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Terry Gifford is former Reader in Literature and Environment at the University of Leeds (now retired).

Born in Cambridge in 1946, Terry Gifford specialises in teaching and researching literature and the environment, together with creative writing.

He is Director of the annual International Festival of Mountaineering Literature.

 

TEL:  (home UK) 01335 360581; (home Spain) 0034 96 5879070

EMAIL:  t.gifford@chi.ac.uk

DATE OF BIRTH:  28/6/1946

 

EDUCATION:

1989-92 University of Lancaster (transferred, part-time)

1986-89 University of Sheffield (part-time)

1974-77 University of Sheffield (part-time)    

1972-73 University of Lancaster (on secondment)

1964-67 Sheffield City College of Education 

1957-64 Cambridge Grammar School for Boys

                       

QUALIFICATIONS:

1993 Ph.D. English Literature, Beyond Pastoral Poetry: Notions of Nature in Poetry  1942-1992, University of Lancaster

1978 M.A. English Literature (by thesis: The Poetry of Ted Hughes), University of Sheffield

1973 B.Ed. Hons (II:i) in English and Education, University of Lancaster

1967 Certificate of Education (Education and English) with Distinction in Education Practice, Sheffield City College of Education

 

POSITIONS HELD:

2006 Profesor Honorario, Universidad de Alicante, Spain

2006 Visiting Professor, University of Chichester, UK

2000 - 2004 (retired) Reader in Literature and Environment, University        of Leeds.

2001 - 2004 Director of Research, School of Performance and Cultural Studies, University of Leeds

1985 - 2000 Senior Lecturer in English, Bretton Hall College of Leeds University

1978 - 1985 Part-time Lecturer in English, University of Sheffield Division of Continuing Education

1979 - 1985 Head of English, Yewlands Comprehensive School, Sheffield

1971 - 1979 Rowlinson Comprehensive School, Sheffield

1970 - 1971 BBC Radio Sheffield (secondment)

1967 - 1970 Thornbridge Grammar School, Sheffield

           

PUBLICATIONS:

(i) Books

                        a. Criticism

  1. Terry Gifford, Reconnecting With John Muir: Essays in Post-Pastoral Practice, 200pp., Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2006.
  2. Terry Gifford, Pastoral, 186pp., London: Routledge, 1999.
  3. Terry Gifford, Green Voices: Understanding Contemporary Nature Poetry, 198pp., Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1995.
  4. Terry Gifford and John Brown, Teaching A Level English Literature: A Student Centred Approach, 184pp., London: Routledge, 1989.
  5. Terry Gifford and Neil Roberts, Ted Hughes: A Critical Study, 288pp., London: Faber and Faber, 1981.

[Due from Rodopi, 2006: Fiona Becket and Terry Gifford (eds) Culture, Creativity and Environment: new environmentalist criticism.

Contracted for 2007: Terry Gifford, The Complete Critical Guide to Ted Hughes, London: Routledge.

Commissioned for 2007: Terry Gifford, Ecocritical Readings in Mountaineering Literature, Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press]

 

b.      Poetry

  1. Terry Gifford, The Unreliable Mushrooms: New and Selected Poems, Bradford: Redbeck Press, 2003.
  2. Terry Gifford, Whale Watching With a Boy and a Goat, 56pp., Bradford: Redbeck Press, 1998.
  3. Terry Gifford, John Sewell, Colin Sutherill, Diana Syder, The Blue Bang Theory, 63pp., Bradford: Redbeck Press, 1997.
  4. Terry Gifford, The Rope, 52pp., Bradford: Redbeck Press, 1996.
  5. Terry Gifford, Outcrops, 58pp., Todmorden: Littlewood Arc, 1991.
  6. Terry Gifford, Ten Letters To John Muir, 15pp., Sheffield: Burbage Books, 1990.
  7. Terry Gifford, The Stone Spiral, 42pp., Clapham: Giant Steps, 1987 reprinted 1988.

