Thomas R. Dunlap is professor at Texas A&M University and studies primarily the impact of science on American views of nature. He is author of DDT (1981), Saving America’s Wildlife (1988), and Nature and the English Diaspora (1998). His most recent book, Faith in Nature (2004), considers environmental commitment as a secular answer to ultimate questions of human life and purpose. His current research looks at informal nature education over the last century through field guides to birds.

Lecture topics:

• Natural History, Ecology, and American Nature
• Inventing the Field Guide to the Birds, 1889-1933
• Environmentalism as a Secular Religion
• Evangelicals and Environmentalists
• The Future of Environmentalism

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