Hunter Vaughan

Hunter Vaughan is a cultural historian and environmental humanist. His scholarship, service, and teaching focus on the relationship between media, ethics, and the environment; he was awarded a Rachel Carson Center Fellowship for 2017 and is a founding editor-in-chief of the Journal of Environmental Media. He is an Associate Professor of Cinema Studies at Oakland University, and a Visiting Lecturer teaching on media studies and environmental communication for the University of Miami's Abess Center for Ecosystem and Policy. His most recent book, Hollywood's Dirtiest Secret (Columbia University Press, 2019), is an ecocritical counter-narrative to Hollywood history, merging industry and archive study, production studies, textual analysis, field work, and environmental studies to analyze the ecological ramifications of film practices. His current research focuses on new media and communication, including a study of the role of digital media in heritage sites and cultural institutions, analyzing the use of digital media and screen technologies (such as 3-D projections, interactive media, and augmented reality apps) in the construction of local identity in the era of globalization; a new reception study addressing the efficacy of short-form environmental messaging in diverse Miami communities; and a research and outreach project on local media infrastructures and ecosystems Check out more of his writing on environmental media and justice at The Green Fuse (www.thegreenfuse.info).