Glenn Adelson
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
Particular Interests
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Environmental Studies
Conservation Biology and Restoration Ecology
Conceptualizing Biodiversity
Literature and the Environment
Education
PhD Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
JD University of Michigan Law School
BA English Literature (with Honors), University of Michigan
| Courses Taught |
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ES 110: Introduction to Environmental Studies |
| Books |
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Environment: An Interdisciplinary Anthology, co-edited with Jim Engell, Brent Ranalli, and K. P. Van Anglen, Yale University Press, 2008. Biodiversity: Exploring Values and Priorities in Conservation, with Dan Perlman, Blackwell Science, 1997. Study Guide for College Edition of “Diversity of Life,” by E. O. Wilson, with Dan Perlman, W. W. Norton, 1993. |
| Articles |
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Christina Riehl and Glenn Adelson, “Seasonal Insectivory by Black-Headed Trogons (Trogonidae), a Tropical Dry Forest Frugivore,” Journal of Field Ornithology, volume 79, number 4 (December 2008): 371-80. Glenn Adelson and John Elder, “Ecosystems of meaning in Robert Frost’s ‘Spring Pools,’” lead article in ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, volume 13, number 2 (Summer 2006): 1-17. Glenn Adelson, “Review of Oxford Surveys of Evolutionary Biology, v. 3,” Cladistics, volume 6, number 1 (1990): 105-10. |
| Invited Talks |
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“Hard Interdisciplinarity: The Paradigm for Environmental Studies,” Brown Center for Environmental Studies, 2008 Inaugural Presentation, September 11, 2008 “The Future of Environmental Science Textbooks,” University of Illinois Chicago, Incoming Graduate Student Book Award Presentation, August 29, 2008 “How understanding the biology of the poetry of Robert Frost and Marianne Moore enriches interpretation,” University of Michigan, First Distinguished Alumni Speaker, Honors English Program, November 2007 |
| Awards and Honors |
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Advisor to winner of Phi Beta Kappa senior thesis prize, Lake Forest College, 2013 |
Contact
Phone: 847-735-6281
Email: gadelson@lakeforest.edu
- March 23
As he works his way through California’s nature areas chasing wildflowers “the world over,” Glenn Adelson reports close encounters with jumping chollas, pollinating yucca moths, and scorpioid cyme.
More » - March 15
It looks almost good enough to eat, like an exquisite confectionary at a high-end chocolatier. But this delectable chocolate lily is one of Glenn Adelson’s latest finds on his year-long search for wildflowers. More »