“Professorial Workshop on Teaching Religion and Ecology”
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
October 23–26, 2003

Indiana University will sponsor an invitational workshop for professors that explores strategies for effective teaching in the emergent field of religion and ecology.

The event schedule follows.

Workshop on Teaching Religion and Ecology Schedule
October 23	Keynote Address
	“Teaching with Full Heart and Mind” Scott Sanders Indiana University
October 24	Teaching Sessions on Religion and Ecology
Session 1	"Why Teach Religion and Ecology? Nature and Scope of Crisis" Mary Evelyn Tucker Bucknell University Les Sponsel University of Hawaii Poranee Natadech-Sponsel University of Hawaii
Session 2	"How Do Religions Respond?" John Grim Bucknell University David Barnhill University of Wisconsin
Session 3	"Role of Religious Studies; Pedagogical Challenges of the New Field" David Haberman Indiana University James Miller Queens College
Session 4	"Place of Advocacy and Activism in Classroom and Profession" Ken Kraft Lehigh University Stephen Scharper University of Toronto
October 25	Teaching Sessions on Religion and Ecology
Session 1	"How to Present the Environmental Crisis?" Bron Taylor University of Florida Chris Chapple Loyola Marymount University
Session 2	"Range of Strategies and Approaches for Teaching Religion and Ecology" Laura Hobgood-Oster Southwestern University Heather Eaton St. Paul University Ann Gold Syracuse University
Session 3	"Constructing Courses: Sample Syllabi" Sarah Taylor Northwestern University Mark Wallace Swarthmore College Mary MacDonald Le Moyne College
Session 4	"Resources for Teaching Religion and Ecology" Paul Waldau Tufts University Rebecca Gould Middlebury College Hava Tirosh-Samuelson Arizona State University Anne Custer Harvard University
October 26	Wrap-Up Discussion

This conference is funded by a grant from the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion, and is being sponsored by the Indiana University Department of Religious Studies and the Forum on Religion and Ecology.

For additional information on the conference contact:

David L. Haberman
Project Director
Sycamore Hall 230
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405
Ph:         812.855.8894