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For earthquakes, floods and mass wasting in the developing world vs developed world a good source would be: Mutter, J., 2015, The Disaster Profiteers: How Natural Disasters Make the Rich Richer and the Poor Even Poorer, St. Martins Press. http://us.macmillan.com/thedisasterprofiteers/johncmutter Good luck with your participation in the common book project; sounds like fun. Kim On Aug 25, 2016, at 8:07 PM, O'Connell, Suzanne <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > This is a fantastic idea. I have never thought of “I am Malala” in this context and love it. What a creative way to explore a popular/important book. > > If you need/want references/table/charts for the underrepresentation of women, I can help you there. > > For the rest, I don’t have many resources, but the recent earthquake in Italy (developed world with old/undeveloped world buildings) compared to developing world and developing world buildings is fascinating. > > Please keep us/me informed. > > Suzanne > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Suzanne OConnell > Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences > Faculty Director McNair Scholars > Wesleyan University > Middletown, CT 06457 > 860 685 2262 > [log in to unmask] > > > From: Julie Libarkin > Reply-To: Julie Libarkin > Date: Thursday, August 25, 2016 at 6:34 PM > To: "[log in to unmask]" > Subject: FWD: Using a common book > > Hi! > > We are piloting a common reading initiative at my college this semester and I > would like to be part of that initiative. The book we are using is I Am Malala. Has > anyone ever used a non-geology text in class? I teach physical geology and I am > looking for ways to include parts of this book in the class. > > Some thoughts I had are: > 1. the persistent underrepresentation of women in STEM fields > 2. how geology can isolate and therefore have influence on society - example, the > Swat Valley. > 3. Earthquakes in the developing world vs. the developed world > 4. Floods and mass wasting events in the developing world vs. the developed > world. > > If you have any ideas to add, I would love to hear it! > > Kristie Bradford > Associate Professor of Geology > Lone Star College - Tomball > 30555 Tomball Pkwy > Tomball, TX 77375 > 281-351-3317 > [log in to unmask]