Dr. Irene J. Klaver
University of North Texas
Philosophy and Religion
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Education

PhD, State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook, 1996.
Major: Philosophy
Dissertation Title: Indeterminacy in Place. Committee members: Edward S. Casey (Director), Mary Rawlinson, Anthony Weston, Peter Manchester, Stephen A.Tyler (Outside Reader: Professor of Anthropology and Linguistics, Rice University)
MA, New School for Social Research, New York, 1988.
Major: Philosophy
MA, University of Amsterdam, 1987.
Major: (Cum Laude) Political Theory/ Social Sciences/ De Moed der Wanorde: Noodzaak voor Onbepaalde Ruimte in Stadsplanning (The Courage of Chaos: Necessity of Indeterminate Space in City Planning)
BA, University of Amsterdam, 1984.
Major: Psychology/Philosophy

Professional Positions

Academic - Post-Secondary
Chair of Department, University of North Texas. (June 1, 2019 – Present).

Professional Memberships

American Philosophical Association (APA). (Present).

American Society for Literature and the Environment (ASLE). (Present).

International Association for Philosophy and Literature (IAPL). (Present).

Merleau-Ponty Circle. (Present).

Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA). (Present).

Society for Ecological Restoration (SER). (Present).

Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy (SPEP). (Present).

Texas Society for Ecological Restoration (TX-SER). (Present).

AERI Advanced Environmental Research Institute UNT Interdisciplinary Research Team. (2016 – Present).

Co-Director, International Association of Environmental Philosophy (IAEP). (1998 – Present).

Faculty Member, UNT Institute of Applied Science (IAS),UNT Institute of Applied Science (IAS). (2000 – 2015).

Faculty Member, Biology and Environmental Engineering (BEE) Program. (2007 – 2009).

Awards and Honors

UNT Leadership Fellow, University of North Texas. (August 2019 – Present).

Fulbright Fellowship for study in the United States. (1987 – 1993).

Departmental Teaching Fellowship, SUNY at Stony Brook. (1988 – 1992).

Vera List Fellowship, , awarded by the New School for Social Research for study at the New School. (1987 – 1988).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

University of North Texas
PHIL 2500, Introduction to Contemporary Environmental Issues, 13 courses.
PHIL 3100, Aesthetics, 1 course.
PHIL 4150, Feminism, 4 courses.
PHIL 4200, Science, Technology, and Society, 2 courses.
PHIL 4600, Phenomenology, 2 courses.
PHIL 4650, Philosophy of Water, 7 courses.
PHIL 4700, Environmental Ethics, 2 courses.
PHIL 4800, Postmodernism, 4 courses.
PHIL 4900, Special Problems, 11 courses.
PHIL 4951, Honors College Capstone Thesis, 2 courses.
PHIL 4960, Proseminar in Philosophy, 4 courses.
PHIL 5250, Topics in the History of Philosophy, 1 course.
PHIL 5750, Environmental Ethics and Public Policy, 1 course.
PHIL 5900, Special Problems, 12 courses.
PHIL 5910, Special Problems, 4 courses.
PHIL 5950, Master's Thesis, 16 courses.
PHIL 5960, Seminar in Problems of Philosophy, 5 courses.
PHIL 6120, Social and Political Philosophy, 1 course.
PHIL 6250, Aesthetics, 1 course.
PHIL 6500, Cultural Criticism, 2 courses.
PHIL 6650, Philosophy of Water Issues, 6 courses.
PHIL 6900, Special Problems, 17 courses.
PHIL 6910, Special Problems, 3 courses.
PHIL 6950, Doctoral Dissertation, 31 courses.
UCRS 1980, Experimental Course, 1 course.

Directed Student Learning

Directed Individual/Independent Study,"Posthuman Feminism and Ethics of Care," Philosophy and Religion. (January 2024 – Present).

Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Philosophy and Religion. (October 2023 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Chair, Philosophy and Religion. (August 2023 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Chair, Philosophy and Religion. (August 2023 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Chair,"Lamkaang Land, Water, and Place-based Traditional Ecological Practices," Philosophy and Religion. (January 2022 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Member,"Semiotics and Communication Channels of Ephemeral Art Documents: A Case Study of Palestinian Street Art," Information Science. (March 2021 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Chair,"Aesthetics and Temporality," Philosophy and Religion. (2021 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Member,"The Question Concerning Endocrinology: 2. Gender Experience, Gender Identity, and Sexual Hormonal Nonbinarity," Philosophy and Religion. (2021 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Member,"Beyond Passing: Alain Locke’s Universal Aesthetic," Philosophy and Religion. (2020 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Member,"Beyond Aztlan: In search of documenting a transnational countervisual history of Anglo settler-colonial denials of Chicanx Indigeneity in the Texas Borderlands," Other - Outside UNT. (2019 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Chair,"Philosophical Perspectives on Climate Change," Philosophy and Religion. (2017 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Chair,"Border-Thinking: Decolonializing the Southwest Borderland," Philosophy and Religion. (2016 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Chair,"A Posthumanist Feminist Critique of Object-Oriented Ontology’s View from Everywhere," Philosophy and Religion. (2015 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Member,"Modeling Transmedial Translation: The Case of Alt Text for Visually Impaired Students in Online Courses," Information Science. (2015 – Present).

