Participant Statements and Syllabi

Faculty participants revised existing courses, created new courses, or created course modules for their individual summer projects. The documents linked below represent their work at the stage of development during the year of their participation. In many cases, a statement of their experience precedes the syllabus.

Interdisciplinary Courses

Humanities

Natural Sciences

Social Sciences

Business

Law

Nursing

Public Health

Theology

P.E. & Dance

Medicine

Administrative and Library Participants


Interdisciplinary Courses

Zupko, Jack; Tissol, Garth

2002

Bammer, Angelika

ILA | Unplug But Stay Connected
2004

Kushner, Howard

ILA | The History of Public Health and the Environment
2004

Reed, Walter L.;Hall, Anne Larson; Zupko, Jack; Tucker, Ericka

Institute of Liberal Arts, Environmental Studies, Philosophy | Water: In Science, Philosophy and Literature
2005

Corrigan, Kevin

2005

Eisen, Arri; Hall,
Anne; Lee, Tong Soon

Biology, Environmental Studies, Music | The Science and Sound of Water      2007

Wakefield, Peter

ILA | Foundations Toward Interdisciplinary Study
2008

Wallace-Sanders, Kimberly

ILA | Unplug But Stay Connected
2011

Robertson-Bell, Tracey

Wilson, Joan

Schmidt, Stacey

Sexson, William

Laney | Health Equity and the Social Determinants of Health
2022

Humanities

Kjelgaard, Julia

Art History | Special Studies in Landscape Drawing and Painting
2003

Rohrer, Judith

Art History | Exploring Architecture: Emory, Atlanta and Beyond
2003

Stone, Rebecca

Art History | Shamanism and the Indigenous Art of the Americas
2007

Moore, Kieran

Art History/Visual Arts | Methods, Materials and Sustainability

2014

Dobbin-Bennett, Tasha

Art History (Oxford) | Introduction to Paper Making Studio
2017

Tissol, Garth

Classics | Ideas of the Natural from Antiquity to the Early Modern Period
2002

Downey, C. Aiden

Educational Studies | Educational Studies Capstone Course
2010

George, Magnia

Educational Studies | Culture, Community, & Science
2009

Reed, Walt

English & ILA | Romanticism | The Ecological Imagination
2003

Bahri, Deepika

English | Geography in History: Politics of Development in Postcolonial Literature
2011

