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Rochlin, Gene
Submitted by cmjones on March 6, 2007 - 10:58am.Name of Person:
Gene Rochlin
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Department:
Energy and Resources Group, Professor
Research Interests:
Science, technology and society, cultural and cognitive studies of technical operations, the politics and policy of energy and environmental matters, and the broader cultural, organizational and social implications and consequences of technology – including large technical systems.
Ray, Isha
Submitted by cmjones on February 28, 2007 - 1:29pm.Name of Person:
Isha Ray
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Department:
Energy and Resources Group, Assistant Professor
Research Interests:
Politics and economics of water, on-farm water use, common property resource management, transnational river conflicts and access to water for the rural and urban poor – especially in developing countries. Isha Ray teaches courses on research methods in the social sciences, and on development and environment studies.
Achievements:
Isha Ray’s research interests are the politics and economics of access to water in developing countries, technology and development, common property resource management and social science research methods. She has research experience on problems of drinking water as well as irrigation management in India, Sri Lanka, Turkey and Mexico. She also has extensive work experience in the non-profit sector on sustainable rural development in India, and on international water-and-development problems. Professor Ray serves on the advisory committee of several water and development related NGOs and on the editorial committee of Annual Review of Environment and Resources.
Environmental Classics
Submitted by cmjones on March 13, 2007 - 12:54pm.Department:
ENE, RES
Course Number:
270
Course Title:
Environmental Classics
Instructor:
Kammen, Ray
Description:
Motivation: What is the history
and evolution of environmental
thinking and writing? How have certain "environmental classics" shaped the way in which we think about
nature, society, and development? This course will use a selection of
20th-century books and papers that have had a major impact on academic and
wider public thinking about the environment and development to probe these issues. The selection includes
works and commentaries related to these works that have influenced environmental politics and policy
in the U.S. as well as in the developing world. Through the classics and
their critiques, reviews, and commentaries, the class will explore the
evolution of thought on these transforming ideas.
Units:
3
Offered:
Fall
Course Type:
Graduate
Environmental Classics
Submitted by cmjones on March 7, 2007 - 2:24pm.Department:
ENE, RES
Course Number:
170
Course Title:
Environmental Classics
Instructor:
Kammen, Ray
Description:
Motivation: What is the history
and evolution of environmental thinking and writing? How have certain
"environmental classics" shaped the way in which we think about
nature, society, and development? This course will use a selection of
20th-century books and papers that have had a major impact on academic and
wider public thinking about the environment and development to probe these
issues. The selection includes works and commentaries related to these works
that have influenced environmental politics and policy in the U.S. as well as
in the developing world. Through the classics and their critiques, reviews,
and commentaries, the class will explore the evolution of thought on these
transforming ideas.
Units:
3
Offered:
Fall
Course Type:
Undergraduate
Automobility
Submitted by cmjones on March 7, 2007 - 2:20pm.Department:
ENE, RES
Course Number:
121
Course Title:
Automobility
Description:
The history of America is
inextricably bound to the history of modern sociotechnical systems, among
which the automobile in particular stands out for its impacts on energy use,
the environment, and the
shape of American cities. Organized around a social, technical, and political
history of the American automobile, this course will examine the co-evolution
of the automobile, the industries that support it, and the politics and
social structure of American society (with an emphasis on California). We
will also take an interdisciplinary look at the profound cultural effects of
the automobile, not only as a technical object, but also as a visible and
contested social and cultural artifact, the locus of persistent conflict
between American individualism and formal and informal modes of regulation
and collective action.
Units:
3
Course Type:
Undergraduate
Energy and Society
Submitted by cmjones on March 7, 2007 - 2:15pm.Department:
ENE, RES
Course Number:
100
Course Title:
Energy and Society
Instructor:
Kammen, Farrell
Description:
Energy sources, uses, and
impacts: an introduction to the technology, politics, economics, and
environmental effects of energy in contemporary society. Energy and
well-being; energy in international perspective, origins, and character of
energy crisis.
Units:
4
Offered:
Fall
Course Type:
Undergraduate