![]() ![]() My environmental history classes often integrate off-campus educational field trips with lectures and discussions, following one historian’s suggestion that a little “intelligent wandering” will teach us more than “a half semester of arm-chair study.” Among our many excursions, my classes have hiked in the Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park, climbed ancient mounds at the Chucalissa Archeological site, examined old graves at the historic Elmwood Cemetery, toured a local biofuel refinery, visited a wastewater treatment plant, explored the college’s own Level IV certified arboretum, and even paddled voyager canoes (modeled after what French explorers once used) down the Lower Mississippi River. With its tradition of community outreach and dedication to applied learning, Rhodes College is ideally suited for a hands-on approach to history. I teach a variety of courses that focus on environmental history, war and society, and modern Europe. Several of my courses, especially my environmental history courses, transcend national boundaries and place their subjects in a global context. ![]()
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