Public Events and Lectures Spring 2013
"Myth as Mirror: the Abiding Power of Ancient Tales"
A talk by Paul Woodruff, Philosophy and Classics, The University of Texas at Austin
In his latest book, The Ajax Dilemma: Justice, Fairness, and Rewards, distinguished and beloved University of Texas professor Paul Woodruff explores the Greek myth of Ajax as a parable of modern dilemmas of fairness and leadership. Drawing on this and other ancient myths, Woodruff’s talk will examine the many ways ancient stories continue to reflect modern times and provide insight for those willing to listen.
Paul Woodruff is Darrell K. Royal Regents Professor in Ethics and American Society,
a Distinguished Teaching Professor, and former dean of Undergraduate Studies. In addition to The Ajax Dilemma, he is the author of The Necessity of Theater: The Art of Watching and Being Watched (2008), and has written, edited and translated numerous works on ancient philosophy and Greek literature. In March, he appeared on the Longhorn Network for an episode of “Game Changers.”
When: 11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 7
Where: BMC 5.208
Contact: Dave Junker, junker@austin.utexas.edu, 512-773-0673
This talk is sponsored by Senior Fellows, the honors program of the College of Communication. It is free and open to the public.
"Mother Goose Got Punk'd: Next Gen Visual Storytelling For Social Change"
A talk by Aaron Bramley, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Lights. Camera.Help Film Festival
Visual storytelling has the power to move public policy, influence the direction of war, and alter the course of civil society. During this presentation, Aaron Bramley, co-founder of the Lights. Camera. Help. Film Festival, will explain ways to turn video into great visual storytelling so you can raise funds, build community, recruit volunteers, and incite action. With examples and behind-the-scenes insight, Bramely's talk will cover the big strategic decisions and the real-world how-to’s that go into creating compelling visual stories.
Aaron Bramley is Co-founder and Executive Director for Lights. Camera. Help., an Austin nonprofit that fosters cause-driven film-making for nonprofits through its annual film festival and an array of educational programming.
When: 11 a.m. – 12 p.m., Friday, Feb. 22
Where: BUR 136
Contact: Dave Junker, junker@austin.utexas.edu, 512-773-0673
This talk is sponsored by Senior Fellows, the honors program of the College of Communication. It is free and open to the public.
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“Savage Portrayals: Images of Black Men in the Mainstream Media”
A talk by Natalie Byfield, St. John’s University
Dr. Natalie Byfield draws on her extensive background in journalism, community education, and scholarly research in her writing and teaching on media and social justice. A professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at St. John’s University in New York, she focuses on how both the powerful and those with less influence use language to shape their worlds.
In her talk, Byfield will discuss the negative media representations that have been a growing problem in the lives of black males, with a focus on the racialized representations in the press coverage of the sexual assault of the Central Park jogger and the subsequent wrongful conviction of five black and Latino teens. Her forthcoming book, Race, Media & the Central Park Jogger Story to be published by Temple University Press, examines the politics of race, gender, and class that played out in the news reports about that high-profile case, which Byfield covered when she was a reporter at the New York Daily News. She also appears in “The Central Park Five,” Ken Burns’ new documentary on the case. In her presentation, Byfield will examine the cultural impact of the case, drawing a line from Central Park to the Trayvon Martin case today.
Byfield has been awarded fellowships by Columbia University, the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, the American Sociological Association, and the National Science Foundation. Her journalistic work has appeared in Time Magazine, The American Lawyer, New York Law Journal, and New York Woman.
When: 1:30—3 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 28
Where: BMC 5.208
Contact: Dave Junker, junker@austin.utexas.edu, 512-773-0673
This talk is sponsored by Senior Fellows, the honors program of the College of Communication. It is free and open to the public.
“The Art of Storytelling”
A talk by Gioia Timpanelli, renowned storyteller and author
“No one in the world can tell a story better than Gioia Timpanelli.”
—Frank McCourt
Often called the "Dean of American Storytelling," Gioia Timpanelli is both master and scholar of the ancient art of telling stories. In this talk, she will discuss the nature and importance of the improvisational telling of ancient and modern stories. She won two Emmy Awards for her PBS series on storytelling, Stories from My House. She has also received the prestigious Women's National Book Association Award for bringing the oral tradition to the American public and recently the Maharishi Award for "promoting world harmony wherever she goes by enlivening within the listener that field of pure consciousness that is the source of all stories." She received The 1999 American Book Award for Sometimes the Soul: Two Novellas of Sicily (W.W Norton). Her radio series "Told and Retold" is currently on both PRX and NPR's ContentDepot.