Rambuss, Richard

English & Comparative Literature | Alternative Miltons
2008

Schulz, Gretchen

English (Oxford) | The Great Conversation: Culture
2009

Loflin, Christine

English (Oxford) | Nature Writing
2003

Cahill, Patricia

English | Studies in Drama: Early Modern Animal Planet
2009

Cavanagh, Sheila

English | Advanced Writing Workshop
2002

Reiss, Benjamin

English | American Literature and the Transformation of the Environment
2007

Rosinberg, Erwin

English | Poetry and the Natural Environment: Toward a Sustainable World
2018

Sitter, John

English | Nature Poetry
2001

Elliott, Michael

English | Thoreau for the Twenty-First Century
2002

Gruber, William

English | Creative Nonfiction
2010

Bell, Stacy

English | Expository Writing
2009

Johnston, John

English | Ecocriticism and Green Studies
2010

Kalaidijan, Walter

English | Sustainability and Speculative Fiction
2009

Ladd, Barbara

English | American Environmental Literature
2016

Bugge, John

English | Utopian Literature in Environmental Perspective
2001

Suhr-Sytsma, Nathan

English | ENG388W: Topics in Lit. & Environment
2022

Suhr-Sytsma, Mandy

English | Rhetorical Composition/Critical Reading: Native American Voices
2022

McDermott, Donna

English | Emory and Environmental Justice 
2023

Murray, Mitch

English | Climate Imperialism 
2023

Boldt, Heather

ESL | Laboratory in Advanced Communication Skills
2008

Gray, Hillel

Ethics | Bioethics, Sustainability, and Religious Thought
2010

Schreiber, Michele

Film Studies | Film and Media Representations of Sustainability
2011

Von Mueller, Eddy

Film Studies | Screening Green

2008

Cook, Ryan

Film Studies | Film and Environment

2015

Silverman, Joel

T. Lang

Film and Media | Emory Film and Media 206/Photography II 2022

2022

Allen, Leigh

French and Italian | Integrating Sustainability into Beginning French
2016

Loichot, Valerie

French and Italian | Caribbean Literature and the Environment
2009

Muratore, Simona

French and Italian | Italian Food in Literature, Film, and Culture
2010

Coropceanu, Lilia

French and Italian | Contemporary France
2011

Dana, Catherine

French and Italian | Sustainability in France and the French Caribbean
2011

Porcarelli, Angela

French and Italian | Natural and Social Space in Italian Culture

2014

Ristaino, Christine

French and Italian | How We Learn
2010

York, Holly

French and Italian | La Langue et la Culture du Français en Affaires
2003

Westbeld-Gallois, Gina

French and Italian | Writing Skills in French: Focus on Sustainability
2017

Xavier, Subha

French and Italian | Land and Literature in the Congo: Sustainability and Human Rights
2016

Bulakites, Eric

French and Italian | French culture 
2023

Brauer, Gerd

German | German Language Internship, European Alternatives in Environmental Issues
2001

Maxim, Hiram

German | Intermediate German I: Coming of Age Through the Ages
2010

Udel, Miriam

German | Nature and the Jewish Imagination
2011

Schaumann, Caroline

German | Screening Nature
2010

Ravina, Mark

History | Medieval and Early Modern Japan
2003

Rogers, Tom

History | History of Hunger

2016

Odem, Mary

History | Senior Seminar in Women's Studies

2003

 Conis, Elena

History | Health, Environment, and Civil Rights

2015

Wilson, Kris

Journalism | Health and Science Writing

2007

Tefft, Sheila

Journalism | The Green Beat | Health and Science Writing

2014

Kim, Yun

Linguistics | Field Methods in Linguistics

2023

Borowski, Oded

Middle Eastern & S. Asian Studies | Daily life in Ancient Israel in Relation to the Environment
2005

Elbousty, Youness

Middle Eastern & S. Asian Studies | Environmental Protection in Islamic Culture
2011

 Samarth, Brajesh

Middle Eastern & S. Asian Studies | First-year seminar
2023

Lee, Tong Soon

Music | Ethnomusicology and the Cultural Soundscapes in Atlanta
2002

Everett, Yayoi

Music | Nature and Ritual in Asian Music
2008

Everett, Steve

Music | Electronic Music and Soundscape Composition
2008

Motley, Gary

Music |  Jazz Theory Lab
2023

Young, Katherine

Music | Composition - EcoMusic
2023

Anderson, Kenneth

Philosophy (Oxford) | Introduction to Ethics
2004
Jimenez, Marta

Philosophy | Ancient Greek and Medieval Philosphy

2018

Stuhr, John

Philosophy | Introduction to Ethics

2004

Willett, Cynthia

Philosophy | Contemporary Moral Issues
2003

Zupko, Jack

Philosophy | Ideas of the Natural from Antiquity to the Early Modern Period
2002

Mitchell, Andrew

Philosophy | Introduction to Philosophy
2008

Ribeiro, Marília

Spanish and Portuguese | ADVANCED PRACTICE IN PORTUGUESE
2022

Takeda, Noriko

REALC | Business Japanese; Business Japanese in English
2011

Crowley, Cheryl

REALC | Nature and Culture in Japan
2011

Li, Hong

REALC | Noodle Narratives on the Silk Road: A Cultural Exploration of China and Italy through Noodles
2017

Li, Yu

REALC | Reading and Writing in Modern China
2011

Ho, Wan-li

REALC | Mind and Body in China
2003

Glazov-Corrigan, Elena

REALC | The “Green World” of Shakespeare and the Russian Culture
2005

Apkarian, Juliette Stapanian

REALC | The “Mad Russian”—Confronting Stereotypes
2003

Cai, Rong

REALC | Post-Mao Literature in the Original

2014

Mazzotta, Mizuki

 REALC | Advanced Conversation and Composition

2023

Patterson, Bobbi

Religion | Spiritual Practices and Social Change: Buddhist and Christian Approaches
2004

Eisland, Nancy

Religion | Seminar on Social Movements and Religious Change
2003

Wei, Wu

Religion | Religion and Environment
2018

Santos-Olmstead, Ana

Spanish & Portuguese | Brazilian Rain Forest: An Amazonian Universe in Literature, Film, & Press
2005

