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Video lectures can be accessed for free any time by clicking the links below.  Select videos are also available on our YouTube channel.  


Fall 2023 Lecture Series

A Legacy of Lifelong Learning: Celebrating 40 Years of Community Conversations

Since 1983, faculty, staff and community leaders have presented public lectures as part of the Fairhaven Lecture Series. This fall, we celebrate four decades of timely and relevant presentations by showcasing the University’s award-winning faculty and staff who are committed to providing exceptional educational experiences for all. Once dubbed “one of Whitewater’s best kept secrets,” the Series has become a well-known tradition, engaging our community and transforming lives. Join us in celebrating 40 years of conversations, won’t you?

Lectures are held on Mondays at 3 p.m. in Olm Fellowship Hall of Fairhaven Senior Services, 435 West Starin Road, Whitewater and are open to the public. 

Unable to attend? Links to videos of lectures, including those from prior series, can be found at http://www.uww.edu/ce/fairhaven

If you have a disability and desire accommodations, please advise us as early as possible. Requests are confidential. UW-Whitewater provides equal opportunities in employment and programming including Title IX and ADA requirements. Please contact Kari Borne at 262-472-1003 or bornek@uww.edu for further information.

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From Institutionalization to the College Classroom: Opening Doors for Young Adults with Significant Disabilities
James Collins, Associate Professor
Special Education
September 11, 2023

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Learning for the Ages



Jon Werner, Professor
Management
September 18, 2023

Fairhaven

Food and Memory: Grinding Stones, a Year of Cooking, and Other Ways to Stay in Touch with Las Abuelas

Pilar Melero, Professor
World Languages & Cultures
September 25, 2023

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Barley, Barberry, and Biological Warfare: A Short History of Stem Rust, 4,000 BCE – Present

Karl Brown, Associate Professor
History
October 2, 2023, 2023

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The Significance of Reefs in Earth’s Ancient History

Rex Hanger, Professor
Geology, Geography & Environmental Science
October 9, 2023

Fairhaven

Celebrating 40 Years of the Fairhaven Lecture Series




October 16, 2023

Fairhaven

The Agenda of Public Discourse



Brian Schanen, Lecturer
Communication
October 23, 2023

Fairhaven

Previewing the 2024 Presidential Election
Susan Johnson, Associate Dean, College of Letters and Sciences
Associate Professor, Politics, Government and Law
October 30, 2023

Fairhaven

The Road to Nationals: Performances of the UW-Whitewater Forensics Team



UW-Whitewater Forensics Team
November 6, 2023

Fairhaven

Institutional Integrity and Legitimacy: Today’s Supreme Court

Jolly Emrey, Associate Professor, Politics, Government and Law
November 13, 2023

Spring 2023 Lecture Series

New Voices, Fresh Perspectives: Showcasing New Faculty at UW-Whitewater

Over the past few years, new experts have joined the faculty and staff at UW-Whitewater, in all of its colleges and departments. Historians, sociologists, writers, and more, UW-Whitewater is comprised of dedicated educators who are as eager to share their research interests to the community as they are to mentoring our next generation of accountants, teachers, entrepreneurs, counselors, and more. Join us this spring to hear from some of the new voices at the University and share with them what they have to look forward to as new members of the greater Whitewater community.

Lectures are held on Mondays at 3 p.m. in Fellowship Hall of Fairhaven Senior Services, 435 West Starin Road, Whitewater and are open to the public. 

Unable to attend? Links to videos of lectures, including those from prior series, can be found at http://www.uww.edu/ce/fairhaven

If you have a disability and desire accommodations, please advise us as early as possible. Requests are confidential. UW-Whitewater provides equal opportunities in employment and programming including Title IX and ADA requirements. Please contact Kari Borne at 262-472-1003 or bornek@uww.edu for further information.