When: 11 a.m.--12:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 5
Where: BMC 5.208
Contact: Dave Junker, junker@austin.utexas.edu, 512-773-0673
This talk is sponsored by Senior Fellows, the honors program of the College of Communication. It is free and open to the public.
"Transcending Embodiment: Communication in the Post-human Condition"
A talk by Thomas Frentz, University of Arkansas
In his award-winning book, Speaking into the Air: A History of the Idea of Communication, John Durham Peters argues that Plato's dream of two souls merging through the dialectical conversation between two philosophical lovers can never come true because self and other will always inhabit different bodies. In his lecture, Professor Frentz contests this argument on three levels: first, through the two artificial intelligences (AI's) in William Gibson's classic cyberpunk novel, Neuromancer; second, through how cyberfeminist artists bring various forms of embodiment to the computer/human interface; and finally, through Ray Kurzweil's controversial notion of "the Singularity" in which advanced computer technology replaces the biological foundations of the human species.
Thomas Frentz received his Ph.D. in Speech Communication from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1970. An eclectic scholar in both the social sciences and humanities, he has published three books, over thirty scholarly articles, four book chapters, over fifty convention papers, and has lectured extensively at colleges and universities across the country. He teaches courses in rhetorical theory, criticism, film, ethnography, and myth while living in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
When: 4—5:30, Tuesday, March 19
Where: CMA 5.160 (LBJ Conference Room)
Contact: Dave Junker, junker@austin.utexas.edu, 512-773-0673
This talk is sponsored by Senior Fellows, the honors program of the College of Communication. It is free and open to the public.
From Fall 2012
"How to Write a Protest Song: Lessons From Woody Guthrie to Pussy Riot,"
a talk by Karl Hagstrom Miller, Associate Professor of History, University of Texas at Austin
From "This Land is Your Land" to "Okie from Muskogee," "Battle Hymn of the Republic" and the African-American spiritual "Steal Away," to "We Shall Overcome" and Public Enemy's "911 is a Joke," the protest or political song has been a mainstay of American politics and music for a long time. In this talk, professor Miller will explore the tangled historical intersections between music and politics in the United States and beyond. There are bound to be some old favorites and some tunes that will surprise you. Bob Dylan might be mentioned. The Weather Girls are a lock. Come hear what worked and what did not, which political songs fell flat and which changed the world. Pay attention, take notes, and you can write a song of your own. As Woody Guthrie said, "Take it easy, but take it."
Karl Hagstrom Miller is associate professor of history at UT-Austin and author of Segregating Sound: Inventing Folk and Pop Music in the Age of Jim Crow.
When: Tuesday, Oct. 9, 12:30 p.m.
Where: BMC 5.208
Contact: Dave Junker, junker@austin.utexas.edu, 512-773-0673
This talk is sponsored by Senior Fellows, the honors program of the College of Communication. It is free and open to the public.
“Hip Hop, Mass Media & Racial Storytelling in the Age of Obama,” a talk by Tricia Rose, Brown University
Hip hop has been considered the most influential and socially conscious American youth music since the emergence of Rock ‘n’ Roll. But the commercial state of hip hop today offers very little social critique, despite the deep crises faced by today's youth. In this talk, Tricia Rose, professor of Africana Studies at Brown University, will speak to a number of questions at the heart of hip hop’s retreat from politics. What role can hip hop play in helping tell the stories of the dispossessed today? Can hip hop carry the torch of popular musics that have created meaningful cross-racial imagination, conversation and action? What factors impede hip hop's social potential in the age of Obama?
Rose is author of the ground-breaking Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America, the seminal academic book on hip hop music and culture. Her other books are Longing To Tell: Black Women Talk About Sexuality and Intimacy and The Hip Hop Wars, which challenges the impact of commercialization on black popular culture and communities.
When: Monday, Oct. 22, from 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Where: BMC 5.208
Contact: Dave Junker, junker@austin.utexas.edu, 512-773-0673
This talk is sponsored by Senior Fellows, the honors program of the College of Communication. It is free and open to the public.
