Hi folks, come hear our last IAS Seminar Speaker in this quarter's Sustainability Series. Dr. Ellen Moore, faculty member in Communication from UWT's Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences Program, will present "Feeling the Heat: How American Mainstream Media Cover Environmental Issues." Wed, Dec 7, 12:30-1:30pm in JOY 117 (open to the public) Ellen Moore received her PhD in Communication from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign in 2010 and has taught at the University of Washington Tacoma as a lecturer from 2009. Her research interests include environmental communication, particularly how mass media treat environmental issues and present them to mainstream audiences. Prior to working in Communication, Ellen received her BA and MA in Forensic Anthropology from the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Tennessee, using those degrees to work for the US government recovering MIA remains from Southeast Asia from 2000-2003. Cheers, Jim James E. Gawel, Ph.D. Assoc. Prof. of Environmental Chemistry and Engineering Environmental Sciences Program Coordinator University of Washington - Tacoma 1900 Commerce St. Campus Box 358436 Tacoma, WA 98402 Phone: 253-692-5815 E-mail: jimgawel@u.washington.edu URL: http://www.tacoma.washington.edu/environmentalprogram