This summer, Professor Charles Waugh accepted a position as assistant editor for fiction at ISLE, the official publication of the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment and the top US journal in the field of ecocriticism. ISLE provides an interdisciplinary venue for writing about the relation between human beings and the natural world, and it is seeking to improve its creative offerings. It has been edited for the past 25 years by the indefatigable Scott Slovic, who has helped thousands of young writers find their voice and their audience. The new editors--Christina Gerhardt and Jennifer Westerman--aim to build on that foundation and have invited KT Thompson, Cecily Parks, and Jennifer Chang along with Waugh to help out with the editing of the creative side of the journal. Check out the journal at https://academic.oup.com/isle.
Mufti Nadimul Quamar Ahmed is a graduate student in his second year, pursuing a doctorate in sociology at USU. He recently helped survey Utahns to see if environmental concerns affect the decision to have children.
Utah State University President’s Office recently held receptions for this year’s round of inaugural lectures. Three recently promoted faculty in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences presented thoughtful reflections on their research and the even...