Directed Individual/Independent Study,"Extinction/Rewilding/," Philosophy and Religion. (August 2023 – December 2023).

Directed Individual/Independent Study, Philosophy and Religion. (September 2022 – December 2022).

Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Philosophy and Religion. (September 2022 – December 2022).

Supervised Research,"Barbados and Climate Colonialism: A Case Study," Honors College. (September 2022 – December 2022).

Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Philosophy and Religion. (August 2022 – December 2022).

Master's Thesis Committee Member,"An Exploration of Attitudes Toward and Understanding of Environmental Education Outreach Programs (for San Antonio River Authority),," Anthropology. (March 2021 – May 5, 2022).

Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Philosophy and Religion. (2021 – January 2022).

Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Philosophy and Religion. (2021 – 2021).

Dissertation Committee Member,"Decolonialism and Environmental Justice: Settler Responsibilities and Decolonial Horizons," Philosophy and Religion. (2018 – 2021).

Dissertation Committee Member,"Performative Resistance As Ecofeminist Praxis?," Philosophy and Religion. (2016 – 2021).

Dissertation Committee Chair,"Ontology of Avulsion: Posthuman Freedom and Accidental Becoming," Philosophy and Religion. (2019 – October 2021).

Dissertation Committee Chair,"Life and Death in the Field: Farmer Suicide, Infrastructure, and the Necessity to Feed," Philosophy and Religion. (2018 – May 2021).

Dissertation Committee Member, History. (2015 – 2020).

Dissertation Committee Member,"Alternative Agriculture," Philosophy and Religion. (2014 – 2020).

Dissertation Defense Committee Member, Philosophy and Religion. (2011 – 2020).

Master's Thesis Committee Member,"Orca Recovery by Changing Cultural Attitudes (Orcca): How Anthropocentrism And Capitalism Led To An Endangered Species In Puget Sound," Philosophy and Religion. (2018 – November 2020).

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Chair,"Sexualization Of The Female Asian Body," Philosophy and Religion. (2018 – 2019).

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Chair,"Sexualizitation Of The Female Asian Body," Philosophy and Religion. (2018 – 2019).

Supervised Research, Biological Sciences. (2017 – 2019).

Dissertation Committee Member,"Hermeneutics, Environments, and Justice," Philosophy and Religion. (2011 – 2019).

Other,"The Trinity’s Trajectory from Trash to Treasure: The Dallas Audubon Center and Re-connecting to the Urban River," Philosophy and Religion. (March 2019).

Other,"Sexualization Of The Female Asian Body," Philosophy and Religion. (March 2019).

Other,"The Trinity’s Trajectory from Trash to Treasure: The Dallas Audubon Center and Re-connecting to the Urban River," Philosophy and Religion. (March 2019).

Directed Individual/Independent Study,"Sedimentation Lewisville Lake," Graduate School. (2017 – 2018).

Master's Thesis Committee Member,"Subjective Efficiencies: Water Use, Management and Governance in the North Platte Natural Resources District," Anthropology. (2017 – 2018).

Supervised Research,"Ashley Yarbrough Skating Along the River of Death: A Personal Examination of Fort Worth’s Role in Reframing the Trinity River’s Place in Socio-Political Consciousness," Anthropology. (2017 – 2018).

Supervised Research,"Towards a New Reunion with the Trinity River," Philosophy and Religion. (2017 – 2018).

Dissertation Committee Member,"Long-Term Citizen Science Water Monitoring Data: An Exploration Of Accuracy Over Space And Time," Biological Sciences. (2015 – 2018).

Dissertation Committee Member,"The Food-Drug Relationship In Health And Medicine," Philosophy and Religion. (2014 – 2018).

Master's Thesis Committee Member,"Seeds of Disempowerment? Bt Cotton and Accumulation by Dispossession in India. A case study of Maharashtra, Telangana, & Andhra Pradesh," Geography and the Environment. (2016 – May 2018).

Other, Philosophy and Religion. (March 2018).

Other, Philosophy and Religion. (March 2018).

Other, Philosophy and Religion. (March 2018).

Dissertation Defense Committee Chair,"Barriers to Bridges: Urban Rivers as Heterotopic Spaces," Philosophy and Religion. (2014 – 2017).

Master's Thesis Committee Member,"Operación Ocelote," Other - Outside UNT. (2014 – 2017).

Dissertation Committee Chair,"Catastrophe in Permanence: Benjamin’s Natural History of Environmental Crisis," Philosophy and Religion. (2011 – 2017).

