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Elizabeth Rush

IBES Affiliate Faculty, Assistant Professor of the Practice, English Nonfiction Writing Program

Elizabeth_Rush@brown.edu

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Research Interests Climate change, Sea level rise, Front-line communities, Wetlands, Creative nonfiction, Environmental journalism, Community engaged learning

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Indiana Public Media

Living the Legacy: The Women of the Modern Conservation Movement

July 13, 2026

Elizabeth Rush, an IBES faculty affiliate in the Department of English, was interviewed for the new WTIU/PBS documentary, "Gene Stratton-Porter: Music of the Wild."

News from IBES

Summer reads from IBES scholars

July 15, 2025

Recent titles that inform and inspire fresh ways of thinking about people and the planet.

The Atlantic

A New Concept for Fighting Climate Change

May 26, 2025

IBES Fellow Elizabeth Rush, an assistant professor of the practice in the Department of English, penned this book review.

The New York Times

Did Christopher Columbus Jump-Start the Climate Crisis?

January 21, 2025

IBES Fellow Elizabeth Rush penned this book review of "Dark Laboratory" by Tao Leigh Goffe.

The Atlantic

Bogotá’s Water Rationing Is a Preview

December 17, 2024

IBES Faculty Fellow Elizabeth Rush penned this article.

Trending Globally: Politics and Policy

Amidst melting glaciers and rising seas, finding hope for the future on an Antarctic voyage

November 27, 2024

IBES Fellow Elizabeth Rush is featured on this episode of the Watson Institute's "Trending Globally" podcast.