Political Economy Lectures October 15 & 16 Wednesday, October 15th

Political Economy Lectures October 15th & 16th
Wednesday, October 15th
8:00 –
9:20 a.m.
Brandon Whearty, Associate Professor of Speech
Communication, Palomar College: “Broken Metrics:
Skewing measurements for fun and profit; Broken
Metrics: How inaccurate measurements destroy
productivity and warp policy decisions”
Room: MD 157
9:3010:50 a.m.
11:00 a.m.12:20 p.m.
12:30 –
1:50 p.m.
2:003:20 p.m.
Marina Parenti, Adjunct Professor of History,
Scott Greenwood, Associate Professor of Political
Palomar College: “Wonder Woman and Supergirl,
Science & Global Studies, CSU San Marcos: “Climate
Illusions of female empowerment or Icons of
Change, Drought & Conflict in the Middle East”
Feminism? 1959-1984.”
SSC – 1 (Gov. Board Room)
MD 157
Philip Debarros, Professor of Anthropology,
Dick Eiden, Civil Rights Attorney & former Congressional
Palomar College: “What Kind of Country do you
candidate: "The New Jim Crow illuminates Ferguson,
Want to Live in? The Decline of American
Mo, Trayvon Martin, police militarization"
Democracy”
Room: MD 157
SSC - 1
Shannon Lienhart,
Quinn Keefer, Assistant
Christina Schneider, Associate Professor of
Professor of Mathematics,
Professor of Economics, CSU
Political Science, UCSD:
Palomar College/CoSan Marcos.
"Enlargement or Encroachment?
President, Palomar Faculty “Using Professional Sports to
The European Union and Russia Resurgent"
Federation: “Privatization
Study Behavioral Economics”
and the Threat to Public
SSC - 1
MD 157
Education”
MD 315
Ranjeeta Basu, Professor of Economics, CSU San
Tiffany Sargent, Adjunct Professor of Economics,
Marcos:
Palomar College: “Power of Information: Does Big
“Does Higher Income Always lead to Happiness? From
Data Help the Consumer?”
the Perspective of Slum Dwellers in Mumbai”
SSC - 1
MD 157
Thursday, October 16th
8:00 –
9:20 a.m.
William Leslie, Adjunct Professor of Philosophy,
Palomar College: "Hot or Not? Global Warming;
Looming Catastrophe or Greatest Hoax Ever?"
9:3010:50 a.m.
MD 157
Gary Jacobson, Professor of Political Science,
UCSD: “Nationalized Politics & The 2014
Election”
11:00 a.m.12:20 p.m.
MD 157
Frank Turner, MA Candidate, CSU San Marcos,
“From the Worst to the Best: The Constitution,
Presidents & The Civil War”
MD 157
12:30 –
1:50 p.m.
Angel Garcia, Temecula City Council
Candidate, : “Local Elections: Campaigns,
Outcomes, Representations”
SSC - 1
2:003:20 p.m.
Multi-Disciplinary Faculty Panel: “The State of
LGBTQ Athletes in American Sports”
MD 157
Michael Mufson, Professor of Drama & Theatre & Wendy
Nelson, Associate Professor of Journalism: “Student
Speak Out on General Education”
SSC - 1
Albert Dorsey, Adjunct Professor of History, Palomar
College: “The 1874 Vicksburg Massacre: the
Complexities of Black Participation in the Body
Politic and Land Ownership”
SSC - 1
Kristen Marjanovic, Assistant Professor of History,
Palomar College: "Detecting Genocide Today: How
genocide can be defined in the Iraqi crisis."
MD 157
Jim Miller, Professor of History & Labor Studies, San
Diego City College: “Back to the Future?: A Brief History
of Economic Inequality and the American Labor
Movement”