About
THE PROJECT
As part of our efforts to understand humanity’s relationships with coal, oil, and nuclear energy sources, students in these two courses have collectively built this Scalar book. From the STML 112 course, students have contributed a selection of geologic objects they have worked with, data analyses they have conducted, samples they have taken from field sites, and conceptual diagrams. Their goal with these contributions is to synthesize their work on the geology of coal, oil, and nuclear energy and to connect it with their writings from STML 113. These reports from STML 113 describe and analyze works regarding the three energy sources that did not appear on our syllabus. They explore a wide range of materials and the intersections between humanity, nature, and energy.
THE COURSES
STML 112 examines the geology of coal, oil, and nuclear energy. Through readings, specimen analyses, field sampling, and lab work, students assess the geologic conditions under which these materials form and the long-term environmental consequences of their extraction.
In STML 113, we considered how these three energy sources give shape to our lives in countless ways by exploring their place in literature, music, and art. This approach allowed us to examine the personal, human elements of energy and extraction.
CONTRIBUTORS
- Anna Gray Ashton '26 is a prospective Chemistry major from Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
- Esenia Banuelos '26 is a prospective Linguistics and Neuroscience double-major from Chicago, Illinois. She is a Chicana poet, skateboarder and film enthusiast hoping to become an elementary science teacher. They have raised parakeets for the past seven years.
- Leila Byerly '26 is a prospective Molecular Biology and Biochemistry major. They were born in France and lived in Kenya for 11 years before returning to France where they have lived for the past 6 years with their two cats. They have Canadian, Italian, and US passports. They enjoy knitting, sour gummy worms, and being pedantic.
- Sarabjit Kaur Dhillon '26 is a prospective Biochemistry & Molecular Biology major from Ontario, California.
- Amanda Edelmayer '26
- Meltem Genc '26 is a prospective Mathematics and Economics double major from Wayne, New Jersey.
- Suli Kamholtz-Roberts '26 is a prospective Biochemistry major from Chicago.
- Rowan Killina '26 is a prospective Classical Studies major from Columbus, OH. Besides reading and writing, she enjoys collecting snails in jars and thinking about plants.
- Natasha Kwiatkowski '26 is an aspiring student of the Political Science and History Departments.
- Ninel Páez Carrión '26 is a prospective Chemistry and Psychology double major from Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico.
- Rezwana Sarder '26 is a prospective Neuroscience/Pre-Med major from Edison, New Jersey.
- Grace Trembath '26 is a prospective Biology major from Denver, Colorado.
- and others.
Site supported by the Digital Scholarship Program at Bryn Mawr College
Special thanks to Bronwen Densmore for tons of Makerspace help, Rich Willard and Rob Cunningham for fixing our display case when it broke, Pedro Marenco for training us in ICPMS analysis, Don Barber for inspiring the Winogradsky column and training us on the freeze dryer, Katherine Marenco for lending us the sand squeeze box, Tom Mozdzer for letting us use his ball mill, Leila N'Diaye for field assistance, and Alice McGrath for Scalar training and conceptualizing.