Conference Schedule
AESS Final Full Program (pdf)
AESS Final Program at a Glance (pdf)
| Thursday, October 8th | ||
| 3:00 - 5:00 PM | Registration Check-In | Annex Room (2nd floor) |
| 5:30 PM | Welcome and Introductions | Union Theater |
| Opening Keynote Address: Paul Ehrlich | ||
| The Dominant Animal: Human Evolution and the Environment | ||
| 7:15 PM | AESS and SEJ Reception | Great Hall (4th floor) |
| Friday, October 9th | ||
| 7:00 AM | Registration Continues | Annex Room (2nd floor) |
| 8:00 AM | 2009 AESS Meeting Called to Order | Great Hall (4th floor) |
| Plenary Meeting: The Future of Environmental Higher Ed | ||
| 9:00 AM | Jane Goodall (via satellite phone) | Great Hall (4th floor) |
| The Necessity for Interdisciplinary Scholarship | ||
| 9:45 AM | Morning Break | Reception Room (4th floor) |
| 10:15 - 11:45 AM | Concurrent Session #1: | |
| What is Environmental Studies? | Playcircle (2nd Floor) | |
| Round table: Climate Change Education | Beefeaters (3rd floor) | |
| Acoustic Habitats: Sound Monitoring and Effects on Wildlife | Old Madison East (3rd floor) | |
| Senses of Place | Capitol View Room (4th Floor) | |
| Achieving an Ethic of Sustainability | Roundtable (3rd floor) | |
| Is There a Role for New Nuclear Power in the U.S. Energy Economy? | Inn Wisconsin East (2nd floor) | |
| Preparing Environmental Students for the Green Workforce. | Tripp Commons (2nd floor) | |
| Water Rights and Water Access | Old Madison West (3rd floor) | |
| Field Work | Inn Wisconsin West (2nd floor) | |
| 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM | Lunch | Great Hall (4th floor) |
| 1:15 - 2:45 PM | Concurrent Session #2: | |
| Representing climate change through mass media: interdisciplinary challenges and opportunities | Tripp Commons (2nd floor) | |
| Top-Down, Bottom-Up and Cross-Border Environmental Management | Old Madison East (3rd floor) | |
| Environmental Studies/Sciences and the Humanities | Beefeaters (3rd floor) | |
| Sustainability and Teaching Environmental Studies at UNLV: Applications Beyond Sin City | Roundtable (3rd floor) | |
| Integrating the Disciplines into Environmental Studies and Sciences | Capitol View Room (4th floor) | |
| Students and Research | Inn Wisconsin West (2nd floor) | |
| Forty Years After the First Earth Day: Looking Back, Looking Ahead | Playcircle (2nd floor) | |
| Environmental Law and Policy | Inn Wisconsin East (2nd floor) | |
| Interdisciplinary from the Frontlines: Reflections on Pedagogy and Practice in an NSF‑IGERT Program | Old Madison West (3rd floor) | |
| 2:45 - 3:15 PM | Afternoon Break | Reception Room (4th floor) |
| 3:15 - 4:45 PM | Concurrent Session #3: | |
| Public Opinion and Climate Change | Reception Room (4th floor) | |
| Justice and the Environment in Native American Communities | Roundtable (3rd floor) | |
| Beyond the Book: New Media in Environmental Studies and Sciences Pedagogy | Old Madison East (3rd floor) | |
| Answering the call: Experiences negotiating the institutional and interdisciplinary challenges of creating a hands‑on sustainability undergraduate curriculum | Beefeaters (3rd floor) | |
| Transforming the Campus, Transforming Students | Capitol View Room (4th floor) | |
| The Voice(s) of Science | Old Madison West (3rd floor) | |
| Measuring Environmental Quality | Inn Wisconsin East (2nd floor) | |
| Urban Social-Ecological Systems | Inn Wisconsin West (2nd floor) | |
| Mobilizing STEM Education for Sustainability | Playcircle (2nd floor) | |
| 5:00 PM | Business Meeting of the AESS | Rosewood (2nd floor) |
| 6:00 PM | Social | Reception Room (4th floor) |
| 6:30 PM | Banquet | Great Hall (4th floor) |
| 7:30 PM | Speaker: Curt Meine "The Environmental Legacy of Wisconsin" | Great Hall (4th floor) |
| Saturday, October 10th | ||
| 7:00 - 8:00 AM | Visit the Farmers Market on the Square | |
| 8:15 – 9:45 AM | Concurrent Session #4: | |
| Creating an Interdisciplinary Journal: How to Balance Environmental Science and Environmental Studies | Tripp Commons (2nd floor) | |