 

c. Non-fiction Prose

  1. Terry Gifford, The Joy of Climbing, 172pp., Latheronwheel: Whittles Publishing, 2004.

 

(ii) Chapters in Books

  1. Terry Gifford, ‘The Ecology of Ted Hughes: Wolfwatching – The Final Poetic Statement’, Ronald Schuchard (ed.), Fixed Stars Govern a Life: Transforming Poetics and Memory with Emory’s Ted Hughes Archive, pp. 37-45, Atlanta: Emory University, The Academic Exchange, 2006.
  2. Terry Gifford, ‘ “Dead Farms, Dead Leaves”: Culture as Nature in Remains of Elmet and Elmet’, Joanny Moulin (ed.), Ted Hughes: Alternative Horizons, pp. 39-47, London: Routledge, 2004.
  3. Terry Gifford, ‘Teaching Environmental Values through Creative Writing with School Children’, Hal Crimmel (ed.), Teaching in the Field: Working with Students in the Outdoor Classroom, pp. 137-151, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2003.
  4. Terry Gifford, ‘John Muir’, Roger Thompson and J. Scott Bryson (eds.), Dictionary of Literary Biography 275: Twentieth Century American Prose Nature Writers, pp. 223-238, New York: Gale, 2003.
  5. Terry Gifford, ‘Gary Snyder and the Post-Pastoral’, J. Scott Bryson (ed.), Ecopoetry: A Critical Introduction, pp. 77-87, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2002.
  6. Terry Gifford, ‘Towards a Post-Pastoral View of British Poetry’, John Parham (ed.), The Environmental Tradition in English Literature, pp. 51-63, Aldershot: Ashgate, 2002.
  7. Terry Gifford, ‘John Muir: His Contribution as a Mountaineering Writer’, The Alpine Journal 2002, pp. 161-168, London: Alpine Club, 2002.
  8. Terry Gifford, ‘Fiber: A Post-Pastoral Georgic’, O. Alan Weltzien (ed.), The Literary Art and Activism of Rick Bass, pp. 248-263, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2001.
  9. Terry Gifford, 'Muir's Ruskin: John Muir's reservations about Ruskin reviewed', John Ruskin: the Brantwood Years - Symposium Papers, pp. Gifford page 1-14, Lancaster: The Ruskin Programme, Lancaster University, 2001 (based on 22 below).
  10. Terry Gifford, ‘Foreword’, Robert H. Bates, Mystery, Beauty, and Danger: The Literature of the Mountains and Mountain Climbing Published in English before 1946, p.vii, Portsmouth (USA): Peter E. Randall Publisher, 2001.
  11. Terry Gifford, ‘The Social Construction of Nature’, Laurence Coupe (ed.), The Green Studies Reader: From Romanticism to Ecocriticism, pp. 173-176, London: Routledge, 2000 (extract from 49 below).
  12. Terry Gifford, ‘Pastoral, Anti-Pastoral, Post-Pastoral’, Laurence Coupe (ed.), The Green Studies Reader: From Romanticism to Ecocriticism, pp. 219-222, London: Routledge, 2000 (extracts from 1 above).
  13. Terry Gifford, 'John Muir's Reservations About John Ruskin Reviewed', Sally M. Miller (ed.), John Muir in Historical Perspective, pp. 137-150, New York: Peter Lang, 1999.
  14. Terry Gifford, ‘”Go Fishing”: An Ecocentric or Egocentric Imperative?’, Joanny Moulin (ed.), Lire Ted Hughes: New Selected Poems 1957-1994, pp.145-156, Paris: Editions du Temps, 1999.
  15. Terry Gifford, ‘Teaching Post-Pastoral Poetry of Landscape in the Mountains’, J. Turner, D. Broderick, P. Hartley, Creative Writing Conference 1999: Proceedings, pp.145-152, Sheffield: Sheffield Hallam University, 1999.
  16. Terry Gifford, 'Ted Hughes and South Yorkshire', Nick Gammage (ed.), The Epic Poise: A Celebration of Ted Hughes, pp.216-218, London: Faber and Faber, 1999.
  17. Terry Gifford and Neil Roberts, 'The Idea of Nature in English Poetry', Patrick D. Murphy (ed.), Terry Gifford and Katsunori Yamazato (Contributing Editors), The Literature of Nature: An International Sourcebook, pp.166-176, 500pp., London and Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1998.
