**Note that this is a draft syllabus and that the order of our guest discussants may change. Discussants may also alter their conversation starter assignments as this is finalized**
Discussant | Conversation Starter |
Norm Wirzba, Gilbert T. Rowe Distinguished Professor of Christian Theology and Senior Fellow at the Kenan Institute for Ethics & Emily Bernhardt, James B. Duke Professor of Biogeochemistry and Chair, Department of Biology | An essay by Margaret Atwood “It’s Not Climate Change – It’s Everything Change” A TED talk by Katharine Hayhoe “Let’s Talk About Climate Change” |
Priscilla Wald, R. Florence Brinkley Distinguished Professor of English | Read Joshua Lederberg’s essay “Infectious History” |
Alex Glass, Senior Lecturer in Geology and Climate Earth and Climate Sciences at the Nicholas School of the Environment | Students should watch the documentary Shored Up |
Adriane Lentz-Smith, Associate Professor of History, African & African-American Studies, and Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies | Excerpts from Andy Horowitz’s Katrina, A History 1915-2015 and from the documentary film When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts |
Public Talk by Naomi Oreskes, Historian of Science, Harvard UniversityReserved seats for UNIV 102 Students at 5pm Talk Engagement opportunities for small group conversations in the afternoon | |
Kathleen Donohue, Professor of Biology | Excerpts from the Collection of Essays Gathering Moss by Robin Wall Kimmerer |
Ryan Emanuel, Associate Professor of Hydrology, Environmental Justice and Indigenous Rights at the Nicholas School of the Environment | Way Beyond the Lifeboat: An Indigenous Allegory of Climate Justice by Kyle White |
Fall Break | |
Deb Reisinger, Associate Professor of the Practice of French and Director of the Language Outreach Initiative | Watch the documentary Human Flow by Ai Weiwei and read the Groundswell report summary here |
Jennifer Lawson, Clinical Associate in Pediatrics at Duke General Pediatric and Adolescent Health and Faculty Associate at the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine | “When ANT meets SPIDER: Social theory for arthropods”, pp. 209-215 in Tim Ingold’s book Material Agency and excerpts from the book Planetary Health: Protecting Nature to Protect Ourselves |
Steven Sexton, Mark and Lynne Florian Assistant Professor of Public Policy | Excerpts from the Pope’s Encyclical Letter Laudato Si of the Holy Father Francis On Care for our Common Home and a review of the encyclical, “The Pope & the Market” by economist William D. Nordhaus |
Saskia Cornes, Assistant Professor of the Practice at Franklin Humanities Institute and Program Director of Duke Campus Farm | Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler |
Rick Larrick, Hanes Corporation Foundation Professor, Professor of Management and Organizations, and Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the Fuqua School of Business | Read this short essay “Why Climate-friendly menus matter” by Jennifer Molidor. Your assignment is to make the menu from one of your favorite places to eat on campus into a climate friendly menu. |
Nick Carnes, Creed C. Black Associate Professor of Public Policy and Political Science | Your assignment is to listen to (not argue with) a Climate Change skeptic, either one you already know over Thanksgiving Break OR one you find online. They must be amateur skeptics (not professional pundits) |
Jie Liu, George B. Geller Professor of Chemistry | Listent to this podcast from Marketplace’s Molly Wood “If batteries are the future, how can we make them better” |