Calvin B. DeWitt
Professor of Environmental Studies
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Director, Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies
Author |
|
Calvin B. DeWittProfessor of Environmental Studies University of Wisconsin-Madison Director, Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies | ||
serviced by the: Christian Environmental Studies Center @ Montreat College http://cesc.montreat.edu |
". . . Ours is not to grovel in polluted gutters, nor is it to wring our hands over our sins. Instead, our purpose is to go about reclaiming creation for our Lord; for, as Psalm 24:1 tells us, 'The earth is the Lord's . . . .' When we work to reclaim God's creation, we do so in joyful gratitude for God's great gift of salvation." | |
| "My mission is to bring to both the religious and secular publics awe and wonder for God's Creation by opening to them the 'university' of Creation .... Through an integration of scientific and religious knowledge I am seeking to bring to both publics an increased love for God and God's Creation. I believe that it is from such love for God and Creation that responsible stewardship of land and life can flourish and be sustained." |
|
|
|
| |
Biosketch of Calvin B. DeWitt
April, 1997
Calvin B. DeWitt is Professor of Environmental Studies in the University
of Wisconsin's Institute for Environmental Studies and Director of the Au
Sable Institute in Mancelona, Michigan. At the University of Wisconsin he
teaches the undergraduate course in Principles of Environmental Science,
and the graduate courses in Field Investigations in Wetland Ecology, and
Research Methods in Land Resources. At Au Sable Institute he administers
a program that serves 41 Christian colleges and universities in North America
with courses and programs in Christian environmental stewardship.
He is a member of the University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate faculties
of Land Resources, Conservation Biology and Sustainable Development, Water
Resources Management, and Oceanography and Limnology and is a Fellow of
the University of Wisconsin Teaching Academy and recipient of the Chancellor's
Award for Distinguished Teaching in 1995. He is a Fellow of the Bradley
Learning Community, a residential center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
for undergraduate integrative education in International Relations, Integrated
Liberal Studies, and Environmental Studies. He also is recipient of the
Friends of the United Nations FUNEP-500 award for his work in developing
integrative environmental education, and the Capitol Community citizens
award for Land Use Planning in the Town of Dunn.
The Town of Dunn in which he lives is one for which he helped develop
a model stewardship plan when he was Town Chairman-- work for which the
Town received the Renew America Award in 1995. Prof. DeWitt is author of
papers in physiological ecology, wetland ecology, ecosystem modeling, and
environmental environmental stewardship, a theme toward which he directs
his life. He has given convocation lectures to the student body at some
50 colleges and universities in North America and worldwide. He is an author
or editor of EARTHKEEPING IN THE NINETIES
(Eerdmans, 1991), THE ENVIRONMENT AND
THE CHRISTIAN (Baker Books, 1991), and, with
Sir Ghillean T. Prance, MISSIONARY EARTHKEEPING (Mercer University Press, 1992). His most recent
book is EARTH-WISE: A
BIBLICAL RESPONSE TO ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES (CRC Publications,
1994).
Education: Calvin College, 1957, B.A. (Biology); The
University of Michigan, 1958, M.A. (Biology); and The University of Michigan,
1963, Ph.D. (Zoology)
Current University Assignments: University Undergraduate
Research and Awards Committee, Chair (Hilldale and Holstrom Awards for Undergraduate
Research); University Teaching Academy Executive Committee; Undergraduate
Certification Committee (IES); and Senator, University Faculty Senate; and
Academic Planning Council (IES); Appointments and Merit Review Committee
(IES).
Professional Society Memberships: American Association
for the Advancement of Science, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, American
Scientific Affiliation, Phi Sigma Biological Honorary Society, Society of
Wetland Scientists, Society for Ecological Restoration.
Honors and Awards: Phi Beta Kappa; Standard Oil of Indiana
Foundation Award for Outstanding Teaching of Undergraduates (The University
of Michigan), ca. 1967; Wisconsin Wetlands Association Award for Wetlands
Research and Preservation; Capitol Community Citizens Award for Land Use
Planning in the Town of Dunn; FUNEP 500 Environmental Achiever Award of
the Friends of the United Nations Environmental Programme, 1987; Town of
Dunn Stewardship Award, 1991; John Templeton Foundation Humility Theology
Award, 1994 and 1996; and Chancellor's Award for Distinguished Teaching,
University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1995.
Selected Publications:
DeWitt, C. B. 1967. Precision of Thermoregulation and its relation to
environmental factors in the desert iguana, Dipsosaurus dorsalis. Physiological
Zoology 40:49-66.
DeWitt, C. B. 1967. Behavioral thermoregulation in the desert iguana.
Science 158:809.
DeWitt, C. B. 1971. Postural mechanisms in the behavioral thermoregulation
of a desert lizard, Dipsosaurus dorsalis. Journal de Physiologie (Paris)
63:242-245.
Porter, Warren P., John W. Mitchell, William A. Beckman, and C. B. DeWitt.
1973. Behavioral implications of mechanistic ecology: thermal and behavioral
modeling of desert ectotherms and their microenvironment. Oecologia 13:1-54.
DeWitt, C. B. 1975. A model for prediction of world food production and
allocation. Simulation 25:65-80.
