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'Changing Climate, Changing World' Lecture Series January 25-May 12

Friday December 18, 2020

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SALISBURY, MD---Salisbury University’s Fulton Sustainability Committee hosts the weekly virtual lecture series “Changing Climate/Changing World” January 25-May 12.

Discussing this spring’s topic, “Climate to COVID: Seeing the Syndemic,” SU faculty from a variety of disciplines, along with guest speakers and community members, lead a series of lectures and discussions exploring problems of rapid environmental change, pandemic infectious disease, obesity and under-nutrition, and how the COVID-19 pandemic has made impacts of this syndemic increasingly evident.

Virtual lectures are 7-8:30 p.m. Mondays throughout the semester unless otherwise noted, beginning January 25 with “Seeing a Syndemic: From Arts to Zoology” with Dr. Karl Maier of the Psychology Department.

Other topics and speakers include:

  • February 1 – “Basics of Climate Change” with Drs. Brent Skeeter and Darren Parnell of the Geography and Geosciences Department
  • February 8 – “Ecological Impacts of Human-Induced Climate Change” with Dr. Alexandria McCombs of the Geography and Geosciences Department
  • February 15 – “Crossing Over: The Link Between Climate Change, the Global Wildlife Trade and Emerging Diseases” with Drs. Mary Roman Gunther of the Biological Sciences Department and Elizabeth Ragan of the History Department
  • February 22 – “Basics of COVID-19” panel
  • March 1 – “Local COVID-19 Response” panel
  • March 8 – “The Materiality of COVID 19: Waste and the Pandemic” with Dr. Sarah Surak of the Political Science and Environmental Studies departments
  • March 22 – “Sustainable Food Systems: Seeing Solutions to the Syndemic” with Sarah Reinhardt of the Union of Concerned Scientists
  • March 29 – “Climate Change, COVID-19 and Environmental Justice” with Adrienne Hollis of the Union of Concerned Scientists
  • April 5 – “Climate and COVID-19 Impacts on Essential(ly Forgotten) Workers” with Amy Liebman of the Migrant Clinicians Network and Sulma Guzman of the Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc.
  • April 12 – “Climate, Borders and Human Migration” with journalist and author Todd Miller 
  • April 19 – “A Syndemics Lens to the 2020 Protests in Portland” with Dr. Dennis Leoutsakas, professor emeritus of the Communication Department 
  • April 26 – “The Psychology of Climate and COVID-19: Common Threads from Denial to Dread” with Dr. Karl Maier of the Psychology Department 
  • May 3 – Heather Theresa Clark, artist and principal at Biome Studio
  • May 12 (Wednesday) – “Conclusions and Diverse Disciplinary Perspectives” panel 

Community members may attend live sessions for free by emailing the Fulton School with their full name and email address to gain access, or take the class for credit as a non-degree-seeking student. To self enroll in the course, visit the Interdisciplinary Lecture Series website and click on "How to Enroll." 

For more information call 410-548-5777 or visit the Interdisciplinary Lecture Series website.