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Climate Course (Re)Design Institute

Between our May 2024 and May 2025 Climate in the Disciplines Course (Re)Design Institutes, we have supported 73 instructors from >25 academic departments (listed below) in (re)designing courses to feature climate studies content. We will hold another institute in May 2026—stay tuned for an announcement of dates and application process. 

The Pathways to Resilience QEP is pleased to partner with the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning for Student Success (CETLSS) to offer climate related professional development opportunities for faculty, including the Climate in the Disciplines Course (Re)Design Institute. Faculty participants are compensated with a stipend and will be expected to submit a product (syllabus or module—participants’ choice) by the end of the summer.

Goals: The primary goal of this institute is to help faculty prepare to teach at the upper level within their own academic program about climate change and climate solutions. Climate in the Disciplines (CID) courses explore ways that a discipline—including the sectors of activity and professional pathways that flow from it—can contribute to actions that reduce the drivers of climate change (climate mitigation) and/or reduce the harms of climate change (climate adaptation). We aim to inspire/foster faculty creativity around teaching about climate, expand the circle of faculty who are teaching about climate, and build community among these faculty.

Leaders: Our leader-full institute is facilitated by course design guru Lindsay Masland (CETLSS), climate literacy champions Brian Burke (Sustainable Development) and Rachel Wilson (Learning, Teaching and Curriculum), and QEP leaders Shea Tuberty (Biology) and Laura England (Sustainable Development). Several faculty have contributed Climate in (their own) Discipline expertise to the program, including Derek Davidson (Theatre), Kirstin Morgan (Criminal Justice), Mira Waits (Art History) and Amanda Hege (Nutrition).

Stipend: This Institute is a compensated professional development program offered to instructors who are willing to commit to the three day learning experience and complete a product.

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Departments Participating in Climate Course (Re)Design as of May 2025

  • Anthropology
  • Applied Design
  • Art
  • Communication
  • Counseling, Family Therapy, & Higher Education
  • English
  • First Year Seminar/University College
  • Geography & Planning
  • Geological & Environmental Sciences
  • Government & Justice Studies
  • Hayes School of Music
  • History
  • Honors College
  • Interdisciplinary Studies
  •  Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
  • Leadership & Educational Studies
  • Learning, Teaching & Curriculum
  • Marketing & Supply Chain Management
  • Mathematical Sciences
  • Nursing
  • Nutrition & Health Care Management
  • Physics & Astronomy
  • Psychology
  • Public Health & Exercise Science
  • Recreation Management & Physical Education
  • Social Work
  • Sustainable Development
  • Sustainable Technology & the Built Environment
  • Theatre & Dance

Questions: Contact Shea Tuberty (tubertysr@appstate.edu) and Laura England (englandle@appstate.edu).