Dissertation Committee Member,"Poststructuralist Critical Rhetorical Analysis in Problem Solving: a Case Study of Information Impact," Information Science. (2015 – 2016).

Dissertation Committee Member,"Conversational Use of Photographic Images on Facebook: Modeling Visual Thinking on Social Media," Information Science. (2013 – 2016).

Master's Thesis Committee Member,"Negotiated Living: an Ethno-historical Perspective of Punta Allen," Anthropology. (November 2016).

Dissertation Committee Chair,"Strange Matter, Strange Objects: An Ontological Reorientation of the Philosophical Concept of Wonder," Philosophy and Religion. (2012 – 2015).

Dissertation Committee Member,"Land Management Through Grazing," Biological Sciences. (2011).

Master's Thesis Committee Chair,"Ranching in the West," Philosophy and Religion. (2011).

Master's Thesis Committee Chair,"Analysis of Brundtland Report Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development," Philosophy and Religion. (2010).

Master's Thesis Committee Member,"Deliberative Democracy, Divided Societies, and the Case of Appalachia," Philosophy and Religion. (2009).

Other,"Tree Seedling Survival and Growth in a Bottomland Old-field Site: Implications for Ecological Restoration,". (2007 – 2007).

Other,"Toward A Philosophy Of Water: Politics Of The Pollution And Damming Along The Ganges River,". (2007 – 2007).

Other,"Between Logos and Eros: New Orleans Confrontation with Modernity,". (2007 – 2007).

Other,"The University of North Texas Footprint: Towards an Interdisciplinary Ecological Applied University Land Ethic,”,". (2005 – 2005).

Other,"Embeddedness: Agrarianism and the Environment,". (2005 – 2005).

Other,"Ethical Implications of Ecological Restoration,". (2005 – 2005).

Other,"Karst Terrain in Southern Trelawny, Jamaica: Implications for Water Systems Development,". (2005 – 2005).

Other,"Learning with Leopold: Revisiting Land Health, Place, and Culture in Mexico’s Rio Gavilan,". (2004 – 2004).

Other,"Revealing Reveiling Reveling, Music Composition,". (2004 – 2004).

Other,"Evaluation of the Biological, Economic, and Social Feasibility of Bioconverting Food Wastes with the Black Soldier Fly (HERMETIA ILLUCENS),". (2004 – 2004).

Other,"Buber, Levinas, and the Non-Human Other: Toward a More Inclusive Environmental Ethic,". (2003 – 2003).

Other,"Connecting Corridors in Conservation and Philosophy: An Approach to Situated Judgment through the Ambiguity of Boundaries and Intruders,". (2003 – 2003).

Other,"Trans-boundary river basins: a discourse on water scarcity, conflict, and water resource management,". (2003 – 2003).

Other,"Ranges of Consideration: Crossing the Fields of Ecology, Philosophy, and Science Studies,". (2002 – 2002).

Other,"Women and Wilderness: Embodiment in Sports and Nature,". (2000 – 2000).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

