Profile
Brandon P. Hollingshead is an instructor of Interdisciplinary Studies and Civic Engagement at Florida Gulf Coast University. His academic and teaching interests are in rhetoric of sustainability, humanities and sustainability, service-learning, and civic engagement. Hollingshead’s masters thesis from the University of Utah was on “Crafting Principles for Sustainable Development: Rhetorical Negotiations in the Drafting of the Earth Charter and Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development.” He has published and presented on a number of topics connected to youth participation in sustainable development, community-engaged scholarship for sustainability, and ethical dimensions of sustainability in higher education.
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Education
Toggle Education- M.S. in Environmental Humanities, University of Utah
- B.A. in Communication, Florida Gulf Coast University
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Specialties
Toggle Specialties- Environmental humanities
- Civic engagement
- Rhetoric of sustainability
- Environmental communication
- Education for sustainable development
- Interdisciplinary studies
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Research and Teaching Interests
Toggle Research and Teaching InterestsTeaching and research in interdisciplinary studies, including environmental humanities, service-learning and civic engagement, the environment and sustainability, social issues and sustainability, environmental communication, the rhetoric of sustainability, intergenerational justice, and intergenerational learning. -
Courses Offered
Toggle Courses Offered- HUM 1931 Humanities and Social Issues
- HUM 2395 Environmental Humanities
- HUM 2390 Themes in the Humanities
- IDS 3300 Foundations of Civic Engagement
- IDS 3305 Issues in Arts, Media, and Literature
- IDS 3920 The University Colloquium: A Sustainable Future
- IDS 4901 Interdisciplinary Studies Directed Individual Study
- IDS 4930 Special Topics in Interdisciplinary Studies
- COM 3060 Communication and Environmental Justice
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Publications
Toggle Publications- Corcoran, Peter Blaze, and Brandon P. Hollingshead (Eds.). Intergenerational Learning and Transformative Leadership for Sustainable Futures. Wageningen, the Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers. 2014. Print and electronic.
- Corcoran, Peter Blaze, Adnan A. Hezri, Brandon P. Hollingshead, Kanayathu Chacko Koshy, Joseph P. Weakland, and Zakri Abdul Hamid. "The Ethical Dimension of Sustainability in Higher Education: Applying the Principles of the Earth Charter in Malaysia and Beyond." Penang: Centre for Global Sustainability Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 2012. Print and electronic.
- Hollingshead, Brandon P. "Imagining intergenerational learning and intergenerational ethics for the future." Envisioning futures for environmental and sustainability education. P.B. Corcoran, J.P.Weakland and A.E.J.Wals (eds.), pp 63-71. Wageningen, The Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2017. DOI 10.3920/978-90-8686-846-9_3
- Corcoran, Peter Blaze, Joseph P. Weakland, and Brandon P. Hollingshead. "The Role of University Centers in Environmental and Sustainability Education in Envisioning Futures." World Sustainability Series, Walter Leal Filho et al. (Eds): Handbook of Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development in Higher Education, Vol. 2, pp 131-142. Springer, 2017. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-47889-0
- Kliewer, Brandon W., Brandon P. Hollingshead, Jessica Rhea, and Courtney Satkoski. "Attention + Action: The Florida Gulf Coast University Paradigm for Community Engaged Scholarship." In Service-Learning and Civic Engagement: A Sourcebook, Ed. Omobolade Delano-Oriaran, Marguerite Parks, and Suzanne Fondrie, pp. 85-92. SAGE Publishers, 2015. Print.
- Hollingshead, Brandon P., Joseph P. Weakland, and Peter Blaze Corcoran. "To walk together: Intergenerational learning and transformative leadership." In Intergenerational Learning and Transformative Leadership for Sustainable Futures, Eds. Peter Blaze Corcoran and Brandon P. Hollingshead, pp. 21-36. Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2014. Print. (Book introduction co-author.)
