ENST 337 - Eels as Teachers: Learning with Earth’s Ancient Residents

Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)

(Same as AMST 337) This interdisciplinary seminar integrates material from human geography, biological sciences, critical animal studies, and Indigenous legal traditions to consider the case of Anguilla rostrata/American eel decline as a matter of serious importance across North America. We look at the holistic story of eels and review data pertaining to known historical distribution and significance of eels in and around Poughkeepsie and beyond. We study current and future threats to the species in the Hudson Valley and surrounding estuary which are prime habitat for the only migratory Anguillid in all North America. Leora Gansworth.

Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.

One 2-hour period.

Course Format: CLS