Distinguished Lecture Series: Dr. J Drew Lanham
We are excited to announce Dr. J Drew Lanham as 2026’s Distinguished Lecturer on October 2, 2026.
While this is a free event, attendees will need to register to secure a seat. Registration will open in the fall. Sign up below for early bird notice!
Dr. Lanham is a cultural ornithologist, naturalist, educator, and poet, is the author of The Home Place, Sparrow Envy, and Joy is the Justice We Give to Ourselves.
Dr. Lanham is a Distinguished Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Master Teacher at Clemson University. He has received a MacArthur “Genius” Grant (2022) as well as the Dan W. Lufkin Conservation Award from the National Audubon Society (2019), the Rosa Parks and Grace Lee Boggs Outstanding Service Award from the North American Association for Environmental Education (2016), and the E. O. Wilson Award for Outstanding Science in Biodiversity Conservation from the Center for Biological Diversity (2020) and the Thoreau Award in 2024. He served as the Poet Laureate of Edgefield, South Carolina (2022).
Learn more about Dr. Lanham through these resources:
Links to his books are below!
Learn more about our Distinguished Lecture Series, generously supported by the Lyndhurst Foundation.