College of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences
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The Underground Railroad in Northern Illinois and Northwest Indiana
The Underground Railroad in Northern Illinois and Northwest Indiana
Local historian and community activist Tom Shepherd and Governors State Professor Emeritus and community development consultant Larry McClellan will present on the Underground Railroad in the region.
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War in Ukraine: Political and Military Ramifications
War in Ukraine: Political and Military Ramifications
Join PNW experts for a faculty panel and community discussion about the war in Ukraine and its political and military ramifications.
PNW Race, Racism, Anti-Racism Series: Racism, Being Color Blind and Beauty
PNW Race, Racism, Anti-Racism Series: Racism, Being Color Blind and Beauty
Meiko Yamada, Ph.D. Professor of Sociology at Purdue University Fort Wayne and Deepa Majumdar, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy at PNW discuss Racism, Being Color Blind and Beauty.
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Let’s Talk About…the Climate
Let’s Talk About…the Climate
Join The Behavioral Sciences Department for a meaningful conversation about climate change In person or on Zoom.
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Dispelling the Binary of Abortion
Dispelling the Binary of Abortion
PNW alumna Kayla Greenwell surveys new restrictions on women's reproductive rights including Texas' restrictive new law. Her focus is logical fallacies in public debate and the current situation in Indiana.
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The Water Belt: What Must and Could Happen around the Great Lakes?
The Water Belt: What Must and Could Happen around the Great Lakes?
Rachel Haverlock, Ph.D. associate professor of English, at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Founder and Director of UIC Freshwater Lab discusses the Great Lakes as part of the CHESS Distinguished Speaker Series.
SoEC Spotlight: Providing Virtual Early Childhood Special Education Support
SoEC Spotlight: Providing Virtual Early Childhood Special Education Support
Join me as I share my recent research on virtual family-based coaching practices and a remote service delivery literature review that introduce considerations for future research in this area.
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The Necessity of Collective Action for Resistance
The Necessity of Collective Action for Resistance
Lorrell Kilpatrick, a sociologist teaching at Indiana University Northwest and longtime regional activist and disabilities-rights advocate, argues that collective action is imperative in achieving social equity and justice.
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The Roundtable Perspective: Chicago and American Modernism
The Roundtable Perspective: Chicago and American Modernism
Michelle E. Moore, Ph.D., joins host Thomas J. Roach, Ph.D. to discuss the history of American Modernism through the rise of literary greats in the city of Chicago in the early part of the 20th century.
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World Poetry Day: Works of Liberation, Resistance and Healing
World Poetry Day: Works of Liberation, Resistance and Healing
The Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies program is celebrating World Poetry Day with authors' readings of liberatory poems that resist oppression, imagine social justice and offer healing from trauma caused by injustice.
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PNW Race, Racism, Anti-Racism Series: From Barriers and Biases to Belonging: Lessons from a Female Physicist
PNW Race, Racism, Anti-Racism Series: From Barriers and Biases to Belonging: Lessons from a Female Physicist
Neeti Parashar, Ph.D., Professor of Physics at PNW and Institution Leader at Fermilab and CERN discusses Lessons from a Female Physicist.
Philosophy Matters: Dancing Plague – Crowd Dance and the Loss of Executive Control
Philosophy Matters: Dancing Plague – Crowd Dance and the Loss of Executive Control
Guest speaker Christian Kronsted, a competitive dancer with a Ph.D. in philosophy and cognitive science, offers an explanation of the "dancing plague" phenomenon.
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Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Seminar
Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Seminar
In light of the prominence of child abuse and the recent tragic loss of four-year-old Judah Morgan, the PNW community has come together to organize a child abuse awareness seminar open to faculty, staff, students, and community members.
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Crisis in Ukraine: Facts and Fallacies
Crisis in Ukraine: Facts and Fallacies
Join a Center for Global Studies forum, featuring a panel discussion on the Russian invasion of Ukraine with Lawrence Wilkerson, Aaron Maté and PNW professor Lee Artz.
Kahlo Karnival: Building Community Through the Arts
Kahlo Karnival: Building Community Through the Arts
Enjoy food, live entertainment, free giveaways and art fun at our first-ever Kahlo Karnival during Women's History Month.
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The Roundtable Perspective: Vital Voids
The Roundtable Perspective: Vital Voids
Andrew Finegold, Ph.D., joins host Thomas J. Roach, Ph.D. to discuss the importance of holes in Mesoamerican culture and why these voids deserve more study.
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Essay Writing Contest – “What The Eyes Don’t See”
Essay Writing Contest – “What The Eyes Don’t See”
PNW students, craft and submit an argument for the best solution(s) to secure access to clean, freshwater for all people in the Great Lakes region and be entered to win an iPad!
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Let’s Talk About Artivism: Creating Racial, Gender, and Economic Justice through Art, Dance, and Music
Let’s Talk About Artivism: Creating Racial, Gender, and Economic Justice through Art, Dance, and Music
Choreographer and artivist will discuss the power and impact of creative arts in bringing about racial, gender, and economic justice on a local and global scope.