Events Calendar
Teach-In Fall 2019
Faculty and staff offer short presentations on a variety of topics, including free speech, climate change, social media, sport, health care, marketing, and more, all around the theme of "language."
Date: October 23, 2019 - October 23, 2019
Time:
9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Location:
Basil 135
Free and open to the public, the Teach-In begins at 9 a.m. The scheduled talks include:
9:00 Rubén Gómez, Modern Languages and Cultures
Introduction to the Theme: “Language”
9:05 Wendi Sierra, English
“Loss and Reclamation: Revitalizing Indigenous Languages”
9:35 Sebastien Lazardeux, Political Science
“The Appeal of Populist Rhetoric”
10:10 Katie Donovan, Political Science
“Public Polling and the Impact of Language Choices”
10:40 Emily Dane-Staples, Sport Management
“Mascot or Mockery? Gender Marking in Sport”
11:15 Jeremy Sarachan, Media & Communication, and Kris Green, Math & Computing Science
“Global Warming Climate Change Apartheid Racism Crisis Action”
11:45 Todd Sodano, Media & Communication
“The Visual Language of Peak TV”
12:20 Jane Snyder, Political Science and Legal Studies
“What We Mean by ‘Free Speech'”
12:50 Ann Marie Fallon, School of Arts & Sciences, and Stephen Brauer, English
“Pedagogy, Speech, Freedom, Restrictions”
1:25 Arien Rozelle, Media & Communication
“The Visual and Symbolic Language of Social Media”
1:55 Greg Cunningham, Biology
“Communication in the Anthropocene”