College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Geography and Geosciences

Harlan Morehouse

Senior Lecturer

Dr. Morehouse is a social geographer who researches the complex and interconnected relationships between nature and society. Specifically, his research addresses how twenty-first century environmental change cannot be understood independent of the social, political, and economic systems that often drive that change. Recently, Harlan Morehouse has conducted research and written on the following topics: spiritual practices applied to human and more-than-human relations, the social and cultural implications of glacier recession; multidisciplinary approaches to the study of the environment; and political-ecological approaches to the Anthropocene.

Teaching

Dr. Morehouse regularly teaches the following courses:

GEOG050: World Regional Geography/Global Environments and Cultures
GEOG099: Place and Environment in New England
GEOG160: The United States: Place, Power, Politics
GEOG173: Political Ecology
GEOG179: Cultural Ecology
HCOL185: Geographies of Life and Death

Spring 2020 Syllabi:

Research and/or Creative Works

During his 2023 sabbatical, Dr. Morehouse will be researching the proliferation of disinformation and conspiracy theory and its broad social, political, and environmental impacts. In particular, this research aims to develop strategies for effectively communicating information about public health and environmental change in accessible and inclusive ways.

Publications

Morehouse, H., & Morse, C. Sense and Consent in Collaborating with ‘Earth Others.’ Environmental Humanities, forthcoming 2023.

Morehouse, H. & Cigliano, M. (2021). Cultures and Concepts of Ice: Listening for Other Narratives in the Anthropocene. Annals of the American Association of Geographers: 1-8.

Morehouse, H. (2019). On the political and speculative promises of Gabrys’ Program Earth. Dialogues in Human Geography, 9(1), 110-112.

Morehouse, H., Waterton, E., Schein, R., Cresswell, T., & DeSilvey, C. (2018). Book forum: Curated Decay: Heritage beyond Saving. Cultural Geographies, 25(1), 245-255.

Morehouse, H., & Johnson, E. (2014). After the Anthropocene: Politics and geographic inquiry for a new epoch. Progress in Human Geography, 38(3), 439-456.