Janine DeBaise

Instructor

Office: 105 Moon Library
Phone: (315) 470-4776
Email: jdebaise@esf.edu

Education:

• M.A., English/Literature, Syracuse University, 1985
• B.A., English/Writing, Saint Lawrence University, 1983

Academic interests:

Poetry. Ecofeminism. Composition and rhetoric. Contemporary nature literature. Science Literature. Urban nature literature.

Selected Publications:

Book

DeBaise, Janine. 2003. Of a Feather. A collection of poetry. Finishing Line Press: Cincinnati, Ohio.

Poems and creative non-fiction

Poems published in Baltimore Review, Baybury Review, Bitter Oleander, Blue Violin, Chariton Review, Comstock Review, Connecticut River Review, The Distillery, Fireweed, The Fourth River: Nature and Culture, Frontiers, Hawaii Pacific Review, Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, Kalliope, Louisville Review, Madison Review, Mad Poets Review, Maryland Review, minnesota review, Owen Wister Review, Peralta Press, Phoebe, Portland Review, Roanoke Review, Seattle Review, Slant: A Journal of Poetry, Soundings East, 13th Moon, West Wind Review, and numerous other journals.

Creative non-fiction published in Wild Thoughts, Silk Creek Review.

Book reviews and essays

DeBaise, Janine. 2006. "Review of The Cincinnati Arch: Learning from Nature in the City by John Tallmadge," Interdisciplinary Studies of Literature and Environment, 13:(2): 254.

DeBaise, Janine. 2004. "Review of Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer," Interdisciplinary Studies of Literature and Environment 11(2): 139.

DeBaise, Janine. 2004. “Amazing Growth at SUNY-ESF”, with Julie White. In Building and Sustaining Learning Communities, eds. Hurd and Stein. Bolton, Massachusetts: Ankler Publishing.

DeBaise, Janine. 2003. "Review of The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s Eye View of the World by Michael Pollan," Interdisciplinary Studies of Literature and Environment 10(2): 274.

DeBaise, Janine. 2002. “Skyline: September 12, 2001” Reflections on teaching writing the morning after the terrorist attack. Writing on the Edge 13:(1, Fall): 91.

Recent Conference Presentations:

DeBaise, Janine. 2009. "The Virtues of the Virtual: Using Blogs to Communicate Place across Space"Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment, Victoria, British Columbia, June.

DeBaise, Janine. 2008. "Snake Dreams" Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts, Charlotte, North Carolina, November.

DeBaise, Janine. 2007. "Dripping With Marsh Mud" Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts, Portland, Maine, November.

DeBaise, Janine. 2007. "Grass Roots, Web Logs, and Virtual Moss: An Ecocritical Look at Blogging". Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment, Spartanburg, South Carolina, June.

DeBaise, Janine. 2006. "Creative Integration: Science, Creative-Writing, Collaboration, and Original Voice". Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts, New York, New York, November.

DeBaise, Janine. 2006. "Learning a New Language: Faculty/Student Affairs Collaboration". Living-Learning Programs and Residential Colleges Conference, Syracuse, New York, October.

DeBaise, Janine. 2006. “Ecocomposition: Literature, Science, Community, and the Environment”. Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, Illinois, March.

DeBaise, Janine. 2006. “Minding the Body, Embodying the Mind: Moving Between Creative Writing and Composition”. Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, Illinois, March.

Courses:

• CLL 190 - Writing and the Environment
• CLL 290 - Perspectives on the Environment
• CLL 311 - Urban Environment Literature
• CLL 390 - Introduction to the Literature of Nature
• CLL 405 - Writing for the Science Professional
• CLL 410 - Writing for Environmental Professionals
• CLL 490 - Literature of Nature

Professional Affiliations:

• Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment (ASLE)
  • Serving on executive board, 2007 to the present
• Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts (SLSA)
• Modern Language Association (MLA)
• Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC)
• National Women's Studies Association
• National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)