Nicole Seymour earned a B.A. in American Literature and Culture from UCLA and a Ph.D. in English Literature from Vanderbilt University. She was a fellow in residence at the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society in Munich, Germany from 2013-14. She is currently Associate Professor of English at California State University, Fullerton, where she teaches environmental literature and LGBTQ literature. Her current project is a cultural history of microplastics, including glitter.