j.e.skinner@warwick.ac.uk
Jonathan Skinner is Reader (Associate Professor) in English and Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Warwick, where he directs the Centre for Ecopoetics. Best known for founding the journal ecopoetics, Jonathan holds a PhD from the University at Buffalo Poetics Program and an MA in Translation Studies from UCL. Jonathan’s research across numerous published essays focuses on ecocritical approaches to contemporary and post-war poetry and poetics, alongside ongoing interest in garden theory and field recording and a developing interest in the energy humanities. He is also a published poet and field recordist, with a special interest in avian vocalisation, and active as an editor and translator. Jonathan’s teaching runs from the theoretical and literary (Question of the Animal) to the creative and practice-led (Ecopoetics, Small Press Publishing) including numerous PhD supervisions in ecopoetics and related areas.