New Century College

 

Andrew Wingfield

Andrew Wingfield's main interest as a writer and teacher is exploring the ways that people and places shape each other. He grew up east of Sacramento, California, in the bumpy transitional zone between the flat floor of the Central Valley and the steep slopes of the Sierra foothills. Like his novel, Hear Him Roar, much of his creative nonfiction deals with the human and environmental costs of the “development” that has denatured this home landscape dramatically over the past three decades. Since joining New Century College in 2000, he has collaborated with other faculty members on courses that use interdisciplinary approaches and outdoor activities to explore the aesthetic, ethical, and ecological dimensions of the relationships people form with the places they inhabit.

*To get more information about Hear Him Roar visit http://mason.gmu.edu/awingfie/roar.html

COURSES TAUGHT

• NCLC 110 - Community of Learners
• NCLC 140 - Self as Citizen
• NCLC 275 - Introduction to Conservation Studies
• NCLC 307 - Narratives of Nature
• NCLC 308 - American Landscapes in Fiction, Film, and History
• NCLC 401 - Applied Conservation Biology: Fundamentals for the 21st
  Century
• NCLC 495 - Conserving Endangered Species: An Integrative Approach
  

DEGREES

• B.A. English, Rutgers University
• M.A. English literature, University of Chicago
• M.F.A. Creative Writing, George Mason University

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS/ASSOCIATIONS

• Western Literature Association <http://www.usu.edu/westlit/>
• Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment
  <http://www.asle.umn.edu/>

MOST ACTIVE PROJECTS

• Writing fiction and creative nonfiction
• Research on the role of writing in experiential learning
• Writing assessment