James Eflin stresses research and teaching in the interface between environment and society, with an underlying theme of sustainability.  His research has recently focused on industrial ecology and eco-industrial development.  His background in social transformations of technology and space were developed through his work in human geography, and is complemented by undergraduate and graduate studies in physical geography, environmental studies, and environmental design.  His joint positions at Ball State University allow him to combine his research and teaching expertise while serving as a leader in the campus-wide efforts toward becoming a sustainable university.  This recently provided an opportunity to develop new courses in Environmental Ethics (taught in the Department of Philosophy), Creating a Sustainable Future (taught in an interdepartmental program), and Global Environmental Change.  His appointment to a college committee during 2000 led to the successful creation of the new Ball State University Field Station and Environmental Learning Center, which integrates five off-campus properties that are managed for educational outreach and instructional programs for the university.  His appointment to the campus-wide Green Committee 2 during 2000-2001 helped lead to the creation of the BSU Council on the Environment (to which he was appointed as a permanent member) and continuation of ongoing greening of campus initiatives.

Areas of Professional Specialization

Education for Sustainability; Social Implications of Energy and Technology; Human Dimensions of Global Change; Industrial Ecology; Environmental Planning; Human Geography; and Environmental Philosophy

Courses Taught at Ball State University

HONRS 297 – Honors Symposium in Earth Science
ID 400 – Creating a Sustainable Future
NREM 101 – Environment and Society
NREM 309/509 – Sociopolitical Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
NREM 331/531 – Energy & Mineral Resources
NREM 335/535 – Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology
NREM 405/505 – Integrated Resource Management
PHIL 230 – Environmental Ethics
PLAN 365/534 – Economic Development Planning/Regional Development Planning
PLAN 435 – Energy Planning

Education

Ph. D. (Geography) University of Washington (1987)
M.A. (Geography) University of Colorado (1978)
B.A. (Geography and Environmental Studies) University of Colorado (1976)

Professional Experience

2000: Associate Professor, Natural Resources and Environmental Management, Ball State University
1997: Energy Education Scholar, Center for Energy Research/Education/Service, Ball State University
1992-2000: Assistant Professor, Natural Resources and Environmental Management, Ball State University
1990-1992: Assistant Professor, Geography, Indiana University at Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
1987-1990: Assistant Professor, Geography, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
1982-1987: Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1981-1982: Principal, Jimmie Eflin Planning and Design, Colorado Springs, CO
1978-1981: Director of Planning and Design, The Campbell Corporation, Colorado Springs, CO

Fellowships, Grants, Awards, and Honors Received

2004: AT&T Foundation Industrial Ecology Fellowship (w/Amy Sheaffer); amount received: $25,000
2003: AT&T Foundation Industrial Ecology Fellowship (w/Amy Sheaffer); amount received: $25,000
2002: Faculty Summer Assessment Grant (w/ Tim Lyon and Amy Sheaffer), Environment and Sustainability Practices at Ball State University; amount received: $3,330.
2001: George and Frances Ball Fund for Academic Excellence and the 21st Century Fund for Faculty Development, "NREM 101 – Environment and Society: Enhancing Course Content Through Faculty Development," (w/ Hugh Brown, Thad Godish, Tim Lyon, and Amy Sheaffer); amount received: $9,315
1999: U.S. Department of Energy/Indiana Department of Commerce, "Connecting Biomass Producers with Users: Bioenergy Crops on Marginal Lands in Indiana"; $31,720; 8/99 (co-PI with Hugh Brown and David Ferguson)
1999: George and Frances Ball Foundation/21st Century Fund, "Interactive Pedagogies for Gatekeeper Science Courses: Attraction and Retention of Women in Science at Ball State University Phase III"; $15,000; 3/99 (Marianna Zamlauski-Tucker and Bonnie McVey, co-Project Directors; I was one of ten participants in the grant).
1998: Indiana Academy of Science, "Adaptive Reuse of Brownfields Using Natural Ecosystem Analogs: A Preliminary Investigation for Implementation in Indiana Communities"; $528; 11/98 ($350 matching funds from Ball State).
1998: European Teacher Education Network, "Industrial Ecology in Northwestern Europe";  $1000 (plus $1600 matching funds from Ball State University); 2/98.
1998: George and Frances Ball Foundation/21st Century Fund, "Attraction and Retention of Women in Science at Ball State University Phase II"; $15,000; 3/98 (Marcy Towns and Marianna Zamlauski-Tucker, co-Project Directors; I was one of ten participants in the grant).
1998: Eli Lilly Foundation, "An Interdepartmental Mentor Program for Women in Science and Mathematical Sciences"; $5000; 3/98 (one of ten project directors/co-authors of grant proposal)
1998: Eli Lilly Foundation, "Building Community and Fostering Professionalism as Strategies to Enhance Retention of Students in Natural Resources and Environmental Management" (co-authored with Hugh Brown); amount awarded: $5,500; 10/98
1997: George and Frances Ball Foundation/21st Century Fund, "Attraction and Retention of Women in Science at Ball State University Phase I"; $10,000; 3/98 (Marcy Towns and Kim Jones-Owen, co-Project Directors; I was one of ten participants in the grant).
1995-96  & 1998-1999: CERES Faculty Fellowship, BSU Center for Energy Research/Education/Service

