James Albert Swan

Background

Swan, James Albert was born on February 25, 1943 in Trenton, Michigan, United States. Son of Donald Miller and Evelyn Ann (Berdan) Swan.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Michigan, 1965. Master of Science, University Michigan, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1969.

Career

Environmental education coordinator Ann Arbor (Michigan) Public Schools, 1965-1969. Lecturer, research associate University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1969-1972. Assistant professor Western Washington State University, Bellingham, 1972-1973.

Assistant professor, department chair University Oregon, Eugene, 1973-1976. Visiting lecturer University Washington, Seattle, 1977-1978. President Life Systems Education Foundation, 1978-1982.

Project director Institute for the Human Environment, San Francisco, 1983-1984. Associate professor California Institute Integral Studies, 1988-1992. President Institute for Study of Natural Systems, Mill Valley, California, 1987-1993.

Published writer in field, since 1967. Board governors University Michigan School National Resources, Ann Arbor, 1993-1996. Advisory board Audubon Expedition Institute, New York City, 1981-1988.

Secretary Michigan Natural Areas Council, Ann Arbor, 1967-1972. Board advisors International Center for Earth Renewal, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, since 1992.

Achievements

• James Albert Swan has been listed as a notable environmental psychologist, writer, actor by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Nature As Teacher and Healer: How To Reawaken Your Connection with Nature

    (Learning to love nature opens us to beauty and wonder, an...)

  • Dialogues with the Living Earth: New Ideas on the Spirit of Place from Designers, Architects, and Innovators

    (Lively essays inspire the reader to celebrate the unique ...)

  • Nature as Teacher and Healer: How to Reawaken Your Connection with Nature (Paperback) - Common

    (Nature as Teacher and Healer: How to Reawaken Your Connec...)

  • Bound to the Earth: Creating a Working Partnership of Humanity and Nature

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  • Nature as Teacher and Healer: How to Reawaken Your Connection with Nature (First Edition)
  • In Defense of Hunting 1st edition by Swan, James A. (1994) Hardcover

Membership

Member Screen Actors Guild, Association Songwriters, Composers & Performers, The Author's Guild.

Connections

Married Roberta June Arnett, December 7, 1975. 1 child, Andrew Arnett.

Father:

Donald Miller Swan

Mother:

Evelyn Ann (Berdan) Swan

Spouse:

Roberta June Arnett

child:

Andrew Arnett Swan