This semester I will be working on a two credit Independent Study. My primary goal with this study is to help transition my ENVS concentration into a thesis through applying resiliency to nuclear power. My goal is to build my understanding of nuclear power as an environmental issue and develop frameworks to understand it. In order for this study to be applicable to my thesis, I will end the semester with four tangible products:
- I will read 15 sources related to my topic and create an annotated bibliography.
- Each week I will post at least once documenting my thoughts, readings, connections to classes, outside sources, etc.
- I will teach one class period at the end of the semester in my ENVS 311 Unnatural Disasters class with Liz Safran about nuclear power and its role as a potential technological disaster.
- I will also create a research plan for thesis regarding components such as data sources and framework methodology, which will culminate in a DS post or page outlining the plan.