Selected Publications

2004: James Eflin, "Geographers and Sustainability: A Missing Connection?" in Barney Warf, Donald Janelle, and Kathy Hansen, Eds. WorldMinds: Geographical Perspectives on 100 Questions (Washington: Association of American Geographers) (forthcoming).
2004: James Eflin, "International Cooperation in Environmental Politics: Ecosystem Management of the Great Lakes and the Baltic Sea," in Neil E. Harrison and Gary C. Bryner, Eds. Science and Politics in the International Environment (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield), pp. 297-323.
2003: James Eflin and David L. Ferguson, "Environmental Futures: Educating for Sustainability in the 21^st Century," Research in Geographic Education (in print; accepted 3/02).
2003: Hugh Brown, James Eflin, and David Ferguson "Connecting Biomass Producers with Users: Bioenergy Crops on Marginal Lands in Indiana," CD-ROM.
2002: James Eflin, Hugh Brown, and David L. Ferguson, "Spatial Analysis of the Potential for Bioenergy Crop Production in Indiana," Proceedings, Bioenergy 2002.
2002: John Vann and James Eflin, "Interdisciplinary Approaches to EFS Curriculum," Proceedings of an International Think Tank on Educating for Sustainability (Muncie, IN: Ball State University).
2001: James Eflin, "Addressing the Challenge of the Talloires Declaration at Ball State University," The Declaration, 4(2): 1, 19-20.
2001: "Wetlands/Swamps/Bogs/Marshes" and "Everglades, Florida" in International Encyclopedia of Environmental Politics, John Barry and E. Gene Frankland, editors (Routledge).
1999: James Eflin, "Toward a Biomass-Intensive Sustainable Energy Strategy for Indiana," in Biomass: A Growth Opportunity in Green Energy and Value-Added Products, Proceedings of the Fourth Biomass Conference of the Americas.  Eds. R. P. Overend and E. Chornet (Elsevier), pp. 1697-1702.
1999: James Eflin, David Ferguson, Robert Koester, Charles McLaughlin, and John Vann, "Interdisciplinary Education for Sustainability: A Progress Report on the Clustered Minors," Greening of the Campus III -Theory and Reality: Conference Proceedings (Muncie, IN: Ball State University), pp. 100-110.
1998: James Eflin, David Ferguson, Robert Koester, Charles McLaughlin, and John Vann, "Implementing Campus-Wide Environmental Literacy Through a Cluster of Minors," Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Conference of the National Association of Environmental Professionals (Jacksonville, FL:  National Association of Environmental Professionals), pp. ACE 6-15. 
1998: James Eflin, "The Greening of the Corporate Image," The Environmentalist, 18(4): 197-211.
1998: James Eflin and Juli Eflin, "Thinking Critically About Global Environmental Issues," Journal of Geography, 98(2): 68-78.
1998: James Eflin, Review of Global Warming and Global Politics, by Matthew Paterson. In Local Environment 3(2): 232-233.
1998: James Eflin, Review of This Place on Earth: Home and the Practice of Permanence, by Alan Thein Durning. In Annals of the Association of American Geographers 87(2): 333-334.
1997: James Eflin. Industry in Concert with the Environment: Technical Change and Industrial Ecology as Guiding Forces for Global Environmental Change. (Washington, DC: Association of American Geographers).
1996: James Eflin. Review of Industrial Ecology and Global Change, by R. Socolow, et al. (eds), in Global Environmental Change 6(2): 183-184.
1992: James Eflin. "Economic Development of Tampa Bay Through the 'Unifying Language' of Sports," The Florida Geographer 26(October):25-39.
1990: James Eflin and James Wysong. "Dynamics of Management and Planning Policy," Geographical Review 80(2):141-154.

