Teaching

David A. Sonnenfeld, Ph.D.

Dept. of Environmental Studies

State University of New York
 College of Environmental Science and Forestry
 

Virtual Lecture: "Ecological Modernization Theory: An Introduction", Renmin University, China, October 2009 (on iTunes U) [link]

Current Courses

      Spring 2012

      I will be a Visiting Scholar with the Environmental Policy Group, Dept. of Social Sciences, Wageningen University, the Netherlands, during the spring semester

      Fall 2012

• EST 361, History of the American Environmental Movement

  • Library Research Guide for EST 361
  • Term Paper Assignment
  • Tips
    • Getting the Most from this Course
    • Writing a Strong Essay
    • Properly Documenting Sources
  • Debates
    • Debate #1
    • Debate #2
    • Debate #3
      • "Environmental Justice and Transportation: Building Model Partnerships", Environmental Justice Resource Center, Clark Atlanta University (2000)
      • "Environmental Justice" webpages, US DoT Federal Highway Administration
      • "Green Recovery: A Program to Create Good Jobs and Start Building a Low-Carbon Economy", Political Economy Research Institute, U Mass-Amherst (2008)
    • Debate #4
      • The Earth Charter Initiative
• Videos
  • Excerpt from "Laid to Waste" (Chester, PA)
  • Cesar Chavez, "Pesticides Kill Farm Workers" (talk at Harvard Univ., 1990)
  • "Kids at Risk", EarthJustice (2009)
  • "Martin Sheen Stands Up for Farm Workers", Food Inc. (2009)
  • "Dr. Gus Speth at the Garrison Institute" (March 2010) [Part 1, Part 2, Part 3]
  • "The Story of Broke", Annie Leonard (2011)
  • "Affluenza", John de Graaf and Vivia Boe (1997) [related website | viewers guide]
    

• EST 603, Research Methods and Design
  

  • Library Research Guide for EST 603
  • ESF IRB Protocols
  • Research Proposal: Sample Outline
  • Supplemental Readings I
  • Supplemental Readings II - Systems Approaches
    

      Spring 2013

• EST 494, Senior Seminar in Environmental Studies

• EST 612, Environmental Policy and Governance

Other Courses Taught*

      Graduate

• EST 796, Ecological Modernization Theory (SUNY ESF)
• EST 796, Asian Environmental Policy (SUNY ESF)
• EST 797, Chinese Environmental Policy [syllabus, resources] (SUNY ESF)
• EST 797, Research Ethics in Environmental Research [syllabus]  (SUNY ESF)
• S435, Superpowers in Global Environmental Politics: China and the U.S. [outline, readings] (Wageningen University)
• Soc. 510, Development of Social Theory
• Soc. 532, Environmental Sociology
• ER 290, Environmental Sociology (UC Berkeley)
• S38, American Environmental Politics (Wageningen University)
• Soc. 535, Technology and Society
• Soc. 548, Political Sociology

      Undergraduate

• Anth. 418, Human Issues in International Development
• CRS 335, Cross-National Perspectives on Community
• CRS 391, Food and Society
• Soc. 301, Rural Sociology: Agriculture and Social Change
• Soc. 320, Introduction to Social Research
• Soc. 332, Society and Environment
• Soc. 410, Development of Social Theory
• Soc. 430, Society and Technology
• Soc. 442, Political Sociology
• Soc. 474, Collective Behavior and Social Movements
• Soc. 491, Computer Literacy for Social Scientists
• Soc. 491, Hanford Social and Environmental History
• Soc. 187, Society and Natural Resources (UC Santa Cruz)

* Washington State University, except as noted

Graduate Research and Training Project

• "Ethics Education in Environmental Science and Engineering". Ethics Education in Science and Engineering (EESE) Program, National Science Foundation. Collaborative research and education project, with Dianne Quigley and Phil Brown, Brown University, 2010-13 (co-PI)  [press release]
• Spring 2012 Graduate Short-Course [announcement | syllabus]
• Summer Workshop for Graduate Students [announcement | agenda]

Graduate Capstone Seminars

• Caroline Savage, MPS in Environmental Studies candidate, "Syracuse: The Emerald City?", September 13, 2011 [link]
• Kyle Bell, MS in Environmental Studies candidate, "Transfer of Transportation Policy in Mexico City: Case Study of Metrobús Bus Rapid Transit System," April 25, 2011 [link]
• Nayoung Jo, MS in Environmental Studies candidate, "Ecology, Economy, and Natural Resource Management in 1970s Korea," November 18, 2010 [link]

Visiting Scholar Seminars

• Zhen Lin, Associate Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Beijing Forestry University, "Green Governance in China: Strategies and Management for Climate Change," TBA

Current Research

Prospective Grad Students

David Sonnenfeld's Home Page

last updated January 04, 2012