Advanced Topics in Evolutionary Biology: Queer Ecology

This student-led seminar course will explore the field of queer ecology, viewing such topics as  nature, sexuality, and environmental studies through a queer theory lens.  The course structure is modeled after graduate school seminar courses in which students are the teachers and leaders.  Class participants will work together to choose the course topics.  For each topic, students will work in pairs to research seminar topics, assign readings, and plan and facilitate discussion-based seminars.  The professor’s role will be to support students in their inquiry and to lend expertise in the science of ecology, animal behavior, and evolution.

Texts:  Readings will be assigned via Canvas.

Credit/Evaluation: Regular attendance in class, informed participation in class discussions, preparing for and leading two seminars (including doing extra research and preparing an annotated outline prior to leading the class), and a class journal for recording written responses to class readings and thoughts about class discussions.