Joshua Mabie, Assistant Professor

Office location: Laurentide 3210
Phone: 
Email: mabiej@uww.edu

DEGREE:

PhD University of Minnesota

AREAS OF TEACHING:

American literature, environmental literature / ecocriticism

RESEARCH AREAS:  

Nineteenth century travel and pilgrimage narratives, architecture and the built environment, representations of the Holy Land

SELECT PUBLICATIONS / PRESENTATIONS:

"The Problem of the Prodigal in The Fair Maid of the West, The Renegado, and A Christian Turned Turk" in Renascence 64.4 (Summer 2012).
"The Ecological Roots of a Religious Crisis: Melville, Twain, and the Land of Milk and Honey," presentation to the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment Biennial Conference, May 2011.

COURSES TAUGHT:

Freshman English, American Environmental Literature, American Literature I, American Literature II, Literature of the Wilderness, British Literature II

HOBBIES AND INTERESTS:

Rock climbing and mountaineering, exploring Wisconsin's beautiful state and county parks, strolling through the Madison farmers' market, perusing the pastry selection at Fosdel's bakery in Stoughton (my new hometown).