Thursday, Oct. 16
8:45 a.m.
Check in, Summit Lounge,
J.C. Penney Conference Center,
University of Missouri-St. Louis
9:00 a.m.
Opening & Welcome
Tom George, Chancellor, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Diane Touliatos, Director, Center for the Humanities, University of Missouri-St. Louis
9:10 a.m.
Robert V. Bartlett, Gund Professor of Liberal Arts, Political Science, University of Vermont
The City in the Future of Democracy
10:10 a.m.
Steve Rugare, Assistant Professor, College of Architecture & Environmental Design; and Associate, Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative, Kent State University
Constructions of a New Picturesque:
The Design Challenge of Urban Vacancy
11:10 a.m.
Elizabeth Yeampierre, Executive Director, UPROSE, a Latino community-based organization; and President, New York City Environmental Justice Alliance
Our Inconvenient Truth:
The Struggle for Environmental Justice
12:10 p.m. -- Lunch on your own
1:20 p.m.
Ronald A. Davidson, Assistant Professor of Geography, California State University, Northridge
What Is the San Fernando Valley? Unloved Urbanity
in "America's Suburb"
2:20 p.m.
Steven Rosendale, Associate Professor of English, Northern Arizona University
Social Justice Environmentalism and the American City: A Literary Perspective
3:20 p.m.
Peggy Moody, Chair, Campus Sustainability Committee, St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley
David Pollack, President, Engineering Software International
Tom Wunderle, Director, Institutional Research,
Lewis & Clark Community College, Godfrey, Illinois
Katy Mike Smaistrla, Education Coordinator, Missouri Botanical Garden EarthWays Center
Sampling What St. Louis Organizations, Campuses,
and Individuals Are Doing for the Environment--A Panel Discussion
Friday, Oct. 17
8:45 a.m.
Check in, Summit Lounge,
J.C. Penney Conference Center,
University of Missouri-St. Louis
9:00 a.m.
Welcome
Glen Cope, Provost, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Karen Lucas, Associate Director, Center for the Humanities, University of Missouri-St. Louis
9:10 a.m.
Wendy Verhoff, Adjunct Assistant Professor of History, University College, Washington University in St. Louis
A Bequest of Atoms: The City, the Future, and Reinvented Landscapes of Cold War Nuclear Production
10:00 a.m.
David B. Robertson, Professor of Political Science, University of Missouri-St. Louis
2008 Election and the Urban Environment
11:00 a.m.
Andrew Hurley, Professor of History, University of
Missouri-St. Louis
James D. Harlan, Assistant Program Director, Geographic Resources Center, University of Missouri-Columbia
Henry Kunowski, Architectural Historian, Project Manager, Historical Research Associates, Portland, Oregon
Laura Watt, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies and Planning, Sonoma State University
Making a Place for Nature in Historic Preservation--A Panel Discussion