Presentations at Professional Meetings

2003: "Beyond Discipline: Integrating Academia, Operations, and Community for Campus-Wide Sustainable Development," Education for Sustainable Development, Lowell, MA, 10/03
2003: "The ‘New Environmental Paradigm' Remains a Significant Indicator of Differences in Environmental Attitudes on College Campuses," Greening of Campus V, Muncie, IN, 9/03
2003: "Faculty Assessment of Knowledge and Behavior about Environmental and Sustainability Issues" (with Amy Sheaffer), Greening of Campus V, Muncie, IN, 9/03
2003: Molly Crawford, Sara Cook, Quentin Flory, James Eflin, and Amy Sheaffer, "‘Bridges Connect the Community': Service-Learning Enabled Watershed Education and Community Development," 2nd Student Service-Learning Conference, Indiana Campus Compact, Muncie, IN, 4/03
2003: Amy Sheaffer, James Eflin, Molly Crawford, and Sara Cook, "‘We all live downstream': Connecting Students with Local Communities in Watershed Management Initiatives," Society for Applied Anthropology, Portland, OR, 3/03.
2003: James Eflin, Workshop Facilitator, "Infusing Sustainability into the Curriculum at UMass Boston," day-long workshop at University of Massachusetts Boston, 2/03 (including development and distribution of CD-ROM workshop materials)
2002    James Eflin, "Greening the University: Dedication to Sustainable Practices," 10th Governor's Conference on the Environment, Indianapolis, IN, 9/02 (Invited presentation)
2002: "Educating for Sustainability in the 21^st Century," PKAL Summer Institute, Williamsburg, VA
2001: "The Family Joules: A Biofuel-based Strategy to Meet Energy Needs in the Midwest," Association of American Geographers, New York, NY, 3/01
2000: "Eco-Industrial Development: Status and Opportunities," Focus on Excellence, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
2000: "Becoming a Sustainable University: An Integrated Approach for Implementing the Talloires Declaration," Higher Education for Sustainability and the Environment, South Padre Island, TX
2000: "Eco-Industrial Development in North America at 2000," Association of American Geographers, Pittsburgh, PA
1999: "Eco-Industrial Development at the End of the 20^th Century," Indiana Academy of Science, Evansville, IN
1999: "Interdisciplinary Education for Sustainability: A Progress Report on the Clustered Minors," at Greening of the Campus III: Theory and Reality, Muncie, IN (with David Ferguson, Robert Koester, Charles McLaughlin, and John Vann)
1999: "Environmental Futures: Interdisciplinary Environmental Education for the 21^st Century," International Conference on Research in Geographic Education, San Marcos TX (w/ Dave Ferguson)
1998: "Teaching ‘X' Across the Curriculum: The Benefits of a Clustered Minors Approach," Lilly Conference on College Teaching, Oxford, OH (with John Vann and Charles McLaughlin)  [Each author contributed equally to the presentation] (see Supplementary Materials)
1998: "Implementing Campus-Wide Environmental Literacy Through a Cluster of Minors," National Association of Environmental Professionals, San Diego, CA  [Co-authors: David Ferguson, Robert Koester, Charles McLaughlin, and John Vann; Eflin was sole presenter]
1998: "Ecological Industrial Parks in the United States and Europe," Seventh International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, Columbia, MO
1997: "Slick and Green: Industry's Use of Environmental Images," Association of American Geographers, Fort Worth, TX
1996: "Creating Environments for Active Learning: Examples in the Human Dimensions of Global Change," Lilly Conference on College Teaching, Oxford, OH
1994: "Accommodating to Environmentalism: The Changing Image of American Capitalism," Association of American Geographers, San Francisco, CA