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Climate Course (Re)Design Institute

Stay tuned for announcement of our 2027 Institute dates (likely to be May 10-13). Visit the 2026 institute webpage to get a sense of this opportunity.

Between our Climate Course (Re)Design Institutes and Workshops, we have supported >120 instructors from 35 academic units (listed below) in (re)designing courses to feature climate studies content. Consider joining us for our May 2027 institute (details coming soon)!

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 2026

  • Anthropology
  • Applied Design
  • Art
  • Biology
  • Chemistry & Fermentation Sciences
  • Communication
  • Computer Science
  • 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
  • Media, Career Studies & Leadership Development
  • Nursing
  • Nutrition & Health Care Management
  • Philosophy & Religion
  • Physics & Astronomy
  • Psychology
  • Public Health & Exercise Science
  • Recreation Management & Physical Education
  • Social Work
  • Sociology
  • Sustainable Development
  • Sustainable Technology & the Built Environment
  • Theatre & Dance

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