It All Connects to Climate
For the Climate and Sustainability Teaching Fellows, the connections are myriad

left: Sandra Valnes Quammen, Catherine Mathers, Valerie Sabol, Alex Glass (program co-lead),
Coral Giovacchini, Norbert Wilson. Middle row, from left: Siobhan Oca, Rebecca Vidra,
Christopher Sims, Robin Kirk, Natalie Kerr. Bottom row, from left: Laura Florand, Priscilla Wald
(program co-lead), Charlotte Clark (program co-lead), Denise Nepveux.
As the fellows resume their workshops on the second day and are asked what they found in their course materials that didn’t relate to climate change, sheepish smiles emerge.
“Nothing,” says Giovacchini. “It all connects to climate.”
Supported By
Gifts from Mike and Karen Stone and Jeff and Laurie Ubben, the Climate and Sustainability Teaching Fellows Program is expected to run again in Summer 2024 with a new cohort of teaching fellows. A call for proposals will be issued in late fall 2023. This program reflects the goal of the Duke Climate Commitment to educate and empower a generation of climate- and sustainability-fluent changemakers. Through its Climate Commitment, Duke seeks to imagine, design and implement a sustainable future for all.
2023-2024 Climate and Sustainability Teaching Fellows
- Laura Florand
Senior Lecturer of Romance Studies
FRENCH 204: Advanced Intermediate French - Coral Giovacchini
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Internal Medicine Residency Program - Natalie Kerr
Assistant Research Professor of Biology
BIOLOGY 209: Ecology for a Changing Planet - Robin Kirk
Professor of the Practice of Cultural Anthropology
CULANTH 104D: Introduction to Human Rights - Catherine Mathers
Associate Professor of the Practice in International Comparative Studies
ICS 195: Critical Approaches to Global Issues - Denise Nepveux
Associate Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery
OTD 505: Assembling, Creating, and Translating Knowledge I
- Siobhan Oca
Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
ME 555: Case Studies of Ethics in Automation and Robotics - Valerie Sabol
Clinical Professor in the School of Nursing
NURSING 536: Obesity Across the Lifespan - Christopher Sims
Associate Professor of the Practice in the Sanford School of Public Policy
DOCST 101: Traditions in Documentary Studies - Sandra Valnes Quammen
Senior Lecturer of Romance Studies
FRENCH 111: Intensive Elementary French - Rebecca Vidra
Senior Lecturer in the Division of Marine Science and Conservation
ENVIRON 102: Introduction to Environmental Sciences and Policy - Norbert Wilson
Professor of Food, Economics and Community
PARISH 820: Food Policy