Amanda Hagood

Animal Studies Instructor

Seibert 200A

Degrees

  • Ph. D., American Literature, Vanderbilt University
  • M.A., American Literature, Vanderbilt University
  • B.A., English & Creative Writing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Courses taught

  • Climate Futures in Fiction and Film
  • Imagining Justice
  • Writing the Animal

Selected publications

  • “John Muir Comes To Florida, Almost Dies, and Writes a Book About It.” Forthcoming in The Journal of Florida Studies, Spring 2021.
  • “Gators.” Salt Creek: Nature, Community, and Place in South St. Petersburg. Ed. Hannah Gorski, Alison Hardage, and Michelle Sonnenburg. University of South Florida St. Petersburg. 2017.
  • “Classroom Ecotones: Connecting Place-Based Pedagogy and Blended Learning.” Written with Dr. Carmel Price, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan-Dearborn. Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and the Environment. 23.2 (Summer 2016).
  • “Sister Classrooms: Blogging Across Disciplines and Campuses.” Written with Dr. Carmel Price, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan- Dearborn. Web Writing: Why & How For Liberal Arts Teaching and Learning. University of Michigan Press. 2015.
  • “Giant Ants and Shrinking Men: Domesticating Technology in The Incredible Shrinking Man.” Reading Richard Matheson: A Critical Survey. Scarecrow Press. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 2014.
  • “Wonders with the Sea: Rachel Carson’s Ecological Aesthetic and the Mid-Century Reader.” Environmental Humanities. Volume 2. Spring 2013.

Banner photo (top) by Sabean Pia-Needleman ’21