Pedagogy

In-Class Exercises

The class completes a silent board discussion, reacting and responding to the open-ended prompt: what is “modern”?
The class completes a silent board discussion, reacting and responding to the open-ended prompt: what is “nature”?
Inspired in part by Claire Kervin’s environmental pedagogy, students write six word “slogans” speaking to our environmental futures. Embracing and resisting Donna Haraway’s “Make Kin, Not Babies,” students use yarn to “weave” and “knot” their contributions together.
Inspired in part by Claire Kervin’s environmental pedagogy, students write six word “slogans” speaking to our environmental futures. Embracing and resisting Donna Haraway’s “Make Kin, Not Babies,” students use yarn to “weave” and “knot” their contributions together.
Inspired in part by Claire Kervin’s environmental pedagogy, students write six word “slogans” speaking to our environmental futures. Embracing and resisting Donna Haraway’s “Make Kin, Not Babies,” students use yarn to “weave” and “knot” their contributions together.
Students write first impressions during a gallery walk of Max Liboiron’s artwork after reading her essay “Redefining pollution and action” (2016).
Students write first impressions during a gallery walk of Max Liboiron’s artwork after reading her essay “Redefining pollution and action” (2016).

Sample Assignments

An ENE 117 final project: the design of an accurate/sustainable advertisement of the Great Barrier Reef in response to the history of eco-tourism in Australia. By Ella Mure, Spring 2019.
An ENE 117 final project: a music playlist logging how musicians write about political engagements with the environment. From Spring 2019.
An ENE 117 final project: mini garbage patch art installation, based on materials collected by friends over a week. By Theliah Hutson, Spring 2019.
STS 374 infographic on the Scopes Trial. By Elizabeth Butler, Spring 2019.