Chuck Bergman

Education

• Ph.D., English, University of Minnesota, 1977
• M.A., English, University of Minnesota, 1973
• B.A., English, University of Washington, 1970
• B.A., Economics, University of Washington, 1969

Areas of Emphasis or Expertise

• Environmental Writing
• Environmental Literature
• Freelance Writing
• Shakespeare

Selected Publications

• Jane Goodall and I Set Free the Smartest Birds in the World, Slate.com, November 2013
• Make Way for the African Penguins, Smithsonian Magazine, May 2012
• Stolen Wildlife: The Illegal Trade in Animals is Exceeded Only by Drugs and Weapons Trafficking, Smithsonian Magazine, December 2009
• Sea Change for Puffins, BirdWatchingDaily.com, April 2011

Books

• A Penguin Told Me a Secret (XLIBRIS 2016) : View Book
• Wild Echoes: Encounters with the Most Endangered Animals in North America, 2nd Edition (University of Illinois Press 2003) : View Book
• Red Delta: Fighting for Life at the End of the Colorado River (Fulcrum Publishing 2002) : View Book
• Orion's Legacy: A Cultural History of Man as Hunter (Plume/Penguin 1996) : View Book

Selected Presentations

• PLU Parents’ Weekend, Mystery, Wonder, and Transformation: Five Lessons From Literature and Nature in Antarctica, Pacific Lutheran University (November 03, 2012)
• Lecture on wildlife and wildlife trafficking, Loving Them to Death, Centralia College, Washington (September 09, 2010)
• Earth Day Speaker, University of Northern Florida, The Theory of the Macaw, Jacksonville, Florida (April 25, 2010)
• World Conversations Keynote Presentation, Traffic in Paradise, Pacific Lutheran University (February 28, 2009)

Selected Articles

• "Nature Is a Story That We Live: Reading and Teaching Coleridge’s “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” in the Drake Passage." ISLE ( Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and the Environment ) December 19, 2012:
• "Mothers and Other Creatures." www.biostories.com October, 2012:
• "Teoría del Guacamayo (The Theory of the Macaw)." LiberArtes Online Journal December, 2009:

Accolades

• Faculty Excellence Award for Mentoring, 2013
• Fulbright Senior Scholar Award, Lecture and Research, 2006-2007. Project Title: “Ecological Literature in Latin America: Reading and Writing the Environment in Ecuador.” Universidad San Francisco de Quito
• Birds As Art International Photography Contest. Second Place, “Hand of Man” Category
• Windland Rice Smith — Nature’s Best Photography International Photography Contest Winner, “Highly Honored” in Endangered Species Category
• Washington State Book Award, 2003, for Red Delta
• Southwest Book Award, 2003 , for Red Delta
• Benjamin Franklin Award, 2003, Best Book in Science and Environment for Red Delta
• PLU Faculty Excellence Award for Outstanding Achievements in Teaching, Scholarship, and Service - 1995

Professional Memberships/Organizations

• Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment (Member of Editorial Board)
• Modern Language Association
• John Burroughs Society
• Defenders of Wildlife
• Environmental Defense Fund
• National Audubon Society
• National Wildlife Federation
• American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
• Humane Society of the United States