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.
PHIL 4390: Special Topics in Philosophy, Forthcoming [May - June 2026].
Wild Horses in My Head: Indigenous, Environmental, Rural, Place-Based, Pilgrimage, and Transit Philosophies
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).
Megan Craig and Edward S. Casey, Thinking in Transit: Explorations of Life in Motion (New York: Columbia University Press, 2025).
2026.05.23-25_ Capilla Peak, New Mexico [NM]
Riana Campground - Abiquiu Dam, New Mexico [NM]
Taos Mountains Scenic Loop Drive [Eagle Nest Lake State Park], New Mexico [NM]
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado [CO]
Cayton Campground, Colorado [CO]
Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, Colorado [CO]
Mid-Utah toward Zion National Park, Utah [UT]
Adelaide Campground, Utah [UT]
Hades Campground, 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, 1-hour in-between], Montana [MT]
Yellowstone National Park [Westside of Grand Loop Road], Wyoming [WY]
Yellowstone National Park [Middle Northern Section of Grand Loop Road], Wyoming [WY]
St. Mary Campground [4-Day Reservation Window Site], 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]
Beartooth Highway; Beartooth Mountains [Shoshone National Forest], Wyoming [WY] and Montana [MT]
Rattin Campground, 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]
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Forthcoming, May - June 2026.