  18. Terry Gifford, 'Introduction', Izabel Brandao, Espiral de Fogo, p.1, Maceio, Brazil: EDUFAL, 1998.
  19. Terry Gifford, 'Editorial', Terry Gifford (ed.), The Centenary Journal of The Climbers' Club, pp.9-10, 303pp., Leicester: Cordee, 1997.
  20. Terry Gifford, 'Dialogues', Real Differences: An Exhibition by Three of Cumbria's Leading Figurative Painters, 4pp., Carlisle: Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, 1996. [Catalogue essay on the paintings of Julian Heaton Cooper.]
  21. Terry Gifford, 'Introduction', Terry Gifford (ed.), John Muir: His Life and Letters and Other Writings, pp.7-10, 912pp., London: Baton Wicks and Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1996.
  22. Terry Gifford, 'Towards an Ecohistory of British and Irish Poetry', Hoda Gindi (ed.), History in Literature, pp.732-749, Cairo: University of Cairo Press, 1995.
  23. Terry Gifford, 'Conclusion', Michael Wheeler (ed.), Ruskin and Environment, pp.187-194, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1995.
  24. Terry Gifford, 'Introduction', Terry Gifford and Rosie Smith (eds.), Orogenic Zones: The First Five Years of the International Festival of Mountaineering Literature, pp.1-5, 250pp., Wakefield: Bretton Hall College, 1994.
  25. Terry Gifford, 'Gods of Mud: Hughes and the Post-Pastoral', Keith Sagar (ed.), The Challenge of Ted Hughes, pp.129-141, London: Macmillan, 1994.
  26. Terry Gifford and Gill Round, 'Introduction' and 'Notes', Terry Gifford and Gill Round (eds.), Not Not Not Not Not Enough Oxygen and Other Plays by Caryl Churchill, pp.vii-xxx and pp.60-83, 83pp., London: Longman, 1993.
  27. Terry Gifford and Neil Roberts, 'Cave Birds: Hughes's Progress of the Masculine Soul', L. M. Scigaj (ed.), Critical Essays on Ted Hughes, pp.188-204, Boston: G. K. Hall, 1993.
  28. Terry Gifford, 'Introduction', Terry Gifford (ed.), John Muir: The Eight Wilderness-Discovery Books, pp.13-20, 1030pp., London: Diadem and Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1992.
  29. Terry Gifford and Neil Roberts, 'Cave Birds', A. E. Dyson (ed.), Three Contemporary Poets: Thom Gunn, R. S. Thomas and Ted Hughes, pp.181-190, London:  Macmillan, 1990.
  30. Terry Gifford and John Brown, 'Creative Responses in the Sixth Form', [45 below reprinted], V. J. Lee (ed.), English Literature in Schools, pp.370-381, Milton Keynes: Open University Press, 1987.
  31. Terry Gifford, 'Teaching Red Shift for Coursework Assessment', [44 below reprinted], V. J. Lee (ed.), English Literature in Schools, pp.425-432, Milton Keynes: Open University Press, 1987.
  32. Terry Gifford, 'Working With Poetry', Roy Blatchford (ed.), The English Teacher's Handbook, pp.168-193, London: Hutchinson, 1986.
  33. Terry Gifford, 'Teaching Red Shift for Coursework Assessment', Robert Protherough (ed.), Teaching Literature for Examinations, pp.61-69, Milton Keynes: Open University Press, 1986.
  34. Terry Gifford and John Brown, 'Creative Responses in the Sixth Form', Bernard Harrison (ed.), English Studies 11-18: An Arts Based Approach, pp.139-153, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1983.
  35. Terry Gifford, 'Ted Hughes', Alan Bullock and R. D. Woodings (eds.), The Fontana Bibliographical Companion to Modern Thought, pp.346-7, London: Collins, 1983.
  36. Terry Gifford and Neil Roberts, 'Hughes and Two Contemporaries: Peter Redgrove and Seamus Heaney', Keith Sagar (ed.), The Achievement of Ted Hughes, pp.90-106, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1983.

