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HON 290: Science as a Way of Knowing- Dimensions of Environmental Change

Weekly Reading Assignments – 2015

26 August

No readings- Elson Floyd’s Memorial Service

2 September

Schwartz 2008- The importance of stupidity in scientific research

9 September

Formulating a research question- Vanderbilt University

Moffett et al 2015- Remote Sensing-multiple stable states in coastal wetlands

16 September

Writing a research proposal title- Editage Series

Friedland and Folt 2000- Framing your research ideas

A Summer of Science- Eric Sorensen

McCallum 2008- Tasmanian devil facial tumor disease

Week 3- Proposal Assignment #1

23 September

++++ See email for readings ++++

For questions about:
The Green Fund- email Jason Sampson sampsonj@wsu.edu
The grants and fellowships for undergrads- email Michael Meyer michael.f.meyer@wsu.edu

30 September

Chapin et al. 2006- Reconciling carbon-cycle concepts, terminology and methods

DeLucia et al. 2015- The theoretical limit to plant productivity

Hudiburg et al. 2011- Regional carbon dioxide implications of forest bioenergy production

+++ The annotated bibliography assignment will be due Oct 7th and must be emailed to Julie Padowski by 6pm +++

7 October

No readings this week.

Proposal-Assignment-2-Annotated-Bibliography

14 October

NYT Article: Saving animals with human needs in mind

Guerry et al 2015- Natural capital and ecosystem services informing decisions

Choose one other article to read (from below):

Bateman et al 2015- Conserving tropical biodiversity via market forces and spatial targeting

Gelcich and Donlan 2015- Incentivizing biodiversity conservation in artisanal fishing communities

Catherine Craig’s email: cl.craig@wsu.edu

21 October

+++ No readings or assignments due this week- go to either Environmental Journalism talk this week and turn in a 1-pg summary for extra credit +++

28 October

The Intelligent Plant – The New Yorker

Snow- Haines

The Land Speaks

Proposal Assignment #3- Proposal Outline & Budget

Proposal Assignment #3- Example Outline & Budget #1

4 November

d’Alpoim Guedes 2015- Rethinking the spread of agriculture to the Tibetan Plateau

11 November

+++ No class- Veterans Day +++

18 November

Proposal Assignment #4- Proposal Abstract

Kartha et al. 2012- The North-South Divide

25 November

+++ No class- Thanksgiving Break  +++

2 December

Proposal Assignment #5- In-class presentations

Presentation Times

3:10pm- Philip VanDevanter
3:20pm- Taylor Latimore
3:30pm- Corey Connors
3:40pm- Lilly Pruitt
3:50pm- Natalie Hurst
4:10pm- Taylor Thibodeaux
4:20pm- Joshua Wilkes
4:30pm- Yadira Oregon
4:40pm- Gabe Berbig
4:50pm- Santiago Wilches

9 December

Student Presentations, continued

Proposal Assignment #6- Written Proposal

3:10pm- Mattie Olson
3:20pm- Sydney Elliott
3:30pm- Shelby Lee
3:40pm- Alexys Garcia
3:50pm- Anthony Dullum
4:10pm- Douglas Behrend
4:20pm- Marie Andresen
4:30pm- Brenna Meyer
4:40pm- Megean Blauvelt
4:50pm- Holden Humphrey