Eric Magrane

Eric Magrane is a geographer, poet, writer, and assistant professor of geography at New Mexico State University.[1][2][3] He has published several poems, peer-reviewed journals, and books.[1][2][3] His work is notable in the human geography subfield of geopoetics, both as a contributor and in helping to define the field.[2][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Eric Magrane
CitizenshipUnited States of America
Alma materUniversity of Arizona, Goddard College
OccupationGeographer

Education and field

Magrane moved from New England to Arizona to pursue his Masters of Fine Arts in Literature at Arizona State University, which he earned in 2001.[10] Magrane earned his PhD in geography from the University of Arizona in 2017. His dissertation is titled "Creative Geographies and Environments: Geopoetics in the Anthropocene."[1][2][3] Magrane's work is extremely broad, ranging from literary to scientific. He focuses on narrative responses and perceptions of the Anthropocene, specifically anthropogenic climate change. He is one of the leading academics in the field of geopoetics.[2][5][6][7][8][9]

Career and publications

Magrane worked as a hiking guide in Arizona at Canyon Ranch Health Resorts for nine years between 2003 and 2012 after receiving his Master's Degree.[10] During this time, he published several literary works, performed numerous public poetry readings, and taught courses on poetry and writing at both the University of Arizona Poetry Center and Pima Community College.[2][11] Magrane has continued to perform public poetry readings throughout his career. While working as a guide, Magrane became interested in geography, ultimately leading to him seeking a geography PhD in 2012 from the University of Arizona. While working on his PhD, he served as a Teaching and Research associate, teaching several classes.[3]

In 2017 after Magrane received his PhD, he became a visiting assistant professor at the New Mexico State University department of geography. In 2018 he took a position as a tenure track associate professor in the same department. Among the various geography courses he has taught, "Field Explorations" stands out as unique in that students were physically taken to sites in the American Southwest, including the Grand Canyon and Glen Canyon Dam.[12]

Magrane's background in creative writing and geography is reflected in his research and publications. The book 'The Sonoran Desert: A Literary Field Guide' which he co-edited, demonstrates this approach by combining a scientific field guide with artistic illustrations and literature about the species represented.[13] Broadly, his writing focuses on narratives related to the Anthropocene, responses to environmental change, and human perspectives on place.[14] Examples of topics he has had published in peer-reviewed journals include bycatch in the Gulf of California shrimp trawling fishery and anthropogenic climate change.[15][14][16][17]

His unique background has helped him become a significant figure in the geography subdiscipline of geopoetics.[2] His paper 'Situating geopoetics' appeared in the first issue of the American Association of Geographers journal GeoHumanities and serves as a landmark publication documenting the history of geopolitics, its current status, and possible avenues of future exploration.[2][4] His paper 'Climate geopoetics (the earth is a composted poem),' published in Dialogues in Human Geography (currently the geography journal with the highest impact factor), received several responses, and helped bring attention to geopoetics among mainstream geographers.[5][6][7][8][9] He co-authored "Geopoetics in Practice," a textbook designed to demonstrate the intersection of geography and poetry in a way that academics and lay people can understand.[18]

He serves on the editorial board of the journals Annals of the American Association of Geographers and Terrain.[19][20]

Awards and recognition
  • 2016 Southwest Book Award[21]
  • 2016 New Mexico–Arizona Book Award[22]
  • 2016 Southwest Books of the Year Top Pick[23]

See also

References
  1. "eric magrane". ericmagrane.com. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  2. "Dr. Eric Magrane Bio". New Mexico State University Department of Geography. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  3. Magrane, Eric. "Eric Magrane CV" (PDF). New Mexico State University Department of Geography. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  4. Magrane, Eric (2015). "Situating Geopoetics". GeoHumanities. 1 (1): 86–102. doi:10.1080/2373566X.2015.1071674. S2CID 219396902. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  5. Magrane, Eric (2021). "Climate geopoetics (the earth is a composted poem)". Dialogues in Human Geography. 11 (1): 8–22. doi:10.1177/2043820620908390. S2CID 213112503. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  6. Nassar, Aya (2021). "Geopoetics: Storytelling against mastery". Dialogues in Human Geography. 1 (1): 27–30. doi:10.1177/2043820620986397. S2CID 232162263.
  7. Engelmann, Sasha (2021). "Geopoetics: On organising, mourning, and the incalculable". Dialogues in Human Geography. 11: 31–35. doi:10.1177/2043820620986398. S2CID 232162320. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  8. Acker, Maleea (2021). "Gesturing toward the common and the desperation: Climate geopoetics' potential". Dialogues in Human Geography. 11 (1): 23–26. doi:10.1177/2043820620986396. S2CID 232162312. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  9. Cresswell, Tim (2021). "Beyond geopoetics: For hybrid texts". Dialogues in Human Geography. 11: 36–39. doi:10.1177/2043820620986399. S2CID 232162314.
  10. Cota-Robles, Kim (2006). "Poet artist loves the desert". the Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  11. "Eric Magrane". The University of Arizona Poetry Center. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  12. "teaching". ericmagrane.com. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  13. Magrane, Eric; Cokinos, Christopher; Mirocha, Paul (2016). The Sonoran Desert: A Literary Field Guide Paperback (1 ed.). University of Arizona Press. ISBN 978-0816531233.
  14. Everett-Haynes, La Monica (2016). "Network Makes Environmental Change Tangible". University of Arizona University Communication. University of Arizona University Communication. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  15. Gavenus, Erika (2017). "Bycatch –The Complexities of Shrimp Trawling in the Gulf of California: A collaboration between Maria Johnson and Eric Magrane". Millennium Alliance for Humanity & the Biosphere. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  16. Magrane, Eric; Johnson, Maria (2017). "An art–science approach to bycatch in the Gulf of California shrimp trawling fishery". Cultural Geographies. 24 (3): 487–495. doi:10.1177/1474474016684129. S2CID 149158790. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  17. Magrane, Eric (27 February 2020). "Climate geopoetics (The Earth is a composted poem)". Dialogues in Human Geography. 11 (1): 8–22. doi:10.1177/2043820620908390. S2CID 213112503.
  18. Magrane, Eric; Russo, Linda; de Leeuw, Sarah; Santos Perez, Craig (2019). Geopoetics in Practice (1 ed.). London: Taylor & Francis. doi:10.4324/9780429032202. ISBN 9780367145385. S2CID 203499214. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  19. "Geography Colloquium – Geohumanities, Climate Geopoetics, And The Anthropocene – Dr. Eric Magrane". University of Connecticut Department of Geography. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  20. "Magazine Editors". Terrain.org. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  21. Weiser, Abbie; Rivers, Claudia. "Southwest Book Award". 2016 Winning Titles. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  22. "2016 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards Winners". New Mexico Book Co-op. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  23. "Southwest Books of the Year 2016: Bruce Dinges' Picks". Pulma County Public Library. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
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