 

[The following chapters in books have been written and await publication:

Terry Gifford, ‘Post-Pastoral as a Tool for Ecocriticism’, Mathilde Skoie and Sonia Velazquez, Re-inscribing Pastoral in the Humanities: Essays on the Uses of a Critical Concept, Bristol: Exeter Bristol Phoenix Press, 2006.

 

Terry Gifford, ‘Issues of Access and Ownership in the Work of John Muir, John Buchan and Andrew Greig’, Richard Kerridge and Harriet Tarlo, British Ecocriticism, Charlottsville: University of Virginia Press, 2006.]

 

(iii) Papers in refereed journals

  1. Terry Gifford, ‘What is Ecocriticism for? Some Personal Reflections in Response to Two Recent Critiques’, Green Letters, No 7, pp.6-13, Spring 2006.
  2. Izabel Brandão and Terry Gifford, ‘The Boy in the Bush: Lawrence, Land and Gender in Australia’, Études Lawrenciennes, No 32, pp.147-179, 2005.
  3. Terry Gifford, ‘Why did John Muir not become a professional scientist? Muir’s Multiple Discourses’, Green Letters, No 5, pp.30-33, Winter 2004.
  4. Terry Gifford, ‘“The Charged Silence of a Summit” in Contemporary Mountaineering Poetry’, ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, Vol 9 No 2, pp.173-191, 2002
  5. Terry Gifford, ‘Terrain, Character and Text: Is Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier a Post-Pastoral Novel?’, Mississippi Quarterly, Vol LV No 1, pp.87-96, 2002.
  6. Terry Gifford, ‘Environmental Creative Writing’, English in Education, Vol 36, No 3, pp.37-46, 2002.
  7. Terry Gifford, 'The Social Construction of Nature', ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, Vol 3 No 2, pp.27-35, 1997.
  8. Terry Gifford, '"Anotherness" as a Construction of Nature in D. H. Lawrence's Birds, Beasts and Flowers', Études Lawrenciennes, No 12, pp.7-16, 1996.
  9. Terry Gifford, 'Saccharine or Echo Soundings?: Notions of Nature in Seamus Heaney's Station Island', The New Welsh Review, Vol 3 No 1, pp.12-17, 1990.
  10. Terry Gifford and Neil Roberts, 'Ritual and Goblin: Cave Birds by Ted Hughes', Pacific Quarterly Moana, Vol 6 No 1, pp.17-24, 1981.

 

(iv) Other significant contributions to journals

    1. Literary
  1. Terry Gifford, ‘Making a Collection’, Staple, No 54, pp. 78-83, 2002.
  2. Terry Gifford, 'Interview with Fay Godwin', Thumbscrew, No 18, pp. 114-117, 2001.
  3. Terry Gifford, 'Writer/Teacher', Writing in Education, No 22, pp. 23-25, 2001.
  4. Terry Gifford, ‘The Fate of the Ted Hughes Papers’, Thumbscrew, No 14, pp.34-36, 1999.
  5. Terry Gifford, ‘Visiting the Ted Hughes Papers’, The Yorkshire Post, and the Ted Hughes website: www.iniv-leipzig.de/~angl/hughes.htm
  6. Terry Gifford, 'Have We Lost Our Nature Poets?', Planet, No 114, pp.48-52, 1995.
  7. Terry Gifford, 'Landscape and Poetry: Four Days In Grasmere', Writing in Education, No 5, pp.27-30, 1995.
  8. Terry Gifford, 'Moments of Theatre', Times Educational Supplement, p.42, 7 November, 1986.
  9. Terry Gifford, 'A Return to "The Wound" by Ted Hughes', Kingfisher, No 2 pp.46-53, 1978.
  10. Terry Gifford, 'Brecht's Dialectical Theatre', Delta, No 54, pp.27-31, 1977.

 

