Projects Across the Curriculum
Dickinson encourages sustainability across the curriculum and the Valley & Ridge workshops have provided a forum for these developments in diverse academic disciplines.
Click on each participant below to learn more about Dickinson's sustainability curriculum integration projects through our Valley & Ridge Program. The cohorts since 2017 have also included faculty from other institutions as part of our commitment to be a Regional Center for Sustainability Across the Curriculum for the Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE).
2023 Valley & Ridge Participants
- Dr. Bevin Ashenmiller, Occidental College, Economics, Sustainability, Climate Resilience and Equity
- Kent Barrett, Dickinson, Theatre and Dance, Reworking of the Performance Design Curriculum
- Dr. Laird Christensen, Prescott College, Environmental Studies and Sustainability, Reimagining a Degree Requirement
- Erin Crawley-Woods, M.F.A., Dickinson Theatre and Dance, Body and Place
- Zachary Czuprynski, Prescott College, Sustainability, Introduction to Ecological Economics
- Dr. Maggie Douglas, Dickinson, Environmental Studies/Science, Soil Health at the College Farm
- Gail Good, Penn State Altoona, Agriculture, Change a Habit, Make It a Lifestyle
- Dr. Ellen Gray, Dickinson, Music, Sounding the Environment
- Dr. Bruno Grazioli, Dickinson in Italy, Italian Studies, Landscape Design and Sustainable Practices in Italian Culture
- Dr. Christine Guardino, Dickinson, Psychology, Psychology of Sustainable Behavior
- Rob Kuper, PLA, Temple, Architecture and Environmental Design, Scaling up: Climate in All Classrooms at Temple
- Holly Plank, University of Pittsburgh, Education, Teaching and Learning in Secondary STEM through Sustainability
- Dr. Deb Sinha, Dickinson, Environmental Studies, Radical Hope in the Age of the Anthropocene
- Dr. Forrest Watson, Dickinson, International Business and Management, Global Business
- Dr. Mengnan Zhu, Dickinson, International Business and Management, Sustainable Investing
2022 Valley & Ridge Participants
- Andrew Bale, Dickinson, Art & Art History, Sustainability in Photography
- Dr. Matthew Biwer, Dickinson, Anthropology and Archaeology, Studying Past Sustainable Practices to Address Present and Future Problems
- Eleanor Conover, Dickinson, Art and Art History, Digital Studio 2: Engaging with Sustainable Methodology Within the Digital Sphere
- Dr. Gordon Cromley, Dickinson, Geographic Information Systems, Suitability and Sustainability
- Elizabeth Glaum-Lathbury, Morrisville Middle/Senior High School, World Language English, 8th Grade Reading Curriculum
- Dr. Rachel Jacobs, Dickinson, Political Science & International Studies, Climate Change and Migration in Global Politics
- Dr. Sarah Kersh, Dickinson, English, Literature and Queer Ecology
- Dr. Ebru Kongar, Dickinson, Economics, Social Provisioning and Sustainable Livelihoods
- Dr. Richard Mbih, Penn State University, African Studies and Rural Sociology, Sustainability Education
- Dr. Luis Quintero, Johns Hopkins University, Carey Business School, Sustainability in the Teaching of Real Estate
- Dr. Aleksandra Radlinska, Penn State University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Sustainable Design of Infrastructure
- Dr. Howard Rosen, Dickinson, Psychology, Making Psychology 175 Sustainable
- Dr. Elzbieta Sikora, Penn State University, Engineering Sciences and Mechanics, FYS – Respect the Environment – How Sustainability Helps
- Dr. Sarah Skaggs, Dickinson, Theater and Dance, Still Standing
2021 Valley & Ridge Participants
- Dr. Todd Arsenault, Dickinson, Art & Art History, Sustainability in Printmaking
- Dr. Jen Blyth, Dickinson, Music, Current
- Dr. Allyssa Decker, Dickinson, Environmental Studies, Green Infrastructure
- Dr. Lars English, Dickinson, Physics, Introduction to Relativistic and Quantum Physics
- Dr. Elizabeth Lee, Dickinson, Art & Art History, American Art: Power, Place & Identity
- Dr. J. Cody Nielsen, Dickinson, Religion, Spiritual and Cultural Identities in a Global Context
- Dr. Mariana Past, Dickinson, Spanish & Portuguese, Experiential Learning in Spanish Courses
- Izolda Savenkova, Dickinson, Russian, Advanced Russian
- Dr. Jamie Teeple, Dickinson, Educational Studies, EcoJustice Education
2019 Valley & Ridge Participants
- Julia Carnine, Dickinson en France, study abroad program in Toulouse, France, French and Francophone Studies (FFS), Language, Field and Foodways
- Anthony Cervino, Dickinson, Art & Art History, Art & Sustainability
- Nikki Dragone, Dickinson, American Studies, Sustainability in Native/Indigenous Futurisms & Futurities
- Rachel Eng, Dickinson, Art & Art History, Where Does Clay Come From?
