Meisner's Web Pages

Course Pages

Current Undergraduate Courses

EST 245 Nature and Popular Culture

Fall, Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:30-1:50 PM, no prerequisites.

EST 393 Environmental Discourse and Communication

Spring, Mondays 9:30-12:30 PM, EST 245 or my permission required.

Current Graduate Courses

EST 645 Mass Media and Environmental Affairs

Fall, Mondays 12:45-3:35 PM, no prerequisites.

EST 640 Environmental Thought and Ethics

Spring, Tuesdays 9:30-12:30 PM, no prerequisites.

EST 696 Climate Change: Science, Perception and Policy

Spring 2010 (not offered every year), Wednesdays 2:30-5:15 PM, no prerequisites.

General Information for Students

Academic Integrity @ ESF, a college-wide handbook all ESF students should memorize (PDF format)

Course Policies for all of my courses (PDF format)

Guidelines for Assignment Preparation and Submission for all of my courses (PDF format)

Frequently Asked Questions

Things of Interest

The Environmental Communication Network - a must read resource for students and others interested or working in this field.

Indications: Environmental Communication and Culture blog.

Video of Improve Your World show featuring myself and my student Caroline Massa talking about art and the environment, particularly the abandoned Syracuse gas station that artist Jennifer Marsh and her International Fiber Collaborative wrapped in fabric in 2008.

Links to Useful Web Sites

• Environment Links
• Media Education Links
• News and Commentary Links

Funny Business

• Ode to the Spell Checker
• Did I Miss Anything in Class?
• Excuse for a sub-optimal term paper
• Grade Appeal Form

"A human being is a part of the whole, called by us the 'Universe', a part limited in time and space. He [or she] experiences himself [or herself], his [or her] thoughts and feelings, as something separate from the rest - a kind of optical delusion of his [or her] consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."
- Albert Einstein