b. Creative Commissions

  1. Terry Gifford, ‘Death of a Cat’, Jane Ramsden (ed.), Cat Kist: The Redbeck Anthology of Contemporary Cats, p. 68, Bradford: Redbeck, 2004.
  2. Terry Gifford, ‘Ein Mönch zwischen Himmel und Hölle’ (‘A Monk between Heaven and Hell’) [commissioned poem], Daniel Anker (ed.), Mönch: Mittelpunkt im Dreigestirn, p.38, Zürich: AS Verlag & Buchkonzept AG, 2002.
  3. Terry Gifford, commissioned poems for a tree planting as Writer-in-Residence, The Earth Centre, 1999.
  4. Terry Gifford, ‘Scottish Portraits’ [commissioned fiction], A. Steck, S. Roper and D. Harris (eds.), Ascent, pp.103-111, Golden: American Alpine Club, 1999.
  5. Terry Gifford, 3 commissioned poems, Alan McDonald (ed.), http:/ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/unholy/, 1997.
  6. Terry Gifford, Geoff Lui, Sarah Haueter, Vaughn Talbert, 'Outdoor Gate', Writing In Education, No 13, pp.15-16, 1997.
  7. Terry Gifford, 'The Book Of The Burren ' [commissioned fiction], Allen Steck and Steve Roper (eds.), The Best of Ascent, pp.304-309, San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1993.
  8. Terry Gifford, ‘From Jack Scout Crag’ [commissioned poem], Peter Wood (ed.), The Sea, p.110, London: David and Charles, 1993.
  9. Terry Gifford, ‘Truss Buttress, Swindale’ [commissioned poem], Gordon Stainforth, Lakeland: Landscape of Imagination, p.164, London: Constable, 1992.

 

(v) Reviews

  1. Terry Gifford, Yearning for the Land: A Search for the Importance of Place by John Warfield Simpson (New York: Pantheon Books, 2002), Environmental History, Vol 9 No 1, Jan 2004, p.155-6.
  2. Terry Gifford, ‘The Laughter of Foxes: A Study of Ted Hughes by Keith Sagar (University of Liverpool Press, 2000), ISLE No 9.1, pp. 256-7, 2002.
  3. Terry Gifford, 'Fiber by Rick Bass (University of Georgia Press, 1998)', Resurgence No 195, p. 63, 1999.
  4. Terry Gifford, 'Writing The Environment: Ecocriticism and Literature by Richard Kerridge and Neil Sammells (eds) (Zed Books, 1998)', Resurgence No 191, pp.61-62, 1998.
  5. Terry Gifford, 'The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Vol.11: The Journals of Joseph Whitehouse (University of Nebraska Press, 1997)', OVERhere, Vol 18, No 1, p.97, 1998.
  6. Terry Gifford, 'A History of Nature Writing by Frank Stewart (Island Press, 1995)', Resurgence No 176, pp.53-54, 1996.

 

 (vi) Papers presented to conferences (followed by publication number above)

  • 2006 University of Klagenfurt, Austria, EASLE conference ‘Water: Literary, Cultural and Environmental Perspectives’, April 2006: ‘Water, Poetry and Health: The Battle for Water Quality in the Reconnected Work of Ted Hughes’.
  • 2005 University of Jaén, Spain, 29th annual AEDAEN conference: Chair of round table ‘Ecocriticism: New Directions’.
  • 2005 ‘Fixed Stars Govern a Life’, Fifth International Conference on Ted Hughes, Emory University, September 2005: ‘The Ecology of Ted Hughes: Wolfwatching – The Final Poetic Statement’ (14).
  • 2005 Sixth Biennial Conference of the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE), University of Oregon, June 2005: ‘What is Ecocriticism for?’ (50).
  • 2004 International D.H. Lawrence Conference, Université Paris X, June 2004: (with Dr Izabel Brandão, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Brazil) ‘The Boy in the Bush: Lawrence, Land and Gender in Australia’ (51)
  • 2004 ‘Cross-Fertilizations: Literature, Science and Nature’, University College Chichester, July 2004: ‘The Current Crisis in Ecocriticism: A Dialogue with Michael Cohen’.
  • 2003 Fifth Biennial Conference of the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE), Boston University, June 2003: ‘John Muir’s Scientific Discourse’ (52).

 