“Niche News and Campaign 2012,” A talk by Talia Stroud, Associate Professor of Communication Studies, University of Texas at Austin
During heated campaign seasons, questions often arise about where people obtain news and information. Do they turn to outlets matching what they believe or are they news omnivores, gathering news from many different outlets? Why might they prefer news from likeminded sources? What are the consequences? And, perhaps most importantly, what can we do? In this talk, Talia Stroud, assistant professor of Communication Studies, will present important perspectives on these important questions as we approach the 2012 elections.
Natalie (Talia) Jomini Stroud is associate professor of Communication Studies at the University of Texas at Austin and assistant director for the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Participation. Her book Niche News: The Politics of News Choice won the 2012 Outstanding Book Award from the International Communication Association (ICA).
When: Monday, Oct. 29, 3:15 p.m.
Where: BMC 5.208
Contact: Dave Junker, junker@austin.utexas.edu, 512-773-0673
This talk is sponsored by Senior Fellows, the honors program of the College of Communication. It is free and open to the public.
"Second Last Thoughts on Bob Dylan's 'Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie'"
A talk by Tom Palaima, professor of Classics, University of Texas at Austin
On Jan. 29, 1961, Bob Dylan, 19 years old, took a bus to Morris Plains, New Jersey, where he met for the first time his idol and inspiration Woody Guthrie, 48 years of age, who, almost five years before in May, 1956, had been 'involuntarily checked into' Greystone Park Hospital with advanced Huntington's Chorea.
On Feb. 14, 1961, Dylan wrote "Song for Woody" (SFW). Two years later, on April 12, 1963, at New York's Town Hall, before 900 people, Dylan recited a poem of five pages, "Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie" ((LTOWG). Guthrie would live four and a half more years after Dylan had his "last thoughts." In this talk, professor Palaima will examine these two tributes by considering the following questions: What would Woody Guthrie's condition have been when Dylan met him? What impact would Dylan's finding out about the range of Guthrie's genius have had on Dylan? What would Guthrie's end condition have taught Dylan about what is important in life, fame, music, society? And how might this have affected, in large or small ways, where Dylan decided to go with his music?
Tom Palaima is Robert M. Armstrong Centennial Professor of Classics and has written commentaries, reviews and articles about musical figures like Pinetop Perkins, Jimmy LaFave, Woody Guthrie, Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan. He teaches and writes about war song and music as social commentary.
See, for example: http://www.texasobserver.org/archives/item/15265-2665-alive-and-singing-the-truth and
When: Tuesday, Nov. 13, 12:30 p.m.
Where: BMC 5.208
Contact: Dave Junker, junker@austin.utexas.edu, 512-773-0673
This talk is sponsored by Senior Fellows, the honors program of the College of Communication. It is free and open to the public.
2012 Talk Archives -- in reverse chronological order
Fall 2012
“Ribbon of Highway: Jimmy LaFave on the Legacy of Woody Guthrie”
A performance and discussion with Jimmy LaFave
Woody Guthrie, America’s seminal folkie, has been the subject of a multitude of tributes and conferences over the past year, as the nation celebrates the centennial of his birth. But Austin folk favorite Jimmy LaFave has been brining Guthrie’s work to the masses for over ten years as the creator of “Ribbon of Highway, Endless Skyway,” a roadshow tribute to Woody Guthrie’s life and music. The show features modern musicians interpreting Guthrie songs strung together by narrated writings of Guthrie himself. The show has spun off an album featuring LaFave and an all-star cast of musicians, including Pete Seeger and Fred Hellerman from The Weavers. In this talk, LaFave will sing a few Guthrie favorites and share his special perspective on America’s unofficial songwriter laureate.
Jimmy LaFave has recorded 10 solo albums, including Texoma (2001) and Austin Skyline (2010). He is also the creator of Ribbon of Highway, Endless Skyway, a show and album paying tribute to Woody Guthrie. In October he is performing at This Land Is Your Land - Woody Guthrie at 100 - The Kennedy Center Celebration in Washington D.C. Like Guthrie, he grew up in Texas and Oklahoma.
When: Thursday, Sept. 20, 12:30 p.m.
