Cybelle Shattuck
Western Michigan University
1903 W Michigan Ave
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5424 USA
- Ph.D., Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, 2016
- M.S., Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, 2011
- M.S., Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1991
- B.A., Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1989
Dr. Shattuck holds a joint appointment with the School of Environment, Geography, and Sustainability and the Department of Comparative Religion at Western Michigan University. Dr. Shattuck's research focuses on the intersection of ecology and religion, with particular attention to the earth-care work conducted by faith communities. Congregations are "going green" by conserving resources in their buildings and grounds, installing solar panels, starting community gardens, lobbying for environmental justice, and advocating for policy responses to climate change. In her book, Faith, Hope, and Sustainability: the Greening of US Faith Communities (SUNY 2021), Dr. Shattuck uses fieldwork research in fifteen faith communities to explore motivations that inspire some congregations to adopt earth care as a community mission and factors that contribute to implementation of effective and durable environmental programs.
Courses Taught
- ENVS 2050–Nature, Society, and Sustainability
- ENVS 4370—Eco-Justice
- REL 3220–Spirituality and the Environment
- REL 5000–Animals, Ecology and the Sacred
- REL 5000–Religion and Environmentalism (alternate years