Abstracts and Proceedings
Klaver, I. J. (2008). "Rivers" in: Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy.
Klaver, I. J. (2008). "Water" in: Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy.
Book
Klaver, I. J., Rozzi, R., May, R., Gavin, T., Massardo, F., Núñez, F., Pauchard, a., Simberloff, D. (2018). From Biocultural Homogenization To Biocultural Conservation. Dordrecht: Springer.
Klaver, I. J. (2012). Water, Cultural Diversity & Global Environmental Change: Emerging Trends, Sustainable Futures?.
Klaver, I. J. (2004). Environmental Philosophy: From Animal Rights to Social Ecology.
Book Chapter
Klaver, I. J., Hoeinghaus, D. J., Grossman, J. W., Frith, A. J., Atkinson, S. F., Kennedy, J. H. (2023). The Trinity River in Texas – Muddy and Emblematic. River Culture– Life as a Dance to the Rhythm of the Waters.. Pp. 447–467.. Paris: UNESCO Publishing.
Klaver, I. J. (2021). Radical Water. Hydrohumanities: Water Discourse and Environmental Futures. pp 64-88. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Klaver, I. J., Frith, A. J. (2020). Technical/political governmentality of green infrastructure and the emergence of new human-water relations. The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of the City. London:.
Klaver, I. J. (2020). Engaging the Water Monster of Amsterdam: Meandering Towards a Fair Urban Riversphere. The Wonder of Water: Lived Experience, Policy, and Practice. 91-114. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Klaver, I. J. (2019). "Trans-Scapes: Transitions in Transit". Philosophy, Travel, and Place, R. Scapp and B. Seitz (eds.). 19. London, New York: Palgrave.
Klaver, I. J., Frith, A., Meagher, S. M., Noll, S., Biehl, J. S. (2019). The endeavor to embody urban waters: Technical/political governmentality of green infrastructure and the emergence of new human-water relations. The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of the City. 13. London: Routledge.
Klaver, I. J. (2018). “Re-Claiming Rivers from Homogenization: Meandering and Riverspheres.”. From Biocultural Homogenization to Biocultural Conservation. Eds. Ricardo Rozzi, May, R., Chapin, T. Gavin, M., Klaver, I., Massardo, F., Núñez, M., Pauchard, A., Simberloff, D.. 21. Dordrecht: Springer Press.
Klaver, I. J. (2017). “Indeterminacy in Place: Rivers as Bridge and Meandering as Metaphor.”. Phenomenology and Place, edited by Janet Donohoe. 209-225. London: Rowman and Littlefield International Limited.
Klaver, I. J. (2016). “Re-Rivering Environmental Imagination: Meander Movement and Merleau-Ponty.”. Nature and Experience: Phenomenological Approaches to the Environment, edited by Bryan E. Bannon.. 113-127. London: Rowman and Littlefield International Limited.
Klaver, I. J. (2016). “Water, Mud, and Sand: Dutch Re-scaping the Land.”. Hypernatural Landscapes in the Anthropocene.Edited by Sabine Flach and Gary Sherman.. 101-122. Peter Lang International Academic Publishers:.
Klaver, I. J. (2008). "Wild: Rhythm of Appearing and Disappearing" in The Great New Wilderness Debate, Volume 2, Editors Michael P. Nelson and J. Baird Callicott.
Klaver, I. J. (2007). "Boundaries on the Edge" in Boundary Explorations in Ecological Theory and Practice, eds. Charles Brown and Ted Toadvine.
Klaver, I. J. (2005). "Whose Water is it Anyway? Boundary Negotiations on the Edwards Aquifer in Texas," in Globalization, Water and Health: Resource Management in Times of Scarcity.
Klaver, I. J. (2004). "Boundary Projects Versus Border Patrol," in Nature Reconsidered: New Essays in Environmental Philosophy.
Klaver, I. J. (2004). "Stone Worlds: Phenomenology on the Rocks," in Environmental Philosophy: From Animal Rights to Social Ecology.
Klaver, I. J. (2004). Introduction "Environmental Continental Philosophy," part III of the Fourth Edition of Environmental Philosophy: From Animal Rights to Social Ecology.
Klaver, I. J. (1995). "Silent Wolves:  The Howl of the Implicit," .
Klaver, I. J. (1995). "The Implicit Practice of Environmental Philosophy,".
Book Review
Frith, A. J., Klaver, I. J. (2016). Review Unruly Waters: A Social and Environmental History of the Brazos River by Kenna Lang Archer.. 469-470. Oakland, CA: University of California Press.
Catalogue Essay
Klaver, I. J. (2018). Making the Accidental Wild Visible: Dornith Doherty’s Deluge. DELUGE, an exhibition of photographs and hydrographs by Dornith Doherty. Dalla, Texas: Holly Johnson Gallery. https://www.hollyjohnsongallery.com/exhibition/129/press_release/
Journal Article
Klaver, I. J. (2018). “Meandering and Riversphere: The Potential of Paradox .”. http://editions.lib.umn.edu/openrivers/article/meandering-and-riversphere-the-potential-of-paradox/
Klaver, I. J. (2017). “Colonialism and Imperialism: Indigenous Resistance on the U.S./Mexico Border,”. Perspectives on Global Development and Technology. 16, 15-33. Leiden: Brill.
Klaver, I. J. (2016). “Le concept de rivière-sphère au service de la reconquête de l’espace fluvial, à Amsterdam et ailleurs.”. 333, 80-86. Paris: ETE - Éditions ESPACES.
Klaver, I. J. (2009). " A holistic approach: the intangible mental, spiritual and cultural health benefits of protected areas,".
Klaver, I. J. (2009). " Sharing Water Internationally, Past, Present And Future—Mexico And The United States,".
Klaver, I. J. (2009). Neighborly Waters, Sharing Water Internationally between Mexico and the United States. 24(1), 7-20. http://www.ag.auburn.edu/auxiliary/srsa/
Klaver, I. J. (2008). Roundtable Water and Ethics.
Klaver, I. J. (2007). "Re-vitalizing Chinese River Relations,".
Klaver, I. J. (2007). "The Future of Environmental Philosophy,".
Klaver, I. J. (2005). "Always Already Rhythm, Merleau-Ponty's Movement Toward Ontology".
Klaver, I. J. (2005). "The Implicit Practice of Environmental Philosophy,".
Klaver, I. J. (2003). "Phenomenology on (the) Rocks," in Eco-Phenomenology.
Klaver, I. J. (2002). "Battles of nature; the ethical side of grazing by large herbivores,".
Klaver, I. J. (2002). "Born to be Wild; A Pluralistic Ethic Concerning Introduced Large Herbivores,".
Klaver, I. J. (2001). "Phenomenology on (the) Rocks,".
Klaver, I. J. (2000). Casual Killing?Placing Random Violence, KRISIS, Tijdschrift voor Empirische Filosofie.
Klaver, I. J. (1998). "Interview with Richard Rorty,".
Klaver, I. J. (1998). "Wonder van het Hollandse landschap:  Alles is eigenlijk kunstmatig" ,("Wonderful Artificiality of Dutch Landscape"), .
Klaver, I. J. (1994). "Cultivating a Critical Voice in Women's Studies:  A New Look at Advertising" .
Klaver, I. J. (1987). "Alledaagse Kennis," ("Knowledge of Everyday Life").
Klaver, I. J. (1986). "Foucaults Geschiedenis van de Sexualiteit," ("Foucault's History of Sexuality") .
Other
Klaver, I. J. (2006). "Developing Water Resources in Rural Jamaica: A Case Study in Southern Trelawny.".
Popular Press Article
Klaver, I. J. (1998). Ethiek rondom grote grazers (Ethics around Large Herbivores in New Nature Areas.
Scholarly Preface
Klaver, I. J. (2018). . “Making the Accidental Wild Visible: Dornith Doherty’s Deluge”. Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas DELUGE, an exhibition of photographs and hydrographs by Dornith Doherty..
Translation or Transcription
Klaver, I. J. (1994). "The Enigma of Art:  Phenomenology of Aesthetic Experience or Archeology of the Work of Art" .
Video and Audiovisual Material
O'Connor, B. C., Klaver, I. J., Khader, D., Perrault, J. (2017). Manchester Heartbreak. https://vimeo.com/243975857
Webpage
O'Connor, B. C., Klaver, I. J. (2014). Amoskeag Triptych. http://amoskeagtryptich.com
O'Connor, B. C., Klaver, I. J. (2010). Photography Changes our Environmental Awareness. Smithsonian Photography Initiative, Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution. click.si.edu/Theme.aspx?theme=2

