# Terry Tempest Williams Writer-in-Residence ![Terry Tempest Williams](/sites/g/files/omnuum5526/files/styles/hwp_4_5__480x600/public/hds2/files/terry-tempest-williams-profile-220px.jpg?h=0c73d0cc&itok=hZEulfa4) email ## Profile Terry Tempest Williams joined HDS as a writer-in-residence in 2017. She is the author of numerous books, including the environmental literature classic, *Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place.* Her most recent book is *The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America’s National Parks*, which was published in June 2016 to coincide with and honor the centennial of the National Park Service. Her writing has also appeared in *The New Yorker*, *The New York Times*, *Orion Magazine*, and numerous anthologies worldwide as a crucial voice for ecological consciousness and social change. While at HDS, Williams will spend time contemplating and writing about the spiritual implications of climate change, and will lead a seminar with HDS students. Williams's appointment at HDS is supported by the Compton Foundation and the Susan Shallcross Swartz Fund. For more information, see "[Terry Tempest Williams to Join HDS as Writer-in-Residence](https://news-archive.hds.harvard.edu/news/2017/04/20/terry-tempest-williams-join-hds-writer-residence)." ## Courses View [HDS courses taught by Terry Tempest Williams](https://courses.my.harvard.edu/psp/courses/EMPLOYEE/EMPL/h/?tab=HU_CLASS_SEARCH&SearchReqJSON=%7B%22ExcludeBracketed%22:true,%22Exclude300%22:false,%22SaveRecent%22:true,%22Facets%22:%5B%5D,%22PageNumber%22:1,%22SortOrder%22:%5B%22SCORE%22%5D,%22TopN%22:%22%22,%22PageSize%22:%22%22,%22SearchText%22:%22(%20Terry%20Tempest%20Williams%20)%20(ACAD_CAREER:%5C%22HDS%5C%22)%22%7D) in the my.harvard Course Search. [All Harvard courses](https://courses.my.harvard.edu/) - ## Affiliation [Faculty](/affiliation/faculty) - ## Alpha Grouping [U-Z](/alpha-grouping/u-z) - ## Faculty Type [Visiting Faculty](/faculty-type/visiting-faculty)