Lecture Series Video Library
Video lectures can be accessed for free any time by clicking the links below. Select videos are also available on our YouTube channel.
From Quakers to Warhawks: The History of Intercollegiate Athletics at UW-Whitewater
Angela Kelm, Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Information and Tom Fick, Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Information (Retired)
March 9, 2026
Past Plays, Present Lights: How Design Shapes Our Experience of Theatre
Matthew Imhoff, Assistant Professor, Theatre and Dance
March 30, 2026
Chasing Storms: Documenting the Extreme Weather Travel Study Course
John Frye, Associate Professor, Geography, Geology and Environmental Science, Sabrina Wolf, Environmental Science Major, and Peyton Walz, Journalism Major
April 6, 2026
A Royal History: The UW-Whitewater Student Newspaper
Keith Zukas, Professor, Journalism
April 13, 2026
Stories from the Front: Letters Home from Whitewater’s WWII Soldiers
Jennifer Motszko, Head of Archives and Library Associate Director
April 20, 2026
Then & Now: The Student Experience at Rock and Whitewater
Kristin Fillhouer, Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs
April 27, 2026
On Campus Housing Through the Decades: The Evolution from Dorms to Residence Halls
Terry Tumbarello, Executive Director, University Housing
May 4, 2026
Rooted in Tradition, Leading the Future: UW–Whitewater’s Journey in Teacher Education
Lana Collet-Klingenberg, Dean, College of Education and Professional Studies
September 15, 2025
Learning Leadership from Dogs: How Hounds, Toys, Terriers and Other Breeds Help Us Become Effective Leaders
Aditya Simha, Professor, Management
September 22, 2025
How are They Holding Up?: The Status of Great Books in a Chaotic (Western) World
Mark Zunac, Associate Professor, Literature, Writing and Film
September 29, 2025
Where the Music Comes From: The Vocal Music of Wisconsin Composer Lee Hoiby
Rachel Wood, Associate Professor, Music
October 6, 2025
Handing the Country to Your Opponents: A Look at the Transition of Power in the US Since 1788
David McKay, Senior Lecturer, History
October 13, 2025
The Enduring Fortitude of Disability Advocacy: Standing the Test of Time
Courtney Wilt, Assistant Professor, Special Education
Bella Zeit, Odin Ehrets, and Breanne Lessard, Student Researchers
October 20, 2025
Melodies & Mentorship: Lucy Baker’s Legacy at Whitewater Normal School
Jennifer Motszko, Head of Archives & Library Associate Director
November 3, 2025
The Winds of Change: Airborne Propaganda in WW2 and the Early Cold War, 1942-1956
Karl Brown, Associate Professor, History
November 24, 2025
“Movements are Born of Critical Connections Rather Than Critical Mass”: The Activism of Grace Lee Boggs
Ashley Barnes-Gilbert, Assistant Professor, Women’s and Gender Studies
February 17, 2025
The State of Women Representation in Business: Challenges, Equity, and Pathways to Progress
.Rashiqa Kamal, Professor, Finance
February 24, 2025
Edna Ferber: Middlebrow Author, Copyright Pioneer
Erica Moulton, Assistant Professor, Literature, Writing & Film
March 17, 2025
Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?
