Huxley Speaker Series

The Huxley College Speaker Series brings guest lecturers to WWU to address topics of environmental concern and is intended to bring together environmentally-minded members of the WWU and Bellingham communities.

The Huxley Speaker Series will be entirely ONLINE Winter quarter 2021 (see Online Details).

Talks are held Thursdays at 4:30 (the class will be Synchronous). Presentations will be followed by live Q&A and discussions with the presenters.

The Winter 2021 Huxley Speaker Series will have a Salish Sea topical focus and is a collaboration between Huxley College of the Environment and WWU’s Salish Sea Institute. The series is promoted in partnership with the Alumni Association‘s Western Engaged program.

2020-2021 Speaker Schedule

Winter Quarter
Speaker Talk Title Date/Time Location
Photo of Sharon Shewmake
Sharon Shewmake
Energy, Economics and Electoral Politics
Jan 7 2021 – 4:30pm
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Drew Harvell
Ocean Outbreaks in the Salish Sea from Sea Grasses to Sea Stars are Heating Up
Jan 14 2021 – 4:30pm
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Ruth Miller
Salmon People: Tracing Indigenous resistance across the Pacific Northwest
Jan 21 2021 – 4:30pm
Photo of Adam Huggins and Mendel Skulski
Adam Huggins & Mendel Skulski
Scaling Change: Imagining Future Ecologies
Jan 28 2021 – 4:30pm
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Mike Sato
Read All About It: What’s the News of the Salish Sea?
Feb 4 2021 – 4:30pm
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Cheryl Bryce
Cheryl Bryce (TBA)
Feb 11 2021 – 4:30pm
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Marco Hatch
Marco Hatch (TBA)
Feb 18 2021 – 4:30pm
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Kathryn Sobocinski
The State of the Salish Sea Report (TBA)
Feb 25 2021 – 4:30pm
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Darcy Mathews
Darcy Mathews (TBA)
Mar 4 2021 – 4:30pm
SUMMARY Session
Huxley Speaker Series, Salish Sea Topics
Mar 11 2021 – 4:00pm
Spring Quarter
Speaker Talk Title Date/Time Location
TBA
Spring Qtr. Huxley Speaker Series (TBA, Thursdays 4:30)
Apr 1 2021 – 4:30pm