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CLIMATE CHANGEAPRIL 1-2, 2021 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA1

CONNECT WITH USCenter for Great Plains StudiesInstagram: @GreatPlains.UNLFacebook: / UNLGreatPlainsStudiesTwitter: @UNLGreatPlainsFollow along with the conference onsocial media with #GPclimateSUPPORTED BYUniversity of Nebraska sponsors:College of Arts & Sciences Office of the ChancellorInstitute of Agriculture & Natural ResourcesThe Faculty Senate Convocations Committee2

CLIMATE CHANGETABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION / 4PARTNERS & SUPPORTERS / 3CONFERENCE SCHEDULE / 4SPEAKER BIOS / 73

ABOUT THE CONFERENCENinety-seven percent of climate scientists agree that humans are causing global warmingand climate change. Although questions remain about the speed, complexity, andconsequences, scientific organizations around the world have agreed on this point, but whyhaven’t everyday people?Rather than engaging in a productive debate about how to address this issue, our nationalconversation has devolved into a culture war in which one side denies the very existence ofthe problem. The debate on climate change in 2021 could be seen as one piece of a largerdivision attached to partisan politics and driven by distrust of establishments and science.A global pandemic and the rise of conspiracy theories have pitted truth against opinion in aparallel way.We know about greenhouse gases, rising average temperatures, increased coastal flooding,retreating glaciers, more frequent severe weather events, and other consequences thatwill upset and transform daily life. The Great Plains faces similar challenges. Agricultureis our region’s largest industry, so we are intimately connected to the land and climate,with both short-term weather patterns and longer-term climate conditions affecting ourdaily decisions. Farmers and ranchers are, in a sense, first responders to the consequencesof climate change already occurring. Indigenous communities, such as those along theMissouri River, are also disproportionately vulnerable to these changes. The Great Plains,long a region of weather extremes, will likely experience massive environmental impactsfrom future climate change with significant societal implications.How did climate change become such a divisive issue? How does culture—meaning thebeliefs, values, social practices, language, and attitudes by which we organize daily life—affect our understanding of climate change and limit or advance our possibilities foraddressing it? Why have some embraced climate change denial and tried to delegitimizeclimate science? How can literature, art, history, politics, economics, psychology, language,and other social science and humanities disciplines bring new and constructive ways ofcommunicating? And how can we move beyond the cultural impasse over climate change? Thesequestions motivate “Climate Change & Culture in the Great Plains.”Thirty years ago, in 1990, the Center hosted a conference called “Climate Change on theGreat Plains,” which was described as “Looking Back from the Twenty-First Century atImpacts of Climate Change on the Great Plains.” We return to that topic three decades later.Scientists track climate change, but we all will have to decide what to do about it. How canwe focus national and regional attention on the key issues? This conference will examine theconnection between climate change and culture through the Center for Great Plains Studies’unique regional and interdisciplinary lens.4

The Center for Great Plains Studies is a regionalresearch and outreach program established in 1976 atthe University of Nebraska. The mission of the Centeris to foster the study of and appreciation for the people,cultures, and natural environment of the Great Plains.The Center is a four-campus entity with fellows from theUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln, Kearney, Omaha, andUNMC that operates in Lincoln, Neb. This is the Center’s45th annual Great Plains Symposium, an interdisciplinaryevent that looks at important topics in the region.CONFERENCE SUPPORTThis program is funded in part by Humanities Nebraska and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment.5

CONFERENCE SCHEDULETHURSDAY, APRIL 16:15 PM6:30-7:15 PMWelcome and land acknowledgement: Colette Yellow RobeKeynote introduction: Margaret Jacobs, Director,Center for Great Plains StudiesKeynote: Andrew Hoffman, University of MichiganHolcim Professor of Sustainable EnterpriseHow Culture Shapes the Climate Change DebateThough the scientific community largely agrees that climate change is underway, debates about thisissue remain fiercely polarized. These conversations have become a rhetorical contest, one whereopposing sides try to achieve victory through playing on fear, distrust, and intolerance. At its heart,this split no longer concerns carbon dioxide, greenhouse gases, or climate modeling; rather, it is theproduct of contrasting, deeply entrenched worldviews. This presentation will examine what causespeople to reject or accept the scientific consensus on climate change by synthesizing evidencefrom sociology, psychology, and political science. And, it will make the case for a more scientificallyliterate public, a more socially engaged scientific community, and a more thoughtful mode of publicdiscourse.7:15-7:45 PMQ&A with Keynote Andrew HoffmanModerator: Margaret Jacobs, UNLFRIDAY, APRIL 28:45 AM9-10 AMWelcome and land acknowledgement: Colette Yellow RobeIntroduction: Margaret Jacobs, Director, Center for Great Plains StudiesLogistics: Katie Nieland, Center for Great Plains StudiesPlenary: Ursula Kreitmar, University of Nebraska-LincolnAssistant Professor, Political ScienceHow to Design Climate Policy in a Polarized WorldCulture is a main determinant of how we think and feel about climate change. As such, culture mustbe considered when designing mitigation and adaptation strategies to meet the rapid emissionreductions necessary to avert the most damaging of climate impacts. Cultural cleavages, bothdomestic and international, threaten to mire us in political conflict when we need to be workingcollectively to address this major challenge. This talk uses culture as context to identify limits ofcurrent climate policy initiatives and to sketch out viable policy options that may be more palatableto individuals on different sides of the climate divide.Q&A: 9:40-10 AM, moderator: Peter Longo, UNK6

