Eric Magrane

Eric Magrane is a geographer, poet, writer, and assistant professor of geography at New Mexico State University. He has published several poems, peer-reviewed journals, and books.

Education and field

Magrane earned their B.A. from Goddard College in 1988. His dissertation is titled "Creative Geographies and Environments: Geopoetics in the Anthropocene." Magrane has continued to perform public poetry readings throughout his career. While working as a guide, Magrane became interested in geography, ultimately leading to him seeking a geography PhD in 2012 from the University of Arizona. While working on his PhD, he served as a Teaching and Research associate, teaching several classes. This book "harmonizes science and the arts," according to one reviewer. Examples of topics he has had published in peer-reviewed journals include bycatch in the Gulf of California shrimp trawling fishery and anthropogenic climate change.

His background has helped him become a significant figure in the geography subdiscipline of geopoetics. His paper Climate geopoetics (the earth is a composted poem), published in Dialogues in Human Geography, received several responses, and helped bring attention to geopoetics among mainstream geographers.

He serves on the editorial board of the journals Annals of the American Association of Geographers and Terrain.

Awards and recognition 2016: Southwest Book Award 2016: New Mexico–Arizona Book Award 2016: Southwest Books of the Year Top Pick 2024: New Mexico State University Early Career Award