A. Breeze Harper, research fellow, University of California, Davis Using the analytical lenses of critical whiteness studies and black feminism, this lecture will explore how issues of food, health, and “ethical eating” in American veganism are infor

Chris Crass, community organizer and author, will draw lessons from American social movements and his own experiences working within them over the past 25 years to help us see how divisions of race, class and gender can become bridges to help expand democ

Tamara Lawson, Saint Thomas University School of Law An engaging conversation about how discretion, which is exercised at all levels of the criminal justice system, can affect the outcomes of criminal cases, including claims of self-defense and the right

The Snowden leaks of classified information over the last several months have highlighted a number of important issues, including the lawfulness of certain surveillance programs of the National Security Agency, the proper balance between national security

Laura Suchoski, Social Media Manager, McKinney The ever-growing landscape of social media is changing how we, as fans and athletes, consume sports. Laura Suchoski, a former social media manager at ESPN, will be exploring social innovations in sports med

Howard Winant, University of California, Santa Barbara Race and racism are in many ways the building blocks of the contemporary world and the social universe we take for granted. The unfreedom, despotism, exclusion, inequality, and violence that are ass

As the Sochi Olympics were drawing to a close, the long simmering tug-of-war between the EU and Russia over the future of Ukraine boiled over into street violence and political chaos in Kiev, the Ukrainian capital. This panel will examine the origins of t

Sorting myth from reality by drawing upon an emerging body of research on water and peacebuilding, Carl Bruch, senior attorney, Environmental Law Institute, will survey what we have learned about water, conflict, and peacebuilding over the past twenty yea

The Eisenhower program is an academic outreach designed to encourage dialogue on national security and other public policy issues between students at the U.S. Army War College and students/faculty at other academic institutions. Panelists include: Lt. Col

The two panelists: Michael Allison, professor, University of Scranton; and Christine Wade, professor, Washington College, will discuss current developments in Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador as well as the general impact of Central America