Ashley Dimmig, Director, Crossman Gallery
March 24, 2025
Women and the American Philanthropic Tradition
Ruth Hansen, Associate Professor, Management
March 31, 2025
Revolution, Rights, and Women’s Activism: Olympe de Gouge
Kimberly Nath, Associate Professor and Chair, History
April 7, 2025
Landscape of College Athletics and Women in Sport
Keri Carollo, Head Coach, Warhawk Women’s Basketball
April 14, 2025
A Look at Key 2024 Congressional Elections
Susan Johnson, associate professor, Politics, Government, and Law
September 23, 2024
The Founding Fathers Did Not Trust You: A Look at the Electoral College
David McKay, senior lecturer, History
September 30, 2024
Presidential Influence on the Supreme Court of the United States: The Trump Effect
Jolly Emrey, associate professor, Politics, Government, and Law
October 7, 2024
The Politics of News
Keith Zukas, associate professor, Communication
October 14, 2024
The Difference a Map Can Make
Jonah Ralston, associate professor, Politics, Government, and Law
October 21, 2024
The Promise and Potential of the 2024 Presidential Election
Eric Loepp, associate professor, Politics, Government, and Law
October 28, 2024
Attacks, Acclaims, and Defenses in the Historic 2024 U.S. Presidential Debates
Corey Davis, professor, Communication
November 4, 2024
Recap of the 2024 Election Results
Faculty Panel from the Department of Politics, Government, and Law
November 11, 2024
Connections Between Art-making, Research and Education
Verónica Soria Martínez
Assistant Professor
Curriculum and Instruction
February 5, 2024
Tragicomedy in the 20th Century
Michael Y. Bennett
Associate Professor
Literature, Writing and Film
February 12, 2024
Chimes at Midnight: Shakespearean Adaptations and the Late Career of Orson Welles
Erica Moulton
Assistant Professor
Literature, Writing, and Film
February 26, 2024
Kaftans, Carpets, and the Kaaba: Textiles in the Islamic World
Ashley Dimmig
Director
Crossman Gallery
March 4, 2024
D.H. Lawrence and the Question of American Literature
Jonathan Ivry
Associate Professor and Chair
Literature, Writing, and Film
March 11, 2024
The Handmaiden Historical Context of the Japanese Occupation of Korea
Donald Jellerson
Associate Professor
Literature, Writing, and Film
March 18, 2024
Manufacturing “Talent”: How I Teach the Art of Performing
Benjamin Whitcomb
Professor
Music
April 8, 2024
Nice Poets. Rude Poets: Satire and Obscenity in Arabic Political Poetry
Asmahan Sallah
Associate professor
Literature, Writing, and Film
April 22, 2024
Is the Golden-Age of the Broadway Musical Still Golden?
Bruce Cohen
Associate Professor
Theatre & Dance
April 29, 2024
From Institutionalization to the College Classroom: Opening Doors for Young Adults with Significant Disabilities
James Collins, Associate Professor
Special Education
September 11, 2023
Learning for the Ages
Jon Werner, Professor
Management
September 18, 2023
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
Barley, Barberry, and Biological Warfare: A Short History of Stem Rust, 4,000 BCE – Present
Karl Brown, Associate Professor
History
October 2, 2023
The Significance of Reefs in Earth’s Ancient History
Rex Hanger, Professor
Geology, Geography & Environmental Science
October 09, 2023
Celebrating 40 Years of the Fairhaven Lecture Series
October 16, 2023
The Agenda of Public Discourse
Brian Schanen, Lecturer
Communication
October 23, 2023
Previewing the 2024 Presidential Election
Susan Johnson, Associate Dean, College of Letters and Sciences
Associate Professor, Politics, Government and Law
October 30, 2023
The Road to Nationals: Performances of the UW-Whitewater Forensics Team
UW-Whitewater Forensics Team
November 6, 2023
Institutional Integrity and Legitimacy: Today’s Supreme Court
Jolly Emrey, Associate Professor, Politics, Government and Law
November 13, 2023
Talking to Doctors: Health Communication Tips to Improve Your Healthcare Experience
Jonathan Dellinger, Assistant Professor
Communication
February 27, 2023
Trophies of War: Ottoman Tents Won in the Siege of Vienna in 1683
