Sustainability, Cannabis, and Plant Sciences

Movement Therapy

In this episode, Marie Lavendier explains how she created an individualized major in "Movement Therapy" by combining courses in Psychology, Dance, and Drama. Marie was part of the first cohort of students to graduate with an individualized major in 1976. She describes the work she has done in family therapy, education, and dance instruction, all informed by the groundbreaking interdisciplinary curriculum she was able to design as an undergraduate at UConn.  More info: Dr. Kenneth Ring, Psychology [https://kenring.org/] Marcia Heath, Dance [https://ksqd.org/bodywise-with-marcia-heath/#gsc.tab=0] Episode transcript available at our website: iisp.uconn.edu/indie-major/ ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Sustainability, Cannabis, and Plant Sciences

In this episode, Amira Shatara explains how she created an individualized major in "Sustainability, Cannabis, and Plant Sciences" by combining courses in Sustainable Plant and Soil Systems; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Natural Resources and the Environment; Sociology; Business Administration; and more. She describes her passion for sustainable agriculture and circular economy as well as her hands-on experience with community-supported agriculture and local floriculture.  More info: Plant Sciences at UConn [https://psla.uconn.edu/] Off Center Farm, Woodbridge, CT [https://offcenterfarm.com/] Episode transcript available at our website: iisp.uconn.edu/indie-major/ ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Reproduction and Youth Health

In this episode, Izzy Rubin explains how she created an individualized major in "Reproduction and Youth Health" by combining courses in Human Development and Family Sciences; Psychology; and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. She describes her passion for public health, advocacy, and issues of equity in healthcare. Episode transcript available at our website: iisp.uconn.edu/indie-major/ ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Religion

Alexis Cordone explains how she created an individualized major in "Religion" by combining courses in English, Anthropology, Sociology, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, and more. She graduated from UConn in 2014 and is now an Emergency Physician at Dartmouth Health. She describes her motivation for studying religion as a way to prepare herself to be a more supportive and compassionate doctor in the face of human suffering. Episode transcript available at our website: iisp.uconn.edu/indie-major/ ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Disability Studies in Media and Food Culture

Gabby DiSalvo explains how she created an individualized major in "Disability Studies in Media and Food Culture" by combining courses in Journalism, English, Human Rights, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Sociology, Human Development and Family Sciences, Digital Media and Design, and more. She describes her passion for cooking, media, and disability studies, all of which inform her entrepreneurial project Cooking on Wheels [https://linktr.ee/cookingonwheels]. Episode transcript available at our website: iisp.uconn.edu/indie-major/ ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.