Hartfield-Méndez, Vialla

Spanish & Portuguese | Drawing the Line: The Mexico-U.S. frontera and its Stories
2007

Reber, Dierdra

Spanish & Portuguese | Ecological Imperialism: Nature and Power in Latin America
2007

Carrion, Maria Mercedes

Spanish & Portuguese | Jardines y Maravillas. Paisaje, Arquitectura y Subjetividad en España
2003

Stolley, Karen

Spanish & Portuguese | Nature in the New World: Reading Green in Latin America
2011

Dillman, Lisa

Spanish & Portuguese | Sustainability and the Environment
2008

Gajic, Tatjana

Spanish & Portuguese | Living with Scarcity: Nature and Environment in Modern and Contemporary Spain
2007

Ostrom, Katherine

Spanish & Portuguese | Advanced Portuguese Practice
2017

Fort, Lydia

Theater and Dance | Theater+Ecology
2018

Evenden, Michael

Theater Studies | Interaction of Dramatic Literature with Ecological Concerns
2004

Parish, Rachel

Theater Studies | Introduction to Theater
2017

Murphy, Vincent

Theatre Emory | Environmental Focus and Stagings
2003

Armstrong, Linda

Visual Arts | Ecologically based sculptureand contemporary environmental art on campus
2005

Roy, Deboleena

Women's Studies | Global Environmental Justice Movements
2011

Browne, Irene

Women's Studies | Introduction to Women's Studies
2008

Garland-Thomson, Rosemarie

Women's Studies | Feminist Theory/Feminist Conversations
2004

Natural Sciences

Wade, Theodosia

Biology (Oxford) | Environmental Science (Syllabus | Lab)
2001

Baker, Steve

Biology (Oxford) | Freshwater Ecology
2003

Jacob, Nitya

Biology (Oxford) | How genetics is integral to a biological organism and its environment
2005

Brommer, Chad

Biology | The Biology of Sustainability
2007

Cole, Megan

Biology | Biology 120: Concepts in Biology with lab
2017

de Roode, Jacobus

Biology | Foundations of Modern Biology
2018

Fankhauser, Sarah

Biology | Introductory Biology
2016

Martin, Michael

Biology (Oxford) | Introduction to Environmental Studies
2018

Orloff, Gregg

Biology | Cancer Biology
2004

Real, Les

Biology | Conservation Biology
2004

Beck, Chris

Biology | Water quality in Lullwater (Part I | Part II | Part III) and Effects of English ivy and ivy removal on macro- and microinvertebrate diversity in Lullwater
2001

Eichler, Jack

Chemistry (Oxford) | Introductory Chemistry with Laboratory for Non-science Majors
2007

Mo, Sean

Chemistry (Oxford) | Introductory Chemistry with Laboratory

2014

Harmon, Brenda

Chemistry (Oxford) | Modify organic laboratory curriculum to emphasize green chemical concepts
2002

Thornton, Nancy

Chemistry | Bring environmental consciousness to General Chemistry
2001

Ram, Preetha

Chemistry | Bring environmental consciousness to General Chemistry
2001

Lynn, David

Chemistry | Translating Life: Bridging the Languages of Science and Human Spirit | Part 1 | Part 2
2007

MacBeth, Cora

Chemistry | Translating Life: Bridging the Languages of Science and Human Spirit | Part 1 | Part 2
2007

Norton, Daphne

Chemistry | General chemistry laboratory
2004

McCormick, Mike

Chemistry | Revise general chemistry labs to include environmental examples
2001

Morkin, Tracy

Chemistry | Plastics, Polymers, and Sustainability
2009

Weinert, Emily

Chemistry | Chemical Biology
2016

Widicus-Weaver, Susanna

Chemistry | Experimental Methods and Design in Chemistry
2009

Mulford, Douglas Mulford

Chemistry | Chemistry 203L
2022

Fossati, Davide

Computer Science | CS 370: Computer Science Practicum
2022

Thakur, Nirmalya

Computer Science | Topics in Computer Science: Deep Learning for Sustainable Development
2023

