Prof Frye is Chair of English, California State University, Bakersfield and author of Understanding Cormac McCarthy;Cormac McCarthy in Context; The Cambridge Companion to Cormac McCarthy; The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of the American West as well as Dogwood Crossing; A Novel. Prof. Frye will be teaching a hybrid course (online and in person) American Renaissance: The Birth of Environmental Consciousness. The course will examine the influence of early nature writers on an environmental consciousness that later emphasized land preservation, sustainability, and the human cooperation with the material and natural world.