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On Quandary Peak, Colorado. 14,271 feet.
Jim Wohlpart is a full professor in
the Department of Language and Literature, teaching Environmental
Literature at the upper division level. He is also Associate Dean in the
College of Arts and Sciences, responsible for planning and assessment,
overseeing graduate programs, and integrative and interdisciplinary
initiatives, including first year and transition experience programs and
projects. His scholarly interests focus on Environmental Literature to
include women’s literature, Native American literature, and nineteenth and
twentieth century American literature. He has recently co-edited a volume
entitled A Voice for Earth: American Writers Respond to the Earth
Charter (University of Georgia Press, 2008).
Teaching Teaching
Philosophy Course Syllabi American Literature--Research and Analysis Website
The ALRA website was a project that was developed in American literature classes that I taught from 1994 to 2000. All of the information that is included on these websites is from peer-reviewed sources and was closely scrutinized for inclusion in these pages. Many teachers and scholars have found this site helpful in developing teaching materials for high school and college classes. Click here to get to the ALRA Website.
Service University Service
Professional
Appointments 2008-present Senior Scholar, Center for Environmental and Sustainability Education, Florida Gulf Coast University 2007-2010 Redesign Scholar, National Center for Academic Transformation Consultations: Seton Hall University, Arizona State University, Truman State University, University of West Alabama National Center for Academic Transformation 2006-2009 Advisory Board Member, University Press of Florida 2006 SACS Assessment Team, Ex-Officio Member, Edison College April 2006 Lead Reviewer, Quality Enhancement Plan for the University of North Texas SACS Reaffirmation of Accreditation 2004-2008 Associate Director, Center for Environmental and Sustainability Education, Florida Gulf Coast University Community Service Wahkochobee Earth Charter Project, Board of Directors, Member Southwest Florida (Fall 2004 to present) Estero Bay Buddies, Board of Directors, Secretary Lee County (Spring 2002 to present) ECOSanibel, Founding Member Sanibel Island (Fall 2001 to 2007) Estero Bay Buddies, Board of Directors, Member Lee County (Fall 2000 to Spring 2002) Boy Scouts of America, Assistant Den Leader San Carlos Park (Fall 1999 to Fall 2001) Soccer and Baseball Coach and Assistant Coach San Carlos Park (Fall 1998 to Fall 2001)
Scholarship Corcoran, Peter Blaze and A. James Wohlpart, Eds. A Voice for Earth: American Writers Respond to the Earth Charter. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2008.
A Voice for Earth: American Writers Respond to the Earth Charter offers a literary language that seeks to bring to life the concepts in the Earth Charter. We trust that these works do so with a richness of interpretation and possibility, though not in an authoritative way, but rather in a way that allows translation into different cultural settings. The works in this collection demonstrate, through the vitality of literature, the power and importance of the ethical principles of the Earth Charter. The contributions are intended to awaken an understanding of the ethical nature of our current situation and to offer a rich and fertile rendering of the ways in which ethical principles connect our daily lives to wider political, economic, and social concerns. The hope of A Voice for Earth: American Writers Respond to the Earth Charter is to articulate a new story built upon a new way of being in the world. As many of the works suggest, this new way of being will be founded on an enlarged worldview that takes into account future human generations along with the other-than-human. Several of the pieces in the collection describe how we have lost our way, how we have lost a sense of values that could guide us down a path that is sustainable not only in our relationship to Earth but also to the spirit. Yet these literary responses also lay the groundwork for charting a new path, for recapturing the wisdom of ancient traditions and reformulating current practices and beliefs. The new story of the twenty-first century as envisioned in these works can lead us to a world of ecological integrity and nonviolence, a world that protects life on Earth and is founded on sustainable economic, political, and social systems, a world that sustains not only our physical bodies but also our spirits. Contributors include Steven C. Rockefeller, Terry Tempest Williams, Mary Evelyn Tucker, Allison Hawthorne Deming, and others. Click here to view ordering information from the publisher's website.
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