Climate Crisis Teach-In

October 26-30, 2020

Program

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Monday, October 26

• 11:30 – 11:45 a.m. “Climate Crisis: Truth in 10” – Kathleen Grant
• 11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. “How Greenhouse Gases Work” –  Bill Schreiber
• 1:15 – 2:15 p.m. “Basics of Ocean Acidification” –  Catherine Duckett
• 2:45 – 3:15 p.m. “Short-Termism” –  Scott Jeffrey
• 3:15 – 4:00 p.m. “Sea Level Rise” – Tom Herrington

Tuesday, October 27

• 10:30 – 11:15 a.m. “Post-Covid Reset: Recommendations for Ocean-Climate Action and a Sustainable Blue Ocean Economy for New Jersey” – Tony MacDonald, Johanna Vanderhorst*
• 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. “Faculty Research and Teaching in Humanities and Social Sciences” –  Mary Kate Azcuy, Heide Estes, Golam Mathbor, Michael Phillips-Anderson, Karen Schmelzkopf
• 3:00 – 3:30 p.m. “An Algorithmic View of the Natural Environment in Video Games” – Kate Gatto
• 3:30 – 4:00 p.m. “Economic Analysis of Hurricanes related to Climate Change” – Avery Jackson*
• 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. “Wake Up to Climate Change: Harmful Algal Blooms and Other ‘Nasties’ in our Coastal Waters” – Jason Adolf

Wednesday, October 28

• 9:30 – 10:00 a.m. “Food/Agriculture and Climate Resilience” – Jeanine Cava
• 10:15 – 11:15 a.m. “An Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching Climate Change in NJ Classrooms” – Jiwon Kim, Michelle Schpakow, Alexandria Marchesani*, Mary McGee*,  Brielle Sadowski*
• 11:40 a.m. -1:00 p.m. “Air Pollution 101: Understanding Air Pollutants and Climate Change” – Tiffany Medley
• 1:15 – 2:15 p.m. “Engaging with Millennials about Climate Change” – Stanton Green
• 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. “Workshop: Exploring Climate Solutions with the Climate Interactive Web Tool” – Catherine Duckett

Thursday, October 29

• 2:45 – 3:45 p.m. “Eco-Grief and How We can Develop an Ecological Wellness Plan” – Megan Delaney
• 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. “Anthropocene Accountability Litigation Against the Fossil Fuel and Animal Agriculture Industries: Confronting Common Enemies to Promote a Just Transition” – Randall Abate
• 5:00 – 5:30 p.m. “World On Fire: Collaborative Student Performance of Adapted Poetry on Climate Crisis” – Deanna Shoemaker, Sophia Parola ’18, Penelope Elliott*, A’liah Moore*, Nick Sewell*, Emmanual Christian*, Jeff Dicken*
• 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. “Climate Crisis and Environmental Justice: What Can We Do?” – Heide Estes

Friday, October 30

• 10:00 – 10:30 a.m. “Strong Evidence for the Effects of Climate Change on Wildlife” – Sean Sterrett
• 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. “Interconnected Challenges; Interconnected Solutions: The Fight for Climate and Social Justice” – Kathleen Grant
• 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. “Addressing Climate Change in Environmental Justice Communities & Exploring the Threat of Climate Gentrification” – Melissa Alvare
• 1:30 – 2:25 p.m. “Climate Change and the Voiceless” – Moderator: Randall Abate.
  Daniel Conte,* Michelle Etienne,* Anastasia Francisquini,* London Jones,* Arione Santiago*
• 3:00 – 3:30 p.m. “Climate Change Communication in India” – Lisha Samuel*
• 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. “Faculty Research Roundtable” – Kimberly Callas, Moderator

 

* Indicates student presenter

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