Presentations Given

Commentator

Klaver, I. J. (Panelist), Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, David Wood’s Geological Passions, Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America. (2016).

Invited Talk

Klaver, I. J. (Author & Presenter), International Series Presentation as part of the network of Chilean universities for American Corners, sponsored by the US Embassy, “Sustainable Grazing: Magallanes and Navarino Island?”, University of Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile, Chile. (2023 – 2023).

Klaver, I. J. (Author & Presenter), Bioethics Series, “Meandering: A Relational Expansion of Bioethics into Water and Land”, Pontificia Universidad, Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia, Bogota, Colombia, Colombia. (2023 – 2023).

Klaver, I. J. (Author & Presenter), “Meander Movement & Riversphere: A Paradigm For Cultural Relations,”, Great Rivers Forum 2018, UNESCO Beijing Office and Changjiang Civilization Museum, Wuhan, China, Wuhan, Chins, China. (2018 – 2018).

Klaver, I. J. (Author & Presenter), “Sedimentation and Reactivation: Thinking as Meandering,”, Probus Netherlands, Arnhem, The Netherlands, Netherlands. (2018).

Klaver, I. J. (Author & Presenter), 2018 TX Ethics Workshop,, “Engaging the Water Monster of Amsterdam,”, Texas State University, San Marcos, San Marcos, United States of America. (2018 – 2018).

Klaver, I. J. (Author & Presenter), International Workshop on Intangible Water Culture, “Meander Metaphor Model,”, UNESCO Tehran Cluster Office & International Center on Qanats & Historic Hydraulic Structures, Yazd, Iran, Iran. (2017 – 2017).

Klaver, I. J. (Author & Presenter), “Meandering Water and Culture: Implications of Rivers as Agents,”, University of Padua, Padua, Italy, Padua, Italy, Italy. (2017).

Klaver, I. J. (Author & Presenter), Environmental Justice Panel at philoSOPHIA Society for Continental Feminism 2017 - Affect and Social Justice, “Metis & Mood: Women Water Crosscurrents”, Florida Atlantic University Philosophy Club, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, United States of America. (2017 – 2017).

Klaver, I. J. (Author & Presenter), International Association for Environmental Philosophy-IAEP, Future of Environmental Philosophy: 20 year IAEP, Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America. (2016).

Klaver, I. J. (Author & Presenter), "Resistance(s) of nature" "Résistance(s) de la nature. A l'occasion de Penser et agir avec la nature. Une enquête philosophique". Honoring Catherine Larrère,, “Re-rivering Thought: Philosophy as Thinking With,“, University Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne,, Paris, France. (2016 – 2016).

Klaver, I. J. (Author & Presenter), Whose Public Land is it Anyway? Community leaders discuss the issue of land use in a public forum, “Planning for Accidental Wild”, Dallas Area Philosophical Society, United States of America. (2016).

Klaver, I. J. (Author & Presenter), North Texas Philosophical Association (NTPA), “Re-Turn of the Re-: Meandering and Merleau-Ponty,”, Dallas, United States of America. (2016).

