Dr Todd Jared LeVasseur examines and studies the interface of cultural narratives and identities, with a specific focus on those in the domain labelled religion, and how these both shape and are shaped by the natural, “more-than-human” world within globalised political ecologies and the onset of climate triage. His work is thoroughly interdisciplinary, while being comparative and historical in scope and method. Dr LeVasseur utilises a variety of social scientific and humanistic research methods to engage the overarching research question that guides his scholarly path: how can the human animal, from individual to global scales, learn to actively generate just, regenerative, resilient, and sustainable behaviours and lifeways as humans move further into the Anthropocene, if at all?

Dr LeVasseur has written numerous books, journal articles, book chapters, and encyclopaedia entries on a wide variety of environmental humanities topics, while using a variety of research methods. His most recent book in 2021 titled Climate Change, Religion, and Our Bodily Future utilises new materialisms, queer theory, religion and nature theory, and performance studies to analyse how climate change will likely impact the bodily enactment of religions in ecologies-of-alive places. His current research investigates perceptions of climate change and tourism in Southeast Asia, focusing specifically on action sports and new age groups, and perceptions of those in the host communities where they go to engage in such activities.

• Religion and Nature/Environment
• Environmental Ethics
• Animal Humanities
• Climate and Society
• Energy Humanities
• Sustainability Studies
• Gender and the Environment
• Race and the Environment
• Sustainable Agriculture

Books

(2) 2021. Climate Change, Religion, and Our Bodily Future. New York: Lexington Books/Rowman & Littlefield.

(1) 2017. Religious Agrarianism and the Return of Place: From Values to Practice in Sustainable Agriculture. Albany: SUNY Press.
Finalist, 2017 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award, Religion category
Gold Medal, Religion Category, 2018 Independent Publisher Book Awards

Edited Books

(2) 2017. Lead editor, with Anna Peterson. Religion and Ecological Crisis: The “Lynn White Thesis” at Fifty. New York: Routledge.

2016. Lead editor, with Norman Wirzba and Pramod Parajuli. Religion and
Sustainable Agriculture: World Spiritual Traditions and Food Ethics. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky.

Refereed Journal Articles

(27) 2023. “Governance in the Implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals in Higher Education: Global Trends.” With Walter Leal, Ismaila Abubakar, et al. Environment, Development and Sustainability.

(26) 2023. “An Assessment of Attitudes and Perceptions of International University Students on Climate Change.” With Desalegn Ayal, Walter Leal Filho, Tony Wall, et al. Climate Risk Management. 100486. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2023.100486

(25) 2022. “Linking Sustainability and Spirituality: A Preliminary Assessment in Pursuit of a Sustainable and Ethically Correct World.” With Walter Leal Filho, Adriana Consorte-McCrea, Arminda Paco, Amanda Salvia, Barbara Gomes, Mark Mifsud, Nandhi Varman, and Rohana & Nandanie Ulluwishewa. Journal of Cleaner Production. 380.2. doi.org/10.1016/j.clepro.2022.135091

(24) 2022. “Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Routines of Higher Education Institutions: A Global Perspective.” With Walter Leal Filho, Amanda Salvia, Ismaila Abubakar, et al. Sustainability. 14.21. doi.org/10.3390/su142114105

(23) 2022. “International Trends and Practices on Sustainability Reporting in Higher Education Institutions.” With Walter Leal Filho, Fernanda Frankenberger, Amanda Salvia, et al. Sustainability. 14.19. doi.org/10.3390/su141912238

(22) 2022. “Social Values and Sustainable Development: Community Experiences.” With Walter Leal Filho, Vanessa Levesque, Subarna Sivapalan, et al. Environmental Sciences Europe. 34: 67. doi:10.1186/s12302-022-00641-z

(21) 2021. “Sustainability Literacy: Faculty, Staff, and Students as Agents of Change.” With Ira Feldman. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. Editorial introduction to special section.

(20) 2021. “Activism, Religious Studies, and Embodied Teaching.” Worldviews: Environment, Culture, Religion. 25.1: 1-16. doi:10.1163/15685357-20211003

(19) 2021. “Sustainability Practices at Private Universities: A State-of-the-Art Assessment.” With Walter Leal Filho, Barbara Gomes, Marina Kovaleva, Kay Emblen-Perry, Johannes Platje, et. al. International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology. 28.5: 402-416. Published online December 23, 2020. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13504509.2020.1848940

(18) 2021. “COVID-19: The Impact of a Global Crisis on Sustainable Development Teaching.” With Walter Leal Filho, et al. Environment, Development and Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-020-01107-z

(17) 2020. “Dark Green Humility: Religious, Psychological, and Affective Attributes of Pro-Sustainable Behaviors.” With Bron Taylor and Jen Wright. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences. 10.1: 41-56. Digital (2019): https://doi.org/10.1007/s13412-019-00578-5

(16) 2020. “Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping: Contemporary Religious Production on a Planet Passing Tipping Points.” Nova Religio. 23.3.

(15) 2019. “Sustainability Literacy in a Time of Socio-Ecological Crisis: Using Reaccreditation as a Leverage Point for Innovation in Higher Education.” With Chris Ciarcia. Sustainability. 11.18: 5104.

(14) 2017. “Decisive Ecological Warfare: Triggering Industrial Collapse via Deep Green Resistance.” Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture. 11.1: 109-130.

• Foundations of Environmental Humanities
• Religion and the Environment
• Climate Hope and Resilience
• Environmental Studies Capstone Project