Concerned about the climate? Want to know more about the history and future of environmentalism? This class is for you!
This 3000-level course offers students an introduction to environmental rhetoric with an emphasis on nature writing, environmental justice, and climate literacy in different cultural contexts informed by research in the environmental humanities, contemporary theories and methods in rhetoric, writing, and environmental activism. Students will engage deeply with several key topics in environmental rhetoric, such as sustainability, climate change, grassroots environmental resistance, and environmental protection. Throughout the course, students will study as well as compose a variety of genres associated with environmental rhetoric including nature writing, personal narratives, science writing, and environmental impact statements (EIS). Students will develop their rhetorical knowledge and awareness in order to craft communications that emphasize environmental justice, climate literacy, and resilience.
This course counts towards the SCL designation in GenEd 3.0 AND counts as a Climate Studies (CLI) Minor Course!
Dr. Savannah Paige Murray
M/W 2–3:15 pm in Sanford 412
Course poster for ENG 3220, Environmental Rhetorics, a new Spring 2027 course with Dr. Savannah Paige Murray, over a photo of a grassy coastal cliff path under a blue sky.
