Come write with us at EHN! Our call for pitches is still open and we want to hear from you! #envhist #envhum

If an apparently extinct bird calls in a forest, and there are people there to hear it—to record it, even—is it still extinct? In this open-access article for
Social Studies of Science, I explore the sonic geographies of recent searches for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker:

praying to the job market Gods that I get to do this for the rest of my life 😭

Finished up my last class of the semester today, and I am filled with such immense gratitude to my students. They have made my first time teaching an absolute joy, and their kind words and emails after we wrapped up have me crying (happy tears!!) in my office 🥹

2 more days until the deadline for this!

November for NiCHE - 2023 Fundraising Campaign November is NiCHE's fundraising month, and this year we are doubling our goal to $16,000!

ICYMI: Our fundraising campaign kicked off last week and we're doubling our goal this year!

So far we've gotten 8 contributions. We think that we deserve more support!

Check out what we're going to use the money for here: niche-canada.org/2023/11/01/n...

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At some point I need to stop making panicked trips to the library to get 'books I need for writing' and start, I don't know, writing or something

Calling all animal-focused grad students! We are seeking abstracts for the (virtual!) 2024 AAG Animal Geography Graduate Student Presentation Competition. Abstracts are due by Nov. 10. Please dm or email with any questions, and share with others who might be interested #geosky #envhum #envhist

Oh that looks wonderful, thank you for sharing!

Amazing, thank you so much for your reply! These were exactly the kind of resources I was looking for 😍

What are your favourite examples of investigative/ narrative academic podcasts? Am thinking more 'audio essay' than interview-based. I know there's a lot out there, and I want to listen to as many as I can while I work on my own! 🎙️#geosky #envhum

“No research on a dead planet”: preserving the socio-ecological conditions for academia Emergency declarations, most academics continue to operate according to 'businessas-usual'. However, such passivity increases the risk of climate impacts so severe as to threaten the persistence of or...

“No research on a dead planet”: preserving the socio-ecological conditions for academia

www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....

(excuse typos! As I mentioned.. I am exhausted 😂)

Hoping to, er, find some time to work on that PhD thing as the semester goes on, though 😬

The students have been an absolute dream, and in their mid-term surveys many pointed to the positive, energetic space of the class time we share together. Long may it continue!

So far this semester we've talked about Antheopocene discourse, ecological grief, environmental racism, and (un)natural disasters. After reading week we'll be troubling wilderness, ecotourism, waste flows, and so much more!

Going into reading week absolutely knackered, but buzzing from the experience of starting to teach my very own, re-designed, 'Environments and Society' undergraduate course!

Peeps of autumn on this weekend's ride across Kingston