- Sarah Frohardt-Lane, Ripon College, History and Environmental Studies, Incorporating Sustainability into U.S. Environmental History
- Jorden Hayes, Dickinson, Earth Sciences, Integrating Sustainability into Physical and Chemical Oceanography
- John Katunich, Dickinson, Writing Program, Climate Change Rhetoric and Academic Writing for International Students
- Tara Mangan, King's College, Environmental Studies, King's College Sustainability Initiative
- Relena Rose Del Toro Ribbons, Lawrence University, Geosciences, Revisiting sustainability in Introductory Environmental Science
- Monica Rico, Lawrence University, History and Environmental Studies, The Practice of Community in Appleton
- Brandi Robinson, Penn State University, Energy and Mineral Engineering, Facilitating Inquiry-based learning in an online course
- Hanna Roman, Dickinson, French and Francophone Studies, Senior Seminar in French Literature: Perceiving the Natural World in the French Enlightenment
- Liesel Schwarz, Villanova University, Sustainability Staff, Campus Sustainability Curriculum Integration
- Elizabeth Smolcic, Penn State University, Curriculum & Instruction, College of Education, Boundary Work: Learning Languages, Cultures & Sustainability Literacies in Oaxaca, Mexico
- Dana J. Somers, Dickinson, Biology, Integrating Environmental and Economic Sustainability in Fermentation Microbiology
- Jodie A Vann, Dickinson, Religion, Course on Religion, Nature, and the Environment
- Richard R. Veit, College of Staten Island, City University of New York, Biology, Dynamics of Grassland and Forest Ecosystems Within an Intensely Urban Setting
2018 Valley & Ridge Participants
- Jeremy Ball, Dickinson, History, African Ecologies
- Donna M. Bickford, Dickinson, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Feminist Theory, Ecofeminism and Social Sustainability
- Robert Bingham, Temple University, Dance, Dance and the Sustainable City
- Rebecca Connor, Dickinson, Chemistry, Using the Sustainable Development Goals as a framework for teaching protein visualization technology and science communication in Biochemistry
- Angela DeLutis-Eichenberger, Dickinson, Spanish and Portuguese, Reading the Southern Cone: Lessons in Sustainability
- Willibroad Dze Ngwa, Dickinson Cameroon, African and Global Studies (Political History and International Relations), Insecurity, Conflicts and Peace-building in Africa: The Case of Boko Haram Violent Extremism in West and Central Africa
- Verkijika G. Fanso, Dickinson Cameroon, Cameroon and African Studies, Bridging Uncompromising Borders: Ethnicity and Multi-Partyism in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Jason Gavenonis, Dickinson, Chemistry, Sustainability in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Dosing, and Disposal
- Steven J. Haase, Shippensburg University, Psychology, Teaching the Psychology of Sustainability
- Russell Hedberg , Shippensburg University, Geography-Earth Science, Developing Sustainability Content for ESS 108: Conservation of Natural Resources
- Karen Kirkham, Dickinson, Theatre and Dance, Norwich Program Director and Sustainability and Global Education
- Leonardo Ernesto Lombardo, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina, Argentina in a Latin American Context, Sustainability as Survival Strategy within the Huarpe Community
- Joshua Marshack, Dickinson, Anthropology, Experiential Sustainability Learning in Biological Anthropology
- Hector A. Reyes Zaga, Dickinson, Spanish, Human Rights in Contemporary Hispano-American Literature
- Brandi J. Robinson, Penn State University, Energy and Mineral Engineering - Energy and Sustainability Policy major, Integrating Sustainability Principles into Energy Policy
- Peter Schadler, Dickinson, Religion, Adding Social Sustainability Component to the Course: Peace and Conflict among Jews, Christians, and Muslims in the Medieval Mediterranean World
- Magda Siekert, Dickinson, Middle East Studies, Environmental Issues in the Arab World
- Paul Stonehouse, Green Mountain College, Adventure Education, Why indoors? Micro Adventures through Friluftsliv
- Alyson Thibodeau, Dickinson, Earth Sciences, Investigating Mercury in Fish
- Eric Martin Usner '92, Franklin & Marshall College, Music; American Studies, Eating as a Practice of Sustainability
2017 Valley & Ridge Participants
- Shamma Alam, Dickinson, International Studies, Should We Fear Globalization in the Twenty-First Century?
