Neil Prendergast BIO Neil Prendergast has spent the past decade sharing his passion for environmental history and historic preservation in the UW-Stevens Point Department of History. Prendergast’s other research interests include local and U.S. history as well as food history. He is also the coordinator of the Environmental Studies Minor. PUBLICATIONS Prendergast, N. (2011). “Raising the Thanksgiving Turkey: Agroecology, Gender, and the Knowledge of Nature.” Environmental History. Vol. 16:4 651-677. https://doi.org/10.1093/envhis/emr046 Prendergast, N. (2008). “Tracking the Kaibab Deer into Western History.” Western Historical Quarterly. Vol. 39:4, 413-438. https://doi.org/10.2307/25443778 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Historical Association American Society for Environmental History American Studies Association Network in Canadian History and Environment Western History Association ADVICE Get to know your fellow students. You can learn a lot from them, not just from the professor. And please, read the syllabus! QUOTE “Go outside!” – John Stilgoe FUN FACT When he was growing up, he wanted to be an architect. Associate Professor Coordinator, Environmental Studies Minor Office: CCC 468 Phone: 715-346-2334 Email: nprender@uwsp.edu Education Ph.D. - History University of Arizona M.A. - History Miami University B.A. - Economics Miami University Courses Designing the American Dream Food and History U.S. Environmental History United States since 1877 The Environmental Movement