Williams, Kristin

Computer Science | Computing, AI, Ethics, and Society
2023

Brosi, Berry

Environmental Studies | Landscape and Spatial Ecology
2010

Brown, Carl

Environmental Studies | Ecology & Health Project
2002

Yandle, Tracy

Environmental Studies | Energy, resources, and environmental change
2004

Size, William

Environmental Studies | Environmental Resources in the Southeastern US
2002

Pritchard, Rusty

Environmental Studies | Environmental Resources in the Southeastern US
2002

Hall, Anne Larson

Environmental Studies | Environmental Restoration
2007

Hickcox, Woody

Environmental Studies | Global earth systems
2004

Martin, Anthony

Environmental Studies | Neuroscience and behavioral biology
2003

Rudd, Murray

Environmental Sciences | Economic Valuation of the Environment
2016

Black, Heather

Environmental Sciences (Oxford) | ENVS 131 – Introduction to Environmental Studies
2022

Donaher, Shaunna

Environmental Sciences | Welcome to Living in the Anthropocene
2023

Keogh, Carolyn

Environmental Sciences | Introduction to ENVS Field Studies
2023

Freeman, Amanda

Human Health | Microbiome in Health and Disease
2016

Ettinger, Bree

Math | Real World Modules for Probability and Statistics II
2016

Lee, Christina

Math (Oxford) | Introductory Biology Module
2016

Powers, Vicki

Math/QTM | Mathematics of Voting and Elections
2018

Rogers, Michael

Math (Oxford) | Mathematical Models for Local Environmental Issues
2005

Gupta, Neha

Math | Math for Sustainability- Economic, Environmental, & Social
2023

Fantegrossi, Bill

Neuroscience | Ethnopharmacology and the search for new medications in a changing environment
2005

Roesch, Leah

Neuroscience | Environmental Exposures and Parkinson's Disease
2016

Roth, Connie

Physics | Introduction to Polymers
2009

Bing, Tom

Physics | PHYS 121—How Things Work
2022

Gong, Zhiyun

Quantitative Theory & Methods | Introduction to Statistical Computing II
2018

Social Sciences

Singer, Valerie

Anthropology (Oxford) | Cultural ecology, cultural conceptions of “nature” and environmental movements
2005

Goodale, Mark

Anthropology | Culture and Space
2002

Kingston, John

Anthropology | Ecological Context of Human Evolution
2001

Vidali, Debra

Anthropology | Environmental issues for Media & Culture and in Sociolinguistics courses
2005

Freeman, Carla

Anthropology | Global and Transnational Culture
2003

Mustafa, Hudita

Anthropology | Global Cities, Local Futures
2002

Freed, Benjamin Z.

Anthropology | Primate Behavior and Ecology
2003

Lacy, Scott

Anthropology | Sustainable Development: Anthropological Perspectives
2008

Krupa, Christopher

Anthropology | Eschatography - Anthropology of the End of the World
2008

Hadley, Craig

Anthropology | The Past, Present, and Future of Food and Population
2009

Brown, Peter

Anthropology | Undergraduate curriculum in Global Health
2005

Stutz, Liv Nilsson

Anthropology | Societies and Their Natural Environments in a Long-Term Perspective
2009

Phillips, Kristin

Anthropology | Africa & the ‘Natural Resource Curse’

