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Bio

Lives & works in Bloomington, IN

jenmetar@indiana.edu

Education
 

2001

PhD in English, Folkore Minor

Indiana University, Bloomington

 

1991

Master of Arts in English

Northeastern University

 

1988

BA, Magna Cum Laude in English

Western Kentucky University

 

1980-1982

General Studies

Oberlin College

Books
 

2017

Selling Local: Why Local Food Movements Matter.

Robinson and Farmer. Indiana UP.

2012

A Cultural Approach to Interpersonal Communication: Essential Readings, Second Edition.

Monaghan, Goodman, and Robinson, eds. Blackwell.

 

2010

Teaching Environmental Literacy: Across Campus and Across the Curriculum.

Reynolds, Brondízio, and Robinson, eds. Indiana UP.

 

2007

The Farmers’ Market Book: Growing Food, Cultivating Community. 

Robinson and Hartenfeld.: Indiana UP.

Grants & Awards, Sel. 

 

2017

Mack Center Fellowship,

Indiana University

 

2016

Distinguished Service Award, International Society for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

2015-2017

Learning Analytics Fellowship, Indiana University

2014

Symposium Funding, Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society. Munich, Germany. June 19-21, 2014. 

2012

Trustees Teaching Award, Indiana University, $2,500

 

2008

Nonfiction Finalist, 2008 Best Books of Indiana. The Farmers' Market Book. Indiana Center for the Book, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis.

 

2005

Wagner Award for service, Indiana University, $2,500

 

2003

Theodore M. Hesburgh Faculty Development Award, for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Initiative. Sponsored by TIAA-CREF, $30,000.

 

1997

Teaching Excellence Recognition Award, Indiana University

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