Water in the West Colloquium: September 26
Ryan K.
Published September 15, 2025
Join us on friday, sept. 26 in uw's encana auditorium
The Water in the West Colloquium will feature a variety of presentations, panels, and roundtables on issues surrounding local/regional waterways and their relationship to human communities. Headlining the event will be keynotes by Alyson Hagy (English/Creative Writing) and Josie Corbett (Anthropology), winners of WIHR's seed grant competition this past spring. The purpose of the colloquium is to initiate conversations between folks working in similar areas who might not otherwise encounter each other on campus, to encourage future cross-disciplinary collaborations, and to build momentum towards a regional symposium on the same subject that will be held at CU Boulder in Spring 2026. The project is part of the Global Justice and Humanities Practices initiative of the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes, in collaboration with the humanities institutes at ASU, CSU, CU Boulder, and Utah.
The colloquium will run throughout the day (8:45 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.) in UW's Encana Auditorium (Energy Innovation Center 201). The event is free and open to all; lunch and refreshments will be provided.
schedule
Arrival, Check-in, Coffee
Alyson Hagy, English & Creative Writing
Refreshments Break
Corrie Knapp, Haub School of Environment & Natural Resources
Anne MacKinnon, author of Public Waters: Lessons from Wyoming for the American West
Jason Robison, College of Law
Ashleigh Pilkerton, Honors College
Caitlin Ryan, Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center (WyGISC)
Beth Venn, Neltje Center for Excellence in Creativity & the Arts
Lunch provided by WIHR
Josie Corbett, Anthropology
Kelly Dunning, Haub School of Environment & Natural Resources
Mary Keller, Philosophy & Religious Studies
Anders Van Sandt, Agricultural & Resource Economics (CSU)
Brandon Gellis, Visual Arts
Isa Helfgott, History & WyoGlobal
Lauren McCaulou, Museum Curator for Bureau of Reclamation
Concluding Discussion
