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
AWARDS
UW-Stevens Point University Award for Excellence in Teaching – 2024
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.