Laura Carlson—University of Notre Dame vice president and associate provost, dean of the graduate school, and professor of psychology—will give the talk “Deciding to Be Green” on Monday, October 28, at 7 p.m. in the Batza Room of Goucher College’s Athenaeum.
Carlson will discuss how to use psychology to explore human’s relationship with the environment, focusing on why and how environmental decisions are made, such as recycling a can, using a disposable bottle … or not. She will also explore the common attitude that individual decisions won’t have a real impact because consequences are difficult to perceive.
The event is free and open to the public, and tickets are not required. For more information, contact Thomas G. Ghirardelli, chair of Goucher’s Psychology Department, at (410) 337-6592 or tghirard@goucher.edu.
Carlson is appearing as part of the Hesburgh Lecture Series, which was originated in 1986 and is named in honor of the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, president emeritus of the University of Notre Dame. The program strives to encourage intellectual dialogue between community members and Notre Dame alumni and distinguished faculty. The event is sponsored by Goucher’s departments of Psychology and Environmental Studies, the college’s Catherine Milligan McLane Lecture Fund, and the Notre Dame Club of Maryland.