Recent, Representative Peer Reviewed and Invited Publications and Presentations

Environmental Literature and Sustainability Education

Wohlpart, A. James and Megan Melvin. “Developing an Ethics of Sustainability: Reading Environmental Literature through the Earth Charter.” Young People, Education, and Sustainable Development. (forthcoming)

“The Work of Restoration Ecology: Restoring Biography and Landscape in Janisse Ray’s Ecology of a Cracker Childhood.” Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association. Reno, NV: October 9-11, 2008.

Wohlpart, A. James and Peter Blaze Corcoran, editors. A Voice for Earth: American Writers Respond to the Earth Charter. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2008. Forthcoming.

Wohlpart, A. James and Peter Blaze Corcoran. Introduction. A Voice for Earth: American Writers Respond to the Earth Charter. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2008. Forthcoming.

“Literary Aperture.” Invited and peer-reviewed introductory essay. American Vignette. Bonita Springs, FL: Photography for the Preservation of Landscapes, 2008 (forthcoming). 5-7.

Corcoran, Peter Blaze and A. James Wohlpart. “Infusing the Earth Charter into Research and Curriculum: One American University’s Example.” Good Practices using the Earth Charter. San Jose, Costa Rica: UNESCO Education Sector, 2007. 110-14.

“Healing the Earth/Healing the Self: Remembering the Forgotten Knowledge in Linda Hogan’s Work.” Native American Literature Session. Rocky Mountain Modern Language Associate Convention. Calgary: October 4-6, 2007.

“‘A larger life than our own’: Linda Hogan’s Dwellings as Native Ceremony.” Seventh Biennial Conference of the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment. Spartanburg, SC: June 12-16, 2007.

“Environmental Humanities.” Fifth Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities. Honolulu, Hawaii: January 12-15, 2007

“Listening to the Forgotten Language: A Journey into Stillness and Peace.” 27^th Annual Convention of the International Listening Association, “Listening: The Language of Peace.” Salem, Oregon: April 20-22, 2006.

“Sustainability in the Mission and Curriculum at Florida Gulf Coast University.” Higher Education Thematic Session. Earth Charter+5 Meeting. Amsterdam: 7-8 November 2005.

“A Voice for the Earth: The Rachel Carson Center and Environmental Literature at Florida Gulf Coast University.” Sixth Biennial Conference of the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment. Eugene, OR: 22 June 2005.

With Peter Blaze Corcoran. “The Challenges of Infusing Sustainability Across the Campus: The Curriculum and Campus Operations at Florida Gulf Coast University.” Sustainable Development Education: Holistic and Integrative Educational and Management Approaches For Ensuring Sustainable Societies.  Monterrey, Mexico: 9 June 2004.

With Peter Blaze Corcoran. Global Higher Education for Sustainability Toolkit Consultation. Sustainable Development Education: Holistic and Integrative Educational and Management Approaches For Ensuring Sustainable Societies.  Monterrey, Mexico: 8 June 2004.

With Peter Blaze Corcoran. Global Higher Education for Sustainability Toolkit Consultation. Reorienting Teacher Education Toward Sustainability. Miami, Florida: 14 February 2004.

Course Redesign

Wohlpart, A. James, Craig Rademacher, and Chuck Lindsey. “The Reliability of Computer Software to Score Essays: Innovations in a Humanities Course.” Computers and Composition 25.2 (2008): 203-223.

“Hot Topics in Course Redesign: What about the English Department.” The Redesign Alliance Second Annual Conference. Orlando: March 16-18, 2008.

“Disciplinary Showcase: Understanding Visual and Performing Arts.” The Redesign Alliance Second Annual Conference. Orlando: March 16-18, 2008.

“Redesign of Understanding Visual and Performing Arts.” Learning by Design. State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. Richmond: November 9, 2007.

Wohlpart, A. James, Craig Rademacher, Lisa Courcier, Scott Karakas, and Chuck Lindsey. “Online Education in the Visual and Performing Arts: Strategies for Increasing Learning and Reducing Costs.” Journal of Educators Online 3.1 (January 2006).

“Requiring Assignments in the Redesign of Large Enrollment Courses.” Freshman Don’t Do Optional. The Redesign Alliance First Annual Conference. Orlando: March 18-20, 2007.

“Redesign of Understanding Visual and Performing Arts.” Disciplinary Showcase. The Redesign Alliance First Annual Conference. Orlando: March 18-20, 2007.

“Technology in the Redesign of a Humanities Class.” Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association Meeting. Coeur d’Alene: 21 October 2005.

 “Understanding Visual and Performing Arts.” Increasing Success for Underserved Students: Redesigning Introductory Courses. Orlando, FL: 28 January 2005.

“Un-bundling Faculty Duties in Understanding the Visual and Performing Arts.” Saving Dollars and Making Sense: ‘Un-bundling’ Faculty Duties in Distance Courses. Dallas TeleLearning Professional Development Seminars on Teaching and Learning in the 21^st Century. Dallas: 18 November 2004.

Plenary Talk. “The Use of Technology to Redesign a Humanities Class: Strategies for Reducing Costs and Increasing Learning.” Course Redesign Symposium. Seton Hall University: 5 May 2004.