Kathleen Moore

16/09/09

Distinguished Professor Kathleen Dean Moore is coming to the University of Otago
9 September – 9 October 2009
- as a William Evans Fellow at the Centre for Science Communication

Kathleen Dean Moore, Ph.D., is Professor of Philosophy at Oregon State University and the author of Riverwalking: Reflections on Moving Water and Holdfast: At Home in the Natural world, winner of the 2000 Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award.

Her essays appear in Audubon, Field and Stream, North American Review, and many other journals. At OSU, she directs the Spring Creek Project for ideas, nature, and the written word.

DIARY THESE EVENTS!

• Distinguished Communicators’ Lecture:
Monday 14 September, St David’s Lecture Theatre, 5.30 – 7 pm.

• “Nature and the written word” workshop: Friday 18 September 9-12 am, Centre for Science Communication. Drawing on science, natural history, personal memoir, and ethics to comment on our cultural and spiritual connections to the land.

• “Ecological restoration and restorative justice” workshop: Friday 25 September 9-12 am, Centre for Science Communication. Conversations on our moral obligations to the future of the planet.