- Maiko Arashiro, Dickinson, Environmental Studies, Developing ENST 252: Interdisciplinary Problem Solving
- Kathryn Barker, Dickinson, Chemistry, The Chemistry of Pennsylvania’s Historic Iron Production
- Douglas Becker, Lebanon Valley College, Biology, Incorporating Sustainability into the New Environmental Science Major
- Christopher Bilodeau, Dickinson, History, HIST 247: Early American History
- Charles Coe, Villanova, Chemical Engineering, Alternative Energy in the Energy/Water/Food Nexus
- Jeffrey Forrester, Dickinson, Mathematics and Computer Science, Sustainability in the Statistics Curriculum
- Jamie Greiner, University of Mount Union, Sustainability, Development of an Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Sustainability Minor and Center for Sustainability
- Kshama Harpankar, Lebanon Valley College, Business and Economics, Economics of Global Food Challenges
- Sherry Harper-McCombs, Dickinson, Theatre and Dance, Articulating Sustainability as Part of the Theatre Design and Technology Practice
- Mark Heuer, Susquehanna University, Management, Integrating Sustainability into Business Ethics
- Brandon Hoover, Messiah College, Sociology/Anthropology, Expanding Faculty Development for Sustainability
- Luca Lanzilotta, Dickinson, Italian, Italian Food
- James McMenamin, Dickinson, Italian, Food and Culture in Medieval and Renaissance Italy
- Kathleen Schreiber, Millersville University, Geography, Expanding Sustainability Teaching
- Vlad Tarko, Dickinson, Economics, Development Economics
- Edward Wells, Wilson College, Integrated Sciences, Foundations of Sustainability
2016 Valley & Ridge Participants
- Qing Bai, International Business & Management, Sustainable and Responsible Investments
- Anat Beck, International Business & Management, Fundamentals of Business
- Holley Friedlander, Mathematics and Computer Science, FYSM: Exploring American Wilderness
- Carol Ann Johnston, English, Creative Writing, Advanced Creative Writing: Poetry
- Greg Kallis, History, The Long Civil Rights Movement
- Steve Riccio, International Business & Management, Fundamentals of Business
- Sherry Ritchey, International Business & Management, Marketing Research
- Jason Smith, Biology, Sustainable Forest and Agricultural Ecosystems
- Adeline Soldin, French and Francophone Studies, Food, France, and Cultural Identity
- Luca Trazzi, Italian, Sustainability in Italy: Environment, Culture, and Food
2015 Valley & Ridge Participants
2014 Valley & Ridge Goes to China Participants
- Maria Bruno, Archeology, Digging Deeper into Chinese Agricultural Systems in the Archaeology Curriculum
- Susan Feldman, Philosophy, Environmental Philosophy: The Chinese Context
- Ann Hill, Anthropology, TRIP LEADER
- Marcus Key, Earth Sciences, Integrating Chinese Energy and Fossil Examples into my courses
- Jeff Niemitz, Earth Science, TRIP LEADER
- Hans Pfister, Physics, Entropy, Energy and the Environment
- Kristin Strock, Environmental Studies, Variation in the Use and Management of Freshwater Resources in the Yunnan Provence
- Vanessa Tyson, Political Science, Case Study on Chinese Environmental Policy
2013 Valley & Ridge Participants
- Thomas Arnold, Biology, Sustainability Bridges: Plug-in Class Exercises for the Sciences
- Ann Hill, Anthropology and East Asian Studies, Valley & Ridge Goes to China
- Marcus Key, Earth Sciences, Development of a Sustainability Module: Sedimentology & Stratigraphy
- Junjie Luo, East Asian Studies, Nature as Represented in Traditional Chinese Fiction
