Association for the Study of Literature and Environment

“Expenses supplies 296 website/computer expenses 11,188 travel/meeting expenses 2,637 conference expenses 10,924 insurance 1,216 credit card/banking fees 3,316 accounting/tax filings fe 75 total 29,652”

“UNREALIZED LOSS -12,216”

“Asle seeks to inspire and promote intellectual work in the environmental humanities and arts. Our vision is an inclusive community whose members are committed to environmental research, education, literature, art and service, environmental justice, and ecological sustainability.”

“Membership: asle activities serve the professional and scholarly needs and interests of its members and provide them with opportunities in the environmental humanities field: subscription to and publishing opportunities in our quarterly journal isle, an e-newsletter, eligibility to run for office, serve as a coordinator or on committees, and apply for writing awards and grants; chances to present at a biennial conference, off-year symposia, or international conference; or to join student mentoring programs, and participate on discussion lists. We maintain an online membership community with access to a member directory, chat groups, online journal portal, and publisher discounts.”

“Publications and website: isle journal: interdisciplinary studies in literature and environment is the official journal of asle, published both in print and online quarterly. Distribution is primarily to asle members (est. 1500) and institutional subscribers (more than 3,000 access points, mainly online, including nearly 1,000 gratis for developing countries). Content is juried and includes both scholarly articles in ecocriticism and creative works of nonfiction and poetry. Asle news: the association produces an e-newsletter several times a year. The newsletter is sent to members and subscribers (approx. 4,300 total) by email; stories are posted at the website on the asle news tab and other feature pages: http://www.asle.org/stay-informed/asle-news/. Asle website: the association's 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, a list of schools with programs of study, links and connections to various online journals and portals, and introductory articles and materials on the field. Member publications and accomplishments are posted as well. Asle 25th anniversary booklet: to celebrate our 25th year as an organization, asle printed a small booklet of highlights to send to members.”

“Asle grants: asle offered 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. We also offer international membership grants, which give in-kind free membership for two years to scholars outside north america without access to professional development funding.”

“Conferences and symposia: in addition to our biennial conference (2019), for which plans and expenses were already well underway in 2018, we sponsor smaller regional symposia in our non-conference years. 2018 featured the first-ever asle fully online symposium, a clockwork green, which focused on ecomedia studies and its relationship to environmental humanities, film and media studies, and cultural studies through a series of virtual presentations and conversations.”