ENGL 423: Ecocriticism Blog Posts

This post is where students from Sarah Jaquette Ray's Ecocriticism class will write responses to Being Caribou.  Feel free to reply!

And check out what those students are doing on the main class blog-- http://uasecocriticism.blogspot.com.

Students' Thoughts on Being Caribou

Are you a UAS student reading Being Caribou this semester?  Post your thoughts here!

Using Being Caribou in Your Classroom?

UAS teachers, are you planning to use Being Caribou in your class this semester? Please help us jumpstart the conversation on this blog by commenting below about how you plan to use the text in your class. What do you hope students will like about it? What themes, topics, information, etc. do you hope the text will help you teach? What kinds of assignments are you building around the text? What concerns do you have about teaching the text? Thanks for your ideas!

Being Caribou!

This year's One Campus One Book selection is Karsten Heuer's Being Caribou. Learn more about the journey following a caribou migration on foot, described in the book, at Heuer's website, http://www.beingcaribou.com/beingcaribou/why.htm. Over 11 faculty are using the book in classes, and the incoming class is all being given a copy to read. Staff, faculty, and students are all excited about programming surrounding the book: Heuer will be giving an Evening at Egan lecture on November 16, 2012. His wife, Leanne Alison, made a film based on the journey described in the book, which will be screened November 15 in Egan 112 at 5:30pm. And Randall Tetlichi, the Gwich'in elder that features in the book, will be at UAS as an elder-in-residence November 5-9, 2012, culminating in an Evening at Egan talk November 9. Please join us in the cross-campus conversation about this important book by exploring and posting on this blog!