- A. James Wohlpart, Brandon P. Hollingshead, Brandon W. Kliewer, David Greene, Jameson Moschella, Eric C. Otto, Sasha Linsin Wohlpart, Madina Behori*, Jessica Drummond*, Faith Hawk*, Lauren Morimanno*, Mario Roche*, and Jessica Sauer* (* students). "Leadership through service: advancing social justice through intergenerational learning at Florida Gulf Coast University." In Intergenerational Learning and Transformative Leadership for Sustainable Futures, Eds. Peter Blaze Corcoran and Brandon P. Hollingshead, pp. 377-384. Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2014. Print. (Chapter co-author.)
- Hollingshead, Brandon P., Peter Blaze Corcoran, Adnan A. Hezri, Kanayathu Chacko Koshy, Joseph P. Weakland, and Zakri Abdul Hamid. "The Ethical Dimension of Sustainability in Higher Education: Applying the Principles of the Earth Charter in Malaysia and Beyond." In Sustainable Development in Universities: New Horizons, Ed. Walter Leal Filho, pp. 529-540. Frankfurt, Germany: Peter Lang Scientific Publishers, 2012. Print.
- Hollingshead, Brandon P. and Melanie Ashton. "From Marginalisation to Mobilisation: Young People Achieving the Millennium Development Goals." Young People, Education, and Sustainable Development: Exploring Principles, Perspectives, and Praxis. Eds. Peter Blaze Corcoran and Philip Molo Osano. Wageningen, the Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2009. 349-354. Print.
- Hollingshead, Brandon P. and Peter Blaze Corcoran. "Introduction to Part One: Principles," "Introduction to Part Two: Perspectives," and "Introduction to Part Three: Praxis." Young People, Education, and Sustainable Development: Exploring Principles, Perspectives, and Praxis. Eds. Peter Blaze Corcoran and Philip Molo Osano. Wageningen, the Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2009. 37-42, 135-142, and 267-272. Print.
- Slaby, Michael C., Brandon P. Hollingshead, and Peter Blaze Corcoran. "Learning and Living with the Earth Charter." Social Learning Towards a Sustainable World: Principles, Perspectives, and Praxis. Ed. Arjen E.J. Wals. Wageningen, the Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2007. 483-495. Print.
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Conference Presentations
Toggle Conference Presentations- Hollingshead, Brandon P. "Learning Between the Panels: Creating Learning Spaces and Learning Interactions in an Online Comic Book Course." Southwest Popular/American Culture Association 42nd Annual Conference. Virtual, February 2021.
- Hollingshead, Brandon P, Jamie Wilson, Miles Mancini, and Justin Fitzgerald. "S.O.L. Service-Learning: Strategies for Online Service-Learning in Adapting to Remote Instruction." Sunshine State Teaching and Learning Virtual Conference. University of South Florida and University of Central Florida. Virtual, January 21, 2021.
- Hollingshead, Brandon P. "Teaching Comic Books, Civil Rights, and Race in an Interdisciplinary Civic Engagement Course." Paper read on the panel "Dwelling in Time and Space: Comics and Identity." Northeast Modern Language Association 51st Annual Convention. Boston, MA, March 6, 2020.
- Hollingshead, Brandon P. "What the...? How Can We Have Better Discussions with Student-Written Questions and Student-Led Discussions?" Southwest Florida Teaching Symposium on "Active Learning Across the Disciplines." Florida SouthWestern State College and Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, Florida. January 31, 2020.
- Hollingshead, Brandon P. and Miles Mancini. "Comic Books, Civil Rights, and Civil Dialogue on Race." Southwest Florida Teaching Symposium "Promoting Inclusion and Belonging In and Out of the Classroom." Florida SouthWestern State College and Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, Florida. January 22, 2019.
- Weakland, Joseph P., Peter Blaze Corcoran, and Brandon P. Hollingshead. "The Role of University Centers in Environmental and Sustainability Education in Envisioning Futures." 3rd World Symposium on Sustainable Development at Universities (WSSD-U-2016). Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA. 14-16 September 2016.
