Class Leadership
Each member of the class will be responsible for leading a week's case study. Each member will also be assigned a week to lead class discussions. Furthermore, each member will be responsible for writing a short reflection paper on the case. In the last portion of the course, we will focus on climate-change policy, splitting the variety of information and approaches among you.
- Week 1: Introduction to environmental policy. Guidance on leading class discussions. Led by Easley
- Week 2: EPA and Clean Air and Water Acts. Led by Easley.
- Week 3: (Chapter 3) Love Canal
- Case Leader: Zach Elias
- Discussion Leader: Isaiah Williams
- Week 4: (C4) Chesapeake Bay
- Case Leader: Nathan Carter
- Discussion Leader: Sam Zebarth
- Week 5: (C5) Acid Rain and Clean Air
- Case Leader: Lyndy Holdt
- Discussion Leader: Taiana Butler
- Week 6:
- Monday off for Presidents Day.
- Wednesday: Connections to the Tobacco Industry.
- Friday: Guest Speaker Lynn Roth from Eagle Point Solar
- Week 7: (C6) ANWR
- Case Leader: Zach Harbach
- Discussion Leader: Scarlett Adams
- Week 8: (C8) Northern Spotted Owl
- Case Leader: Allisen Hallahan
- Discussion Leader: Nathan Carter
- Week 9: (C10) New England Fisheries
- Case Leader: Sam Zebarth
- Discussion Leader: Lyndy Holdt
- Week 10: (C13) Offshore-Wind Energy
- Case Leader: Taiana Butler
- Discussion Leader: Zak Harbach
- Week 11: Friday off for Easter. Special topics this week. (C16) Post-Katrina
- Week 12: (C14) Fracking
- Case Leader: Scarlet Adams
- Discussion Leader: Zach Ellias
- Week 13: (C15) Urban Sprawl
- Case Leader: Isaiah Williams
- Discussion Leader: Allisen Hallahan
- Week 14: Climate Change (discussions, readings, individual topics/policies, presented at final-exam time)