Where:BMC 5.208
Contact: Dave Junker, junker@austin.utexas.edu, 512-773-0673
This talk is sponsored by Senior Fellows, the honors program of the College of Communication. It is free and open to the public.
“Democratizing the Emerging Economy,” a talk by Gar Alperovitz
In this talk, Gar Alperovitz, the Lionel R. Bauman Professor of Political Economy at the University of Maryland, will discuss how cooperatives, social enterprises, public banks and other new structures of cooperative ownership are laying the groundwork for a new economy. His talk draws from his latest book, America Beyond Capitalism: Reclaiming Our Wealth, Our Liberty, and Our Democracy, which diagnoses the long-term structural crisis of the American economic and political system and offers detailed, practical answers to the problems.
Alperovitz is also the author of Unjust Deserts: Wealth and Equality in the Knowledge Economy (with Lew Daly), Making a Place For Community (with Thad Williamson and David Imbroscio), Rebuilding America (with Jeff Faux), and Atomic Diplomacy and The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb. He is a founding principal of the University of Maryland-based Democracy Collaborative
When: Friday, Sept. 14, noon
Where: CMA 5.160 (LBJ Room)
Contact: Dave Junker, junker@austin.utexas.edu, 512-773-0673
This talk is sponsored by the Senior Fellows Honors Program of the College of Communication, the Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. Chair in Government/Business Relations in the LBJ School of Public Affairs, and the Business, Government and Society Department in the McCombs School of Business.
Spring 2012
Event: In this talk, author and psychologist Susan Linn will discuss how our media-saturated, marketing-driven culture poses a threat to creative play in the development of children. Listed as a guaranteed right by the United Nations, creative play is the foundation of learning, creativity and the ability to make meaning of life. Linn will explain why hands-on creative play is so necessary, why we can no longer take play for granted, and what we can do to ensure that children are provided with the time, space, and tools essential for make believe.
When: Thursday, April 19, 12:30,
Where: CMB 4.122 (Studio 4D)
Background: Susan Linn, Ed.D. is an instructor in psychiatry and the associate director of the Media Center at Judge Baker Children's Center at Harvard Medical School. She is the author of The Case for Make Believe: Saving Play in a Commercialized World, and Consuming Kids: The Hostile Takeover of Childhood. She is also the director and co-founder of The Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood and an award-winning ventriloquist internationally recognized for her pioneering use of puppets for play therapy with children. In 2000, she was appointed to the American Psychological Association’s Task Force on Advertising to Children. In 2006, she received the American Psychological Association'sPresidential Citation for her work on behalf of children. Her work has beenseen on Mister Roger’s Neighborhood, The Today Show, and Good Morning America.
The event is sponsored by Senior Fellows, the honors program of the College of Communication. It is free and open to the public.
Contact: Dave Junker, junker@austin.utexas.edu, 512-773-0673
"The Difference the Dream Act Would Make: Immigration Reform and Higher Education"
Event: This panel on immigration reform gives voice to those to whom it matters most: the children of undocumented immigrants who want to go to college. Presidential campaign season has re-introduced the topic of immigration and the “DREAM Act” into the public dialogue. Though absent from the debate, Texas has for 10 years allowed undocumented college students to attend public universities at an in-state tuition rate if they graduated from Texas high schools or passed the GED. This panel, made up of students with the University Leadership Initiative, will offer the perspective of students who have benefitted from this Texas law, in an effort to better understand how the DREAM Act might affect the college and post-graduate experience of youth across the nation.
"The Quiet Revolution: Communication Access for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing," a talk by Mark Bernstein, CSD
Event: It has become commonplace to say that the digital revolution has empowered individuals through increased access to communication. In this talk, Dr. Mark Bernstein will explore the quiet revolution of new technologies for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals, which has given them greater freedom and independence through greater access to communication.
When: 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011
Where: LBJ Conference Room (CMA 5.160)
Background: Bernstein is associate professor in the College of Communication's Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, specializing in Deaf Studies/Deaf Education, and serves as associate dean for student affairs in the College of Communication. He is the son of two deaf parents, one of whom will join him via video conference for this talk.
The event is sponsored by Senior Fellows, the honors program of the College of Communication. It's free and open to the public.
