Sustainability Course Development Fellowship

Proposals must include:

  • A clear, detailed plan of work less than 1,500 words (details in application)
  • Current CV
  • List of courses taught in the last two years, including enrollments
  • Evidence of quality teaching, less than 5 pages
  • Departmental recommendation letter

Proposals with the highest likelihood of success will emphasize:

  • Originality
  • Engage meaningfully with existing sustainability-related programs of Sustain IU, IPE, CRE, and ERI
  • Other high-impact teaching practices
  • Instructional need and potential impact on student learning
  • Feasibility and timeliness
  • Student reach and departmental support
  • Plans to develop learning outcomes and their assessment

Grant recipients

Meet current and past recipients of the Sustainability Course Development Fellowship and learn about their summer projects.

  • Brian Forist, Department of Health & Wellness Design
  • David Kehoe, Department of Biology

  • John Baeten & Rebecca Lave, Department of Geography
  • James Damico, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
  • Andrew Libby, Deparment of Human Biology
  • David Stringer, Department of Second Language Studies

  • Kurt Waldman, Department of Geography
  • Olga Kalentzidou, Department of Geography
  • Dana Habeeb, School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering
  • Todd Royer, O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs
  • Kelly Eskew, Kelley School of Business

  • Kelly Eskew, Kelly School of Business, "Energy Sector Law & Policy: On & Off the Grid"
  • Kim Novick, O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, "Infusing Sustainability into Undergraduate Instruction on Climate Change"
  • Daniel Cole, Maurer School of Law, "Legal History & Public Policy: Protecting the Environment"
  • Suzannah Comfort, Media School, "Science in the Public Sphere"

  • Kelly Eskew, Kelly School of Business
  • Stephen Glaholt, SPEA
  • Jessica O'Reilly, Kelly School of Business
  • Sarah Osterhoudt, Anthropology

  • Andrew Libby, Human Biology
  • Martha Macleish, Dept. of Fine Arts
  • Robin Reeves, Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese
  • Heather Reynolds, Biology
  • Adam Ward, SPEA

  • Mary Embry, Dept. of Apparel Merchandising and Interior Design, "Sustainability in Product"
  • Marleen Newman, Dept. of Apparel Merchandising and Interior Design, "Sustainability, Adaptive Reuse and Historic Preservation"
  • Heather Reynolds, Dept. of Biology, "Bio-Diverse City"
  • Kenneth Richards, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, "Sustainability: A Tri-Sectoral Approach"
  • Lisa Sideris, Dept. of Religious Studies, "The God Species: Ethics in the Anthropocene"
  • David Stringer, Dept. of Second Language Studies, "Language Hotspots and Biodiversity"

  • Stephanie Kane, Department of International Studies, School of Global and International Studies, "Nature and the City: RIVERS" 
  • Scott Shackelford, Department of Business Law and Ethics, Kelley School of Business, "Global Business Immersion: Sustainability in Australia and New Zealand
  • Jim Capshew, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, College of Arts and Sciences, "Arborescence: Keeping Trees in Mind"
  • James Farmer and Doug Knapp, Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Studies, School of Public Health, for "Making Sense of Sustainability: Semester in the Environment"
  • Majed Akhter and Darren Ficklin, Department of Geography, College of Arts and Sciences, for "Water Security and Sustainability"
  • Stacey Brown, Department of English, College of Arts and Sciences, for "Nature and the Narrative 'I': Reading, Writing and (Re)Connecting With the Environment"

  • Tom Evans, Dept. of Geography: College of Arts and Sciences,"Geo-Literacy: Geographic Reasoning, Problem Solving, and Critical Thinking as a Foundation for Sustainability Science."
  • James Farmer, Dept. of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Studies: School of Public Health, "Planting the Seed: Introduction to Sustainable Agriculture"
  • Burney Fischer, School of Public and Environmental Affairs and Daniel H. Cole, Maurer School of Law: "Understanding Sustainable Social-Ecological Systems Through Institutions and Collective Action"
  • Rasul Mowatt, Dept. of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Studies: School of Public Health, "Foundations of Leisure"
News release

  • Meriem Chida, Dept. of Apparel Merchandising and Interior Design
  • Lisa Sideris, Dept. of Religious Studies
  • Jiangmei Wu, Dept. of Apparel Merchandising and Interior Design
News release

  • Scott Shackelford, Department of Business Law and Ethics: Kelley School of Business, "Sustainability Law & Policy"
  • Catherine Tucker, Dept. of Anthropology: College of Arts and Sciences, "Exploring the Challenges of Sustainability: Ecology & Society"
News release

  • Christine Barbour, Dept. of Political Science: College of Arts and Sciences, "Living a Sustainable Life"
  • Laurel Cornell, Dept. of Sociology: "Designing a Sustainable Campus Landscape"
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  • Tim Bartley, Dept. of Sociology: "Statistics for Sustainability: A Research Course on Environmental Literacy, Attitudes and Practices"
  • Melissa Clark, SPEA: "Environmental Sustainability"
  • Jeffery S. McMullen, Kelley School of Business: "Environmental Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development"
  • Phaedra Pezzullo, Communication and Culture and Jennifer Meta Robinson, Communication and Culture: "Communicating Sustainability"
  • Richard Wilk, Anthropology and Peter Todd, Cognitive Science/Informatics (Sustainability & Environmental Literacy Leadership): "Food, Sustainability and Environmental Literacy: Building Collaborative Networks for Research and Teaching at IUB"
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