  • 2002a Invited plenary speaker. ‘Environment, Culture and Community’ Conference, University of Queensland, Australia, July 2002: ‘Teaching Post-Pastoral Poetry of Landscape: A Field Course’.
  • 2002b Invited speaker. The Utah Humanities Council’s ‘Great Salt Lake Book Festival’, September 2002: ‘John Muir: From America to Scotland’ and poetry reading.
  • 2002c ‘Beyond Anthropocentrism’ Conference, University of Exeter, July 2002: ‘The De-Centred Scientist? John Muir’s Mountaineering Writing’ (20).
  • 2001 Fourth Biennial Conference of the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE), University of Arizona, Flagstaff, June 2001: 'Teaching the Writing of Post-Pastoral Poetry'.
  • 2000a Invited plenary speaker. ‘International Conference on Ecological Discourse’, Tamkang University, Taiwan, October 2000: ‘British and North American Pastoral and Post-Pastoral Traditions Compared’.
  • 2000b ‘Writing The Environment’ Conference, ASLE UK, University of East London, September 2000: ‘Terrain, Character and Text: Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier as a Post-Pastoral Novel’ (54).
  • 2000c ‘John Ruskin: the Brantwood Years’ Conference, Lancaster University, July 2000: ‘Ruskin’s Influence on John Muir’ (22).
  • 2000d ‘Ted Hughes 2000’ Conference, University of Lyon, France, February 2000: ‘ “Dead Farms, Dead Leaves”: Culture as Nature in Remains of Elmet and Elmet’ (15).
  • 1999a Third Biennial Conference of the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE), Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, USA: 'Post-Pastoral: The Recovery of a Diminished Tradition'.
  • 1999b Featured Speaker. North American Interdisciplinary Conference on Environment and Community, Weber State University, Utah, USA: 'Land Based Poetry' and panel paper: 'Poetry and the Climbing Press'.
  • 1999c Creative Writing Conference, Sheffield Hallam University: 'Post-Pastoral Poetry of Landscape' (28).
  • 1998a North American Interdisciplinary Conference on Environment and Community, Centre for Environmental Arts and Humanities, University of Nevada, Reno, USA: 'British Rock-Climbing Poetry From Wordsworth to Today'.
  • 1998b ‘Culture and Environmentalism’ Conference, Bath Spa University College: 'Teaching Environmental Values Through Writing in the Mountains' (55).
  • 1997a 2nd conference of ASLE, University of Montana, Missoula, USA: 'Post-Pastoral Issues of Access: Scotland's Wilderness in the Work of John Muir, John Buchan and Andrew Greig'.
  • 1997b 2nd World Literature Conference, Appalachian State University, Boone, USA: 'The Post-Pastoral Poetry of Sorley MacLean'.
  • 1996a 1st Conference of the Council for College and University English, English for the Millennium, University of Loughborough: 'Towards a Literary Ecocriticism for the 21st Century'.
  • 1996b ‘Anatomies of Silence’ Conference, University of Athens: '"The Charged Silence of a Summit" in Contemporary Mountaineering Poetry' (53).
  • 1996c ‘John Muir In Historical Perspective’ Conference, University of the Pacific, Stockton, USA, (26).
  • 1995 D. H. Lawrence Research Symposium, University of Cambridge, (57).
  • 1994 ‘History in Literature’ Conference, University of Cairo, (29).
  • 1990 ‘The Challenge of Ted Hughes’ Conference, University of Manchester, (38).
  • 1980 ‘The Achievement of Ted Hughes’ Conference, University of Manchester, (49).

 