Keynote/Plenary Address

Klaver, I. J. (Author & Presenter), “Exploring the Social Aspects of Water-related Heritage through Indigenous Water Knowledge: Concepts, Contexts, Approaches", "Relational Waters: Temporalities, Ontologies, Epistemologies.”, International Center on Qanats and Historic Structures (ICQHS), Yazd, Iran and the UNESCO Chair Water, Ports, and Historic Cities, TU Delft, Netherlands, Delft, The Netherlands, Netherlands. (2023 – 2023).

Klaver, I. J. (Author & Presenter), conference Del Dominio at Cuidado: Perspectivas Epistemologicas, “Water, a Relationship”, Universidad Catolica, Santiago Chile, Santiago Chile, Chile. (2023 – 2023).

Klaver, I. J. (Author & Presenter), Environmental Philosophy around Steve Vogel, Ferocious Reality: “…Something Different and More Uncertain”, Denison University, Granville, OH, United States of America. (2022).

Klaver, I. J. (Author & Presenter), The Biography of the Meuse River, Meandering. Cultural shift towards re-connecting to rivers, Maastricht University and the Limburgs Museum, Venlo-Maastricht, The Netherlands, Netherlands. (2019).

Klaver, I. J. (Author & Presenter), International Association for Environmental Philosophy, “Skin Deep” Inaugural Scott Cameron Memorial Lecture, State College, PA, United States of America. (2018).

Klaver, I. J. (Author & Presenter), “Rivers, Deserts, and Cities: Rivers Meandering into New Territory”, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran, Isfahan, Iran, Iran. (2017).

Klaver, I. J. (Author & Presenter), 2017 Collegium Phaenomenologicum, Italy, Natures of Space, Spaces of Nature,, “Re-Thinking Spaces of Meandering”, Città di Castello, Italy, Italy. (2017 – 2017).

Klaver, I. J. (Author & Presenter), Invited talk, Re-Rivering: Meandering & Environmental Imagination Return of the Re: Connecting to Rivers & Connecting to With, Vanderbilt University, United States of America. (2016).

One of two invited commentators/critics

Klaver, I. J. (Discussant), Annual Conference, Author Meets Critics: David Wood’s Reoccupying Earth, International Association for Environmental Philosophy, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America. (2019 – 2019).

Oral Presentation

Klaver, I. J. (Author & Presenter), Workshop on Environmental Philosophy with a delegation from Dalian University in China, Taking Cues from Natural Processes: Meandering as a Model of Efficiency, UNT Department of Philosophy & Religion, UNT, United States of America. (2019 – 2019).

Klaver, I. J. (Author & Presenter), Roundtable about Merleau-Ponty, Merleau-Ponty, Meandering, Environmental Philosophy, Vanderbilt University, United States of America. (2016).

O'Connor, B. C. (Author & Presenter), Klaver, I. J. (Author & Presenter), International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries, and Museums, Amoskeag Palimpsest: Using Social Media to Enhance Public Knowledge, Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums, Washington, DC, United States of America. (2015).

Panel Presentation

Klaver, I. J. (Author & Presenter), Paradox of Water, Meandering and Riversphere: The Potential of Paradox”, Nobel Peace Prize Forum, Augsburg University Minneapolis, MN, United States of America. (2018 – 2018).

Klaver, I. J. (Author & Presenter), “Transborder Waterscapes: Towards an Eco-Politics of Flows,” at 116th American Anthropological Association, Anthropology Matters!, “Meandering: De-territorializing Boundaries in Urban Renewal around Rivers”, Washington, DC, United States of America. (2017 – 2017).

Klaver, I. J. (Author & Presenter), “European Rivers And Towns. Creation, development and perspectives of a (re)newed conquest: Tourism, Leisure, Heritage.”, “Reinventing Rivers In An Urban Environment”, Universite De Paris Sorbonne, Val-De-Marne Tourism Board, Paris, France, France. (2016 – 2016).

Paper

Klaver, I. J. (Author & Presenter), Art-Philosophy-Curating, "Radical Water and Art", Universidad Finis Terrae, Facultad des Artes, Santiago, Chile, Chile. (2023 – 2023).

Klaver, I. J. (Author & Presenter), Annual Conference, Metis: Messiness of Green Infrastructure, International Association for Environmental Philosophy, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America. (2019).

Professional Meeting Contribution

Klaver, I. J. (Discussant), Political Instability and Language Endangerment, Discussant, UNT Depts of Linguistics and Political Science, University of North Texas, United States of America. (2018 – 2018).

Reading of Creative Work/Performance

Klaver, I. J. (Author & Presenter), Aqueous, Aqueous Accidental Wild, City of Denton, Greater Denton Arts Council Patterson-Appleton Arts Center, United States of America. (2021).