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    Talking to Doctors: Health Communication Tips to Improve Your Healthcare Experience
    Jonathan Dellinger, Assistant Professor
    Communication
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    Trophies of War: Ottoman Tents Won in the Siege of Vienna in 1683

    Ashley Dimmig, Director
    Crossman Gallery

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    Bilingual Education and School Privatization in Milwaukee

    Andrew Hurie, Assistant Professor
    Curriculum & Instruction


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    Exploring Special Education and Adult Outcomes of Students with Disabilities through an Intersectional Lens
    Courtney Wilt, Assistant Professor
    Special Education
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    Feminism, Race, and White Privilege
    Olivia McLaughlin, Assistant Professor
    Sociology, Criminology, and Anthropology


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    Too Much of a Good Thing is Wonderful: Liberace's Wisconsin Roots and Flamboyant Visibility from Milwaukee to Las Vegas
    Anna Hajdik, Lecturer
    Languages and Literatures

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    History Underwater: An Introduction to Maritime Archaeology
    Michelle Damian, Assistant Professor
    History



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    Disability Representation in Children's and Young Adult Literature

    Lauren Zepp, Assistant Professor
    Special Education

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American Profiles

Politicians, activists, musicians, and every day citizens.  Systems, inventions, and tragedies. This spring, we will spend an hour each week, putting the spotlight on changemakers that have made history.  From local stories to those that made a global impact, join us as we take a closer look at some fascinating American profiles.

Lectures in the Spring 2022 series will be held on Mondays at 3 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of Fairhaven Senior Services, 435 West Starin Road, Whitewater. They are open to the public. Registration is not required, but masks are.  Lectures will be recorded and posted to our website and YouTube channel.  Videos of lectures in this series and in past series can be accessed for free any time after they are posted online.

Check our website and follow us on social media for more information and updates on opening to the public.  Any other questions, please contact Kari Borne at  bornek@uww.edu or 262-472-1003.

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    Who are the Supremes? A Discussion of the Lives of Supreme Court Justices
    Monica Lineberger
    Assistant Professor
    Polititcal Science
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    Educational Innovators: Profiles from the American Past
    Anne Durst
    Associate Professor
    Educational Foundations
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    An Opportunity and a Burden: The Lives of Loyalist Woment in Revolutionalry Philadelphia
    Kimberly Nath, Associate Professor
    History
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    Forgetting and Remembering the "Spanish" Flu Pandemic
    Karl Brown
    Associate Professor
    History
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    Flaco Jimenez and the Accordion: Global Intersections
    Erin Bauer
    Assistant Professor
    Music
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    Profile of Wisconsin Mass Media History
    Brian Schanen
    Lecturer
    Communication
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    The Poison Widow of Whitewater: Mystery,  Mayhem, and Murder
    Jennifer Motszko
    Digital Scholarship &
    Preservation Archivist
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    Life at the Intersections: The Labor, Activism, and Legacy of Pauli Murray
    Ashley Barnes-Gilbert
    Lecturer
    Women's and Gender Studies
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    Wendell Willkie and the We Want Willke Campaign
    Dick Haven
    Professor Emeritus
    Communication
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Science and Society: Connecting Research to Real Life

From climate change to COVID-19, bird adaptations to brain function, our world faces new challenges and opportunities every day. Scientific research provides solutions to problems and impacts our daily lives, local communities, and national policies. Join us this fall as members of the UW-Whitewater faculty share their research interests and learn how the findings make a difference in our society. 

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    What Makes the Northern Cardinal Such a Winner?
    Susan DeVries
    Assistant Professor
    Biological Sciences
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    A Jamaican Student Teaching Experience
    Amy Stevens
    Professor and Chair Special Education
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    Chemistry in the Kitchen
    Kim Kostka Professor
    Chemistry

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    Monitoring Shoreline Erosion and Slope Stability Along Lake Michigan
    Juk Bhattacharyya
    Professor
    Geology, Geo & Environl Science
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    Inventions, Innovations and Publications
    Ozgur Yavuzcetin
    Associate Professor
    Physics
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    Biophysics: Where Magnets and Neurons Collide
    Martin Tchernookov
    Assistant Professor
    Physics
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    Citizen Science: A Tool for Bird Conservation
    Tom Klubertanz
    Professor
    Biology
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    Climate Change & Changing Seasons in WI and the Great Lakes Region
    John Frye
    Associate Professor
    Geology, Geo & Environ Science
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    Why the COVID-19 Vaccine was Created in Less Than Six Months
    John Ejnik
    Associate Professor and Chair
    Chemistry
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No Passport Needed: From the U.S. to the World, Yesterday and Today