- Karl Qualls, History, Re-imagining a Course on Modern Russian History
- Toby Reiner, Political Science, Sustainability and Distributive Justice (Global and Local)
- Pamela Kim Van Fleet, Biology, Introduction to Environmental Science: Natural Ecosystems and Human Disruption
- Gene Wingert, Biology, Sustaining Northeastern Wildlife
2012 Valley & Ridge Participants
- Asuncion Arnedo, Spanish, Sustainability in the Hispanic World
- Michael Beevers, Environmental Studies, Understanding the Human Place in Nature
- Maria Bruno, Archaeology, Archaeological Method & Theory
- Dengjian Jin, International Business & Management, Creativity, Knowledge Evolution, and Innovation for Sustainability
- Emily Pawley, History, American Environmental History
- Siobhan Phillips, English, Writing about Food
- Michael Potthoff, Biology, Changing Ocean Ecosystems
- Roger Turner, Environmental Studies, Environment, Culture & Values
- Patricia van Leeuwearde Moonsammy, Africana Studies, Introduction to Caribbean Studies
- Ed Webb, Political Science & International Studies, International Politics of the Middle East
- Blake Wilson, Music, Green Music: Regarding "Nature & Wilderness" in Music
2011 Valley & Ridge Participants
- Kristen Brubaker, GIS, Introduction to GIS
- Alyssa DeBlasio, Russian, Russian and Ecocriticism
- Neil Diamant, East Asian Studies, Politics of Environmental Protection in Asia
- Greg Howard, Environmental Studies, Environmental Health Policy
- Ted Merwin, Religion, Jews & Food
- Tony Pires, Biology, Animal Diversity
- Dave Richeson, Mathematics, FYS Climate Change, Science, or Nonsense?
- Vanessa Tyson, Political Science, Environmental Politics
- Amy Witter, Chemistry, Chemical Ecology
2010 Valley & Ridge Program
- Susannah Bartlow, Women's and Gender Studies, Ecofeminism
- Wilson Bell, History, Communism
- Mara Donaldson, Religion, Religion & Modern Culture
- Lucile Duperron, French & Italian, Toulouse & the Mid-Pyrenees Region
- Antje Pfannkuchen, German, German Romanticism- Relationships to Nature
- Meghan Reedy, Classics, Roman History
- David Sarcone, International Business and Management, Fundamentals of Non-Profit Management
- Jennifer Schaefer, Mathematics, FYS Down on the Farm
- Jessica Westin, Anthropology, Sustainability in Biological Anthropology
2009 Valley & Ridge Participants
- Alex Bates, East Asian Studies, Nature and the Environment in Japanese Literature and Film
- Daniel Cozort, Religion, Buddhism and the Environment
- Amy Farrell, American Studies & Women's and Gender Studies, Mass Media and American Culture
- Michael Fratantuono, International Business & Management & International Studies Going Green: The Dickinson Experience
- James Hoefler, Policy Studies, Land Use Planning and Transportation
- Andrea Lieber, Religion, Teaching Jewish Environmental Ethics
- Andy Skelton, Psychology, The Environment in Social Psychology
- Nicola Tynan, Economics, Economics of Resource Sustainability
2008 Valley & Ridge Participants
- Pauline Cullen, Sociology, Global Inequality
- Sylvie Davidson, French & Italian, Food and Power
- John Henson, Biology, Infection versus Immunity
- Sinan Koont, Economics, Political Economy of the Third World
- Ashton Nichols, English, Thoreau, Wilderness, and American Writing
- Michael Poulton, International Business and Management, Marketing in a Global Context
- Dan Schubert, Sociology, Geology and Sociology of Disasters
- Helen Takacs, International Business and Management, Fundamentals of Business