The Wallace Stegner Center’s popular noon-hour green bag series includes presentations on a variety of topics this fall semester, including Cancer Alley, the Great Salt Lake, and the West at a time of crisis and transition. All Green Bag Series presentations are held in person, with a virtual option for attendees. Details and registration links, as well as information about other Stegner Center events, are online on the Stegner Center Calendar.
The Fall 2024 Stegner Center’s Green Bag Series includes the following presentations:
“Catching up to Lived Experience: Cancer, Risky Births, and Missing Jobs in Fenceline Communities”
Dr. Kimberly Terrell, Research Scientist and the Director of Community Engagement at the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic (New Orleans, Louisiana), joined the Stegner Center on August 29, to deliver a presentation on her recent and ongoing work related to environmental disparities in industrialized communities, particularly those in Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley.” Her presentation was recorded and can be viewed on the College of Law’s YouTube channel.
“Reflections on Two Years at CEQ” (October 3, 12:15-1:15)
John Ruple, Research Professor of Law at the University of Utah’s S.J. Quinney College of Law, and Director of the Wallace Stegner Center for Land, Resources & the Environment’s Law and Policy Program
Wallace Stegner Center 20th Annual Young Scholar Lecture: “Regulating Public Utilities” (November 7, 12:15-1:15)
Joshua Macey, Associate Professor of Law at Yale Law School will address the legal and economic challenges to regulating public utilities. He will argue that regulators and policymakers should apply principles from financial regulation to the regulation of electric utilities. Sponsored by the Cultural Vision Fund.
“A Watershed Moment: The American West in the Age of Limits” (November 21, 12:15-1:15)
Speakers include Robert Frodeman, author; Evelyn Brister, professor of philosophy, Rochester Institute of Technology; Seth Arens, Research scientist, Western Water Assessment/CIRES, University of Colorado/University of Utah; and Bonnie Baxter, Professor of Biology, Westminster University. Sponsors include the University of Utah Press and the Cultural Vision Fund.