Klaver, I. J. (Author & Presenter), Through the Narrow Door, STUCK: an original essay on being stuck, UNT Dance faculty, UNT, United States of America. (2018 – 2018).

Scholarly Meeting Contribution

Klaver, I. J. (Discussant), "The Bridge Is History: Water and the Humanities, Water and culture, Merced's Center for the Humanities and the International Water History Association, , Yosemite National Park, at UC Merced's Sierra Nevada Research Station (SNRS); and the Humanities Public Community Conference Day on the UC Merced campus,, United States of America. (2016 – 2016).

Symposium

Klaver, I. J. (Author & Presenter), American Philosophy Association, APA Pacific Division, “Meandering: Re-imagining Rivers.”, APA, Seattle, WA, United States of America. (2017).

Think Tank presentation

Klaver, I. J. (Author & Presenter), Water as Medium, Water in the City: MEANDER METIS MESSINESS WATER AS MEDIUM, SWA Architecture, Houston, Texas, United States of America. (2019).

workshop

Klaver, I. J. (Coordinator/Organizer), Refiguring Academia, Refiguring Academia, Dean's Office, UNT, United States of America. (2019).

Artistic and Professional Performances and Exhibits

Dance - Interdisciplinary work(s). Klaver, I. J., "Aqueous," Rosemary Candelario, , Interdisciplinary work with choreographer and performer Rosemary Candelario and musician Sarah<br>Ruth to perform dances on various Denton waterways March-November 2021., United States of America. (2019 – December 2021).

Other. Klaver, I. J., ""Stuck" Intro to "Through the Narrow Door"," Faculty Dance Concert, UNT, Artistic Director, Dr. Mary Lynn Babcock,, , Denton, United States of America. (February 8, 2018 – February 11, 2018).

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Grant - Research
Way, J. E. (Co-Principal), Golden, T. (Principal), Aoyama, K. (Co-Principal), Klaver, I. (Co-Principal), "Faculty Mentoring Grant: 2016-2017 Faculty Writing Group," Sponsored by Faculty Success Office of the Provost, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (August 2016 – May 2017).
Klaver, I. J. (Principal), "Grant for Philosophy of Water Project," Sponsored by The Dixon Water Foundation, Private, $500000.00 Funded. (August 2006 – September 2009).
Grant - Service
Klaver, I. J. (Co-Principal), Kim, D. (Co-Principal), Samantha, L. (Co-Principal), Terra, R. (Co-Principal), "Women Philosophers Mentoring Group Grant," Sponsored by CLASS Dean's Office, University of North Texas, $5000.00 Funded. (September 2018 – August 2019).
Sponsored Research
Chelliah, S. L. (Principal), Klaver, I. J. (Co-Principal), "Documenting Language and Environment," Sponsored by NSF Program: DLI-(Dynamic Language Infrastructure), National Endowment for the Humanitie, Dynamic Language Infrastructure – Documenting Endangered Languages grant program, part of the agency’s special initiative, American Tapestry: Weaving Together Past, Present, and Future., Federal, $377135 Funded. (November 1, 2023 – May 31, 2027).
Way, J. (Co-Principal), Golden, T. (Principal), Aoyama, K. (Co-Principal), Klaver, I. (Co-Principal), "Faculty Mentoring: 2017-to present, UNT Faculty Writing Group," Sponsored by Faculty Success (Office of the Provost), University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2017 – 2020).
Uncategorized
Klaver, I. J. (Principal), "Center for Spanish Language Media Grant," Sponsored by University of North Texas, $2500. (2008 – 2008).
Klaver, I. J. (Principal), "Charn Uswachoke International Development Fund Grant," Sponsored by University of North Texas, $4000. (2008 – 2008).
Klaver, I. J. (Co-Principal), "Charn Uswachoke International Development Fund Grant," Sponsored by University of North Texas, $4000. (2008 – 2008).
Klaver, I. J. (Co-Principal), "Rio Grande portion of the Global Rivers Documentary Project," Sponsored by C. Melinda Levin. Submitted to Center for Spanish Language Media, $2500. (2007 – 2007).
Klaver, I. J. (Co-Principal), "Mission: to approach water issues at the cultural, social-political, economic, ethical, philosophical and scientific interface," Sponsored by The Dixon Water Foundation, $300000. (2003 – 2006).
Klaver, I. J. (Principal), "New Orleans, the Mississippi Delta, and Katrina: Lessons from the Past," Sponsored by NSF Division of Earth Sciences, $48438. (2005 – 2005).
Klaver, I. J. (Principal), "2002 Junior Faculty Summer Research Fellowship," Sponsored by University of North Texas. (2002 – 2002).
Klaver, I. J. (Principal), "Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Grant," Sponsored by California State University-Stanislaus. (1999 – 1999).
Klaver, I. J. (Other), ""How Background Practices Produce Intelligibility"," Sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities Grant. (1997 – 1997).

Awards and Honors

College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Advisory Board Research Award, University of North Texas. (September 2019 – Present).

