver, Pennsylvania)

W

T.H. Watkins (Environmental Essayist; former Wallace Stegner Chair, Montana State University)

Louise Westling (Ecocritic; University of Oregon)

Richard White (Environmental Historian; Stanford University)

Charles Wilkinson (Author, Professor of Law; University of Colorado)

Brooke Williams (Activist, Environmental Essayist; Salt Lake City, Utah)

Terry Tempest Williams (Activist, Nature Writer; Salt Lake City, Utah)

Y

Katsunori Yamazato (Ecological Literary Critic; University of the Ryukus, Japan)

Louise B. Young (Atmospheric Scientist, Environmental Essayist; Chicago, Illinois)

Z

Patrick Zentz (Sculptural Installationist; Montana)

Ann Zwinger (Nature Writer; Colorado Springs, Colorado)

Susan Zwinger (Nature Writer; Whidbey Island, Washington)