Career and publications
Magrane worked as a hiking guide in Arizona at Canyon Ranch Health Resorts for nine years between 2003 and 2012 after receiving his Master's Degree. [10] During this time,he published several literary works,performed numerous public poetry readings,and taught courses on poetry and writing at both the University of Arizona Poetry Center and Pima Community College. [2] [12] Magrane has continued to perform public poetry readings throughout his career. While working as a guide,Magrane became interested in geography,ultimately leading to him seeking a geography PhD in 2012 from the University of Arizona. While working on his PhD,he served as a Teaching and Research associate,teaching several classes. [3] In 2017,after Magrane received his PhD,he became a visiting assistant professor at the New Mexico State University Department of geography. In 2018,he took a position as a tenure-track associate professor in the same department. [2]
Magrane's background in creative writing and geography is reflected in his research and publications. The book 'The Sonoran Desert:A Literary Field Guide' which he co-edited,demonstrates this approach by combining a scientific field guide with artistic illustrations and literature about the species represented. [13] [14] [15] This book "harmonizes science and the arts," according to one reviewer. [14] Broadly,his writing focuses on narratives related to the Anthropocene,responses to environmental change,and human perspectives on place. [16] Examples of topics he has had published in peer-reviewed journals include bycatch in the Gulf of California shrimp trawling fishery and anthropogenic climate change. [17] [16] [18] [19]
His background has helped him become a significant figure in the geography subdiscipline of geopoetics. [2] His paper 'Situating geopoetics' appeared in the first issue of the American Association of Geographers journal GeoHumanities and serves as a landmark publication documenting the history of geopolitics,its current status,and possible avenues of future exploration. [2] [4] [20] His paper 'Climate geopoetics (the earth is a composted poem),' published in Dialogues in Human Geography (currently the geography journal with the highest impact factor),received several responses,and helped bring attention to geopoetics among mainstream geographers. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] He co-authored "Geopoetics in Practice," a textbook designed to demonstrate the intersection of geography and poetry in a way that academics and lay people can understand. [21] [22] [23]
He serves on the editorial board of the journals Annals of the American Association of Geographers and Terrain. [24] [25]