- Rhea, Jessica, Brandon P. Hollingshead, and Eric Otto. "Creating and Developing a Collective-Impact Model Program that works for your institution and your community." Florida Campus Compact 2015 Annual Conference, Forward Together: Strengthening Florida's Higher Education Engagement Network. Boca Raton, Florida, November 2015.
- Rhea, Jessica, Zachery Holder, Brandon P. Hollingshead, Lauren Morimanno (student), and Katharine O'Connor. "The 'Leadership Through Service' Living-Learning Community: A successful partnership between Student Affairs and Academic Affairs at Florida Gulf Coast University." Florida Campus Compact 2015 Annual Conference, Forward Together: Strengthening Florida's Higher Education Engagement Network. Boca Raton, Florida, November 2015.
- Hollingshead, Brandon P. Refereed paper: "Intergenerational learning for sustainability: Bridging divides across generations in the rhetoric of sustainable development." Bridging Divides: Spaces of Scholarship and Practice in Environmental Communication, Conference on Communication and the Environment, International Environmental Communication Association. University of Colorado, Boulder. June 2015.
- Hollingshead, Brandon P. and Maria F. Loffredo Roca. Refereed workshop: "Engaged ethics and Earth Charter curriculum in higher education: Creating spaces for the practice of sustainability values." Bridging Divides: Spaces of Scholarship and Practice in Environmental Communication, Conference on Communication and the Environment, International Environmental Communication Association. University of Colorado, Boulder. June 2015.
- Hollingshead, Brandon, Miles Mancini, Victoria Hill (student) and Mary-Cecile Gayoso (student). Refereed paper: "Everything is a remix": Teaching the humanities, cultural production, technology, and copyright in the age of digital reproduction." Media Ecology Association 16th Annual Convention, Kaleidoscope of Media and Community. Denver, Colorado, June 2015.
- Corcoran, Peter Blaze and Brandon Hollingshead. Refereed paper: "Intergenerational Learning and Transformative Leadership for Sustainable Futures." World Environmental Education Congress VIII. Gothenburg, Sweden, June 2015. (Paper abstract accepted; presentation delivered by Corcoran.)
- Hollingshead, Brandon P., Sarah W. Davis, Brandon W. Kliewer, Eric Otto, and Jessica Rhea. Refereed workshop: "Living the Mission: Approaches for Campus-Community Partnerships Across the Curriculum." Moving Us Forward: Aligning Civic and Community Engagement with Mission and Institutional Effectiveness. Eastern Region Campus Compact Conference, Philadelphia, PA. 23 October 2013.
- Corcoran, Peter Blaze and Brandon P. Hollingshead. Refereed roundtable discussion: "Higher Education for Sustainability: An Informal, International, Intergenerational Research Network." World Environmental Education Congress 7. Marrakech, Morocco. 11 June 2013.
- Hollingshead, Brandon P. and Peter Blaze Corcoran. Refereed workshop: "Engaged Ethics and Earth Charter Curriculum in Higher Education: Implementing Shared Values for Sustainability." World Environmental Education Congress 7. Marrakech, Morocco. 12 June 2013.
- Hollingshead, Brandon P., Peter Blaze Corcoran, Adnan A. Hezri, Kanayathu Chacko Koshy, Joseph P. Weakland, and Zakri Abdul Hamid. Refereed paper: "The Ethical Dimension of Sustainability in Higher Education: Applying the Principles of the Earth Charter in Malaysia and Beyond." World Summit on Sustainable Development at Universities 2012. Rio de Janiero, Brazil. June 2012 (paper accepted).
- Hollingshead, Brandon P. Refereed paper: "Crafting Principles for Sustainable Development: The Earth Charter and the Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development." Second International Humanities and Sustainability Conference, Florida Gulf Coast University. Fort Myers, Florida. 9 Oct. 2010.
- Weakland, Joseph P., Brandon P Hollingshead, and Peter Blaze Corcoran. Refereed panel discussion: "Defining Sustainability with the Earth Charter." Second International Humanities and Sustainability Conference, Florida Gulf Coast University. Fort Myers, Florida. 9 Oct. 2010.
