Environmental Humanities
We’re digging into the cultural roots of environmental vitality and distress while co-creating just and flourishing futures, starting in Waco.
We investigate the cultural dimensions of humans relationships with nature, seeking to live more compassionately in our beautiful common home, our planet.
We’re partnering with others across Baylor and Waco to nourish this campus garden into a center for environmental discovery, creativity, and community health.
This minor invites you to draw on many disciplines—from literature and philosophy to sociology and ecology—to cultivate environmental awareness, take local action, and prepare for diverse paths of care and advocacy.
Meet some of our faculty from across the university.
News
See More NewsSee this new article by Media and Public Relations on the Baylor Community Garden and the great work that Environmental Humanities students and faculty have done there in coordination with over 700 students, faculty, staff, and community supporters since August 2023.
Check out this story on Earth Week in the Wacoan, which features the Environmental Humanities and one of our events on Earth Day.
Check out this Lariat article on the Environmental Humanities minor!
Check out what Drs. Josh King, Julie King, and Stephanie Boddie have to say to the A&S Magazine about the Environmental Humanities minor!!
Profiles
Read More"So far my experience in the Environmental Humanities minor has been wonderful, I love being able to explore the relationship between the humanities and the environment from my Eco Gothic Lit class to my Environment and the Political Process class."
"If there is one thing the Environmental Humanities minor has been excellent at, it's fostering love in the Baylor community—a love that extends to all our earthly neighbors—and it brings me hope for the future we are growing here.”
"I am all in as a part of the minor, looking forward to taking more classes and even pursuing an Environmental Humanities-based undergraduate thesis in the coming semesters. "
"Being a part of the Environmental Humanities minor has been nothing short of transformative. As a student with a deep passion for both science and the humanities, I never thought I would find a program that seamlessly integrates these two disciplines."