
Meets: 11:30 - 12:45, Tuesdays, September 6 - November 17 in Angell B106 and Thursdays in section rooms listed below:
Discussion Section Rooms by Facilitator (for most, your first-year advisor):
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| Clare Ginger | n/a |
Angell B104 |
| Gary Hawley |
Kirsten Brewer |
Kalkin 300 |
| Dave Kaufman | TBA |
Votey 223 |
| Steve Libby | Jonathan Cummings |
UHTS 009 |
| Alan McIntosh |
Emilie Riddle |
ML SCI 105 |
| Jennifer Pontius |
Rebecca Gorney |
Angell B203 |
| Deane Wang |
n/a |
L/L-B B102 |
| Mary Watzin | n/a |
Lafayette L408 |
TA: Kirsten Brewer
Race and Culture in Natural Resources introduces first-year students to selected issues of race and culture and their relevance to society, natural resources, and the environment. We encourage students to be candidly self-reflective about how they perceive these issues.
We alternate between plenary sessions on Tuesdays with guest speakers or videos and small-group discussion sections on Thursdays led by members of The Rubenstein School faculty, staff, and graduate student community. Their role is to facilitate discussion of issues and not to lecture.
Guest speakers and videos explore topics such as concepts of race, racism, and culture; cultural perspectives on environmental issues; environmental justice, the under-representation of people of color in traditional environmental groups; and their role in the environmental justice movement. We examine issues of identity, privilege, and oppression and consider their relevance to fields of study in The Rubenstein School. Students write reflective papers and an autobiographical essay, and they develop individual plans for next steps to make positive contributions with respect to the issues we explore.
Course Purposes
Course Objectives
By the end of the course students will have:
Expectations and Assignment Information |
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· A ssignment Schedule |
· R ubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources Diversity Plan |
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· R eadings (weekly) |
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· A
utobiographical Essay (outline due Th Sep 29 in
discussion section; final essay due Th Oct 20 in
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· E nvironmental Justice on YouTube | |
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· N ext Steps for Action Plan (draft due Th Nov 3 in discussion section; final action plan due Th Nov 17 in discussion section) |
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· Community Agreements (agreements for discussion - generated in first discussion section meeting) |
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