Paper – Written results of research project:
at least three thousand (3,000) words of polished prose [at least five thousand (5,000) words of polished prose if enrolled for four hours credit], with citations and bibliography in an appropriate style, typed and double-spaced with an original and fitting title.

Presentation – Oral synopsis of research project:
eight to ten (8-10) minutes of extemporaneous comments summarizing your findings, supported by a one-page handout bearing your name and project title.

Group 3:  Brittany, Imran, Jeff, Kevin

Group 4:  Alex, Elyse, Garrett, Weijia

Presentation – Oral synopsis of research project:
eight to ten (8-10) minutes of extemporaneous comments summarizing your findings, supported by a one-page handout bearing your name and project title.

Group 1:  Henry, Jessica, Jim, Joe

Group 2:  Blessing, Briana, Elena, Pat, Scot

Read the following selections in Environmental Justice and Environmentalism;
come prepared to summarize each selection:

Faber, “A More ‘Productive’ Environmental Justice Politics: Movement Alliances in Massachusetts for Clean Production and Regional Equity”

Roberts, “Globalizing Environmental Justice”

Patrick, “Biological Diversity in Ecology” (The Philosophy of Ecology)

Outline – Tentative organization of research paper:
at least one (1) full page specifying main points and subpoints, typed and double-spaced with an original and fitting title.

Read the following selections in The Ecocriticism Reader;
come prepared to summarize each selection:

Slovic, “Nature Writing and Environmental Psychology: The Interiority of Outdoor Experience”

Evernden, “Beyond Ecology: Self, Place, and the Pathetic Fallacy”

Simberloff, “A Succession of Paradigms in Ecology: Essentialism to Materialism to Probabilism” (The Philosophy of Ecology)

Read the following selections in The Ecocriticism Reader;
come prepared to summarize each selection:

Campbell, “The Land and Language of Desire: Where Deep Ecology and Post-Structuralism Meet”

Le Guin, “The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction”

Popper, “The Bucket and the Searchlight: Two Theories of Knowledge” (The Philosophy of Ecology)

Bibliography – Penultimate list of research sources:
at least ten (10) relevant books, articles, and websites you have studied, cited in an appropriate bibliographic style, typed and double-spaced with an original and fitting title.

Read the following selections in Out of the Woods;
come prepared to summarize each selection:

Stewart, “Rice, Water, and Power: Landscapes of Domination and Resistance in the Lowcountry, 1790-1880″

Pyne, “Nataraja: India’s Cycle of Fire”

Collins, “Evolutionary Ecology and the Use of Natural Selection in Ecological Theory” (The Philosophy of Ecology)

Read the following selections in Out of the Woods;
come prepared to summarize each selection:

Simmons, “The Earliest Cultural Landscapes of England”

Gottlieb, “Reconstructing Environmentalism: Complex Movements, Diverse Roots”

Smilor, “Personal Boundaries in the Urban Environment: The Legal Attack on Noise, 1865-1930″

Proposal – Formal description of research topic:
at least three hundred (300) words detailing the focus, methodology, and significance of your project, accompanied by a working bibliography of relevant sources you have accessed, typed and double-spaced with an original and fitting title.

Explore back issues of the following periodicals, looking for potential research topics;
come prepared to present at least two article-length pieces from two different periodicals:

Orion Magazine: nature / culture / place
(University Library)

Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology
(University Library)

Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture
(University Library)

Environmental History
(University Library)

ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment
(University Library)

Environmental Ethics
(University Library)

High Country News
(not in University Library!)

Preview Environmental Justice and Environmentalism:
The Social Justice Challenge to the Environmental Movement;
come prepared to introduce the text:

skim cover, front matter, back matter

read acknowledgments, appendices

Read the following selections in Environmental Justice and Environmentalism;
come prepared to summarize each selection:

Pezzullo and Sandler, “Introduction: Revisiting the Environmental Justice Challenge to Environmentalism”

DeLuca, “A Wilderness Environmentalism Manifesto: Contesting the Infinite Self-Absorption of Humans”

Wenz, “Does Environmentalism Promote Injustice for the Poor?”

Preview The Ecocriticism Reader: Landmarks in Literary Ecology;
come prepared to introduce the text:

skim cover, front matter, back matter

read preface, acknowledgments, recommended reading

Read the following selections in The Ecocriticism Reader;
come prepared to summarize each selection:

Glotfelty, “Introduction: Literary Studies in an Age of Environmental Crisis”

White, “The Historical Roots of Our Environmental Crisis”

Manes, “Nature and Silence”

Preview Out of the Woods: Essays in Environmental History;
come prepared to introduce the text:

skim cover, front matter, back matter

read acknowledgments, introduction, section headnotes

Read the following selections in Out of the Woods;
come prepared to summarize each selection:

Merchant, “The Theoretical Structure of Ecological Revolutions”

Cronon, “The Trouble with Wilderness: Or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature”

MacCameron, “Environmental Change in Colonial New Mexico”

Preview The Philosophy of Ecology: From Science to Synthesis;
come prepared to introduce the text:

skim cover, front matter, back matter

read preface, acknowledgments, afterword

Read the following selections in The Philosophy of Ecology;
come prepared to summarize each selection:

“Introduction: Ecology as a Science of Synthesis” (1-19)

“Part One. Entities and Process in Ecology” (21-33)

“Part Two. Community, Niche, Diversity, and Stability” (101-110)

“Part Three. Rationalism and Empiricism” (133-140)

“Part Four. Reductionism and Holism” (171-179)

“Part Five. Ecology and Evolution” (233-245)

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