10-11 AMPlenary: Jessica Thompson, Northern Michigan UniversityProfessor, Public RelationsLet’s Change the Conversation about Climate ChangeThe impacts of a rapidly changing climate are everywhere, yet we haven’t figured out how totalk about climate change with our friends and neighbors. Since the 1980s public conversationsabout climate change have been dominated by the language of science and politics. Our ownfears of scientific inaccuracy and uncertainty – or political disagreement – have censored us fromtalking about how to live on a changing planet. This talk presents a new frame for conversationsabout climate change – place – places that matter. We can change the conversation about climatechange by connecting the issues to the places we love, while talking with the people we love.Q&A: 10:45-11 AM, moderator: Margaret Jacobs, UNLCONCURRENT 1: SESSION A11:30 AM-12:30 PMJesse Bell, University of Nebraska Medical CenterClaire M. Hubbard Professor of Health and EnvironmentHealth and Climate ChangeBell’s research explores the relationships of extreme weather, climate variability, and climatechange on natural and human processes. The climate that we experience controls much of theworld around us. When our climate abruptly changes or gradually shifts, there can be relatedconsequences to both our communities and our health. The goal of Bell’s work is to understandthese linkages between climate and health, so that we can help prepare our populations forclimate- and weather-related disasters. To determine these relationships, Bell uses a variety ofclimate and environmental data sources to explore associations with human health outcomes.Q&A: 12:15-12:30 PM, moderator: Liliana Bronner, UNMCCONCURRENT 1: SESSION B11:30 AM-12:30 PMPanel: Bridging Science and the HumanitiesAubrey Streit Krug, Caleb Roberts, & Dan UdenGraduates of the Center’s Great Plains Graduate Fellows Program will speak about how bigpicture thinking about climate change should include cross-disciplinary teamwork. WithAubrey Streit Krug (The Land Institute), Caleb Roberts (Assistant Unit Leader at the ArkansasCooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit), Dan Uden (UNL School of Natural Resources).Q&A: 12:15-12:30 PM, moderator: Tom Lynch, UNL7

12:45-1:45 PMDaniel Wildcat, Haskell Indian Nations UniversityDirector, Haskell Environmental Research Studies CenterThe Climate Change We Need: The Case for a Cultural Climate ChangeWorldviews are largely tacit and assumptive in character. Seldom stated explicitly or criticallyexamined, the modern worldview of progress and technological accomplishment is a fundamentalpart of what needs to change today. Unless we foster a non-anthropocentric worldview, it will bedifficult to successfully address the physical climate change problems humankind has produced.Making that shift might be easier than we think, my presentation suggests many Indigenousworldviews offer examples of the kind of cultural climate change we need to successfully addressthe deadly and destructive physical climate change humankind now faces.Q&A: 1:30-1:45 PM, moderator: Margaret Jacobs, UNLCONCURRENT 2: SESSION A2-3 PMExperts panelMartha Shulski, Crystal Powers, Tonya Haigh, Mace HackWhat is it like working on climate change with such an intense culture clash surrounding the topic?Hear from experts in their field about what lessons they’ve learned and how it affects their workgoing forward. With Martha Shulski (UNL, Nebraska State Climatologist), Crystal Powers (NebraskaWater Center), Mace Hack (The Nature Conesrvancy), and Tonya Haigh (National DroughtMitigation Center).Q&A: 2:45-3 PM, moderator: Tom Lynch, UNLCONCURRENT 2: SESSION B2-3 PMStudent Journalism Climate ProjectModerator: Joe Starita, UNL JournalismClimate Change Nebraska ProjectClimate change is both a humanity-scale issue and, when it impacts you, a deeply personal story.Hear from a team of University of Nebraska-Lincoln student journalists and their mentors whospent a year diving into what climate change looks like on the ground for the Climate ChangeNebraska depth reporting project. Moderated by Joe Starita, UNL College of Journalism and MassCommunication with Jennifer Sheppard, UNL CoJMC.Q&A: 2:45-3 PM8

