Edward G. “Ned” Schaumberg edward.schaumberg@uta.edu
EDUCATION
PhD, English, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, June 2018
Dissertation – “Waterlogged: Narrating Hydroecologies in the Anthropocene”
Committee: Gillian Harkins, Jesse Oak Taylor (co-chairs), Gary Handwerk, Richard Watts
MA, English, University of Washington, Seattle, June 2012
Thesis: “The Ecology of Existentialism in Cormac McCarthy’s Suttree”
Committee: Gillian Harkins (chair), Gary Handwerk
BA, English Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, May 2009
Summa Cum Laude, with Departmental Honors
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2018 – Seedbox Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas at Arlington
PUBLICATIONS
“Living, Land-Broken Waters: Spiritual Epistemology in Linda Hogan’s Solar Storms,” Mosaic: An Interdisciplinary Critical Journal, forthcoming
MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION
“Beyond Biophilia: Brenda Hillman’s Situational Ecopoetics” (in revision)
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Seedbox Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Blue Humanities, hosted by University of Texas at Arlington. Sponsored by the Seedbox Research Colaboratory, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
TEACHING
Instructor of Record, University of Washington:
Global Environmental Literature (Seminar): novels from India, Nigeria, US/Brazil, Maori New Zealand, and Haisla First Nation. Summer 2017, 2018
The Nature Essay (Hybrid creative/critical course): US Nature Writing, Thoreau – present. Summer 2016
Science Writing for Diverse Audiences: Designed and taught pilot course for UW Marine Biology field station, Integrated writing into a field science curriculum. Spring 2016, 2017
Communication for Environmental Studies: Environmental Humanities and Environmental Science/Policy writing, with focus on Indigenous perspectives and local environmental issues. Spring 2014 – Spring 2018
Literature and the Environment: “Expanding Nature”: Introductory Environmental Humanities. Spring 2015
LEAP – Writing Ready: incoming Freshmen (athletes) w/ extremely varied backgrounds and skill levels. Summers 2012–2015
Defining Nature (Composition with Service Learning): covers grant writing and Environmental Rhetoric, Integrated service/experiential learning. Autumn 2013 – Winter 2014
“Stretch” Composition: First-generation college students from low-income backgrounds. Autumn 2012 – Winter 2013
Composition: students outside the humanities, with regular conferences and advising for early-career undergraduates. Autumn 2011 – Spring 2012
Teaching Assistant, University of Washington
Literature and the Environment: Liaison to HS classes; assisted in grading, lecturing, and coordinating high school curricular development. Spring 2013.
INVITED TALKS
2017 “Narrative Science: Expanding Audience and Influence in Research.” Presented to the Environmental Fluid Mechanics Group, Applied Physics Lab, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. 31 March 2017.“
2014 “A Vibrant Climate: non-human agents in discussions of climate change.” Presented at the Ben Rabinowitz Symposium in Environmental Ethics, Seattle, WA. 4 October 2014.
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
2018. “Medeas of the Bayou in Jesmyn Ward’s Salvage the Bones” Presented at the 2018 International Conference on Narrative, Montreal, QC. 20 April 2018.
2017. “‘The Waters Must Prevail:’ Narrative Limits in Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide” Presented at the biennial conference of the Association for Study of Literature and the Environment, Detroit, MI. 24 June 2017.
2016. “Embracing the Inhuman: Water, Spirituality, and Selfhood in Linda Hogan’s Solar Storms” Presented at Under Western Skies 2016 Annual Conference, Calgary, AB. 28 September 2016.
2015. “The Ecopoetic Reciprocity of Brenda Hillman’s ‘Hydrology of California’” Presented at the annual conference of the Western Literature Association, Reno, NV. 17 October 2015.
2015. “The Multi-temporality of Agency in Graham Swift’s Waterland.” Presented at the biennial conference of the Association for Study of Literature and the Environment, Moscow, ID. 27 June 2015.
2014. “Weather, Vitality, and Environmental Experience in Ceremony and River-Horse” Presented at the annual conference of the Western Literature Association, Victoria, BC. 6 November 2014.
2013. “Your Family Tree: Natural Environments and Identity in Americo Parédes’s George Washington Gómez.” Presented at the biennial conference of the Association for Study of Literature and the Environment, Lawrence, KS. 1 June 2013.
2013. “The Beginning is the End is the Beginning: An Ecopoetic Reading of ‘The Walls Do Not Fall’” Presented at the first annual Reno-vation: Transforming Our Local Community, Reno, NV. 2 March 2013.
2012. “The Ecology of Existentialism in Cormac McCarthy’s Suttree.” Presented at the annual conference of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Languages Association, Seattle, WA. 19 October 2012.
PANELS ORGANIZED
2017. “Materiality and Narrative Agency”, biennial conference of the Association for Study of Literature and the Environment, Detroit, MI. 24 June 2017.
2016. “Treacherous Waters: Narrative Intersections of Materiality, Identity, and Politics” Under Western Skies 2016 annual conference, Calgary, AB. 28 Sept 2016.
2016. “Meet Your Future: Environmental Consulting” UW Program on the Environment, Seattle, WA. 11 Jan 2016.
2015. “Fear and Longing: Experiences of Material Water in Literature”, biennial conference of the Association for Study of Literature and the Environment, Moscow, ID. 27 June 2015.
RESEARCH/TEACHING INTERESTS
Global Anglophone Literatures, Ecocriticism, Indigenous Literatures, American Multiethnic Literatures, Twentieth-Century American Literature, Composition, Creative Nonfiction
ADVISING
Environmental Studies Capstone Advisor: 2014 – 2016
Environmental Studies Independent Study Advisor: 2015 – 2017
SERVICE
Faculty Advisor – SAGE (Student Environmental Studies organization) – 2015-2018
Program on the Environment Teaching Team Member – 2014-2018
POE Curriculum committee member – 2017 – 2018
POE Sustainability Minor committee member – 2017 – 2018
Science Writing Course Design Committee, Friday Harbor Laboratories – 2015
English Department Graduate Mentor – 2014-2015
Co-Leader, LEAP Program, 2013 – 2015
Curriculum Design Co-Leader, LEAP Program, 2015
Critical Classrooms Program – 2011 – 2013
HONORS AND AWARDS
UW Excellence in Teaching Award – Finalist – 2015
Joan Webber Award for Outstanding Teaching – Honorable Mention – 2014
Richard J. Dunn Award for First-Year Teachers – Honorable Mention – 2012
Scholarship – English-Speaking Union – Recruitment Scholarship, 2010
Phi Beta Kappa – 2009
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Modern Language Association – Student Member
Association for Study of Literature and the Environment – Student Member
Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association – Student Member
Western Literature Association – Student Member