Julie Maxson

Reading the IPCC 4th Assessment Report for Human Impacts part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching Environmental Justice: Interdisciplinary Approaches:Activities
Working in groups, students investigate sections the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report. Each group focuses on a particular continent or region, evaluating both the Physical Science Basis, and the Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability sections of the report.

Science and Other Stories: Reading the Mississippi River part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Systems, Society, Sustainability and the Geosciences:Courses
This course is an exploration of the nature of science and sustainability, focusing on the local system of the Upper Mississippi River.

Infusing Relevant, Community-Based Environmental Investigations into Introductory Environmental and Geoscience Curriculum part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Broadening Access to the Earth and Environmental Sciences:Essays
This webpage is an educator essay detailing strategies for integrating community-based, place-based environmental investigations—such as Mississippi River dynamics, local mining impacts, and urban groundwater contamination—into introductory geoscience curricula to enhance relevance and engagement for urban adult learners.

Environmental Justice as a Strategy for Student Engagement part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching Environmental Justice: Interdisciplinary Approaches:Essays
This essay page details how environmental justice serves as a pedagogical strategy for engaging diverse, first-generation college students in environmental science, showcasing student-driven research topics and curriculum development, and highlighting a case study on the Prairie Island Indian Community’s environmental challenges.

Sustainability: Teaching for a Moving Target part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Systems, Society, Sustainability and the Geosciences:Essays
This webpage is an academic essay discussing the challenges and evolution of teaching sustainability in higher education, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches, climate change impacts, and the need for solution-oriented, systems-based curricula amid institutional resistance to environmental topics.

Supporting Minority Students at Metropolitan State University part of Integrate:Program Design:Increase Diversity:Supporting Minority Students
Program description page detailing Metropolitan State University's initiatives to support underrepresented students, particularly Hmong and minority STEM students, through targeted programs, cultural competency training, and funding efforts within an urban, adult-learning context.

A Geoscience-rich Environmental Science Major, Metropolitan State University part of Strong Geoscience Departments:Degree Programs:Curriculum Profiles
A curriculum profile page for the geoscience-rich Environmental Science major at Metropolitan State University, detailing program design, learning goals, course sequencing, and assessment strategies within the context of urban adult learners and interdisciplinary environmental education.