Faculty Profile
Benette Whitmore

Assistant Professor

Department of Environmental Studies
262 Marshall Hall

bwhitmor@esf.edu
315-470-6695

Awards & Honors

• Distinguished Teaching Award, ESF
• President's Community Service Award, ESF
• Special Recognition Award for Positive Influence on ESF Graduates
• Excellence in Teaching Award, Syracuse University
• Teaching Excellence Certificate, Colgate University
• Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society

Education

• Ph.D., Cultural Foundations of Education, Syracuse University
• M.A., Public Communications Management, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University
• B.A., Sociology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario

Certifications

   • Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

Academic Interests

• Technical Writing
• Communication Studies
• Environmental Education
• Children's Literature

Selected Publications

Books

• Shelter, a young adult novel, Walker & Co./Bloomsbury USA, New York, NY 
• Ghost Bat in a Gum Tree, an endangered species counting book, Falcon Press, Helena, Montana 
• Real Stuck, Way Up, a children's book, Barron's Educational Series, New York, NY 
• The Little Shoe Book, a children's book, Random House, Inc., New York, NY 
• Pappyland Activity Book, Volumes I and II, two non-fiction children's books, Craftsman & Scribes, Syracuse, NY 
• A Quilt for Elizabeth, a children's book, Centering Corporation, Omaha, Nebraska (1992, 1995); Film rights optioned by FilmFair Communications in Hollywood, California 

Journals & Periodicals

Forthcoming:

• “Books as High Culture and the Misrecognition of Low-Status Work in a Big Box Bookstore,” Journal of Qualitative Ethnography
• “Academic Literacy Experiences and Middle-Class Reproduction Through Book Consumption Practices,”Journal of Early Childhood Literacy

Recent:

• “Service-Learning: The Classroom Without Walls,” GREEN Supplement to the Syracuse Post-Standard 

Contributor to: House Beautiful, Corporate Design, Building Design and Construction, Electric Light and Power, American School and University, Architectural Lighting, School and College, and School Product News

Fiction

• "Milk", a short story, The North American Review

Produced Works

• Head writer for 35 half-hour episodes of Pappyland, a PBS children's television series being aired in more than 165 markets worldwide on The Learning Channel (1996-2003)

Performance Piece

• Playwright.  "Rainforest Rhythms & the Jungle Jive" an eco-play.  Performed in Boston, MA; Fulton, NY

 Invited Talks and Presentations:

• "A Convenient Truth: Writing and Teaching Ecofiction," The Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference, Washington, DC
• "Go Animal! Using Music and Eco-Performance as an Interdisciplinary Approach to Environmental Education," North American Association of Environmental Educators.  International Conference, Buffalo, NY  
• "Trash Talk: The Found Object Monologues," The Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference, Denver, CO 
• "Consuming Bodies: Workers, Literacy, and Status at the Superstore Bookseller" Gender, Bodies & Technology Conference, Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA 
• "Extinction Stinks!" an interactive presentation on endangered species featuring language and music for elementary school students.  Performed throughout the Northeast US.

Courses

• EWP 410 - Writing for Environmental Professionals
• EWP 220 - Public Presentation Skills
• EWP 420/EWP 620 - Advanced Public Presentation Skills
• EFB 496 - Philosophy and Environmental Writing