Embodied Ecologies and Empowered Communities: Experiential Pedagogies for Environmental Studies
Panel at the 2027 NeMLA Convention
This panel invites theoretical and pedagogical explorations of experiential approaches to teaching environmental studies in higher education through the frameworks of new materialism, transcorporeality, affect theory, and embodied pedagogy. Aligning with NeMLA 2027’s theme, “Empowering Communities,” the panel examines how environmental learning can move beyond hierarchical and text-centered models toward collaborative, community-oriented, and experiential forms of knowledge production. Drawing on theorists such as Stacy Alaimo, Donna Haraway, and Jane Bennett, the panel foregrounds pedagogies that cultivate ecological agency ...
Writing Communities for Environmental Justice: ASLE session at NeMLA
Panel at the Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) Convention, sponsored by the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment (ASLE)
Held March 6-9, 2027, Newport RI.
This roundtable envisions writing as a collaborative act and centers writings that empower Environmental Justice communities. How have/do writing communities negotiate and enact environmental justice? How do writing communities disseminate scientific and technical information towards environmental action and justice? Participants in this roundtable are encouraged to consider:
o How does/can writing raise collective environmental consciousness?
o Writing in the ...