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Grants & Awards
Toggle Grants & Awards- $500 (competitive) Faculty Travel Award to Enhance Higher Education Pedagogy, Lucas Center for Faculty Development, FGCU. Spring 2020.
- $412 (competitive) FGCU Faculty Senate Professional Development Fund Grant award to present research at the Northeast Modern Language Association 51st Annual Convention. Spring 2020.
- $1,500 (competitive) FGCU Faculty Senate Professional Development Fund Grant award to present research at the International Environmental Communication Association. Spring 2015.
- $700 (competitive) FGCU Undergraduate Student Scholarship Support Award for student Mary-Cecile Gayoso to present research at the Media Ecology Association 16th Annual Convention. Spring 2015.
- €14,000 grant from the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture, and Innovation to co-edit a book on Intergenerational Learning and Transformative Leadership for Sustainable Futures. Summer 2013 to Fall 2014.
- $500 (competitive) Innovative Course Design award from the FGCU General Education Program and Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Initiative to redesign HUM 1931 Humanities and Social Issues with an emphasis on high-impact teaching practices. Fall 2013.
- $2,000 (competitive) FGCU Faculty Senate Professional Development Fund Grant award to present research at the World Environmental Education Congress 7. Spring 2013.
- $500 (competitive) Earth Charter Mini-Grant from the FGCU Center for Environment and Society for the project "HUM 2395 Course Development: Assessing Environmental Humanities and Service Learning." Fall 2012.
- Nominated, "Senior Instructor Teaching Excellence Award", Florida Gulf Coast University, Academic Year 2020-2021
- Faculty advisor to "Phenomenal First Year Service-Learning Award" recipients, Florida Gulf Coast University Office of Service-Learning and Civic Engagement, April 2017
- Faculty advisor to "Phenomenal First Year Service-Learning Award" recipients, Florida Gulf Coast University Office of Service-Learning and Civic Engagement, April 2016
- "Campus Community Partnership Award" as faculty member in the Wings of Hope panther and environmental education program, Florida Campus Compact, November 2015
- Faculty advisor to "Phenomenal First Year Service-Learning Award" recipients, Florida Gulf Coast University Office of Service-Learning and Civic Engagement, April 2015
- Nominated, "Junior Instructor Teaching Excellence Award", Florida Gulf Coast University, Academic Year 2014-2015
- "Student Affairs Partnering with Academic Affairs Award" for the Leadership Through Service Live-Learn Community, Florida Campus Compact, September 2014
- "Atlas Award" for A Voice for Earth: American Writers Respond to the Earth Charter, 2014
- "Commitment to Service Faculty Award", Florida Gulf Coast University Office of Service-Learning and Civic Engagement, April 2014
- Faculty advisor to "Phenomenal First Year Service-Learning Award" recipients, Florida Gulf Coast University Office of Service-Learning and Civic Engagement, April 2014
- Golden Key International Honour Society faculty inductee, November 2013.
- "Innovative Course Design Award" from the FGCU General Education Program and Lucas Center for Faculty Development to redesign HUM 1931 Humanities and Social Issues with an emphasis on high-impact teaching practices, Fall 2013
- Nominated, "Junior Instructor Teaching Excellence Award", Florida Gulf Coast University, Academic Year 2012-2013
- Faculty advisor to "Phenomenal First Year Service-Learning Award" recipients, Florida Gulf Coast University Office of Service-Learning and Civic Engagement, April 2013
- Faculty advisor to "Most Engaged Service-Learning Project Award" recipients, Florida Gulf Coast University Office of Service-Learning and Civic Engagement, April 2013
- Graduate Teaching Fellowship in Environmental Humanities, University of Utah, 2007-2009
- Nominated, Florida Gulf Coast University Student of the Year, 2005
Brandon is an associate at FGCU's Center for Environment and Society, where he has participated in a number of research projects on the Earth Charter and published on the ethics of sustainability.
