Emily Swanson is interested in the ways that language choices can influence our cultural, political, and physical world. She earned her Ph.D. in English from the University of Minnesota in 2007, with a dissertation titled, "Natural Arguments: Popular Discourse and Environmental Legislation, 1945-2007," and she spent two summers as a National Park Service ranger at Glacier National Park. She teaches writing at Anoka Technical College, where she aims to empower her students to be confident writers. She has presented at the Under Western Skies conferences and the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment conferences. When she is not teaching, she enjoys being active in the outdoors with her family.To learn more about Holden Village, visit: www.holdenvillage.orgTo hear more from Emily Swanson, visit: http://audio.holdenvillage.org/node/17802
