CHESS
SoEC Spotlight – The Golden Fire: Forging Links Between Graphical Device Comprehension and Text Comprehension
This paper uses a multimodal framework to discuss how children use graphical devices to mediate text and craft new meanings altogether.
The Roundtable Perspective: Black Girlhood
Ruth Nicole Brown, Ph.D., joins host Lee Artz, Ph.D., to discuss “black girlhood” and how the experiences of black women, especially as children, are often overlooked in arts and academics.
The Roundtable Perspective: Black Horror Noire
Robin R. Means Coleman, Ph.D., joins host Thomas J. Roach, Ph.D., to discuss the black horror renaissance in film and the untold history of Black Americans through their connection to the horror film genre and how that has changed over time.
Philosophy Matters: Responsibility Beyond Our Fingertips
In this Philosophy Matters presentation, PNW professor emeritus of philosophy Eugene Schlossberger will explain his novel theory of moral responsibility and some of its controversial implications.
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.
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
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.
Let’s Talk About…the Climate
Join The Behavioral Sciences Department for a meaningful conversation about climate change In person or on Zoom.
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.
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.