2025-2026 Teale Lecture Series

“On the Swamp: Fighting for Indigenous Environmental Justice”
September 18, 2025
Ryan E. Emanuel
Associate Professor of Hydrology, Duke University

 

“The Declining Monarchy: A Butterfly’s Ecology Speaks to America’s Environmental Crisis”
October 16, 2025
Anurag Agrawal
James A. Perkins Professor of Environmental Studies, Cornell University

 

“Does Evidence Even Matter? Using AI to Debunk Climate Misperceptions”
November 13, 2025
Gordon Pennycook
Associate Professor & Himan Brown Faculty Fellow, Cornell University

 

“How Can Individuals, Organizations, and Nations Make Better Sustainability Decisions?”
February 26, 2026
Tom Dietz
University Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Environmental Science & Policy, & Animal Studies, Michigan State University

 

“Women, Water, Violence, and Wellbeing In The Face of Climate Change”
March 26, 2026
Susan J. Elliott
Professor & University Research Chair in Health Geography, University of Waterloo, Canada

 

“Back to the Wall, Face to the Sun: The Climate Crisis and the Renewable Answer”
April 2, 2026
Bill McKibben
Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT; Founder of ‘350.org’ and of ‘Third Act’

 

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