Colette R. Palamar
Assistant Professor
Director of Environmental Studies and the Herndon Gallery

A.A., Penn State University; B.A., East Stroudsburg University; M.S., University of Idaho; M.A., Bowling Green State University; Ph.D., Bowling Green State University; M.F.A., Bowling Green State University.

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cpalamar@antioch-college.edu

Teaching Responsibilities

Sense of Place, ecology and feminism, environmental policy, contemporary environmental thought, art and environment, prairie restoration, environmental history, environmental philosophy

Scholarly Interests

environmental ethics, environmental art, painting, nature writing, prairie restoration, environmental philosophy

Dr. Palamar's academic background is diverse and unusual, and has culminated in several bodies of work combining her experiences in the sciences, arts, and humanities. Her doctoral work focused on developing an interdisciplinary concept of 'dwelling,' and used a unique and distinctive style (called philoetry-a combination of philosophy and poetry) to both explain and demonstrate her vision of 'dwelling'. She is currently working on a book that will further develop theoretical and pragmatic aspects of what it means to dwell in the world.
(click on image for closer view) Colette's ceramic installations are conceptually based and environmentally themed. Her most recent, completed work, called "Last Chance to See: An Imaginative, Scientific Art Installation" documents the extinction of her hypothetical Kingdom Argilla.

Her installations have been shown all over the United States, with recent shows in New Orleans, San Francisco, and Seattle. She continues to work with clay and installation art. Her current work, titled "At the Speed of Walk," is a visual documentation of her immersion in and attentiveness to the natural world in southwest Ohio. Colette also presents and publishes in the fields of environmental philosophy and ecological restoration. She is currently working on several articles that explore the relationships between ecological feminism, environmentalism, and ecological restoration. Before joining the faculty at Antioch, Colette taught full time in the Center for Environmental Programs at Bowling Green State University, and served as the Center's Ecological Restoration Manager.

At Antioch, Colette teaches a wide variety of classes including Introduction to Environmental Studies, Environmental Strategies, Environmental Art, Prairie Restoration, Contemporary Environmental Thought, Ecology and Feminism, Environmental Policy in Comparative Perspective, Green History in the United States, and Environmental Philosophy. She is also the Director of the College's Herndon Arts Gallery.

Interesting Note

"I live in Yellow Springs with my partner, Justin, two wonderful dogs, Hayley and Una, two siamese-mix cats, Chloe and Mia, and eleven chickens."

Colette's personal homepage can be viewed at http://www.ecologies.org .