A promotional poster for the film 'Flow' showing a woman in a pink dress walking on a tightrope above a river with forest and rocky cliffs in the background, and a woman kayaking in the river below, promoting the screening events in Seattle on June 5 at 7:00 PM at the SIFF Film Center.

Media

Flow: Voices from Rivers, Rock, and Sky 2026

Supporting role in the documentary Flow: Voices from Rivers, Rock, and Sky, 2026

Magazine article featuring a photoshopped image of Rae Raptor walking a highline above the water with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background, titled 'Slacklining Senior'.

“Sparks Woman Reaches New Slacklining Heights, Aims to Become World's Oldest Highliner" 2021

Amy Alonzo, Reno Gazette Journal

A woman balanced on a tightrope high above a lush green forest with rolling hills, the word 'flow' in large yellow letters and subtitles mentioning women's stories from rivers, rock, and sky.

Your First Mistake Was to Call Me an Old Lady—Highlining Over Sixty

Chapter in Flow: Women’s Counternarratives from Rivers, Rock, and Sky, Rocky Mountain Books

Press Kit

Short Bio
Extended Bio

High-Resolution Downloads

Rae Raptor wearing a light-colored cardigan and a scarf with a tiger design, posing against a plain gray background.

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Rae Raptor highlining over a deep canyon with steep rocky cliffs on sides and a river at the bottom, smiling and wearing a cap, sportswear, and safety harness.
Rae Raptor wearing a patterned sweater and colorful floral pants stands in front of a market stall with various textiles and scarves hanging behind her.
Rae Raptor balancing on a post with arms outstretched at a marina, with boats docked and a partly cloudy sky in the background.
Rae Raptor walking on a highline stretched between hills with a city and snow-capped mountains in the background.

Background & Credentials

as Cheryll Glotfelty

Employment and Education

  • Professor of Literature and Environment, University of Nevada, Reno, 1990-2018

  • PhD in English, Cornell University, 1990

  • MA in English, Cornell University, 1987

  • MA in Communication Arts, Western Colorado University, 1983

  • BA in English, University of California, Davis, 1982

Selected Teaching Awards

  • Outstanding Teaching of the Humanities Award, Nevada Humanities, 2017

  • Susan J. Rosowski Award for outstanding teaching and mentoring, Western Literature Association, 2010

  • Nevada Professor of the Year Award, CASE-Carnegie Foundation, 2006

  • Nevada Regents’ Teaching Award, 2003

  • F. Donald Tibbitts Distinguished Teacher Award, University of Nevada, 2000

Environmental Humanities Leadership

  • Co-founder, Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE), 1992

    • Vice-President, ASLE, 1992-1993

    • President, ASLE, 1993-1995

  • Co-founder and Associate Editor, ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, 1992-1996

Selected Academic Books

The Ecocriticism Reader (co-edited with Harold Fromm, University of Georgia Press, 1996)

The Ecocriticism Reader (co-edited with Harold Fromm, University of Georgia Press, 1996)

The Biosphere and the Bioregion (co-edited with Eve Quesnel, Routledge, 2015)

The Biosphere and the Bioregion (co-edited with Eve Quesnel, Routledge, 2015)

The Bioregional Imagination (co-edited with Tom Lynch and Karla Armbruster, University of Georgia Press, 2012)

The Bioregional Imagination (co-edited with Tom Lynch and Karla Armbruster, University of Georgia Press, 2012)

Literary Nevada (University of Nevada Press, 2008)

Literary Nevada (University of Nevada Press, 2008)

Peter Goin and the Photography of Environmental Change (with Peter Goin, Routledge, 2023)

Peter Goin and the Photography of Environmental Change (with Peter Goin, Routledge, 2023)