James Albert Swan is an American writer, TV and film producer, and actor. Initially he was a college professor of

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and psychology at the Universities of Michigan, Western Washington State, Oregon and Washington, but he has evolved into work with entertainment media.

Career

Swan was born in

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. He graduated with a PhD in environmental psychology at the University of Michigan, and became a professor at the university in 1969, serving in the School of Natural Resources, and the Institute for Social Research for three years. During this time he was part of a group led by William Stapp, seeking a definition of environmental education. Based on this work, Swan published the first article on what is “Environmental Education” in

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n. In 1985, he produced the “Is The Earth A Living Organism?” symposium for the National Audubon Society. The featured speaker was James Lovelock, creator of the “Living Earth” theory. Swan is the author and co-author with William Stapp of the first college textbook on

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. In 2004, while working for ESPNOutdoors, he began writing about game wardens. This led him to be invited by California game wardens to produce a documentary called “Endangered Species: CA Fish and Game Wardens" about the shortage of game wardens in California. As a result of the documentary, Swan became a Co-Executive Producer for the show “ Wild Justice" on the Nat. Geo. Channel

References

External links

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James A Swan - Personal Website

Snow Goose Productions, LLC - Official Website
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