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 2013

• EST 494, Senior Seminar in Environmental Studies

• EST 612, Environmental Policy and Governance
  • China and the Environment
    • Recommended readings [link] (v.1.3)
    • Key websites [link] (v.1.2)
• EST 797-02, Ethics, Culture and Community-based Environmental Research (with D. Quigley)

     Fall 2013

• New graduate course:  EST 696, International Environmental Policy Consultancy (with B. Bluemling & L. Zhang) [flyer; NL link]

• EST 361, History of the American Environmental Movement (2012 syllabus)

  • Library Research Guide for EST 361
  • Tips
    • Getting the Most from this Course
    • Writing a Strong Essay
    • Properly Documenting Sources
  • Debates
    • Debate #1
    • Debate #2
    • Debate #3 
      • "MAP-21: Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century" (P.L. 112-141, July 6, 2012), US DoT Federal Highway Administration
      • "Our Divided Highway" (WCNY), with ESF's Prof. Emanuel Carter discussing the future of I-81 through Syracuse
      • "The I-81 Challenge" (Syracuse Metropolitan Transportation Council, 2012), including a variety of resources and videos
      • "Environmental Justice and Transportation: Building Model Partnerships", Environmental Justice Resource Center, Clark Atlanta University (2000)
      • "Environmental Justice" web pages, 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; 1987)
    • Related website: Delaware County Environmental Justice Alliance (2009)
  • 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]
    • Related essay: "America the Possible: A Manifesto (Part I: From Decline to Rebirth)," Orion Magazine, March/April 2012
    • Related essay: "America the Possible: A Manifesto (Part II: A New Politics for a New Dream)," Orion Magazine, May/June 2012
  • "The Story of Broke", Annie Leonard (2011)
  • "Affluenza", John de Graaf and Vivia Boe (1997) [related website | viewers guide]
• Optional Supplemental Activity
  

• EST 603, Research Methods and Design (2012 syllabus)
  

  • ESF Library Guides
    • EST 603 Library Guide
    • Quick Start Research Guide
    • ESF Library Video Tutorials (YouTube)
  • Protection of Human Subjects
    • ESF IRB Protocols
    • Institutional Review Board (IRB) - Syracuse University/ SUNY-ESF
    • 'The Belmont Report' (1979)
    • CITI Training Website
  • ESF Policy on Ownership of Data
  • Research Proposal: Sample Outline
  • Supplemental Readings I
  • Supplemental Readings II - Systems Approaches
    

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]
• Graduate Short-Course, Spring 2013 [announcement | syllabus]
• Summer Workshop, August 14-16, 2013 [announcement | agenda (2012)]

For Ph.D. Students

• DS Essay, "Preparing for the Ph.D. Candidacy Exam"
• Pzreworski & Salomon, "The Art of Writing Research Proposals," SSRC
• Dissertation Proposal Workshop (online resource), Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley

Graduate Capstone Seminars

• Qinghua Li, MPS in Environmental Studies candidate, "Effectiveness of State Renewable Portfolio Standards on Wind Power Development in the United States," December 4, 2012 [link]
• Andrea Webster, MS in Environmental Studies candidate, "Who Are We Educating About Sustainability?", November 26, 2012 [link]
• 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]

Other Courses Taught*

      Graduate

• EST 796, Ecological Modernization Theory (SUNY ESF)
• EST 796, Asian Environmental Policy (SUNY ESF)
• EST 797, Chinese Environmental Policy [syllabus, readings, resources] (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

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last updated May 08, 2013