Each academic year, the COE invites a small group of Wesleyan faculty and undergrads plus a noted outside scholar to join together in a yearlong discussion on a critical environmental issue. The Think Tank features a new theme, and new fellows, each year.
read all about current and past coe think tank themes, fellows, and events:
- 2024-25 think tank explores agency: affect and action
 - 2023-24 think tank aims to reimagine civilization in the anthropocene
- senior spotlight: debbra goh ’24
 
 - 2022-23 think tank explores radical environments
 - 2021-22 coe think tank explores ways to visualize environmental change
- 2021 where on earth are we going: examining glacier-related flood events in high mountain environments
 - alton c. byers: mountaineer byers joins coe as visiting bailey prof
 - suzanne o’connell: o’connell explores cryosphere growth and demise
 - jennifer raynor: raynor seeks to illuminate illegal and small-scale fishing
 - courtney fullilove: fullilove examines red lists of endangered species
 - meet our 2021-22 think tank student fellows
 
 - 2020-21 coe think tank explores habitability
 - 2019-20 think tank explores beyond the human
 - 2018 where on earth are we going? seminar: is animism good to think with?
 - 2007-2017 where on earth are we going? seminars