Join leading scholars Sanya Carley, Michael Feuer, and Susan Yoon for "Energy, Climate, and the Classroom: Can Civic Education Save the World?", a timely conversation at the intersection of civic learning, climate change, and energy policy.
This dynamic panel, moderated by Penn GSE Dean Katharine O. Strunk, will dig into one of the most urgent questions of our time: Can civic education equip citizens to navigate misinformation, understand complex policy debates, and participate meaningfully in democratic life? Drawing on cutting‑edge research—including the panelists’ books Can Schools Save Democracy? and Power Lines—the speakers will unpack how schools, teachers, and researchers are responding to the civic challenges posed by climate disruption and energy transitions.
Location: 263–64 Stiteler Hall, 208 South 37th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
About the Panelists
Sanya Carley is Presidential Distinguished Professor of Energy Policy and City Planning at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design; Vice Provost of Climate Science, Policy, and Action; and the Mark Alan Hughes Faculty Director of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania. She recently published Power Lines: The Human Costs of American Energy in Transition (University of Chicago Press) with David Konisky.
Michael Feuer, GR’80, is Professor of Education and International Affairs and immediate past Dean of the Graduate School of Education and Human Development at George Washington University. He is past president of the National Academy of Education, nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and senior scholar at Penn-Washington. During the 2025–2026 academic year Feuer is a visiting professor at the University of Pennsylvania and Tel Aviv University. He is the author of three books including, most recently, Can Schools Save Democracy? Civic Education and the Common Good (Johns Hopkins University Press).
Susan Yoon is Presidential Professor of Education and Associate Dean of Research and Faculty Affairs at Penn GSE. For more than two decades, she has contributed to shaping the field of the learning sciences in her research on complex systems in STEM education, social capital and adaptive expertise in teacher professional development, and curricular approaches anchored in socioscientific issues.
About the Moderator
Katharine O. Strunk joined the University of Pennsylvania as the Dean of the Graduate School of Education and the George and Diane Weiss Professor of Education in July 2023. She is nationally renowned for her partner-driven research and leadership, which has brought multimethod, collaborative scholarship to bear on pressing questions facing education and educators.
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This event is co-sponsored by Penn GSE, Penn Climate, and the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy.