2015

Capra, Monica

Economics | Adding environmental topics to Latin American economies seminar
2005

Carlson, Leonard

Economics | Political Economy of the American South
2010

Frisvold, David

Economics | Health Policy and Economics
2010

Molodtsova, Tanya

Economics | Econometrics
2009

Pesavento, Elena

Economics | Economic forecasting
2004

Klumpp, Tilman

Economics | Public Choice
2008

Ninkovic, Jasminka

Economics | Principles of Macroeconomics

2015

Ray, Mona

Economics | Environmental Economics

2017

Downey, C. Aiden

Educational Studies | Educational Studies Capstone Course
2010

George, Magnia

Educational Studies | Culture, Community, & Science
2009

Davis, David

Political Science | Global Human Rights
2007

Owens, Michael

Political Science | Urban Public Policy
2007

Bliwise, Nancy

Psychology | Department Research Sequence
2008

Gouzoules, Harold

Psychology | Animal Behavior
2010

Cherribi, Sam

Sociology | Economic Development in Africa
2011

Agnew, Robert

Sociology | Climate Change: Social Consequences and Responses
2010

Werum, Regina

Sociology | Seminar on Social Movements and Religious Change
2003

Hegtvedt, Karen

Sociology | Seminar on Social Movements and Religious Change
2003

Johnson, Cathryn

Sociology | Social Interaction Processes
2007

Kornrich, Sabino

Sociology | Inequality, Sustainability, and the Sociology of Consumption

2016

Shayne, Julie

Sociology | World Inequality and Underdevelopment
2004

Shannon, Deric

Sociology (Oxford) | Sociology of Food

2014

Reznickova, Alice

Sociology/Interdisciplinary Studies | Fostering Sustainable Behavior Change

2017

Sohn, Heeju

Sociology | Social Causes and Consequences of Health Inequities

2023

Business

Burdette, Allison

Business | Law and Business | Beyond Environmental Compliance
2002

Kertz, Consuelo

Business | Taxation for Management Decisions
2003

Mann Stewart, Sheri

Business | Environmental Concerns and the Business World
2007

Proffitt, Trex, Jr.

Business | Sustainability and Strategic Management
2016

Rider, Chris

Business | Strategic Management
2010

Hogan, Susan

Business | Marketing | Non-Profit Marketing Fieldwork
2011

Prietula, Michael

Business | Information Systems & Operations Management | Making Effective Decisions
2011

Roberts, Peter

Business | Social Enterprise
2009

Metters, Richard

Business | Decision and Information Analysis | Expand environmental issues into operations management courses
2005

Walton, Steve

Business | Decision and Information Analysis | Operations Management
2001

Koçak, Özgecan

Business | MBA | OAM 634 – Strategic Management
2022

Law

Marvel, Stu

Law | Queer and Feminist Legal Theory
2018

Samandari, Atieno

Law | Sustainable Development Law
2016

Satz, Ani

Law | Animal Law and Ethics Seminar
2004

Buzbee, William

Law | Environmental Law
2004

Bagley, Margo

Law | Intellectual Property Law
2002

Ahdieh, Robert

Law | International Trade Law & Policy
2002

 Klymovych, Oksana

Law | Law and Sustainable Society

2015

Miller, Marc

Law | Public Lands and Natural Resources
2001

 Goldstein, Mindy

 Law | Turner Environmental Law Clinic

2014

Queen, Edward

Law, Center for Ethics | Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Human Rights

2014

Barth, Whittney

 Law | Religion and Environmental Advocacy

2023

Nevitt, Mark

Law | Environmental Law & Policy

2023

Nursing

Connor, Ann

Nursing | Fuld Fellowship seminars
2004

Edwards, Sara

Nursing | Clinical Nursing, Developing Families
2008

Bauer-Wu, Susan

Nursing | Exploration of Self, Place, and Community in American and Global Contexts: a Contemplative Approach to Health and Sustainability
2009

Woeber, Kathryn

Nursing | Healthcare Ethics and Leadership
2011

Howett, Maeve

Nursing | Human Lactation and Breastfeeding Management
2007

Baker, Brenda

Nursing | Maternity and Reproductive Health Nursing

2015

Foster, Jenny

Nursing | Perspectives in Professional Nursing: Global Health

2017

Thompson, Lisa

Nursing | The Age of the Anthropocene: What Nurses Need to Know about Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change

2018

Zhang, Weihua

Nursing | Contemporary Topics in Nursing: Contemporary - China

2018

Mueller, Kenneth

Nursing | Advanced Pharmacology Across the Life Span

2023

Public Health

Wheeler, David

Biostatistics | Geographic Information Systems for Public Health
2007

Waller, Lance

Biostatistics | Measuring and visualizing the impact of water access and quality on public health
2005

Yi-An Ko

Biostatistics and Bioinformatics | Applied Regression Analysis
2022

Ryan, Barry

Environmental Health | Bring environmental consciousness to General Chemistry
2001

Frumkin, Howard

Environmental Health | Health impacts of urban sprawl
2001

Gribble, Matthew

Environmental Health | Oceans and Human Health

2016

Levy, Karen

Environmental Health | Perspectives in Environmental Health
2010

 Saikawa, Eri

 Environmental Health | Air Pollution and Climate Change

2014

Lopman, Ben

Epidemioloogy | Concepts and Methods in Infectious Disease Epidemiology

2017

Hess, Jeremy

Environmental and Occupational Health | Environment, Climate and Infectious Disease