CONCURRENT 3: SESSION A3:15-4:15 PMThe 1990 ConferenceModerator: Ken Dewey, Fran Kaye, Peter Longo, Clint RoweClimate Change 30 Years LaterThirty years ago, in 1990, the Center hosted a conference called “Climate Change on the GreatPlains,” which was described as “Looking Back from the Twenty-First Century at Impacts ofClimate Change on the Great Plains.” We return to that topic three decades later with a panel ofscholars who formed the backbone of that conference. What have they seen change in 30 years?With Ken Dewey (1990 conference co-chair, UNL), Peter Longo (Political Science, UNK), FranKaye (English, UNL), Clint Rowe (Earth & Atmos, UNL)Q&A: 4-4:15 PM, moderator: David Vail, UNKCONCURRENT 3: SESSION B3:15-4:15 PMClimate Change Lightning Round for StudentsBack-to-back presentationsWhat Does Climate Change Mean to You?Undergraduate and graduate students from many disciplines showcase what climate change inthe Great Plains means to them in quick, back-to-back presentations. They can relate it to currentresearch, classwork they have done, personal experience, even artistic interpretations.Q&A moderated by Emily Rau, UNL4:15-5 PMClosing comments and speaker roomsMargaret Jacobs, Center for Great Plains StudiesSpend additional time with a range of conference speakers to ask questions or discuss work.9

SPEAKER BIOSAndrew Hoffman is the author of How CultureShapes the Climate Change Debate, one of 16 booksand over 100 articles/book chapters he has written.In this work, he focuses on how environmentalissues emerge and evolve under the influence ofsocial and political ideas and the underlying culturalvalues that are engaged when people debate theseissues. He is Professor of Sustainable Enterprise atthe University of Michigan in the Stephen M. RossSchool of Business and the School for Environment &Sustainability.Jessica Thompson’s research involves improvingclimate change communication through socialscience. She led a National Science Foundationproject on building place-based climate changeeducation tools for the U.S. National Park Serviceand U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Thompson is anexpert on the social and cultural foundations foreffective promotion of environmental policy with aninterdisciplinary approach involving history, culture,government, and media. She is Associate Professorat Northern Michigan University and the founder ofthe Northern Climate Network. She also spent fiveyears in the Human Dimensions of Natural Resourcesdepartment at Colorado State University.Daniel Wildcat writes on indigenous knowledge,technology, environment, and education. He is codirector of the Haskell Environmental ResearchStudies Center. A Yuchi member of the MuscogeeNation of Oklahoma, Wildcat recently formed theAmerican Indian and Alaska Native Climate ChangeWorking Group, a tribal-college-centered networkof individuals and organizations working on climatechange issues. In 2008, he helped organize thePlanning for Seven Generations climate changeconference sponsored by the National Center forAtmospheric Research. He is the author of Red Alert!Saving the Planet with Indigenous Knowledge and isProfessor at Haskell Indian Nations University inLawrence, Kan.Jesse Bell’s research explores the relationships ofextreme weather, climate variability, and climate10change on natural and human processes. The climatethat we experience controls much of the worldaround us. When our climate abruptly changes orgradually shifts, there can be related consequencesto both our communities and our health. The goal ofBell’s work is to understand these linkages betweenclimate and health, so that we can help prepareour populations for climate- and weather-relateddisasters. To determine these relationships, Bell usesa variety of climate and environmental data sourcesto explore associations with human health outcomes.Much of his experience in this field comes from hisprevious position, where he created the first jointresearch position between the National Oceanicand Atmospheric Administration and the Centersfor Disease Control and Prevention. The role of thisdual appointment was to provide a mechanism tointegrate NOAA climate and environmental datainto CDC health projects. This work provided Bellfirsthand experience that is now the foundationfor his current research. In addition to this, Bell’sparticipation as a lead author for the U.S. GlobalChange Research Program report “The Impacts ofClimate Change on Human Health in the UnitedStates: A Scientific Assessment” that was releasedby the White House in 2016 has also shaped hisprofessional interests.Ken Dewey is a geographer at the University ofNebraska-Lincoln’s College of Arts & Sciences.Dewey’s main research and outreach interests are insevere storm climatology, climate variations, snowand ice studies, and drought impacts. His primaryoutreach activity is to bring information on severeweather and related safety tips to the public, inorder to help them survive the storms. Dewey doesa large amount of this through information postedon various web sites and through the Central PlainsSevere Weather Symposium. He also does numerousinterviews with the media and makes publicpresentations across the state. Dewey maintains andproduces the content for the Lincoln Weather andClimate web site. This is a location that offers timelyregional weather information so the public can keepup-to-date on droughts, major weather events and

