Professional/Personal Overview
I am the author of Maximum of Wilderness: the Jungle in American Culture, Osa & Martin: For the Love of Adventure, Americas Natural Places: Rocky Mountains & Great Plains, and Rhinoceros. I have a doctorate in American history and a masters in anthropology. My work focuses on portrayals of nature in American culture, human-animal relationships, museums, explorations, and travels.
Work Info
Expertise
Book Author
7 Years
Writer
15 Years
Specialty
Travel
4 Years
Environment & Nature
7 Years
Arts & Humanities
15 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
15 Years
Media Client List (# assignments
last 2 yrs)
OnTopic Media (11+), Trails.com (11+), Trazzler.com (6-10), Oxford University Press (6-10), Facts on File (3-5), Greenwood/ABC Clio Press (3-5), USA Today Travel (3-5), National Geographic (1-2), University of Virginia Press (1-2), Globe Pequot Press (1-2), Antique Week (1-2), Bridgepoint Education (1-2), Reaktion Books (1-2), Society & Animals (1-2), Spinner.com (1-2)
Other Work History
staff writer for daily entertainment news website; associate editor for educational publications.
Foreign Language Skills
German
Awards
Animals & Society Institute Fellow
Associations
American Society of Journalists and Authors
Other
PhD in American history, focus on cultural and environmental, from Rutgers University.
Freelancer Availability
I freelance full-time. I live near Denver, CO. I am willing to travel anywhere. I have a driver's license. I have access to a car.
Work Samples
Books
(University of Virginia Press , 1/15/2012)
Long perceived as a place of mystery and danger, and more recently as a fragile system requiring our protection, the tropical forest captivated America for over a century. In The Maximum of Wilderness, Kelly Enright traces the representation of tropical forests--what Americans have typically thought
(Lyons/Globe Pequot Press , 8/16/2011)
Osa and Martin tells the story of world-renowned adventurers Osa and Martin Johnson, who, from the 1910s through the 1940s, brought the jungles of Africa and the South Pacific to millions of Americans. It takes us from their first expedition to the South Seas, which established their public image as
(Greenwood/ABC-Clio , 11/1/2009)
From Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado to the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in Kansas, this volume provides a snapshot of the most spectacular and important natural places in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains.
America's Natural Places: Rocky Mountains and Great Plains examines ove
(Reaktion Books , 6/1/2008)
"The latest monograph in the winning Animal series—truly natural histories, each title a wide-ranging look at a single creature, replete with splendid illustrations—is perhaps the finest yet. Like its predecessors, this volume alternately informs, delights, moves, and astonishes. Success here owes a
Travel Articles
(USA Today Travel , 2/23/2010)
Profile on National Wildlife Refuges in the state of Montana for USA Today Travel's online edition.
(Trazzler.com , 12/15/2009)
"Rejuvenating Industrial Debris in Fort Collins,
Colorado"
"Chugging Through the San Juans in Durango, Colorado"
(USA Today Travel , 10/7/2009)
Fun feature on the real and fake trees created by Disney imagineers.
History Articles
(Facts on File , 11/1/2010)
The essential reference to this critical topic and the only work of its kind, the four-volume Encyclopedia of American Environmental History begins with eight broad thematic essays, which highlight the major issues and topics in environmental history and serve as an entryway to other, more specific
(Environmental History , 7/1/2008)
An image-driven essay on the image of tropical forests in American history.
Culture Articles
(National Geographic , 2/1/2012)
Front of book article on rhino horn heists.
(Lawyers Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation , 8/28/2011)
Profile of rhino horn thefts from museums.
(Society & Animals/Brill , 5/1/2010)
A review essay examining the role of imaginary animals in recent films, including the Harry Potter series, The Golden Compass, and The Waterhorse. The essay asks how human-animal relationships are portrayed using CGI graphics of unreal creatures.
(Spinner.com , 2/25/2010)
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