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This is an environmental policy course with a focus on public action.  The class will explore the dimensions of the production, use and disposal of plastics, including climate change implications, alternatives to plastics, and the need for innovation.  Environmental justice implications will be a major part of the class focus, along how plastics impact health and the

Beyond Plastic Pollution is an environmental policy class with an emphasis on building your skills to take action on this growing environmental justice and climate justice problem.  The class will focus on the production, use and disposal of plastic, including one class on how the US and Europe exports its plastic waste problems to  countries in Asia and Africa. 

Plastic pollution has emerged as a significant environmental issue in the past few years, particularly on how plastics affects health, environmental justice, climate change and water quality.  This is an environmental policy class iwth a focus on public action.  This class will explore the dimensions of the production, use and disposal of plastics and the need for

This is an environmental policy course with a focus on public action. The class will explore the dimensions of the production, use and disposal of plastics, including climate change impacts, alternatives to single-use plastic packaging, and the need for innovation. There will also be a focus on environmental justice.

Beyond Plastic Pollution is an environmental policy class that focuses on the systemic reasons why millions of tons of plastics enter the ocean each year.  Through the lense of environmental justice, this cutting-edge class focuses on how plastic pollution is a climate change issue; how the plastics industry spins the myth that we can recycle our way out of the

Beyond Plastic Pollution is a public policy course that focuses on the systemic reasons why millions of tons of plastics enter the ocean each year. This cutting-edge class will focus on the how plastic pollution is an urgent climate change issue; how the plastics industry spins the myth that we can recycle our way out of the problem; environmental justice and the the health

An enviornmental policy class which closely examines the environmental and public health impacts of the production, transport, use and disposal of plastics.  It is taught on-line and includes many community people who audit the class  - creating a nice exchange of ideas between Bennington students and grassroots environmental advocates from across the country. 

Beyond Plastic Pollution is a public policy course that focuses on the systemic reasons why millions of tons of plastics enter the ocean each year. This cutting-edge class will focus on the how plastic pollution is an urgent climate change issue; how the plastics industry spins the myth that we can recycle our way out of the problem; environmental justice and the the health

This is a public policy class, with a focus on public action.  Plastic pollution is an important issue that requires a systemic response, far beyond individual consumer choices. Readings and discussion will be on the latest cutting edge information on this topic. The class will explore the dimensions of the production, use, and disposal of plastics (often in low income

“Forms are ethical, political, and cultural commitments in their own rights,” as Alexandra Juhasz and Alisa Lebow wrote in their 2018 “Beyond Story” manifesto. The documentary form is also known by another name: “non-narrative.” But over the past two decades, documentary has been increasingly dominated by “story,” in the sense popularized by mainstream fiction films. Stories

Almost all work in the world is performed in groups and all groups involve some kind of organization. Whether it’s a fast-food restaurant, a band, an activist group, or even a college class, we investigate ideas of organization — often invisible — that we picked up from somewhere: families, teachers, bad bosses, and/or movies just to name a few. This course offers the

From wayang shadow-puppetry in Java, to kabuki theater in Japan, to Italian opera, there is a clear connection between culture and performance. Anthropologists have long noted so-called ‘cultural performances’ are often imbued with and reflective of beliefs, values, and logics, making them invaluable tools for analyses of culture. Performance theorists have also made the

  There are as many ways to tell a story as there are stories to tell — and, indeed, infinitely more than that. Do we, as Lewis Carroll’s King of Wonderland advises Alice, “Begin at the beginning . . . and go on till you come to the end: then stop”? Ought we draw up a traditional schematic, in the manner of the (in)famous Gustav Freytag, wherein an inciting

In his craft book Aspects of the Novel E.M. Forster makes a distinction between round and flat characters, stating that “the test of a round character is if it is capable of surprising in a convincing way.” In this class we will focus on how we can create characters that both surprise and convince the reader, examining how published writers build layered and

The novella is a pleasing narrative container, more flexible than the short story, less meandering than the full-length novel, and often composed with a kind of brilliant internal poetry. This rigorous course, part seminar, part fiction workshop, will be devoted on one hand to the study of fourteen postmodern and contemporary novellas; on the other to the production of

Reversing the typical shame around so-called "ESL" speakers, this course explores the rich history of modern and contemporary Anglophone literature written by authors who learned English as a second language or within a bi/multilingual context. This rigorous reading list is then used as a springboard for cultivating diverse voices and stories in the classroom.

Simone Weil wrote,  “Attention in its highest form is the same thing as prayer.” In this craft course, we will explore attention as the fundamental liberators' medium of all art, and specifically, as the receptive foundation of poetry. By studying the mutually

Is there something about poetry in particular that lends itself to refusal? By what means can poems refuse, or even situate themselves in active battle? What might a "no" protect, and what sorts of spaces for meaning-making can this open up? For the purposes of this course, we will complicate the concept of refusal through poetic

he Bible provides many examples and lessons about conflict resolution. This three-week module will focus on some of the most important texts in the Bible when it comes to conflict resolution. Those selected texts will be examined using two thousand years of commentary and analysis. Modern conflict resolution theories, which provide contemporary approaches, will be integrated

Photographically derived imagery is increasingly seen in public spaces in addition to gallery and museum settings. This course offers students an opportunity to work with both digital and traditional means of attaining large scale photographs for installations in and out of doors. Through readings and presentations we will explore the issues of scale in contemporary photography

Photographically derived imagery is increasingly seen in public spaces in addition to gallery and museum settings. This course offers students an opportunity to work with both digital and traditional means of attaining large scale photographs for installations in and out of doors. Through readings and presentations we will explore the issues of scale in contemporary photography

“Music is something that you can’t see, and painting is something that you can’t hear...so they balance each other’.” (1) William Robert Dixon (October 5, 1925 – June 16, 2010). This year the world will

Fortunately for all of us, the dumb title of this class is the only piece of writing I’m bringing to the course. Instead, once we’re in class together, we’ll leave the heavy lifting of writing and storytelling and merrymaking to Billy. The class will dive deep into reading and discussions of six Shakespeare comedies, The Tempest, Twelfth Night, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado

Biochemistry is an intermediate chemistry course in which students apply principles from general and organic chemistry, as well as general biology, to understand the molecular processes that characterize life. Biochemistry is a broad discipline that is growing rapidly in its scope – new developments and discoveries are being made daily. The goal of this class will be to give