SSWG Teaching Resources
Conservation Social Science Syllabi
SCB SSWG Education Committee
Anthropology
1. Course Title: Cultural Ecology/Ecological Anthropology
Andrew Mathews (mathewsa@fiu.edu)
Department of Anthropology and Sociology
Florida International University
2. Course Title: Economic Anthropology
Bram Tucker (bram@bramtucker.us)
Department of Anthropology
University of Georgia
3. Course Title: Conservation and Community
Peter Brosius (pbrosius@uga.edu)
Department of Anthropology
University of Georgia
4. Course Title: HOUSEHOLDS, COMMUNITIES, GENDER (FOR DEVELOPMENT & CONSERVATION)
Carol Carpenter (carol.carpenter@yale.edu)
School of Forestry & Environmental Studies & the Department of Anthropology
Yale University
5. Course Title: Human Dimensions of Wildlife Conservation
Stephanie Spehar (spehars@uwosh.edu)
Department of Anthropology and Department of Environmental Studies
University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
Economics
1. Course Title: Ecological Economics (2007) & Ecological Economics (2002)
Brian Czech (brianczech@juno.com)
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
2. Course Title: Economic and Social Aspects of Conservation Biology
Steve Polasky (polasky@umn.edu)
Department of Applied Economics
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Behavior
University of Minnesota
Geography
1. Course Title: Political Ecology Seminar: Society, Ecology and the Politics of Environmental Science
Peter Walker (pwalker@uoregon.edu)
Department of Geography, Environmental Studies Program
University of Oregon
2. Course Title: Political Ecology
Tom Bassett (bassett@uiuc.edu)
Department of Geography
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
3. Course Title: Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
Rinku Roy Chowdhury (rroychowdhury@miami.edu)
Dept. of Geography & Regional Studies
University of Miami
4. Course Title: Perspectives on Environmental Decisions, with K . Broad
Rinku Roy Chowdhury (rroychowdhury@miami.edu)
Dept. of Geography & Regional Studies
University of Miami
Political Science
1. Course Title: Environmental Politics
Michael Lipscomb (lipscombm@winthrop.edu)
Department of Political Science/Users/vernadelauer/.Trash/sd692.pdf
Winthrop University
2. Course Title: The Politics of Conservation in Developing Countries
Clark Gibson (ccgibson@ucsd.edu)
Department of Political Science
University of California, San Diego
3. Course Title: Public Opinion and the Environment
Paul Mohai (pmohai@umich.edu)
School of Natural Resources and the Environment
University of Michigan
4. Course Title: Politics of the Environment 175
Eric Smith (smith@polsci.ucsb.edu)
Department of Political Science and Department of Environmental Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara
5. Course Title: Politics of the Environment 294
Eric Smith (smith@polsci.ucsb.edu)
Department of Political Science and Department of Environmental Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara
Psychology
1. Course Title: Psychology of Environmental Problems
Deborah Winter (winterd@whitman.edu)
Psychology Department
Whitman College
2. Course Title: Ecological Psychology
Sue Koger (skoger@willamette.edu)
Department of Psychology
Willamette University
3. Course Title: Behavior and Environment
Raymond De Young (rdeyoung@umich.edu)
School of Natural Resources and the Environment
University of Michigan
4. Course Title: Environmental Psychology
James Eubanks (eubanksj@cwu.edu)
Department of Psychology
Central Washington University:
5. Course Title: Environmental Psychology and the Wilderness Experience
David Campbell (dec1@humboldt.edu)
Department of Psychology
Humboldt State University
Sociology
1. Course Title: Environment and Society
Judith Perrolle (perrolle@ccs.neu.edu)
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Northeastern University
2. Course Title: Environment, Technology and Society
Judith Perrolle (perrolle@ccs.neu.edu)
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Northeastern University
3. Course Title: Environmental Sociology: An Environmental Justice Approach/The Science and Political Economy of Environmental Health and Social Justice
Phil Brown (phil_brown@brown.edu)
Department of Sociology & Center for Environmental Studies
Brown University
4. Course Title: Sociology of Natural Resources and the Environment
Conner Bailey (cbailey@acesag.auburn.edu)
Department of Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology
Auburn University
5. Course Title: Environment and Society
Dale Blahna (blahna@cc.usu.edu)
Department of Environment and Society
College of Natural Resources
Utah State University
6. Course Title: Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management
Dale Blahna (blahna@cc.usu.edu)
Department of Environment and Society
College of Natural Resources
Utah State University
7. Course Title: Theoretical Foundations in Human Dimensions of Ecosystem Science and Management
Dale Blahna (blahna@cc.usu.edu)
Department of Environment and Society
College of Natural Resources
Utah State University
8. Course Title: Communities and the Environment
Clark Gibson (ccgibson@ucsd.edu)
Department of Political Science
University of California, San Diego
Interdisciplinary
1. Course Title: Conserving Biological Diversity
Richard Wallace (rwallace@ursinus.edu)
Department of Environmental Studies
Ursinus College
2. Course Title: Marine Mammal Conservation and Management
Richard Wallace (rwallace@ursinus.edu)
Department of Environmental Studies
Ursinus College
3. Course Title: International Biodiversity Conservation
Charles Chester (charles.chester@tufts.edu)
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
Tufts University
4. Course Title: Conserving Biological Diversity
Charles Chester (charles.chester@tufts.edu)
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
Tufts University
5. Course Title: Human Dimensions of Biological Conservation
Terre Satterfield and Kai Chan (satterfd@interchange.ubc.ca)
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability
University of British Columbia
6. Course Title: Biodiversity Conservation Policy and Planning
Yongyut Trisurat (fforyyt@ku.ac.th)
Department of Forest Biology, Faculty of Forestry
Kasetsart University
7. Course Title: Human Organizations and Ecosystem Management
Rebecca Zarger (zarger@fiu.edu)
Environmental Studies and Sociology/Anthropology
Florida International University
8. Course Title: Climate and Society: An Interdisciplinary Approach
Kenneth Broad and Amy Clements (kbroad@rsmas.miami.edu)
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
University of Miami
9. Course Title: Environment and Society
Steve Breyman (breyms@rpi.edu)
Department of Science and Technology Studies
School of Humanities & Social Science
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
10. Course Title: Ecosystem Services
Kai Chan (kaichan@ires.ubc.ca)
Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability
University of British Columbia
11. Course Title: Human Dimensions of Conservation
Kai Chan / Terre Satterfield (kaichan@ires.ubc.ca / satterfd@interchange.ubc.ca)
Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability
University of British Columbia
12. Course Title: Conservation and Development
David M. Hoffman (dhoffman@upeace.org)
Department of Environment, Peace, and Security
Natural Resources and Sustainable Development Programme
University for Peace
13. Course Title: Management of Coastal Resources
David M. Hoffman (dhoffman@upeace.org)
Department of Environment, Peace, and Security
Natural Resources and Sustainable Development Programme
University for Peace
14. Course Title: Social Science of Development and Conservation
Carol Carpenter (carol.carpenter@yale.edu)
School of Forestry & Environmental Studies & the Department of Anthropology
Yale University
15. Course Title: Technology, Society, and the Environment
Arnulf Grubler (arnulf.grubler@yale.edu)
School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Yale University
Other Resources
1. List of Songs Related to Climate Change and Human Impact on the Environment
Richard Wallace (rwallace@ursinus.edu)
Department of Environmental Studies
Ursinus College
For more information or to submit additional syllabi please contact David Hoffman, Education Committee Chair (dhoffman@upeace.org).