trends, etc., and make better decisions related toweather and climate.Tonya Haigh began working with the NationalDrought Mitigation Center in February 2009 as aresearch specialist. Haigh has worked for sustainableagriculture and environmental conservationorganizations as a program director, communityorganizer, and grant writer over the last fifteen years.Since moving to Lincoln with her family in 2008,Heigh has also been taking courses in environmentalplanning and natural resource management at theUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln. Haigh’s interestsinclude permaculture, local food systems, resiliency,and spending time gardening, reading, and in thegreat outdoors with her husband and two daughters.Frances Kaye began her career at UNL asan assistant professor in 1977 and rose to fullprofessorship in 1993. She is a distinguished scholarand has been engaged in service to the university, aswell as to outreach activities promoting social justice.Kaye’s interdisciplinary focus on the cultural historyand the literature and geography of the Great Plainshas enhanced the university’s reputation in Plainsstudies, environmental and ecological criticism andethnic studies. Her work for 12 years as an editorfor the Great Plains Quarterly and the Encyclopediaof the Great Plains elevated the scholarship of theseimportant publications. Some of her most significantwork has been in outreach to people incarcerated inthe Nebraska state prison system, where she has runreading and creative writing circles for many years.In 2016, Kaye was presented with the Faculty SenateLouise Pound-George Howard Distinguished CareerAward in recognition of her work.Peter Longo joined the faculty at UNK in 1988and is a professor in Political Science. He served asdepartment chair from 1990-99 and 2003-07. Longoreceived a bachelor’s in history from CreightonUniversity (1980); a J.D. (1982) from the University ofNebraska-Lincoln College of Law and a Ph.D. (1986)in political science from UNL. He serves as the editorof “Great Plains Research.”Crystal Powers is theResearch and Extension Communication Specialistthrough the Nebraska Water Center. Her role is tobe an open channel of communication with researchand extension faculty throughout Nebraska’s highereducation system. Powers would like it to be a twoway path: what can we learn from each other andhow we can best collaborate for larger impact. Powerscame from working as an Extension Engineer in theDepartment of Biological Systems Engineering atthe University of Nebraska-Lincoln. There Powersworked with faculty on improving air and waterquality in livestock systems, primarily throughextension programming, and also some teachingand research. Powers has a M.S. in Biological andEnvironmental Engineering from Cornell Universityand a B.S. in Biological Systems Engineering fromUNL.Caleb Roberts is a post doctoral research associatewith the department of Agronomy and Horticulturein the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources(IANR) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.Roberts’ work specializes in applied ecology. Roberts’doctoral thesis topic focused on quantifying multiscale resilience landscape and community ecology.Roberts received a bachelor’s degree in Biology andCreative Writing from Murray State University in2011 and a master’s of science degree from TexasTech University in 2015. Roberts completed adoctorate of philosophy with a specialization inApplied Ecology in May of 2019.Clint Rowe’s major research area is in physicalmeteorology and climatology, specifically the fluxesof energy and mass between the surface and theatmospheric boundary layer. Much of his researchhas focused on radiative fluxes between vegetatedsurfaces and the atmosphere, but he has alsoconducted modeling and field studies investigatingenergy exchanges over the Greenland ice sheetand their impact on the amount and extent ofsurface melting. Rowe is currently involved inseveral research projects concerning land surfaceatmosphere interactions in the Nebraska SandHills. One of these is investigating how the SandHills’ unique soil properties affect generation ofwarm-season mesoscale precipitation over the SandHills and surrounding plains. The findings showthat the Sand Hills have a complex set of effects onthe atmosphere — in some cases acting to inhibitconvective precipitation while in others acting toenhance convection and precipitation generation in11

