Chad WeidnerChad Weidner researches the intersection of ecocriticism, The Beat Generation, and ecopoetics. His work, Fractured Ecologies, is an anthology of transnational experimental writing to tackle global environmental issues. His first book, The Green Ghost William Burroughs and the Ecological Mind, challenges existing studies and repositions Burroughs within an ecological frame. As a Senior Research Fellow in Environmental Humanities at Utrecht University, Weidner worked with feminist researcher Rosi Braidotti. He has done additional editorial work, including "Keep on Rolling Under the Stars" and "The Beat Generation and Europe." Weidner is co-founder of the European Beat Studies Network and lectures on film, media, and rhetoric in the Netherlands. Read More Read Less