April 11, 2015 – EARThS Conference

The Anthropocene: Confronting global environmental change and hazardous worlds

9:00am (check-in 8:30am), Smith Center (CUE) 518, WSU Pullman

This interdisciplinary mini-conference gathers presenters from a variety of fields to cover a range of topics with an emphasis on:

  • Human activity contributing to climate change or environmental risk production OR
  • Collective efforts that seek to address or adapt to such problems in local, regional, national, and/or international venues

About the Keynote Speaker

Debra J. Davidson

Debra J. Davidson is Professor of Environmental Sociology at the University of Alberta, where she has taught since 1999. Her primary areas of teaching and research relate to climate change, energy and agri-food systems, with particular interest in climate change adaptation, renewable energy transitions, and urban agriculture. She is Lead Author of Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change, and Director of Prairie Urban Farm, a University of Alberta community farm. Recent publications include articles in Science; Global Environmental Change; Food Policy; Agriculture and Human Values; and British Journal of Sociology. She is co-author of Challenging Legitimacy at the Precipice of Energy Calamity with Mike Gismondi (Springer, 2011), and Consuming Sustainability, with Kierstin Hatt (Fernwood, 2005). Dr. Davidson received her PhD from the Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is originally from Los Angeles, California.

About EARThS

This organization serves as a meeting ground for graduate students, faculty and others interested in research related to the five tenets of the group’s name. We recognize that environment, agriculture, resources, technology and society intersect in meaningful and highly impactful ways in our world today. This group strives to provide support for the professional aspirations of its members as they pursue research and service regarding these areas.

Conference Organizers

Advisor:

  • Raoul Liévanos, Department of Sociology, Washington State University

Co-Chairs:

  • Katie Bittinger, Department of Sociology, Washington State University
  • Jon Dahlem, Department of Sociology, Washington State University
  • Darcy Hauslik, Department of Sociology, Washington State University
  • Lauren Scott, Department of Sociology, Washington State University

A Foley Institute Co-Sponsored Event with the Washington State University Department of Sociology and the Graduate and Professional Student Association of Washington State University