Traveling came to an abrupt halt in 2020, but virtual journeys through time and across the world can take place through the experiences of others. Join us as we visit Louis XIV’s France; travel with students and faculty to Asia, the Caribbean and Latin America; and examine the impact of (and by) those who immigrate to the U.S.  Stay safe at home this spring, while exploring our world through the experiences of our fellow global citizens.

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    Patagonia: Building Resilience through Nature-Based Tourism
    Andrea Ednie
    Kinesiology

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    Exiled Child: Territory, Community, and Politics in Louis XIV’s France
    James Coons
    History

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    COVID-19 and my Semester at Sea Experience:  Or “Why I am in love with cities I have never seen.
    Sue Wildermuth
    Communication

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    A Heartland Visa to Revive and Internationalize the Midwest
    Jonathan Burkham
    Geography and Environmental Studies

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    The Sights and Peculiarities of Thailand
    Carol Scovotti
    Marketing

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    Displacement, Nostalgia, and Hmong Homeland Politics: Hidden Legacies of America's Secret War in Laos
    Nengher Vang, History

Election 2020: Candidates, Campaigns, and Crises

The 2020 election season will be like no other in U.S. history. An unconventional incumbent president, an international pandemic, and social and economic unrest will be on voters’ minds this fall. How will these people and events shape campaign messages? What can we learn from past elections in trying times? What will the results mean for 2021 and beyond? Join us this fall as we take a deep dive into Election 2020.

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    Fiscal and Monetary Policy Responses to Covid-19 and its Implication on Presidential Elections
    Narendra Regmi
    Economics

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    Presidential Transitions: Understanding the Period between Campaigning and Governing
    Louis Fucilla
    Political Science

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    Election Results: Winners, Losers, and What Happens Next
    Jolly Emrey, Susan Johnson, and Eric Loepp
    Political Science

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    One Week Left: The Final Days of the 2020 Campaign and What to Look for on Election Night
    Eric Loepp
    Political Science

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    Natural Disasters, Man-made Calamities & the Economy: Making or Breaking the Incumbent President in an Election
    Krastina Dzhambova, Economics

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    Who Owns the Central Bank? Monetary Policy, Government and Elections
    Eylem Ersal
    Economics

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    Presidential Elections in Times of Crises
    Richard Haven
    Communication

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    COVID on the Campaign Trail: The Role of COVID-19 in 2020 U.S. Presidential Campaign Communication
    Corey Davis, Communication

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    A Recap of the 2020 Presidential Nomination Process
    Susan Johnson, Assistant Dean
    Political Science

Past Lecture Series

View our lectures over the last decade.

Fairhaven

Is Social Media a Positive or Negative Influence on Society?
David Beyea
Communication

Fairhaven

Superheroines in 21st Century Movies
Donald Jellerson
Languages and Literatures

Fairhaven

The Election of Barack Obama
Susan Johnson, Assistant Dean
Political Science

Fairhaven

A Stormy Start to the 21st Century
John Frye
Geology, Geography & Environmental Science

Fairhaven

Independence Movements in the 21st Century: Scots, Kurds, Catalans and Beyond
Larry Anderson
Political Science

Fairhaven

Unveiling Facts About Islam: Common Misconceptions, Western Media Representations and Stereotypes
Amal Ibrahim
Communication

Fairhaven

WWII and the Creation of the Modern Middle East

Molly Patterson
History

Fairhaven

Understanding the Soviet Experience in World War II

Elizabeth Hachten
Assistant Dean

Fairhaven

American Politics in the Shadow of World War II: Re-examining the Presidential Elections of 1940 and 1944
Louis Fucilla
Political Science

