J298 Clash: Contested Terrain, Conflicting Interests : Telling Environmental Stories that Matter

For this course, think of potential stories in the broadest sense—embracing all of the ways that humankind interacts with the natural world, including but not limited to ecosystem preservation, alteration, degradation, and restoration; urbanization and industrialization; climate change; genetic engineering; agriculture, resource extraction, the use of public lands, air and water pollution; overpopulation, extinction, the…

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Writer and historian Elena Conis (’04) awarded tenure

A woman with brown hair, tied up with bangs, smiles at the camera. She is wearing a white top with red horizontal stripes and a black cardigan. She stands in front of a wooden shingle wall with a pipe running along it, reflecting the vibrant spirit of Berkeley Journalism.

Dr. Elena Conis, a 2004 graduate of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, has been promoted to associate professor at the School. Conis, a writer and historian specializing in medicine, public health, and the environment, has 14 years of teaching experience. Since returning to Berkeley in 2016, she has taught J200, the School’s intensive…

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J298 Clash: Contested Terrain, Conflicting Interests : Telling Environmental Stories that Matter

For this course, think of potential stories in the broadest sense—embracing all of the ways that humankind interacts with the natural world, including but not limited to ecosystem preservation, alteration, degradation, and restoration; urbanization and industrialization; climate change; genetic engineering; agriculture, resource extraction, the use of public lands, air and water pollution; overpopulation, extinction, the…

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