The fall Arts and Sciences Brown Bag Series, “America: 10 Years Later,” continues on Nov. 2 with a program on “America: The Cost of Conflict,” in conjunction with SUNY Fredonia’s 2011-12 Convocation theme, “Risk.”
Tracy Marafiote, Ph.D., will moderate the panel and speak on fearing the “other.” Other panelists include Suthakaran Veerasamy, Ph.D., who will present on cultural encapsulation; Erica Snow, Ph.D., who will speak on body scan technology and travel stress; and, Cindy Bird, Ph.D., who will examine how conflict affects children.
The panel discussion will take place between noon and 12:50 p.m. in the Horizon Room in the lower level of the Williams Center.
The Brown Bag Series offers monthly informal talks featuring new creative and scholarly work by SUNY Fredonia faculty members. Each 30-minute presentation is followed by a brief discussion and refreshments. The fall series concludes on Dec. 7 with “Are We There Yet?: The Pursuit of Happiness and the American Dream,” co-sponsored by the Fredonia Philosophical Society.
All lectures are free and open to all campus and community members. Classes are welcome. This year’s series is directed by Teodora Cox, mathematical sciences; Jack Croxton, psychology; Laura Johnson, communication; and, Theodore Lee, biology.
For more information, visit the series’ website at www.fredonia.edu/brownbag.
The Arts and Sciences Brown Bag Lecture Series is sponsored by the Fredonia College Foundation’s Carnahan-Jackson Humanities Fund; John Kijinski, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences; and, the Faculty Student Association.