Ashley Dimmig, Director
Crossman Gallery
February 20, 2023
Bilingual Education and School Privatization in Milwaukee
Andrew Hurie, Assistant Professor
Curriculum & Instruction
February 13, 2023
Exploring Special Education and Adult Outcomes of Students with Disabilities through an Intersectional Lens
Courtney Wilt, Assistant Professor
Special Education
February 6, 2023
Feminism, Race, and White Privilege
Olivia McLaughlin, Assistant Professor
Sociology, Criminology, and Anthropology
January 30, 2023
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
January 23, 2023
History Underwater: An Introduction to Maritime Archaeology
Michelle Damian, Assistant Professor
History
March 13, 2023
Disability Representation in Children's and Young Adult Literature
Lauren Zepp, Assistant Professor
Special Education
March 20, 2023
The Challenge of Ethical Technical Communication: Revisiting the Organizational and Communication Failures of the Challenger Explosion
Jessica Lauer, Assistant Professor
Languages & Literatures
March 6, 2023
Navigating Childhood Trauma
Gina Martin, Assistant Professor, Counselor Education
Thursday, March 9, 2023
The Art and History of Black Muslims in Early America
Ashley Dimmig, Director, Crossman Gallery
Thursday, March 16, 2023
A Path Towards Inclusion
Vanessa Perez, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Diversity, Engagement and Success
Thursday, March 30, 2023
The Lavinia Goodell Cases: Wisconsin’s First Female Lawyer and Her Fight for Justice
Jennifer Motszko, Head of Archives
Thursday, April 6, 2023
Who are the Supremes? A Discussion of the Lives of Supreme Court Justices
Monica Lineberger
Assistant Professor
Political Science
February 7, 2022
Educational Innovators: Profiles from the American Past
Anne Durst
Associate Professor
Educational Foundations
February 14, 2022
An Opportunity and a Burden: The Lives of Loyalist Women in Revolutionary Philadelphia
Kimberly Nath, Associate Professor
History
February 21, 2022
Forgetting and Remembering the "Spanish" Flu Pandemic
Karl Brown
Associate Professor
History
March 7, 2021
Flaco Jimenez and the Accordion: Global Intersections
Erin Bauer
Assistant Professor
Music
March 7, 2021
Profile of Wisconsin Mass Media History
Brian Schanen
Lecturer
Communication
March 21, 2022
The Poison Widow of Whitewater: Mystery, Mayhem, and Murder
Jennifer Motszko
Digital Scholarship &
Preservation Archivist
March 28, 2022
Life at the Intersections: The Labor, Activism, and Legacy of Pauli Murray
Ashley Barnes-Gilbert
Lecturer
Women's and Gender Studies
April 4th, 2022
Wendell Willkie and the We Want Willke Campaign
Dick Haven
Professor Emeritus
Communication
April 11, 2022
What Makes the Northern Cardinal Such a Winner?
Susan DeVries
Assistant Professor
Biology
November 29, 2021
A Jamaican Student Teaching Experience
Amy Stevens
Professor and Chair Special Education
November 15, 2021
Chemistry in the Kitchen
Kim Kostka Professor
Chemistry
November 22, 2021
Monitoring Shoreline Erosion and Slope Stability Along Lake Michigan
Juk Bhattacharyya
Professor
Geology, Geo & Environ Science
September 20, 2021
Inventions, Innovations and Publications
Ozgur Yavuzcetin
Associate Professor
Physics
October 4, 2021
Biophysics: Where Magnets and Neurons Collide
Martin Tchernookov
Assistant Professor
Physics
October 25, 2021
Citizen Science: A Tool for Bird Conservation
Tom Klubertanz
Professor
Biology
October 18, 2021
Climate Change & Changing Seasons in WI and the Great Lakes Region
John Frye
Associate Professor
Geology, Geo & Environ Science
November 1, 2021
Why the COVID-19 Vaccine was Created in Less Than Six Months
John Ejnik
Associate Professor and Chair
Chemistry
November 8, 2021
Patagonia: Building Resilience through Nature-Based Tourism
Andrea Ednie
Kinesiology
February 8, 2021
Exiled Child: Territory, Community, and Politics in Louis XIV’s France
James Coons
History
February 15, 2021
COVID-19 and my Semester at Sea Experience: Or “Why I am in love with cities I have never seen.