| Environmental Politics and the Academy | Inn Wisconsin East (2nd floor) | |
| Environmental Management as Home Defense | Capitol View Room (4th floor) | |
| Environmental Studies and Sciences and Liberal Education | Playcircle (2nd floor) | |
| Research Strategies | Roundtable (3rd floor) | |
| Conflict and Resolution | Old Madison West (3rd floor) | |
| Biodiversity and Society: Coexistence Explored | Reception Room (4th floor) | |
| Sustainability S.O.S: Same Old Substance or Starting Over Smartly | Inn Wisconsin West (2nd floor) | |
| Incorporating GIS into Undergraduate Environmental Studies | Old Madison East (3rd floor) | |
| 9:45 – 10:15 AM | Morning Break | Main Lounge (2nd floor) |
| 10:15 – 11:45 AM | Concurrent Session #5 | |
| Challenges to and for Climate Policy | Tripp Commons (2nd floor) | |
| Perspectives on Food and Soil | Roundtable (3rd floor) | |
| Teaching Introductory Environmental Studies: A Facilitated Discussion | Capitol View Room (4th floor) | |
| Religion and the Study of the Environment | Old Madison East (3rd floor) | |
| Approaches to Interdisciplinary | Inn Wisconsin East (2nd floor) | |
| Empirical Studies of Environmental Studies and Science Pedagogy and Research Practices | Inn Wisconsin West (2nd floor) | |
| Lessons from Katrina: Academic Institutions, Community Participation and Sustainable Redevelopment | Reception Room (4th floor) | |
| Critical Stances | Old Madison West (3rd floor) | |
| Facilitated Discussion: Professional Development | Playcircle (2nd floor) | |
| 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM | Lunch (On your own) | |
| 1:15 – 2:45 PM | Concurrent Session #6 | |
| The Future of Global Environmental Management | Tripp Commons (2nd floor) | |
| The Pedagogy of Applied Problem Solving in Environmental Studies ‑ A Discussion of Tools, Methods, and Curricula | Capitol View Room (4th floor) | |
| Marketing the Environment | Inn Wisconsin East (2nd floor) | |
| A Useable Past: A Roundtable Discussion on the Role of Historians in Environmental Studies Programs | Old Madison East (3rd floor) | |
| Environmental Risk and Environmental Responsibility | Reception Room (4th floor) | |
| Conservation Strategies | Roundtable (3rd floor) | |
| Interdisciplinary Faculty and Administrative Arrangements ‑ Roundtable Discussion | Inn Wisconsin West (2nd floor) | |
| Facilitated Discussion: Integrating Environmental Studies into Design and Planning Curricula | Old Madison West (3rd floor) | |
| Facilitated Discussion: Curriculum Reform in Environmental Studies and Sciences | Playcircle (2nd floor) | |
| 2:45 – 3:15 PM | Afternoon Break | Main Lounge (2nd floor) |
| 3:15 – 4:45 PM | Concurrent Session #7: | |
| From human dimensions to humanism: Dilemmas in the interdisciplinary study of human relationships with the environment | Reception Room (4th floor) | |
| Greening the Academy: How Environmental Studies is Transforming Higher Education | Old Madison East (3rd floor) | |
| Round table: bridging environmental science and public health education | Inn Wisconsin East (2nd floor) | |
| Environmental Studies and Community Based Research: The importance of place in student learning. | Capitol View Room (4th floor) | |
| Disaster and Resilience | Roundtable (3rd floor) | |
| Developing an Environmental Studies Program | Playcircle (2nd floor) | |
| Facilitated Discussion: Bridging the Divide Between Environmental Studies and Sciences | Old Madison West (3rd floor) | |
| Facilitated Discussion: Innovations in Teaching | Inn Wisconsin West (2nd floor) | |
| 4:45 - 6:00 PM | Poster session | Main Lounge (2nd floor) |
| 6:00 PM | Dinner (On your own) | |
| Sunday, October 11th | ||
| 8:00 - 10:00 AM | Brunch and discourse at thematic round tables | Great Hall (4th floor) |
| 10:00 AM | Closing session - charge to participants on the 2010 meetings | Great Hall (4th floor) |
| 11:00 AM | Adjourn the 2009 meeting | |