Other Academic Achievements

  • 2006 Featured Speaker at the National Undergraduate Conference, Weber State University, USA.
  • 2005 Invited to write dust jacket endorsement of The Future of Environmental Criticism,Lawrence Buell, Blackwell, 2005.
  • 2005- Invited to become a trustee and Vice-Chair of the Mountain    Heritage Trust.
  • 2004 External examiner for a PhD offering an ecocritical reading of John Fowles, University of Western Australia.
  • 2004 Invited speaker at the Banff Mountain Book Festival, Canada: The Joy of Climbing.
  • 2004 Invited to give staff/postgraduate seminars on ecocriticism, English Depts, University of Calgary and University of North London.
  • 2003 Invited to write dust jacket endorsement of The ISLE Reader: Ecocriticism, 1993-2003, ed. Micael P. Branch and Scott Slovic, University of Georgia Press, 2003.
  • 2003 Invited to join the International Advisory Board of the series ‘Nature, Culture and Literature’, published by Rodopi Press.
  • 2003 Invited to join the Advisory Board of Green Letters.
  • 2003-5 Manuscript referee for the Journal of American Studies, the journal of the British Association for American Studies (BAAS).
  • 2003 Poem displayed, public lecture given, together with a writing   workshop, for the Millennium Galleries, Sheffield, Constable exhibition, March-April.
  • 2002 External Examiner for a PhD on nature and gender in  literature, University of the West of England.
  • 2002 Lead co-organiser, with Dr Fiona Becket (School of English) and Melissa Philips (Postgraduate student) of the 3rd biennial conference of ASLE UK at the University of Leeds, Bretton Hall Campus, ‘Creativity, Culture and Environment’: 70 attendees from 12 countries.
  • 2002 Invited speaker at the Banff Mountain Book Festival, Canada: ‘Mountain Poetry’.
  • 2002 Consultant on the interpretive texts for the John Muir Birthplace Visitor Centre, Campbell & Co, design consultants.
  • 2002 External Examiner for a PhD on the wolf in literature, University of Stirling.
  • 2002 External Examiner for a PhD on mountaineering culture, De Montfort University.
  • 2002-4 External examiner for Creative Writing in BA English, University College Chichester.
  • 2000 Recorded radio interview in 45mins conference call with Australia, USA and UK on ‘Ecocriticism in the Academy’ for ‘Arts Today’, the Australian Broadcasting Company.
  • 2000-4 Elected Secretary of the UK branch of the Association for Studies in Literature and Environment.
  • 2000-3 External examiner, University of Derby, MA in ‘Culture, Place and Identity’.
  • 2000-3 External examiner, University of Huddersfield, MA in ‘Poetry’.
  • 1999 Contributor to Radio 4 poetry programme based on Green Voices (3 above), 'Death of a Naturalist', 9.5.1999.
  • 1999 Writer-in-Residence, The Earth Centre, Kaki Tree Planting Project.
  • 1998 Contributor to Radio 4 programme about mountaineering writer Geoffry Winthrop Young, 2.12.1998.
  • 1998 Judge for the Redbeck Press Poetry Competition.
  • 1998 Poem 'Why it's not possible to slip into Bradford' read by Hanna Gordon on Channel 4's 'Watercolour Challenge'.
  • 1997 Writer-in-Residence, Spring semester, Lenoir-Rhyne College, N.C., USA.   
  • 1997-99 Director of Bretton Hall and Lenoir-Rhyne undergraduate   exchange programme.
  • 1997 The Independent published an article on my creative   research with the landscape artist Julian Cooper: 'A Raw Look at our Cultural Landscape', Stephen Goodwin,1. 7. 1997.
  • 1997 External examiner for a Ph.D. on Gary Snyder's poetry, Dept. of American and Canadian Studies, University of Nottingham.
  • 1997- 99 External examiner for the Diploma in Creative Writing, University of Sheffield Division of Continuing Education.
  • 1997 Judge for the National Essay Writing Competition for the League for Innovation in Community Colleges, USA.
  • 1994- Reader for Routledge, Manchester University Press, St Martin's Press, University of Wisconsin Press, Peter E. Randall Publishing, University of Georgia Press, Blackwell.
  • 1994 Awarded grants from the Foundation for Sport and the Arts (£7000) and from Yorkshire Arts (£1500) to publish the papers of the International Festival of Mountaineering Literature (36 above).
  • 1994 Jurist for the Banff, Canada, Mountain Book Festival Awards.
  • 1992-3 Judge and Chair of Judges, Boardman Tasker Award (£2000) for Mountaineering Literature.
  • 1991 TEMPUS Visiting Lecturer in English, Polytechnic of Silesia, Gliwice, Poland for 2 weeks.
  • 1986 Director of the annual International Festival of Mountaineering Literature, commissioning papers from speakers from France, Italy, Austria, Poland, Switzerland, Canada and USA.
  • 1986- 2004 Poetry Editor, High magazine.
  • 1982-86 Editorial Board member and Reviews Editor, English in Education.

           

Invited to lecture to graduate or undergraduate students at the following North American universities:

  • 2006 Brigham Young University, Utah
  • 2006 Westminster College, Utah
  • 2006 (plus 1999, 1996, 2002) Weber State University, Utah.
  • 2004 (plus 2002) University of Calgary, Canada.
  • 1998 Western Carolina University.
  • 1998 (and twice in 1997) Warren Wilson College, NC. 1996 University of California, Davis.
  • 1996 California State University, Bakersfield.
  • 1995 (and 1993) Lenoir-Rhyne College, Hickory, NC.
  • 1995 (and 1993) Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia.
  • 1995 Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

           

Socrates exchange lecturer at:

2003-4 University of Alicante, Spain

 

Also invited to lecture at:

2006 University of Granada, Spain