Stacy Alaimo, professor of English and Environmental Studies at the University of Oregon, is an internationally recognized scholar of American literature, ecocultural theory, environmental humanities, and gender theory. She discusses her three books about posthuman environmental politics, and defines the concept of “carbon-heavy masculinity.” Alaimo also talks about her current book project Composing Blue Ecologies: Science, Aesthetics, and the Creatures of the Abyss. Alaimo joined the UO faculty in fall 2019 after a 25 year tenure at the University of Texas at Arlington.
