Time & Location

All Lectures are free and open to the public.
MAR. 26-27
Egan Lecture Hall

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Guest Speakers

Peter Griffin
District Ranger of the Tongass Nat'l Forest. Mr. Griffin uses his skills as a storyteller to describe how environmental conflicts can be resolved.

Liana Wallace
Student. Ms. Wallace describes how her fishing family's Native cultural beliefs affected their interactions with the natural world.

Sherry Simpson
Professor of Creative Writing and author of The Way Winter Comes: Alaska Stories and The Accidental Explorer: Wayfinding in Alaska.

Sine Anahita
Assoc. Professor of Sociology, UAF, writes on the subject of eco-feminism and the role that masculinity has in framing environmental debates.

Victor Van Ballenberghe
Wildlife biologist and author of In the Company of Moose. A documentary based on Dr. Van Ballenberghe's research will be screened at the forum.

Joel Bennett
Filmmaker and wildlife photographer. Mr. Bennett will screen several of his short films at the forum.

UAS Spring Forum 2010

Join us for an engaging two-day series of discussions, readings, and films.

A diverse group of speakers representing the natural scienes, the social sciences, and the humanities will be featured.

FRI., MAR 26
8:30 am to 5:30 pm
8:30-8:45	Chancellor John Pugh, Opening remarks
8:45-9:00	Liana Wallace- stories
9:00-9:45	Robin Walz, Fragments Toward an Early History of Human Animals in the West
9:45-10:30	Kevin Maier and Jess Eller
10:30-11:30	Sherry Simpson, The Metaphorical Bear
11:30-12:30	LUNCH BREAK
12:30-2:00	Alex Simon, Of Hunters and Corporate Funded Sportsmen
2:00-3:00	Victor Van Ballenberghe, The Mythological Wolf
3:30-4:30	Greg Brown, Want to Run a Billion Dollar Business?: Look at Wildlife
4:30-5:30	Sine Anahita, Retrofitting Frontier Masculinity for Alaska’s War Against Wolves

SAT., MAR 27
2:00 pm to 10:00 pm
2:00-2:15	Dean Everett, Introduction and Opening Remarks
2:15-3:45	Panel Presentations, Human-Animal Interactions in Juneau, Britney Cioni, Courtney Wendel, Shannon Upland, and Aimon Young
3:45-3:55	Pete Griffin, Short Story
3:55-4:10	Jennifer Vernon (several nature poems)
4:10-4:20	Pete Griffin, short story
4:20-4:40	Jessica Barranco, Actualizing Ecofeminism in Society: An Approach to Current Environmental Issues
4:40-5:30	John Toppenberg
5:30-6:30	DINNER BREAK
6:30-8:00	Film, Bear Island. Lavern Baier will lead a discussion afterwards
8:00-9:00	Film, In the Company of Moose. Victor Van Ballenberghe will lead a discussion following the film.
9:00-10:00	Joel Bennett, films and discussion