the region. These investigations were part of a large,multi-investigator NSF grant to study the Sand Hillsas a complex ecosystem.Martha Shulski is an associate professor of appliedclimate science in the School of Natural Resourcesat the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Shulskiserves as the Director of the Nebraska State ClimateOffice and State Climatologist for Nebraska. At theState Climate Office, their goal is to deliver sciencebased weather and climate information to informdecisions. Shulski joined the faculty at UNL inAugust 2009. Shulski’s research interests are in theareas of climate variability and change and climateimpacts. This involves understanding the causesand drivers of variability (on various time and spacescales) and how this variability influences historicaltrends. Of great importance is also how these changesimpact our society and environment. Many of theprojects that Shulski has been involved with areinterdisciplinary - bringing together researchers fromvarious specialties to study an issue - and climate is acritical component to most all environmental issues.Shulski also has a strong interest in understandinginformation needs and often works closely withusers of weather and climate information to deliverdecision support tools.Mace Hack has been the state director for TheNature Conservancy in Nebraska for the past 15years. In this position, he leads a statewide staffof 24 in conserving the lands and waters on whichwildlife and people both depend, ensuring thatNebraska’s rich natural heritage remains healthy forfuture generations. Mace holds an undergraduatedegree in ecology, evolutionary biology, and animalbehavior from Princeton University and a doctoratein the same fields from the University of Californiaat San Diego. Prior to joining the Conservancy,Mace worked for the Nebraska Game and ParksCommission as Assistant Administrator for theWildlife Division. Mace also serves as an AdjunctAssociate Professor for the School of NaturalResources at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.12Aubrey Streit Krug is a writer and teacher in theenvironmental humanities who studies stories ofrelationships between humans and plants. Streit Krugis currently the director of Ecosphere Studies at TheLand Institute in Salina, Kansas. Streit Krug earnedher PhD in English (American U.S. & Indigenousliterature) and Great Plains Studies at the Universityof Nebraska-Lincoln. Streit Krug is also a student ofthe Omaha language. Streit Krug likes collaboratingon educational, interdisciplinary projects that buildknowledge across communities and cultures.Daniel Uden is a postdoctoral research associate inthe School of Natural Resources and the Departmentof Agronomy and Horticulture at the University ofNebraska-Lincoln. Uden’s research broadly addressesquestions of spatial resilience in social-ecologicalsystems, with emphasis on the food-energy-waternexus. Uden values team-based approaches toscience, its application, and its communication.In addition to research, Uden’s current researchproject stems from a cross-institutional collaborationthat aims to link resilience theory, state-of-theart landcover data, and cloud-based geospatialcomputing to map cross-scale vegetation transitionsin rangelands of the western United States. Forhis Ph.D. research, Uden used a variety of spatialand statistical modeling techniques (e.g., speciesdistribution models, graph theory, cellular automata)to examine the causes and consequences of landcoverchange in Nebraska landscapes. In his M.S. research,Uden used scenario planning to consider thepotential effects of bioenergy development andclimate change on wildlife and water resources inNebraska’s Rainwater Basin.

SPECIAL THANKSCenter for Great Plains Studies planning team:Margaret Jacobs, DirectorKatie Nieland, Assistant DirectorBaligh Ben Taleb, Graduate Research AssistantDijon DeLaPorte, Former Events CoordinatorRick Edwards, Former DirectorCenter for Great Plains Studies staff:Melissa Amateis, Chuck Braithwaite, Sarah Giles, Ashley Hussman, and Casey SegerConference faculty advisory group:Craig Allen, IANR, School of Natural Resources, UNLMartha Shulski, IANR, School of Natural Resources, UNLSteve Waller, UNL, College of Agricultural Science & Natural Resources, UNLClint Krehbiel, IANR, Animal ScienceJenny Dauer, IANR, School of Natural Resources, UNLBrian Wardlow, IANR, School of Natural Resources, UNLPeter Longo, Political Sciences, University of Nebraska at KearneyRegina Robbins, UNMC, COPH Health PromotionMark Svoboda, IANR, School of Natural ResourcesJeff Stevens, Psychology, UNLJoe Starita, Journalism, UNLPeter McCornick, Water for Food InstituteRick Rasby, IANR, Cooperative Extension Division, UNLMax Mueller, Classics & Religious Studies, UNLMargaret Huettl, History, UNLCenter for Great Plains StudiesUniversity of Nebraska1155 Q St.Lincoln NE, 0213

14The University of Nebraska does not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity,national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability,age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, and/or political affiliation in itsprograms,activities,or Pleaseemployment.UNL does not discriminatebased uponany protected status.see go.unl.edu/nondiscrimination.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Kearney, Omaha, and UNMC that operates in Lincoln, Neb. This is the Center's . Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit), Dan Uden (UNL School of Natural Resources). 10-11 AM 11:30 AM-12:30 PM 11:30 AM-12:30 PM Plenary: Jessica Thompson, Northern Michigan University

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