Our invited speakers this spring semester represent a wide breadth of experience and expertise pertaining to energy and water resources, and to the many issues surroundinig these resources.  We are delighted to have the opportunity to host these distinguished visitors in our Humanities 161 class, and to welcome those from ouside Vanderbilt to the University.  The names appearing in blue in the list below are linked to websites containing biographical and related information.  In addition, we will provide biographical information as class handouts.

This (partial) list of invited speakers will be updated during the semester, together with information in the Syllabus concerning dates and lecture titles.

Anne F. Choquette
Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey

Peter H. Gleick
Director, Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security
2003 MacArthur Fellow

Kathryn J. Jackson
Executive Vice President, River System Operations & Environment, Tennessee Valley Authority

Leon Lowery
Professional Staff, U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

Frank L. Parker
Distinguished Professor of Environmental Engineering, Vanderbilt University

Michael P. Vandenbergh
Associate Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University

David Wood
Professor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University