Cultivating Climate Citizens, lecture by Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Laura Ogden

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This lecture explores, from a variety of disciplinary approaches, the
ways in which colleges and universities can ensure that students are
equipped with the tools and sense of purpose to become resilient and
adaptable citizens, as well as climate leaders in their communities

Laura A. Ogden is an environmental anthropologist at Dartmouth College and
serves as the Special Advisor to the Provost on Climate and Sustainability.
Professor Ogden has conducted long-term fieldwork in the Florida Everglades
and in the Fuegian Archipelago of South America. Her research explores the
politics of environmental change, conservation, and extinction, while her
writing blurs the boundaries of ethnography, memoir, and creative nonfiction. Her
books include Swamplife: People, Gators, and Mangroves Entangled in the
Everglades and Loss and Wonder at the World’s End. In 2024, she was awarded
a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.