These lectures also serve as modular components of PHIL 1304: Introduction to World Religions, PHIL 2305: Contemporary Ethical Issues, and PHIL 2306: Introduction to Ethics. However, even though each piece of the curriculum also fits into other course designs, the entire lectureship recorded together over the course of a single month on-site and in-transit also forms its own standalone curriculum in a “PHIL 4390: Special Topics in Philosophy” design.
V.F. Cordova, How It Is: The Native American Philosophy of V.F. Cordova, ed. Kathleen Dean Moore, Kurt Peters, Ted Jojola, and Amber Lacy (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2007).
Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There, illus. Charles W. Schwartz (London/Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press, 1949).
bell hooks, Belonging: A Culture of Place (New York/London: Routledge of Taylor & Francis Group, 2019 [2009]).
María Lugones, Pilgrimages / Peregrinajes: Theorizing Coalition against Multiple Oppressions (Laham/New York/Boulder/Oxford: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2003).
Tim Ingold, Lines: A Brief History (London/New York: Routledge Classics, 2016 [2007]).
Megan Craig and Edward S. Casey, Thinking in Transit: Explorations of Life in Motion (New York: Columbia University Press, 2025).
Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, Colorado [CO]
Bears Ears National Monument, Utah [UT]
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah [UT]
Capitol Reef National Park, Utah [UT]
{Mid-Utah toward Zion National Park, Utah [UT]}
Alpine Campground, Wyoming [WY]
Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming [WY]
Shadow Mountain, Wyoming [WY]
Gros Ventre Wilderness, Wyoming [WY]
Teton Canyon, Wyoming [WY]
Madison River [Yellowstone Base Camp; inclement mountainous driving weather across the Continental Divide, 1-hour in-between], Montana [MT]
Yellowstone National Park [Southwestern leg of Grand Loop Road], Wyoming [WY]
Yellowstone National Park [Middle Northern Section of Grand Loop Road], Wyoming [WY]
St. Mary Campground [Reservations open four days in advance for last minute {early morning, they still sell out each day} booking], Montana [MT]
Glacier National Park [Eastern Going-to-the-Sun Road with hiking], Montana [MT]
Glacier National Park [Many Glacier Region; Swiftcurrent Motor Inn & Cabins], Montana [MT]
Glacier National Park [Southern Loop Drive; Western Going-to-the-Sun Road sans hiking], Montana [MT]
Yellowstone National Park [Northern Leg; Mammoth Springs], Wyoming [WY]
Rattin Campground, Montana [MT]
Beartooth Highway; Beartooth Mountains [Shoshone National Forest], Wyoming [WY] and Montana [MT]
Beartooth Highway [Beartooth Butte and Lake], Wyoming [WY]
Beartooth Highway [Alpine Leg toward Red Lodge, Montana], Montana, MT
Beartooth Highway [Doubling Back from Red Lodge to hit the Chief Joseph Scenic Byway], Montana, MT
Beartooth Highway [Gardner Lake; 600ft elevation change each way, up-and-down, roughly 10,500ft elevation], Montana [MT]
Chief Joseph Scenic Byway, Wyoming [WY]
Bighorn National Forest, Wyoming [WY]
Moorcroft Texas Cattle Trail and 19th-century Engraved Monument, Wyoming [WY]
Elk Mountain Campground, South Dakota [SD]
Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota [SD]
Mammoth Site, South Dakota [SD]
Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota [SD]
Camp Bob Marshall, South Dakota [SD]
Custer State Park, South Dakota [SD]
Needles Highway, South Dakota [SD]
Cathedral Spires, South Dakota [SD]
Buffalo Gap National Grasslands, South Dakota [SD]
Badlands National Park, South Dakota [SD]
Buffalo Gap National Grasslands, South Dakota [SD]
Drive back to Texas [TX] through Nebraska [NE], eastern Colorado [CO], and Oklahoma [OK].
Overnight rest in Nebraska and arrive in TX at 4am the next night.
Forthcoming, May - June 2026.