Association for the Study of Literature and Environment

“List rentals 150 total 150”

“11,000 0 0”

“Expenses supplies 255 bank fees 2,108 phone/fax 430 website/computer design 17,898 travel/meeting expenses 4,138 conference expenses 4,061 insurance 1,555 membership dues 200 total 30,645”

“UNREALIZED GAINS 7,153”

“Asle's mission is to promote the understanding of nature and culture for a sustainable world by fostering a community of scholars, teachers, and writers who study the relationships among literature, culture, and the physical environment.”

“Membership: asle activities serve the professional and scholarly needs and interests of members and provide them with opportunities to serve the field. The 1270 people who were members in 2014 receive the edited scholarly journal isle, the association newsletter asle news, as well as numerous other communications about member opportunities yearly. They are eligible to run for office, serve in appointed coordinator roles, and serve on association committees. Members can attend the biennial conference or affiliated international group conferences to share their work and research with others in the field, and are eligible to submit their work for asle writing awards, and apply for asle grants. Student members may participate in the graduate student mentoring program. Members also often join our social media and discussion lists to engage in conversations about the environmental humanities, pedagogy, publishing, conferences, etc.”

“Publications and website: isle journal: interdisciplinary studies in literature and environment is a quarterly publication of asle, and is distributed to asle members (approximately 1270) and institutional subscribers (approximately 1500 access points, including online). It consists of high quality juried content, which include both scholarly articles in ecocriticism and creative works of nonfiction and poetry. Asle news: the association produces a quarterly e-newsletter for the benefit of members and others interested in the activities of asle. The newsletter is an online e-publication sent to members and subscribers (approximately 1400) by email; it is also downloadable from the website in pdf format. Asle website: redesigned in 2014, the website serves as a rich resource in the burgeoning field of environmental humanities. There are articles on innovative teaching models, member profiles on projects or ideas across a broad range of arts and sciences, sample syllabi from courses, links and connections to various online journals and portals, and introductory articles and materials on the field.”

“Asle grants: asle has continued to offer and instituted a number of grants to assist our members with funding for their innovative projects and publications. Translation grants support work in ecocriticism from international scholars and to expand exchanges across cultures and continents. Subvention grants support innovative projects in ecocriticism and the environmental humanities. Community grants support projects that will help build connections between the environmental humanities and place-based environmental organizations working outside the academy. Conference seed grants are offered in years when there is not an asle biennial conference, to assist in funding symposia that are one-time (not regularly held), small, and in need of support. We also offer international membership grants, which give free membership for two years to scholars outside north america without access to professional development funding.”

“The terms of elected office for president and vp are now elected for 2 years, plus one year as immediate past president or vp. The graduate student liaison is now an elected position.”