Public Affairs Discussion Group Schedule
12:30 - 1:30 p.m in Room 9 of the Inamori Center in Crawford Hall
January
January 18: with Robert Strassfeld, Professor of Law and Director, Institute for Global Security Law and Policy, leading a discussion on "How to End a War.
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January 25:
Justin Buchler, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Political Science at Case Western Reserve University and Joseph White, Ph.D. - Luxenberg Family Professor of Public Policy, Chair-Department of Poltical Science, and Director of the Center for Policy Studies at Case Western Reserve University, "CAN IT GET MORE FUN THAN THIS?
THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION RACES."
February
February 1: Dr. Greg Eastwood, Director of the Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence, hosts a discussion on "College Sports and Ethics," featuring David L. Diles EdD, Director of Athletics and Chair, Department of Physical Education; John J. Grabowski Ph.D., Krieger-Muller Associate Professor in Applied History and Director of Research, Western Reserve Historical Society; and Joseph M. Prahl Ph.D., Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
February 8: Bo Carlsson, E. Mandel DeWindt Professor of Industrial Economics. "Does Cleveland Have What it Takes to be a High-Tech Center?"
February 15: . Paul Gerhart, Professor of Labor and Human Resource Policy. "Labor Agreements in the Auto Industry -- and Elsewhere."
February 22: Chris Cullis, Frances Hobart Herrick Professor of Biology.
"Lost Crops of Africa: Involving Undergraduates in Their Rediscovery."
February 29:
Robin Dubin, Associate Proferssor of Economics at Case Western Reserve University, will discuss, "The Real Estate Meltdown."
March
March 7: Peter J. Whitehouse MD PhD. Professor of Neurology and Cognitive Science. “The Myth of Alzheimers.”
March 14: Spring Break - No Program
March 21: J. Adin "Jay" Mann, Professor of Chemical Engineering: "Peak Oil."
March 28: Bill Marling, Professor of English, "How American is Globalization?"
April
April 4: Jerry Floersch PhD, LISW, Associate Professor in MSASS, "The Psychosocial and Sociocultural Dimensions of Prescribing Psychiatric Medication to Adolescents."
April 11: David Matthiesen, Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, will lead a discussion on "Energy and Alternative Energy Policy in Ohio."
April 18: Megan Whalen Turner fiction writer for young adults and author of, Instead Of Three Wishes, The Thief, The Queen of Attolia and The King of Attolia; Anne Ursu is the author of the novels Spilling Clarence and The Disapparation of James, Joe White Luxenberg Family Professor of Public Policy and Chair, Department if Political Science, Case Western Reserve University, will discuss, "Moral Dilemmas in Politics and Fiction." |