Fairhaven

The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb, Part 1


David McKay
History

Fairhaven

The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb, Part 2


Louis Fucilla
Political Science

Fairhaven

The Arsenal of Democracy: The WWII Speeches of Franklin Roosevelt


Richard Haven
Communication

Fairhaven

Hidden Pasts and Desires: Gay and Lesbian Lives During WWII
Ashley Barnes-Gilbert
Women's and Gender Studies

Fairhaven

Forgotten Wisconsin Authors and the Need to Revive Them
John Pruitt
English

Fairhaven

Two Years That Changed the Milky Way Galaxy: 1951 and 2018
Robert Benjamin
Physics

Fairhaven

Native American Spirituality and Practice
Michael Gueno
Philosophy and Religious Studies

Fairhaven

Manifest Ignorance: Manifest Destiny and Popular Culture in the U.S.
Rossitza Ivanova
Languages & Literatures

Fairhaven

Marxism, Masaryk, and King Alexander’s Monkey: Rebuilding Eastern and Central Europe, 1917-1923
Karl Brown, History

Fairhaven

The Great War and the Making of Arab Nationalism
Hala Ghoneim
Languages & Literatures

Fairhaven

How Long Must Women Wait for Liberty
Ashley Barnes-Gilbert, Women's and Gender Studies

Fairhaven

Have We Learned the Lessons of the War to End All Wars?
Jonah Ralston
Political Science

Fairhaven

"No One Wants to Go to War”: African Participation in World War I
Adam Paddock
History

Fairhaven

To Do and Die: World War I Poetry and the End of Victorian Progress
John McGuigan
Languages & Literatures

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From Shell Shock to Spanish Flu: Impacts of the Great War on Health and Medicine
Elizabeth Hachten, Letters & Sciences

Fairhaven

Woodrow Wilson’s Reluctant March to War in Europe
Louis Fucilla
Political Science

Fairhaven

Back to the Future: The Great War, Nationalism, Imperialism, and the Failure of Internationalism
F. Peter Wagner, Political Science

Fairhaven

The Third Space of Teacher Education for Future Elementary Teachers
Matt Vick
Curriculum & Instruction

Fairhaven

Socially Responsible Business & Making a Difference in Women Artisans’ Lives
Paul Ambrose, Business & Economics

Fairhaven

Where Is the Fort in Fort Atkinson? Engaging the Community Through Archaeology
Paul Reckner, Archaeologist
Pete Killoran, Sociology, Criminology & Anthropology

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Testing the Waters: Real-Time Mapping of the Water Quality on the Rock River

Eric Compas, Geography, Geology & Environmental Science

Fairhaven

All the World’s a Stage But There’s Only One Carnegie Hall


Glenn Hayes
Music

Fairhaven

The Wisdom of Ancient Trees



R. Bruce Allison
WisconsinHistorical Society

Fairhaven

Household Names: Case Studies of Strong, Enduring Brands
Rob Boostrom
Marketing

Fairhaven

Public Speaking: An American Political Tradition
Dick Haven
Communication

Fairhaven

Holding Tight and Letting Go Among the Amish and Mennonites
Evie Yoder Miller
Languages & Literatures

Fairhaven

Why Are Catholic Priests Still Celibate? The Medieval Priesthood as a Modern Institution
Jennifer Thibodeaux
History

Fairhaven

The Timelessness of Spring Training and the Minor Leagues

Ryan Callahan
Continuing Education Services

Fairhaven

Representing Shakespeare’s Kate (from Taming of the Shrew) on Stage and Screen
Donald Jellerson, Languages & Literatures

Fairhaven

The Women and Girls of Eagleswood School: Abolitionism, Utopianism, and Educational Experimentation

Anne Durst, Educational Foundations

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Harriet Beecher Stowe and Uncle Tom’s Cabin: A “Moral Battle Cry of Freedom”

Beth Lueck, Languages & Literatures

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Establishing the Link Between Pollution and Heath: Women Scientists Who Led the Way
Elisabeth Harrahy, Biological Sciences

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With Malice Toward None: Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
Richard Haven
Communication

Fairhaven

Reinventing America: Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Richard Haven
Communication

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