Mission

The Interdisciplinary Environmental Association (IEA), founded in 1994, is an organization of academics, practitioners, and concerned citizens from a wide range of disciplines and perspectives who believe that environmental problems require an interdisciplinary approach that needs to be clearly reflected in an organization dedicated to enhancing the discussion of these issues across disciplinary and political boundaries. The mission of the IEA is thus to bring together all disciplines so that environmental knowledge is enhanced though interdisciplinary communications. The goals of the organization are to enhance understanding of environmental issues by educating each other in an interdisciplinary format, and to present disciplinary perspectives of environmental problems to people outside those disciplines, as well as to those outside academia, in a clear, understandable fashion.

New Officers

Congratulations to Brenda Bushell, Professor in the Department of Language and Media Studies at the University of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo, the new Vice President/President Elect of the IEA and Head of Kappa Alpha Omicron for 2011-2013. Kimberly Reiter, of the Department of History at Stetson University in Florida and the previous VP, now takes over a two-year term as President of the Association. The new counselors receiving four-year terms (2011-2013) are Charles Simpson (Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York, Plattsburgh), Peter Beck (Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Environmental Science and Policy at St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas), and Ralph Crawford (National Program Leader for Rangeland Ecology Research in the USDA Forest Service). Good luck in your new terms.

2012 Conference: Call for Papers and Posters

Holiday Inn By the Bay
Portland, Maine  USA
June 30 – July 3, 2012

The IEA, committed to an interdisciplinary approach to environmental issues, is now accepting submissions of papers and posters for the 2012 conference. We welcome research that crosses the boundaries of traditional disciplines to frame environmental problems, propose working models or initiate field or community projects. As part of a new initiative, the IEA has also set aside sessions for undergraduates and special events for students. These include:

1. Best paper and poster awards, graduate and undergraduate.
2. Student reception
3. Field trips

The 18th International Interdisciplinary Conference on the Environment will be held June 30th – July 3, 2012 in Portland, Maine. For information, click on the 2012 Conference tab or contact Dr. Eric Fitch, Conference Chair, at fitche@marietta.edu.