Professor and Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Phone: (239)590-7181
E-Mail: wohlpart@fgcu.edu
Office: RH - 222

Ph. D., University of Tennessee, English, 1993
M. A., Colorado State University, English, 1988
B.A., University of Tennessee, English and Philosophy, 1986

Research and Teaching Interests:  Environmental Literature, Native American Literature, Women's Literature, Contemporary Literature

Professor Wohlpart has published essays on Dickinson, Whitman, Hawthorne, Douglass, and others in American literature. His current research and scholarship includes editing a collection of essays entitled A Voice for Earth: Writers Respond to the Earth Charter. His current research interests are in environmental literature, Native American Literature, women's literature, and contemporary literature; he is working on a book tentatively entitled A Mind of Sky and Thunder: Remembering the Forgotten Language. He also has worked on large-scale course redesign with the National Center for Academic Transformation. In his free time, he enjoys walking Earth, as gently as possible, and training for triathlons.

Professional Appointments

2007-2010       Redesign Scholar, National Center for Academic Transformation

                      Consultations: Seton Hall University, Arizona State University, Truman State University, University of West Alabama

2006-2009       Advisory Board Member, University Press of Florida

April 2006       Lead Reviewer, Quality Enhancement Plan for the University of North Texas SACS Reaffirmation of Accreditation

2004-present    Associate Director, Center for Environmental and Sustainability Education, Florida Gulf Coast University

Recent and Forthcoming Publications

Book

            Coedited volume with Peter Blaze Corcoran. A Voice for Earth: American Writers Respond to the Earth Charter. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2008. Forthcoming.

Peer Reviewed and Invited Journal Articles and Contributions to Books

Wohlpart, A. James and Peter Blaze Corcoran. Introduction. A Voice for Earth: American Writers Respond to the Earth Charter. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2008. Forthcoming.

Wohlpart, A. James and Megan Melvin. "Advancing Sustainability through Environmental Literature: Remembering the Ancient Wisdom of Earth and Elders." Young People, Education, and Sustainable Development. (forthcoming)

Wohlpart, A. James, Craig Rademacher, and Chuck Lindsey. "The Reliability of Computer Software to Score Essays: Innovations in a Humanities Course." Computers and Composition (forthcoming).

"Literary Aperture." Invited and peer-reviewed introductory essay. American Vignette. Bonita Springs, FL: Photography for the Preservation of Landscapes, 2008 (forthcoming). 5-7.

Corcoran, Peter Blaze and A. James Wohlpart. "Infusing the Earth Charter into Research and Curriculum: One American University's Example." Good Practices using the Earth Charter. San Jose, Costa Rica: UNESCO Education Sector, 2007.

Wohlpart, A. James, Craig Rademacher, Lisa Courcier, Scott Karakas, and Chuck Lindsey. "Online Education in the Visual and Performing Arts: Strategies for Increasing Learning and Reducing Costs." Journal of Educators Online 3.1 (January 2006).

"A New Redemption: Emily Dickinson's Poetic in Fascicle 22 and 'I dwell in Possibility.'" South Atlantic Review 66.1 (Winter 2001): 50-83.

"The Second Great Awakening in Hawthorne's 'Young Goodman Brown.'"  Nathaniel Hawthorne Review 26 (Spring 2000): 33-46.

"The Frontier and Industrialization in the Democratic State:  Socio-Political and Cultural Orders in Twain's 'Old Times on the Mississippi.'" Nineteenth-Century Prose 25 (Fall 1998):  64-90.

"A Tradition of Male Poetics:  Mary Shelley's Frankenstein as an Allegory of Art." Midwest Quarterly 34 (Spring 1998):  265-79.

Recent Refereed and Invited Conference Presentations and Workshops

"The Work of Restoration Ecology: Restoring Biography and Landscape in Janisse Ray's Ecology of a Cracker Childhood." Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association. Reno, NV: October 9-11, 2008.

"Hot Topics in Course Redesign: What about the English Department." The Redesign Alliance Second Annual Conference. Orlando: March 16-18, 2008.

 "Disciplinary Showcase: Understanding Visual and Performing Arts." The Redesign Alliance Second Annual Conference. Orlando: March 16-18, 2008.

 "Redesign of Understanding Visual and Performing Arts." Learning by Design. State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. Richmond: November 9, 2007.

"Healing the Earth/Healing the Self: Remembering the Forgotten Knowledge in Linda Hogan's Work." Native American Literature Session. Rocky Mountain Modern Language Associate Convention. Calgary: October 4-6, 2007.

"'A larger life than our own': Linda Hogan's Dwellings as Native Ceremony." Seventh Biennial Conference of the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment. Spartanburg, SC: June 12-16, 2007.

"Requiring Assignments in the Redesign of Large Enrollment Courses." Freshman Don't Do Optional. The Redesign Alliance First Annual Conference. Orlando: March 18-20, 2007.

"Redesign of Understanding Visual and Performing Arts." Disciplinary Showcase. The Redesign Alliance First Annual Conference. Orlando: March 18-20, 2007.

"Environmental Humanities." Fifth Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities. Honolulu, Hawaii: January 12-15, 2007

"Listening to the Forgotten Language: A Journey into Stillness and Peace." 27th Annual Convention of the International Listening Association, "Listening: The Language of Peace." Salem, Oregon: April 20-22, 2006.

"Sustainability in the Mission and Curriculum at Florida Gulf Coast University." Higher Education Thematic Session. Earth Charter+5 Meeting. Amsterdam: 7-8 November 2005.

 "Technology in the Redesign of a Humanities Class." Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association Meeting. Coeur d'Alene: 21 October 2005.

"A Voice for the Earth: The Rachel Carson Center and Environmental Literature at Florida Gulf Coast University." Sixth Biennial Conference of the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment. Eugene, OR: 22 June 2005.

"Understanding Visual and Performing Arts." Increasing Success for Underserved Students: Redesigning Introductory Courses. Orlando, FL: 28 January 2005.

"Un-bundling Faculty Duties in Understanding the Visual and Performing Arts." Saving Dollars and Making Sense: 'Un-bundling' Faculty Duties in Distance Courses. Dallas TeleLearning Professional Development Seminars on Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century. Dallas: 18 November 2004.

With Peter Blaze Corcoran. "The Challenges of Infusing Sustainability Across the Campus: The Curriculum and Campus Operations at Florida Gulf Coast University." Sustainable Development Education: Holistic and Integrative Educational and Management Approaches For Ensuring Sustainable Societies.  Monterrey, Mexico: 9 June 2004.

With Peter Blaze Corcoran. Global Higher Education for Sustainability Toolkit Consultation. Sustainable Development Education: Holistic and Integrative Educational and Management Approaches For Ensuring Sustainable Societies.  Monterrey, Mexico: 8 June 2004.

Plenary Talk. "The Use of Technology to Redesign a Humanities Class: Strategies for Reducing Costs and Increasing Learning." Course Redesign Symposium. Seton Hall University: 5 May 2004.