2007

Spangler, Sydney

Global Health & Nursing | Medical Anthropology for Health Practitioners: The Social Context of Health and Illness

2015

Andes, Karen

Global Heath | Megacities and Slums: Global Health and Sustainable Development

2017

Evans, Dabney

Global Health | Health and Human Rights

2016

Null, Claire

Global Health | Monitoring and Evaluating International Public Health Programs

2010

Kirby, Amy

Global Health | Microbiologic Monitoring of Water at the Emory Water Reclamation Facility

2014

Moe, Christine

International Health | Environment, Climate and Infectious Disease
2003

Rheingans, Rick

International Health | Natural resources, development, and health
2001

Theology

Newsom, Carol

Theology | The Bible and the environment
2001

Jenkins, David

Theology | Congregational gardens for healing and community development
2004

Moore, Mary Elizabeth

Theology | Issues of women and theology in Christian
2001

Strawn, Brent

Theology | Interpretation of the Old Testament I
2009

Kraftchick, Steven

Theology | MTS Colloquy on environmental concerns
2002

Wright, Jacob

Theology | War and Destruction in the Hebrew Bible
2009

Frank, Thomas

Theology | Stewardship of historic religious properties and the land around them

2005

Myers, Jacob

Theology | For God So Loved the World: Preaching Toward Environmental Sustainability

2015

Womack, Deanna Ferree

Theology | Women and Gender in Christian-Muslim Relations

2017

P.E. & Dance

Adame, Daniel

Physical Education | Health Education
2007

England, Penelope

Physical Education and Dance (Oxford) | Increase awareness and appreciation for the environment
2002

Hutchinson, Jasmin

Physical Education and Dance (Oxford) | Walk and Roll:Need Convincing? The Case for Active Transportation Statement | Syllabus
2007

Rucker, Cecilia

Physical Education and Dance (Oxford) | Mat Pilates/Aerobics

2014

Stewart, Kay

Physical Education and Dance | Wellness: An Inside/Outside Approach
2008

Stauf, Paula

Physical Education and Dance | Beginning Scuba Diving
2008

Radell, Sally

Theater and Dance | Contemporary Issues in Dance | Site Survey
2010

Teague, Lori

 Dance and Movement Studies | Movement Improvisation

2015

Medina, Julio

 Dance and Movement Studies | Hip-Hop Dance and Identity

2022

Medicine

Kempker, Russell

Internal Medicine | A Sustainable Approach to Global Health
2018

Kimmel, Heather

Medicine | Drug Development: From Proposal to Prescriptions
2008

Eley, Bill

Medicine | Rethinking Medical Education
2005

O'Shea, James

Emergency Medicine | Wellness among Emergency Medicine Physicians
2016

Parker, Ruth

Medicine | The Mediterranean Diet | Syllabus | Photos
2010

Philipsborn, Rebecca

Medicine | Climate Change and Global Child Health 2018

Rebolledo, Paulina

Internal Medicine | A Sustainable Approach to Global Health
2018

Blanton, Sarah

Medicine | Sustainability Concepts in Physical Therapy

2014

Borich, Michael

Medicine | Principles of Motor Learning

2015

Schmidt, Stacie

Medicine | Understanding the ‘Right to Health’ for Patients 2015

Fazzio, Lydia

Medicine (Psychiatry) | Bio-hacking in Reverse: An Exploration of Human Sustainability

2017

Hanasoge, Sheela

 Radiation Oncology | Clinical Rotation in Radiation Oncology

 2022

 

Administrative and Library Participants

 

Bryson, Tim

Woodruff Library
2004

Canseco, Grace

ESL - Laney Graduate School | Graduate English Writing
2011

Chilcoat Majors, Kristen

Woodruff Library
2004

Conway, Brent

Law
2002

Fabian, Nick

Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies
2002

Forrest, Charles

Woodruff Library
2002

King, Harriett

Provost's Office
2002

Lee, Ed III

Campus Life | Greening the Barkley Forum
2018

Linville, Kent

Oxford College
2002

Page, Michael

Woodruff Library
2009