History, Culture

History is essential for understanding the cultural, economic, philosophical, technical, and scientific movements and events that have led to various worldviews and situations that characterize the modern world. The way in which people have interacted with, valued, and exploited nature has changed dramatically through history. Every environmental problem has its roots in historical events that have led to patterns of thought and behavior that do harm to the ability to the planet to sustain life. The solutions to these problems depend on an understanding of those histories and how they have shaped culture.

Faculty Experts

• Michael Barbour
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Ecosystems | Population, Community Ecology | Plants | Stressors on Plants | History, Culture
• Patrick E. Carroll
  Healthy Environment, Healthy People | History, Culture
• Suad Joseph
  Healthy Environment, Healthy People | History, Culture | Arts & Literature
• Jenella Loye
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Plants | Invasive Species | Disease | History, Culture | Education and Outreach | Invention, Entrepreneurship
• Jay R. Lund
  Land Use | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Land Use Planning | Landscape Architecture, Urban Development | Transportation | Rivers | Deltas and Estuaries | Natural Hazards | Water Policy | Effects on Human Populations, Behavior | Effects on Water Resources | Effects on Agriculture | Policy, Economics | Human, Community Health | History, Culture | Policy, Governance | Economics | Business, Management
• Beth Rose Middleton
  Land Use | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Land Use Planning | Human, Community Health | Environmental Justice | History, Culture | Policy, Governance | Education and Outreach | Business, Management | Invention, Entrepreneurship
• Tim Morton
  Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Policy, Economics | History, Culture | Arts & Literature | Environmental Ethics
• Sarah Perrault
  Healthy Environment, Healthy People | History, Culture | Arts & Literature
• Peter J. Richerson
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Plants | Lakes | Effects on Human Populations, Behavior | The Climate Past | Food, Agriculture | History, Culture
• David Robertson
  Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Human, Community Health | History, Culture | Arts & Literature
• Heath Schenker
  Land Use | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Landscape Architecture, Urban Development | History, Culture