Scholarly & Creative Activity Award, UNT College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. (January 2019 – August 2019).

Service

University Service

Committee Chair, Executive Committee. (September 2023 – Present).

Committee Member, Decolonial Philosophy Search Committee. (August 2023 – Present).

Committee Member, Graduate Affairs Committee. (August 2023 – Present).

Committee Member, PAC. (2021 – Present).

Committee Member, UNT Task-Force for the Cape Horn Sub-Antarctic Center Foundation.. (May 2019 – Present).

Member, Advanced Environmental Research Institute (AERI). (2015 – Present).

Committee Member, Executive Committee. (2021 – December 2022).

Committee Member, Graduate Affairs Committee. (2021 – December 2022).

Committee Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee. (March 2022 – October 2022).

Committee Chair, Executive Committee. (August 2014 – August 2019).

Member, UNT Sustainability Council. (2008 – 2014).

Member, Search Committee-College of Arts & Sciences. (2008 – 2008).

Member, Search Committee-Outside Member, New Faculty Search. (2008 – 2008).

Other, College of Arts & Sciences. (2007 – 2008).

Other, Working Group for New College. (2007 – 2008).

Committee Member, Executive Committee. (2006 – 2008).

Committee Chair, Graduate Admission Committee. (2004 – 2008).

Committee Member, Search Committee-College of Arts & Sciences. (2007 – 2007).

Committee Member, Search Committee-College of Arts & Sciences. (2007 – 2007).

Committee Member, Search Committee-College of Arts & Sciences. (2007 – 2007).

Committee Member, Search Committee-College of Arts & Sciences. (2007 – 2007).

Committee Member, Search Committee-College of Arts & Sciences. (2007 – 2007).

Committee Member, Search Committee-College of Arts & Sciences. (2007 – 2007).

Committee Member, Search Committee-College of Arts & Sciences. (2007 – 2007).

Committee Member, Search Committee-College of Arts & Sciences. (2007 – 2007).

Committee Member, Search Committee-College of Arts & Sciences. (2007 – 2007).

Committee Member, Search Committee-Outside Member, New Faculty Search. (2007 – 2007).

Committee Member, Search Committee-Outside Member, New Faculty Search. (2007 – 2007).

Committee Member, Search Committee-Outside Member, New Faculty Search. (2007 – 2007).

Committee Chair, Ad hoc research and visiting scholar seminar Committee. (2006 – 2007).

Committee Member, University Steering Committee. (2004 – 2006).

Committee Member, Departmental Search Committee. (2000 – 2006).

Committee Member, Guest Speaker Committee. (2000 – 2006).

Committee Member, John C. Creuzot Scholarship Committee. (2000 – 2006).

Committee Member, Graduate Program Committee. (2004 – 2005).

Committee Member, Steering Committee of The New Directions Initiative. (2001 – 2003).

Professional Service

Board of Directors, International Association of Environmental Philosophy. (2021 – Present).

Editorial Review Board Member, Ecology and Ethics Series, Springer Press. (2013 – 2023).

Board of Advisors, Greater Yellowstone College Advisory Board The Yellowstone Project, interdisciplinary field courses Yellowstone Park, integrating humanities & sciences,. (2012 – 2022).

Editorial Review Board Member, Environmental Philosophy. (2010 – 2020).

Other, UNESCO, Division of Ecological and Earth Sciences UNESCO; River Cultures-Ecological Futures. (2008 – 2008).

Other, UNT Team for Cumulative Risk Assessment Task Force. (2007 – 2008).

Member, UNT Team for Cumulative Risk Assessment Task Force organized by the Office of Environmental Justice and Tribal Affairs (OEJTA), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Denton, TX. (2007 – 2008).

Other, The Dixon Water Foundation/Scientific Advisory Council. (2006 – 2008).

Other, National Great Rivers Research & Education Center, Mississippi and Living with Great Rivers. (2007 – 2007).

Other, RiverSpheres. (2007 – 2007).

Other, University India's River Linking Plan: History and Current Debates. (2007 – 2007).

Officer, President/Elect/Past, Waterkeeper Alliance and Chief Prosecuting Attorney for the Hudson Riverkeeper. (2007 – 2007).

Other, WaterWays—Confluence of Art, Science, Policy and Philosophy. (2007 – 2007).

Other, The Dixon Water Foundation/Board of Directors. (2003 – 2007).

Other, Mexico-North Consortium. (2001 – 2003).

Other, Troodos Archaeological Survey Project (TASP). (2001 – 2001).

Other, Kennis en Methode, Tijdschrift voor Empirische Filosofie (Dutch journal for Empirical Philosophy)/Editorial Board. (1997 – 1999).

Other, Terra Nova: Nature and Culture (MIT Press)/Editorial Board. (1996 – 1998).

Member, Culture Group of KRISIS, Tijdschrift voor Filosofie. (1983 – 1987).