George Browning Handley is a professor of humanities at Brigham Young University (BYU) who has often written on issues related to environmentalism.

Early life

Handley was raised in Connecticut, United States.

Education

Handley has a bachelor's degree from

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and a masters and PhD from the University of California, Berkeley.

Career

He taught at

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before joining the BYU faculty in 1998. He also served as chair of BYU's department of humanities, classics and comparative literature.

Works

Handley's works have focused on the interaction of culture and the physical environment. His most cited work is ''Caribbean Literature and the Environment: Between Nature and Culture'' co-authored with Elizabeth M. DeLoughrey. Among other works by Handley are ''Home Waters: A Year of Recompenses on the Provo River'' (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2010), ''New World Poetics: Nature and the Adamic Imagination of Whitman, Neruda, and Walcott'' (Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 2007), ''Stewardship and Creation: LDS Perspectives on the Environment'' and ''Postslavery Literatures in the Americas: Family Portraits in Black and White'' (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 2000).

Religion

Handley is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). In the LDS Church he has served as a bishop and counselor in a stake presidency.

Personal life

Handley and his wife Amy are the parents of four children. The family lives in

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References

Mormon Scholars Testify entry

University of Utah press article on Handley's book ''Home Waters''By Common Consent blog entry on HandleyRichard Cracroft's review of ''Home Waters''LDS Earth Stewardship profile of HandleyDialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought
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