For more information, contact Dave Junker: junker@austin.utexas.edu; (512-773-0673)
Previous Lectures:
Nov. 3: "Irony's 9 Lives: 9/11 After a Century," a Talk by UC-Davis Professor Matthew Stratton
In the immediate aftermath of 9/11, pundits declared the attacks would put an end to irony in American culture.
They were wrong, of course, as the example of Stephen Colbert would seem to suggest. On Thursday Nov. 3, Matthew Stratton will discuss the literary, rhetorical and political nature of claims that irony is dead and provide a historical context for understanding the phenomenon.
Stratton is an assistant professor of English at the University of California, Davis. His current book project, Parties of Irony: the Aesthetic Politics of Irony in American Modernism, focuses on how irony emerged in the first half of the 20thcentury at intersections between aesthetics and politics, and considers how that emergent framework can illuminate local and global politics today. He has published essays on Nietzsche and American modernism, art and propaganda, and rap music and capital punishment.
The talk will be held at 12:30 p.m. in the LBJ Conference Room (CMA 5.160) and is free and open to the public.This event is sponsored by Senior Fellows, the honors program of the college of communication.
For more information, contact Dave Junker: junker@austin.utexas.edu; (512-773-0673)
Oct. 18: "Killing Them Loudly: Rhetorics of Sonic Torture," a talk by Joshua Gunn
On Tuesday, Oct. 18, Joshua Gunn will give a lecture titled, "Killing Them Loudly: Rhetorics of Sonic Torture," in which he will examine the practice of torturing detainees with music and the argements waged in defense of that practice. He suggests that arguments surrounding “sonic torture” reveal more about the torturers than the victims.
An associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies, Gunn takes a rhetorical approach in his research on music, film, religion and celebrity culture. He is the author of Modern Occult Rhetoric: Mass Media and the Drama of Secrecy in the Twentieth Century (2005).
The talk will be held at 12:30 p.m. in the LBJ Conference Room (CMA 5.160) and is free and open to the public.This event is sponsored by Senior Fellows, the honors program of the college of communication.
For more information, contact Dave Junker: junker@austin.utexas.edu; (512-773-0673)
Oct. 11: "Examining Prejudice Toward Middle Easterners/Arab-Americans in the Post 9/11 Era," a talk by Germine Awad
The fall lecture series on 9/11 and American culture continues Tuesday, Oct. 11, with a talk by Germine Awad, assistant professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at UT-Austin. Her talk, "Examining Prejudice Toward Middle Easterners/Arab-Americans in the Post 9/11 Era," will be held at 12:30 p.m. in the LBJ Conference Room (CMA 5.160).
Professor Awad's research focuses on identifying the predictors of prejudice toward ethnic minority groups and examining how identity and acculturation shape perceived discrimination.
Her talk will draw on recent articles, “The Impact of Acculturation and Religious Identification on Perceived Discrimination for Arab/Middle Eastern Americans” and “The Impact of Religiosity and Right Wing Authoritarianism on Prejudice towards Middle Easterners,” to help disentangle how such factors impact both perceived discrimination and prejudice toward Arab-Americans.
Professor Awad is an affiliate of The Center for Middle Eastern Studies and the Department of African and African Dispora Studies.
This talk is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Dave Junker, Senior Fellows director: junker@austin.utexas.edu
Sept. 22: “9/11 Culture: Paper Planes and Other Constructions,” a talk by Jeffrey Melnick
This fall's Senior Fellows lecture series will offer critical perspectives on the ways American culture has responded to 9/11.
Kicking off the fall series is a talk called “9/11 Culture: Paper Planes and Other Constructions,” by Jeff Melnick, professor of American studies at the University of Massachusettes Boston and author of 9/11 Culture: America Under Construction (2009). The lecture will be held in the LBJ Conference Room (CMA 5.160), Thursday, Sept. 22, at 3:30 p.m.
Melnick's talk will explore the many ways artists in the United States have tried to come to grips with 9/11 and its aftermath, with an emphasis on how the tragedy has shaped discussions of race and immigration. His presentation will include discussions of major Hollywood movies and hip-hop performances, as well as rumors, video games, and blogs.
Melnick has written extensively on Black-Jewish relations, including the books, A Right to Sing the Blues: African Americans, Jews, and American Popular Song (2001) and Immigration and American Popular Culture (co-authored with Rachel Rubin, 2006). He is currently at work on a book project focusing on the cultural politics of the Manson Family.
