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: