Alma mater(s)
  • Ph.D., 1997, York University (Environmental Studies)
  • M.E.S., 1991, York University (Environmental Studies)
  • B.F.A., 1985, York University (Fine Arts Studies)

BIO

Adrian Ivakhiv is a Professor of Environmental Thought and Culture with a joint appointment in the Environmental Program and the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources. His research and teaching is focused at the intersections of ecology, culture, identity, religion, media, and the creative arts.

He is the author of Claiming Sacred Ground: Pilgrims and Politics at Glastonbury and Sedona (2001), Ecologies of the Moving Image: Cinema, Affect, and Nature (2013), Executive Editor of The Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature (2005), a former President of the Environmental Studies Association of Canada, and on the editorial boards of several journals in the environmental humanities.

Courses

  • Religion and Ecology
  • Environmental Literature, Arts, and Media
  • Research Methods
  • Media Ecologies and Cultural Politics
  • Culture of Nature
  • Film, Ecology, Philosophy
  • Nature and Culture
  • Environmental Thought and Culture Research Seminar

Area(s) of expertise

Instructional program: Environmental Studies
Research: Environmental thought, cultural theory, global cultural change

Bio

Adrian Ivakhiv is a Professor of Environmental Thought and Culture with a joint appointment in the Environmental Program and the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources. His research and teaching is focused at the intersections of ecology, culture, identity, religion, media, and the creative arts.

He is the author of Claiming Sacred Ground: Pilgrims and Politics at Glastonbury and Sedona (2001), Ecologies of the Moving Image: Cinema, Affect, and Nature (2013), Executive Editor of The Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature (2005), a former President of the Environmental Studies Association of Canada, and on the editorial boards of several journals in the environmental humanities.

Courses

  • Religion and Ecology
  • Environmental Literature, Arts, and Media
  • Research Methods
  • Media Ecologies and Cultural Politics
  • Culture of Nature
  • Film, Ecology, Philosophy
  • Nature and Culture
  • Environmental Thought and Culture Research Seminar

Areas of Expertise

Instructional program: Environmental Studies
Research: Environmental thought, cultural theory, global cultural change