Faculty Profile for Dr. Lindsay Stern

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Dr. Lindsay Stern
Assistant Professor — English
FH M24
phone: (512) 245-3777

Biography Section

Biography and Education

Ph.D. Yale University
M.F.A. Iowa Writers' Workshop
B.A., summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Amherst College

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Stern, L. O. (2024, February). The Perplexities of the Rights of Nature. Rapaport Center Working Paper Series, UT Austin. Austin, TX, USA: The Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice. Retrieved from https://law.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2024/04/WPS_Stern2024.pdf
  • Stern, L. O. (2020, July). The Divide. Smithsonian. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved from https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/bonobos-teach-humans-about-nature-language-180975191/
  • Stern, L. O. (2019). The Study of Animal Languages. New York, NY: Viking Penguin.
  • Stern, L. O. (2017). Lüz. Edmonds, WA: Ravenna Press.
  • Stern, L. O. (2012). Town of Shadows. Sacramento, CA: Scrambler Books.

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Finalist for the Zipporah B. Wiseman Prize for Scholarship in Law, Literature, and Justice, The University of Texas School of Law. 2023
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Ralph Cohen Prize, New Literary History: A Journal of Theory and Interpretation. 2023
  • Award / Honor Recipient: The Austin Sarat Prize, The Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities. 2023
  • Award / Honor Recipient: John F. Enders Fellowship, Yale University. 2021
  • Award / Honor Nominee: National Magazine Award, Smithsonian Editorial Board. 2020

Selected Service Activities

Member
Clark Prize Committee
January 2025-Present
Member
Therese Kayser Lindsey Visiting Scholars Committee
August 2024-May 2025
Member
Visiting Creative Writers Committee
August 16, 2024-May 2024