Jake McGinnis teaches courses in the environmental humanities, American literature, and writing at Graceland University. He has also taught at the University of Notre Dame and the University of Idaho. In all of his courses, he aims to help students find their own voices in broad, interdisciplinary conversations stretching beyond the classroom.

A list of recent courses is included below. For syllabi and additional materials, please contact Dr. McGinnis directly.

Recent Courses

• American Environmental Literature
• Major Authors: Thoreau and the “End” of “Nature”
• Creative Writing: Nonfiction and the Environment
• Environmental Ethics
• Native American Literature Before 1968
• Sense of Place in American Literature
• Literature and Environment: The End of Nature(?)
• Writing and Rhetoric: Environmental Rhetoric