Nels Christensen
Professor of English
Education
- B.A., California State University
- M.A., Michigan State University
- Ph.D., Michigan State University
Courses
- Composition
- The Idea of Nature and the Nature of Ideas
- Writing in Place
- Terrorists and Treehuggers
- Black Environmentalism
Areas of Interest
Research and Writing: Ecocriticism, Ecopedagogy, and Environmental Creative Non-Fiction
Publications
Learning Where the Weather Is Real: Why Teaching in Bad Weather Is Good. Resilience: A Journal of the Environmental Humanities
Facing the Weather in James Galvin’s The Meadow and Cormac McCarthy’s The Road Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment (ISLE) 21:1 (Winter 2014)
Leaving a Trace Wake: Great Lakes Thought and Culture
The Art of Stillness Gray’s Sporting Journal
The Way You Do It Sports Afield
Awards
- Mark Sheldon Putnam and Mildred Plate Putnam Faculty Mentoring
- Across Ages Mentoring Youth Leadership Award, with Jess Roberts
- NAACP Community Service Award, with Jess Roberts
- Students’ Choice Award, Albion College
- Margaret and Paul Lurie Award for Excellence in Teaching, Honors
Program, University of Michigan. - John A. Yunck Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement, Michigan
State University. - Somers Teaching Award, Michigan State University
- Michigan State University Excellence in Teaching Award, Nomination