Evans Library is delighted to partner with the Community Foundation for Brevard for the third consecutive year. This year’s featured speaker is Dr. Leslie Kemp Poole, an associate professor of environmental studies at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida.
Tracing Florida Journeys, part of the Florida Humanities’ Florida Talks series, features highlights from Dr. Leslie Poole’s extensive research on notable explorers and voyagers who traveled through Florida and documented their experiences. Spanning the colonial era to the twentieth century, Poole traces their paths and words to reveal how these landscapes have transformed over time, offering a compelling narrative of Florida’s natural history and the evolving human perceptions of it. Through this talk, Dr. Poole hopes to enlighten and inspire audiences to appreciate the state’s environmental and cultural legacies.
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A fourth-generation Floridian, Dr. Poole is an award-winning journalist and historian whose work explores the state’s vibrant history and literature. Her research focuses on the role of activism—particularly by women—in preserving Florida’s natural environment. She is the author of Saving Florida: Women’s Fight for the Environment in the Twentieth Century and coeditor of The Wilder Heart of Florida: More Writers Inspired by Florida Nature.
The talk is Thursday, November 6th in the Evans Library’s Digital Scholarship Lab from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. Light nosh and refreshments will be served. The event is free and open to the public.