Fiction and creative nonfiction writing, sustainability studies
Andrew Wingfield's main interest as a writer and teacher is exploring the ways that people and places shape each other. He grew up east of Sacramento, California, in the bumpy transitional zone between the flat floor of the Central Valley and the steep slopes of the Sierra foothills. Like his 2005 novel, Hear Him Roar, much of his creative nonfiction deals with the human and environmental costs of the development that transformed this home landscape dramatically over the past several decades. His 2010 short story collection, Right of Way, won the Washington Writers' Publishing House fiction prize. Wingfield has played a leading role in integrating sustainability into the George Mason curriculum and creating opportunities for students to use Mason's campus as a sustainability living laboratory. He was the founding director of the Environmental and Sustainability Studies BA program and founding co-director of the Sustainability Studies Minor. He is currently serving as the Faculty Liaison for the Sustainability Living Learning Community.
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Eduction
Association for the Study of Literature and Environment
Association of Writers & Writing Programs
Books
Right of Way (short stories). Washington Writers Publishing House, 2010.
Hear Him Roar (novel). Utah State University Press, 2005.
Recent Articles
Sklarew, Dann & Andrew Wingfield. "Up the Pyramid, Around the Loop: Action Research Cultivates Sustainability Scholars to Green the Campus." CUR Quarterly 35:1, Fall 2014.
NCLC 103 - Human Creativity: Science and Art
NCLC 140 - Self as Citizen
NCLC 210 - Sustainable World
NCLC 211 - Introduction to Conservation Studies
NCLC 275 - Leadership for Sustainability (for Sustainability LLC residents)
NCLC 307 - Narratives of Nature
NCLC 308 - American Landscapes in Fiction, Film, and History
NCLC 401 - Applied Conservation Biology: Fundamentals for the 21st Century
NCLC 495 - Conserving Endangered Species: An Integrative Approach
M.F.A. Creative Writing, George Mason University
M.A. English literature, University of Chicago
B.A. English, Rutgers University