Student Projects
A Growing Virtual Garden of Student Work
This is a growing "virtual garden" of student projects completed in classes contributing to the Environmental Humanities Minor. Some will represent collaborative creations between classes and partners on campus and in the community.
Seeds of Change Exhibition: Waco's Sustainable Tomorrow
Link to Virtual Exhibition Site
This virtual exhibition was created by students in Dr. Joshua King's Literature and Environmental Justice (ENGL 4365) class in Fall 2024 with members of SCRAP, a local collective growing an equitable food ecosystem. In it, students creatively reflect on their experiences and share stories and voices from the SCRAP collective. We are grateful for the curatorial assistance of Eric Ames (Associate Director for Exhibits with the University Libraries).
Gratitude: A Transdisciplinary Data and Fiber Art Study in Virtue Development
Link to Gratitude Project Site
Prof. Sarah Mosher (Theatre, Environmental Humanities Faculty Affiliate) and students in her Spring 2025 Research Methods in Sustainable Design class (THEA 4306) partnered in a transdisciplinary data and sustainable fiber art study and public installation on virtue development with Tina Linville (Fiber, Art and Art History), Dr. Rachel Wilkerson (Data Science, Engineering), and their students. The students and researchers worked with colleagues in the Baylor Libraries and members of the Baylor and Waco community to create a sustainable fiber arts installation in Baylor’s Moody Library (May-Oct. 2025) that visualized a study by Dr. Merve Balkaya-Ince (Psychology, Wake Forest University) of Islamic adolescents’ reflection on virtues including gratitude during the month of Ramadan. Natural fabrics and yarns were colored with biological dyes from indigo, cochineal, and bluebonnets, with materials locally and ethically sourced to reduce environmental impact through emissions and support local economies.
The Baylor Tree Stories Project
Link to Baylor Tree Stories Project Site
The Baylor Tree Stories Project is a new interactive map linking student stories to campus trees. As the canopy of stories spreads, we hope it will grow a culture of care for our leafy limbed neighbors who clean our air, cool us down, and shelter our daily lives and education.
The first Tree Stories were planted in 2025 by students in a class taught by Dr. Joshua King for English and Environmental Humanities. As more classes contribute, we hope a canopy of stories will spread across campus, encouraging affection for our arboreal neighbors at Baylor and beyond.
Baylor Tree Stories is a collaboration between Environmental Humanities, the Office of Sustainability, and other contributing departments and classes.
Seeds of the Future Exhibition
Link to Virtual Exhibition Site
This virtual exhibition was created by students in Dr. Joshua King's Literature and Environmental Justice (ENGL 4365) class in Fall 2025. Students share about their experiences collaborating with SCRAP, a local collective growing a just local food system, and nurturing pollinator patches at Baylor Community Gardens @ Teal Residential College. These pollinator patches are now "planted" with signs linked to this "virtual garden" of student reflections. Special thanks to Meg Smith for her assistance in designing this exhibition site.