MSC03 2020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
Physical Location:
CERIA Building
Room 204
Phone: (505) 277-1358
Fax: (505) 277-1351
cookjose@unm.edu
The Human Dimension of Natural History
2014 Fall AIM-UP! Seminar
Hosted at University of New Mexico, but web-enabled to broadcast to University of Alaska, Fairbanks and University of California, Berkeley.
Tuesdays, noon to 12:50 p.m. MST.
Course theme: Topics will be related to the role of natural history collections in understanding humans, their history and the history of their symbionts. This weekly seminar series will consist of speakers from 11 universities and federal agencies and covers a wide range of topics related to humans and natural history. This weekly seminar series is intended for upper division undergraduate and graduate students in biology, anthropology, geography, and art ecology.
The Human Dimension of Natural History
Biology 402-502, Fall 2014 (1 credit)
A web-enabled seminar at UNM on Tuesdays, noon to 12:50 p.m. MST.
Hosted at University of New Mexico, but web-enabled to broadcast to University of Alaska, Fairbanks and University of California, Berkeley.
Provisional Schedule:
19 Aug: Joe Cook UNM, Introduction to AIM-UP! and The Human Dimension of Natural History
26 Aug: Kayce Bell, UNM-On-line databases & resources, introduction of modules
2 Sept: Matt Chew, Arizona State University - Thinking about "Invasive Species"
9 Sept: Susan Kutz, University of Calgary - Climate Change—working with indigenous communities
16 Sept: Rob Dunn, North Carolina State University - Bellybutton Biodiversity
23 Sept: RichardYanagihara, University of Hawaii – museum collections & pathogen discovery
30 Sept: Jessica Light, Texas A&M University - tick borne pathogens.
7 Oct: Allison Miller, St Louis University - Crop Domestication
14 Oct: Jun Sunseri, UC Berkeley - Zooarchaelogy and museum specimens
21 Oct: Nancy Huntly, Utah State University - Influence of prehistoric and recent people on Natural History of the Aleutian region
28 Oct: Eric Hoberg, USDA Beltsville - Taenia Tapeworms- Chasing Global Diversity
4 Nov: Will Taylor, UNM Anthropology - Domestication of equids in Mongolia,
11 Nov: First student presentations of Education Modules
18 Nov: Chris Duvall, UNM Geography - Taxonomy, history, and the history of knowledge of Cannabis diffusion
22 Nov: Szu-Han Ho, An artist’s perspective on the Human Dimension of Natural History
25 Nov: Final student presentations of Educational Modules
2 Dec: Final student presentations of Educational Modules