Environmental Humanities Archives

Thoughts and Strategies for Teaching Outside during the COVID-19 Pandemic

By Kent Linthicum November 13, 2020 April 10, 2021 Digital Pedagogy, Hybrid Pedagogy, Reflections on Teaching, Teaching, Tools & Methods

I’ve always wanted to teach outside, and the COVID-19 pandemic practically forced me into it. As an environmental humanist who teaches courses on settler-colonialism and the Anthropocene, being outside seemed like an opportunity to engage with nature and have students be able to relate our work to a more immediate… Continue reading

Learning to Teach in the Anthropocene

By Kent Linthicum August 26, 2019 May 11, 2020 Assignments, Lessons, and Exercises, Reflections on Teaching, Teaching

How do I teach while the world burns? How can I teach in the Anthropocene? I thought one night while washing dishes. In the face of the Anthropocene and its harbinger, climate change, teaching seemed futile. At the time, I was also listening to a video essay by Oliver Thorn… Continue reading