- Dr. Michael Barbour -- photo
- UC Davis – "Fire Ecology"
- Dr. David Beesley -- photo
- Sierra College History Professor Emeritus – "Sierra Nevada Environmental history and current management practices"
- Jim Branham
- Executive Director, Sierra Nevada Conservancy, – “Building a Sustainable Future in the Sierra Nevada”
- David Burton -- photo
- Author and Researcher, Aspen Delineation Project, – “Quaking Aspens”
- Jim Canaday -- photo
- Senior Environmental Specialist, California State Water Resources Control Board –“The Life and Legacy of John Muir”
- Michael Claytor
- Sierra College Anthropology Professor Emeritus – “Native Americans of the Sierra Nevada”
- Frank DeCourten -- photo
- Sierra College Earth Sciences – "Recent Sierra Nevada Geology"
- Dan DeFoe -- photo
- Professor of History, Sierra College – “Gold, Granite and Grit: The Rocklin Granite Quarries”
- Steve Eubanks -- photo
- Supervisor, Tahoe National Forest – "The USFS as manager in the Sierra"
- Ron Good -- photo
- Executive Director of Restore Hetch Hetchy on the Hetch Hetchy Valley
- David Graves
- Sierra Nevada Environmental history and current management practices – "The Sierra Nevada Forest Framework"
- Rebecca Gregg -- photo
- Award-winning Photographer – “The Sierra Nevada as Artistic Inspiration”
- Kimi Kodani Hill -- photo
- Artist, Trustee of the Yosemite Association, and Obata Family Historian – “The Artistic Legacy of Chiura Obata”
- Richard Hilton -- photo
- Professor of Earth Sciences, Sierra College – “Dinosaurs of the Sierra Nevada” (also Natural History Museum)
- Tom Killion -- photo
- Printmaker and Author – “The High Sierra of California”
- Gary Kurutz -- photo
- Director of Special Collections, California State Library –“Early Photography in the Sierra Nevada”
- John Muir Laws -- photo
- Naturalist and Illustrator, California Academy of Sciences –“The Sierra Nevada Project”
- Beverly Lewis -- photo -- photo
- Placer County Film Commissioner -- “Media and Movies in the Sierra Nevada” – Film and media production in the Sierra Nevada
- Shawna Martinez -- photo
- Sierra College Biological Sciences – “Wawona: The Giant Sequoia” and “Wildflowers of the Sierra Nevada”
- Mark McLaughlin -- photo
- Sierra Nevada Weather and Cultural Historian – "The Sierra’s incredible storms, snowpacks and the Donner Party"
- Joe Medeiros -- photo
- Sierra College Biological Sciences – “Sierra Superlatives”
- Joe Medeiros, Professor of Biological Sciences, Sierra College, and Lynn Medeiros, Professor of History, Sierra College -- photo
- “Adventures on the John Muir Trail”
- Gary Noy -- photo
- Sierra College Center for Sierra Nevada Studies – "The Sierra’s environmental history" (also Sierra Nevada Virtual Museum )
- Dr. Ed Pandolfino and Brian Williams -- photo -- photo
- "Birds of the Sierra Nevada" (also Sierra Foothills Audubon Society)
- Tom Philp -- photo -- photo
- Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the Sacramento Bee – "Sierra Nevada Water Resources"
- Royal Robbins -- photo
- World-class rock climber, whitewater kayaker and inspirational speaker
- George Sessions -- photo
- Sierra College Philosophy Professor Emeritus – " Deep Ecology, John Muir and David Brower"
- Sierra Business Council
- “Building a Sustainable Future in the Sierra Nevada”
- Sierra Nevada Alliance
- “Building a Sustainable Future in the Sierra Nevada”
- Sierra Fund
- “Building a Sustainable Future in the Sierra Nevada”
- Gary Snyder -- photo
- Pulitzer Prize winning poet – "The Sierra as literary inspiration"
- Catherine Stifter, Peabody Award-winning journalist; and jesikah maria ross, award-winning documentarian -- photo
- The “Saving the Sierra” Project
- Keith Sutter -- photo
- Award-winning Photographer – “The Sierra Nevada as Artistic Inspiration”
- Dr. Laird Thompson -- photo -- photo
- Expert Geologist and Adjunct Professor of Geology at Utah State University. "Ancient Sierra Nevada Geology"
- Dr. John Wehausen -- photo
- White Mountain Research Station – "Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep"
Previous Sierra Nevada Guest Speakers
The weekly Spring semester course, Interdisciplinary 6, examines the Sierra Nevada region from many viewpoints – art, history, natural history, and public policy. Each week featured an expert guest speaker. Listed below are the speakers from the first three years of the class.
For more information, contact:
Joe Medeiros, jmedeiros@sierracollege.edu, The Sierra College Natural History Museum, 916-789-2725
or
Gary Noy, gnoy@sierracollege.edu, The Center for Sierra Nevada Studies, 916-781-7184
Page last updated:
May 7, 2008