DeWitt, C. B. and Robert M. Friedman. 1979. Significance of skewness
in ectotherm thermoregulation. American Zoologist 19:195-209.
DeVos, Peter A., C. B. DeWitt, Vernon Ehlers, Eugene Dykema, Dirk Perenboom,
Eileen VanBeilen and Loren Wilkinson. 1980.Earthkeeping. Grand Rapids, MI:
Eerdmans Publishing Co., 317 pp.
Kratz, Timothy K., Marjorie Winkler, and C. B. DeWitt. 1981. Hydrology
and chronology of a peat mound in Dane County, southern Wisconsin. Transactions
of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters 69:37-45.
Kratz, Timothy K. and C. B. DeWitt. 1986. Internal factors controlling
small peatland-lake ecosystem development. Ecology 67:100-107.
Heliotis, Francis and C. B. DeWitt. 1987. Rapid water table responses
to rainfall in a northern peatland ecosystem. Water Resources Bulletin 23:1011-1016.
DeWitt, C. B. 1991. The Religious Foundations of Ecology. In: Scherff,
Judith, ed. The Mother Earth Handbook. New York: Continuum Publishing Co.
pp. 248-268.
DeVos, Peter A., C. B. DeWitt, Vernon Ehlers, Eugene Dykema, and Loren
Wilkinson. 1991. Earthkeeping in the Nineties. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans
Publishing Co., 381pp.
DeWitt, C. B., ed. 1991. The Environment and the Christian. Grand Rapids,
MI: Baker Books, 156 pp. ISBN 0-8010-3006-4
DeWitt, C. B. 1992. Ethics, Ecosystems, and Enterprise: Discovering the
Meaning of Development and Food Security. In: Katie Smith and Tetsunao Yamamori,
eds. Growing Our Future: Food Security the Environment, West Hartford, CT:
Kumarian Press, pp.6-26.
DeWitt, C. B. and Ghillean T. Prance, eds. 1992. Missionary Earthkeeping.
Macon, GA: Mercer University Press. ISBN 0-86554-390-9 (cloth); ISBN 0-86554-404-2
(pbk).
DeWitt, C. B. 1993. Towards Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation:
An Ongoing Challenge. In: Nicholls, Bruce J. and Bong R. Ro, eds. Beyond
Canberra: Evangelical Responses to Contemporary Ecumenical Issues. Oxford,
England: Regnum Books, pp. 97-107.
DeWitt, C. B. 1994. Earth-Wise. Grand Rapids: CRC Publications. ISBN
1-56212-057-3(TBA)
DeWitt, C. B., rédacteur, 1995. L'Environnement et le Chrétien:
Pistes de réfexion tirées des Êcritures. Québec:
La Clairière, 150 pp. ISBN 2-921840-02-2
DeWitt, C. B. 1995. Ecology and Ethics: Relation of Religious Belief
to Ecological Practice in the Biblical Tradition. Biodiversity and Conservation
4:838-848.
DeWitt, Calvin B. 1996. Ecology and Ethics: Relation of Religious Belief
to Ecological Practice in the Biblical Tradition. In: N. S. Cooper and R.
C. J. Carling, eds., Ecologists and Ethical Judgements. London: Chapman
& Hall. (Previously published in Biodiversity and Conservation 4:838-848).
DeWitt, C. B. 1997. Knowing and Doing: The Science-Ethics-Praxis Triad
and the Human Predicament. Green Cross 3(1):10-11.
DeWitt, C. B. 1997. A Contemporary Evangelical Perspective. In: Carroll,
John E., Paul Brockelman, and Mary Westfall, eds. The Greening of Faith.
Hanover and London: University of New Hampshire, University Press of New
England, pp. 79-104.
DeWitt, C. B. 1997. Biblical Principles for Ecology and Land Stewardship.
Global Biodiversity (Canadian Museum of Nature): 6(4):13-16.
DeWitt, Calvin B. 1997 (forthcoming). Honoring Rembrandt but Despising
His Paintings: The 1996 Kuyper Lecture. Grand Rapids: Baker Books.
Selected Public Service: Supervisor, Town Board, Town
of Dunn, Dane County, Wisconsin, 1973-1975; Town Chairman, Town of Dunn,
Dane County, Wisconsin, 1975-1977; Member, Aldo Leopold Preserve Advisory
Committee, Sand County Foundation, 1974-1988; Board of Directors, Center
for Public Justice, Washington, D.C., 1980-1986; Founding Member and Chair,
American Society of the Green Cross (U.S.A.), 1992-; Corresponding Editor,
Christianity Today, 1993-
Lectureships: Staley Distinguished Scholar Lectureships (12 occasions at various colleges and universities); Hodson-Fessenden Science Lecture, Marion College (1985); University Lectureship in Pure and Applied Science, Anderson University (1990); Edward Lindaman Distinguished Scholar Lectureship, Whitworth College (April 20-23, 1992); Warren Lecture, Dubuque Seminary (1995); Kuyper Lecture, Center for Public Justice, Fuller Seminary (1996); January Series Lecturer, Calvin College (January 7, 1997); Forester Lecture, Huntington College (Indiana, March 10, 1997); Miller Lecture, Greenville College (Illinois, April 17, 1997).
|
