Grant A. Mincy is an Instructor of Biology at Pellissippi State Community in Knoxville, Tennessee where he leads the Concepts of Biology curriculum, teaches General Biology and offers a course inConservation Science. He has also taught Physical Geology, Historical Geology and Environmental Geology. In the classroom, Grant includes information regarding issues of concern in his town of Knoxville and the Southern Appalachian Bio-Region in general. He also likes to discuss local environmental policy and new sustainable initiatives having great success in the area as well.Grant earned his graduate degree from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville where he' studied' Earth and Planetary Science with a concentration in Conservation Biology and Environmental Science. During his time at UTK, Grant was Dr. McKinney's student and worked on many local and regional environmental research projects with his mentor. Grant is still very active in environmental issues. He serves as the Elinor Ostrom Chair of Environmental Studies and Commons Governance at the Molinari Institute and is also an Energy and Environment Advisory Council Member for the Our America Initiative. He has numerous popular publications on sites such as The Ecologist, Counter Punch and Resiliency and has published columns regarding environmental issues in numerous newspapers across the world, including the local Knoxville News Sentinel and the Knoxville Mercury. In addition, Grant regularly volunteers his time to Ijams Nature Center and encourages service learning in all of his courses.Grant's most important role is that of a husband and a father. In his free-time he likes to pass the time hiking away the day with his wife and three year old son in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