Other talks on the fall itineray will focus on post-9/11 backlash against Arabs and Muslims, the rhetorics of music and torture, the status of irony in post-9/11 discourse, and communication access for the hearing impaired since 9/11.
Talks sponsored by the Senior Fellows honors program of the College of Communication are open to the public, and anyone interested in hearing critical viewpoints related to communication and culture is encouraged to attend.
For more information, contact Dave Junker, director of Senior Fellows: junker@austin.utexas.edu
Public Lectures and Events, Spring 2013
For full details, see column to the left
Feb. 7 -- "Myth as Mirror: the Abiding Power of Ancient Tales," Paul Woodruff, The University of Texas at Austin
Feb. 22 -- "Mother Goose Got Punk'd: Next Gen Visual Storytelling For Social Change," Aaron Bramley, Lights. Camera. Help. Film Festival
Feb. 27 -- “Savage Portrayals: Images of Black Men in the Mainstream Media, ” Natalie Byfield, St. John’s University
March 5 -- "The Art of Storytelling," Gioia Timpanelli, novelist and storyteller
March 19 -- "Transcending Embodiment: Communication in the Post-human Condition," Thomas Frentz, University of Arkansas
Public Lectures and Events, Fall 2012
Sept. 14 -- “Democratizing the Emerging Economy,” a talk by Gar Alperovitz
Sept. 20 -- “Ribbon of Highway: Jimmy LaFave on the Legacy of Woody Guthrie”
Oct. 9 -- "How to Write a Protest Song: Lessons From Woody Guthrie to Pussy Riot," a talk by Karl Hagstrom Miller
Oct. 22 -- “Hip Hop, Mass Media & Racial Storytelling in the Age of Obama,” a talk by Tricia Rose
Oct. 29 -- “Niche News and Campaign 2012,” a talk by Talia Stroud
Nov. 13 -- "Second Last Thoughts on Bob Dylan's 'Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie,'" a talk by Tom Palaima
Spring 2012
All events are held in CMA 5.160 (LBJ Conference Room) unless otherwise noted
NEXT UP:
Thursday, April 19, 12:30 p.m., CMB 4.122 -- "The Corporate Takeover of Children’s Play: Why it’s a problem and what we can do about it,’” a talk by Susan Linn, instructor in Psychiatry, director of the Media Center at Judge Baker Children's Center and Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Past Events:
Friday, Jan. 27, 3:30 p.m. -- "We Are the Union: Democratic Unionism and Dissent at Boeing," a talk by Dana Cloud, Communication Studies, University of Texas at Austin
Tuesday, Feb. 7, 3:30 p.m. – “The Difference the Dream Act Would Make,” A panel discussion with UT students benefitting from similar Texas laws
Monday, April 2, 3:30 p.m. -- "Hot Science, Cool Talks: A Case Study Discussion of the Public Understanding of Science." Moderator: Kris Wilson, School of Journalism. Panelists: Jay Banner, Department of Geological Sciences, Director of Environmental Science Institute; LeeAnn Kahlor, Department of Advertising and Public Relations; Chris Kirk, Department of Anthropology
Public Lectures, Fall 2011
All talks address aspects of this year's Senior Fellows Symposium, "9/11 and American Culture" and will be held in the LBJ Conference Room (CMA 5.160)
Thursday, Sept. 22, 3:30 p.m. --
"9/11 Culture: Paper Planes and Other Constructions," by Jeff Melnick, University of Massachusettes Boston
Tuesday, Oct. 11, 12:30 p.m. --
"Examining Prejudice Toward Middle Easterners/Arab-Americans in the Post 9/11 Era," by Germine Awad, Educational Psychology, University of Texas
Tuesday, Oct.18, 12:30 p.m. --
"Killing Them Loudly: Rhetorics of Sonic Torture," by Joshua Gunn, Communication Studies, University of Texas
Thursday, Nov. 3, 12:30 p.m. --
"Irony's Nine Lives: September 11th After a Century," a talk by Matthew Stratton, University of California-Davis
Tuesday, Nov. 15, 12:30 p.m. --
"Communication Access Since 9/11," by Mark Bernstein, Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Texas