Graduate Handbook

Graduate Programs

The colleges and universities included in this listing provide a useful starting point, but they should by no means be considered the only schools whose programs are receptive to scholarship in literature and environment.

Prominent Programs

The following universities were most frequently recommended by ASLE members as featuring graduate programs that offer strong faculty interest in and support for studies in literature and environment. The programs, listed in alphabetical order, are featured partly because of their distinctive strengths: outstanding scholars in the field, a wide web of faculty support for the study of literature and environment, opportunity for formal or informal degree emphasis, and/or numerous graduate students already studying literature and environment.

Antioch University New England: Environmental Studies

University of California, Davis: English

University of Montana, Missoula: Environmental Studies, Environmental Writing Institute

University of Nevada, Reno: English, Academy for the Environment

University of Oregon, Eugene: English (Ecocriticism at the University of Oregon), Environmental Studies

Notable Programs

The following colleges and universities, listed in alphabetical order by state, house programs in a variety of disciplines that offer benefits to the student of literature and environment. They may, for example, have a faculty member active in ASLE, offer relevant course work, or provide support for interdisciplinary study. The possibilities for study in literature and environment exist in varying degrees at these schools, so it is the student's responsibility to seek out information regarding course work and faculty support. Programs to examine at these schools may be found in such departments as English, environmental studies, American studies, history, philosophy, geography, and natural resources.

Alaska:  University of Alaska, Anchorage

California:
  California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
  Stanford University, Stanford
  University of California, Berkeley
  University of California, Santa Barbara
  University of Southern California, Los Angeles

Colorado:
  Colorado College, Colorado Springs
  Colorado State University, Fort Collins
  University of Colorado, Boulder

Connecticut:  Wesleyan University, Middletown

District of Columbia:  Georgetown University, Washington, DC

Idaho:  Boise State University, Boise

Indiana:  Indiana University, Bloomington

Kansas:
Kansas State University, Manhattan
University of Kansas, Lawrence

Maine:  University of Southern Maine, Portland

Massachusetts:  Harvard University, Cambridge

Michigan:
Michigan State University, East Lansing
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo

Minnesota:  University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Mississippi:  University of Mississippi, Oxford

New Hampshire: 
Dartmouth College, Hanover
University of New Hampshire, Durham

New Jersey:  Princeton University, Princeton

New Mexico:  New Mexico State University, Las Cruces

New York:  State University of New York, Brockport

Ohio: 
Kent State University, Kent
The Ohio State University, Columbus
Union Institute and University, Cincinnati

Oregon:  Oregon State University, Corvallis

Pennsylvania:
Chatham University, Pittsburgh 
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana

Rhode Island:  Brown University, Providence

Texas:
Texas State University, San Marcos
University of Houston, Houston
University of North Texas, Denton

Vermont:  Middlebury College, Middlebury

Virginia: 
University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg

Washington:  Washington State University, Pullman

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