Peggy Smith Eppig
Environmental Historian
Professional Bio:
http://www.goucher.edu/learn/academic-centers/people-politics-and-markets/faculty/peggy-eppig
Formal Courses Offered:
Global Environmental Change 500 - Antioch University New England, Keene, NH
Natural History of New Hampshire 300 - Keene State College, Keene, NH
Agroecology 400 - Keene State College, Keene, NH
Intro to Environmental Studies 100 - Goucher College, Baltimore, MD
Community-Based Conservation 600/Online - Goucher College
Farm and Forest-Based Education 600/Online - Goucher College
I've always been interested in the lay of the land. How do landscapes form and what natural, physical, and human forces create them? How are we inspired by them? How is history shaped by them?
I took this interest to the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in the early '80s and graduated with a combined BFA in landscape, illustration, and education degree. I continue to paint landscapes, wildlife, and botanical illustration work on commission. After graduation I moved to South Carolina to work as a park naturalist and worked closely with Gullah communities on the Atlantic coast. I fell hard into birding as a volunteer with the Southeast Audubon Society and it was with birding that I became interested in the concepts of migration and intentional movement.
I earned my PhD in Environmental Studies at Antioch University New England with a focus on environmental history of the 20th century. I currently work for the Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation in agriculture and natural resources education and serve as director for the Environmental Certificates Program at Goucher College. My independent research includes pilgrimage and conservation history.
I have always included a hound or two in most of my explorations. Over the years there have been terriers and coonhounds. My current hiking companion is Amos The Minor Prophet, a handsome Black-and-Tan Coonhound rescue.
Professional Bio:
http://www.goucher.edu/learn/academic-centers/people-politics-and-markets/faculty/peggy-eppig
Formal Courses Offered:
Global Environmental Change 500 - Antioch University New England, Keene, NH
Natural History of New Hampshire 300 - Keene State College, Keene, NH
Agroecology 400 - Keene State College, Keene, NH
Intro to Environmental Studies 100 - Goucher College, Baltimore, MD
Community-Based Conservation 600/Online - Goucher College
Farm and Forest-Based Education 600/Online - Goucher College
Complex Systems Thinking and Analysis 600/Online - Goucher College
Feminist Political Ecology 300 - Goucher College
Informal Courses Offered:
Mid-Atlantic Natural History Adult Series - Eden Mill Nature Center (1995 - 2010)
Leopold Land Ethic/ Leopold Education Project Adult / PD Maryland Ag Ed Fdn (2010 - current)
Nature Journaling, Adult - EMNC and Deer Creek Quaker Meeting, (1995 - current)
Published Work:
Informal Courses Offered:
Mid-Atlantic Natural History Adult Series - Eden Mill Nature Center (1995 - 2010)
Leopold Land Ethic/ Leopold Education Project Adult / PD Maryland Ag Ed Fdn (2010 - current)
Nature Journaling, Adult - EMNC and Deer Creek Quaker Meeting, (1995 - current)
Published Work:
Eppig, P. (2022) "Holy Enforcers: St. Cuthbert and St. Hubert." Chapter in Supernatural Gamekeepers. Richard Chacon, Ed. Springer.
Eppig, P. (2018) “Ecology of Pilgrimage:
Building Socio-Ecological Community on the Way." International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage. Vol. 6,
Issue 2. Summer 2018.
Eppig, P. (2017) “Russell Lord and
the Permanent Agriculture Movement.” Dissertation.
Eppig, P. (2012) “Farm Boundaries
as Ecological Systems.” Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies. Vol. 79, Issue 4: 451-562.
Eppig, P. (2011) “What is
Agroecology? (And Why Should We Care?)”
Monadnock Table. Vol. 2, Issue 7.
Eppig, P. (1999-2005) “The
Naturalists Corner.” Regular column. Pennsylvania Forestry Journal.
Presentations:
March 30, 2019. “Ecology of
Pilgrimage, St. Cuthbert’s Way.” Fellowship Presentation. Americans on the
Camino Annual Symposium, Black Mountain, N.C.
Oct. 8, 2017. “The Ecology of
Pilgrimage.” Institute of Pilgrimage Studies Annual Symposium, College of William
and Mary, Williamsburg, VA.
June 22, 2017. “Schoolgrounds for
Learning.” Building A Land Ethic Conference. Aldo Leopold Foundation and
University of Wisconsin. Baraboo.
May 26, 2017. “Sacrificial
Landscapes and the Domestic War Economy: A Conservation Paradox.” War,
Environment, Social Inequality, and Pro-Social Studies. Seville, Spain.
Oct. 21, 2016. “Sacrificial
Landscapes: The Conservation Paradox of 20th Sacrificial Lands and
War Economies.” Lecture at Winthrop College, Rock Hall, SC
May 10, 2016. “Russell Lord and the
Permanent Agriculture Movement.” Dissertation defense, public seminar. Antioch
University New England, Keene, NH.
Professional Associations:
Association for
Environmental Sciences and Studies
Association for the
Study of Literature and Environment
American Society for
Environmental History
European Society for
Environmental History
Institute for
Pilgrimage Studies
Forest History
Society
War, Environment,
Social Inequality, and Peace Studies Working Group
Oh my gosh, did you walk St. Cuthbert's Way? That was my first "pilgrimage." I would love to read what you made of the experience.
ReplyDeleteHey Mary Jo! I did! It was awesome! I'm writing up on it now, a chapter in my book The Uphill Road. I'll post when it's available.
DeleteThis blog is a revelation. Thank you for sharing your knowledge—I’ve hiked some areas you write about and it is helpful to understand what you are seeing that I cannot identify.
ReplyDeleteThank you! Keep walking and learning!
DeleteHello, I would like to ask you about your article on Susquehannock State Park. I am the educator there. Would that be possible. I love your blog, combining nature and history.
ReplyDeletePeggy, I read your latest blog. Wonderful read. Keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteI have just read your paper The Ecology of Pilgrimage 2018 and found it very interesting. It overlaps tangentially with a discussion some of our volunteers have been having on the subject of sustainability and Pilgrimage in Spain. All prompted by a leaflet we have been reviewing on littering and poor toilet habits of some pilgrims and the impact on local people.. Your article was passed to me in consequence and is a fascinating addition to our discussion.
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading, Brendan. Yes, I try to follow the Leave No Trace guidance and recommend that to students, fellow pilgrims, and the folks I guide on hikes.
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