I would be interested in this especially if I could address it from the point of view of contingent or non-tenured faculty.

My chapter “East to West – The Inter-Connectedness of All Things Created” will be published in the forthcoming book Sustainability in/and Writing Intensive Courses as part of the Lexington Books’ Ecocritical Theory and Practice Series. The book should be out by MLA 2017.

Thanks!

Pam

I am writing in support of creating a Forum for Southeast Asia and Southeast Asian Diasporic

That sounds like a great idea! I am piloting a new course I’ve developed called Daoism and the Environment and I am combining the Daodejing with more traditional environmental writing including many Native American poets and writers. This grew out of a paper I did last year for an Ecocriticism panel. We’re in our second week of classes and the…[Read more]

Hi Margaret,

Although I teach primarily for English now, I taught Humanities for several years. In my course Challenges to Modern Culture my students were tasked with each identifying and researching a particular group of people who are disenfranchised in some way. For their final project each student would present their findings to their…[Read more]

I would certainly be interested in a panel that dealt with Human/Nature Interface. I am developing a new course in Daoism and the Environment so I am exploring the idea of environmental aspects of the Daodejing and using it as an environmental text. I would consider a paper on that if it is appropriate. I know of course that the Daodejing is not…[Read more]

Hi,

If it will help I am willing to volunteer. Primarily I deal with Confucianism and Daoism, considerably earlier than 14th century, but if you need people I’m willing to serve. I already serve on the Contingent Labor for the Profession Committee so I’m not sure how that would affect me serving here.  That’s a committee not a forum so I do not…[Read more]

Hello Pedro,

My university is right on the Texas/Mexican border so the overwhelming majority of our students learned Spanish first and English is their second language. We also have a large number of Mexican nationals who attend along with students from other foreign countries. My experience is that our weakest students are the ones who have come…[Read more]

I support the formation of Pre-14th Century Chinese. I am particularly interested in Daoist/Confucianist works and would be happy to serve on a committee or help in any way.