Sue Wildermuth
Communication
February 22, 2021
A Heartland Visa to Revive and Internationalize the Midwest
Jonathan Burkham
Geography and Environmental Studies
March 1, 2021
The Sights and Peculiarities of Thailand
Carol Scovotti
Marketing
March 15, 2021
Displacement, Nostalgia, and Hmong Homeland Politics: Hidden Legacies of America's Secret War in Laos
Nengher Vang, History
April 5, 2021
Fiscal and Monetary Policy Responses to Covid-19 and its Implication on Presidential Elections
Narendra Regmi
Economics
Presidential Transitions: Understanding the Period between Campaigning and Governing
Louis Fucilla
Political Science
Election Results: Winners, Losers, and What Happens Next
Jolly Emrey, Susan Johnson, and Eric Loepp
Political Science
One Week Left: The Final Days of the 2020 Campaign and What to Look for on Election Night
Eric Loepp
Political Science
Natural Disasters, Man-made Calamities & the Economy: Making or Breaking the Incumbent President in an Election
Krastina Dzhambova, Economics
Who Owns the Central Bank? Monetary Policy, Government and Elections
Eylem Ersal
Economics
Presidential Elections in Times of Crises
Richard Haven
Communication
COVID on the Campaign Trail: The Role of COVID-19 in 2020 U.S. Presidential Campaign Communication
Corey Davis, Communication
A Recap of the 2020 Presidential Nomination Process
Susan Johnson, Assistant Dean
Political Science
View our lectures over the last decade.
Is Social Media a Positive or Negative Influence on Society?
David Beyea
Communication
Superheroines in 21st Century Movies
Donald Jellerson
Languages and Literatures
The Election of Barack Obama
Susan Johnson, Assistant Dean
Political Science
A Stormy Start to the 21st Century
John Frye
Geology, Geography & Environmental Science
Independence Movements in the 21st Century: Scots, Kurds, Catalans and Beyond
Larry Anderson
Political Science
Unveiling Facts About Islam: Common Misconceptions, Western Media Representations and Stereotypes
Amal Ibrahim
Communication
WWII and the Creation of the Modern Middle East
Molly Patterson
History
Understanding the Soviet Experience in World War II
Elizabeth Hachten
Assistant Dean
American Politics in the Shadow of World War II: Re-examining the Presidential Elections of 1940 and 1944
Louis Fucilla
Political Science
The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb, Part 1
David McKay
History
The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb, Part 2
Louis Fucilla
Political Science
The Arsenal of Democracy: The WWII Speeches of Franklin Roosevelt
Richard Haven
Communication
Hidden Pasts and Desires: Gay and Lesbian Lives During WWII
Ashley Barnes-Gilbert
Women's and Gender Studies
Forgotten Wisconsin Authors and the Need to Revive Them
John Pruitt
English
Two Years That Changed the Milky Way Galaxy: 1951 and 2018
Robert Benjamin
Physics
Native American Spirituality and Practice
Michael Gueno
Philosophy and Religious Studies
Manifest Ignorance: Manifest Destiny and Popular Culture in the U.S.
Rossitza Ivanova
Languages & Literatures
Marxism, Masaryk, and King Alexander’s Monkey: Rebuilding Eastern and Central Europe, 1917-1923
Karl Brown, History
The Great War and the Making of Arab Nationalism
Hala Ghoneim
Languages & Literatures
How Long Must Women Wait for Liberty
Ashley Barnes-Gilbert, Women's and Gender Studies
Have We Learned the Lessons of the War to End All Wars?
Jonah Ralston
Political Science
"No One Wants to Go to War”: African Participation in World War I
Adam Paddock
History
To Do and Die: World War I Poetry and the End of Victorian Progress
John McGuigan
Languages & Literatures
From Shell Shock to Spanish Flu: Impacts of the Great War on Health and Medicine
Elizabeth Hachten, Letters & Sciences
Woodrow Wilson’s Reluctant March to War in Europe
Louis Fucilla
Political Science
Back to the Future: The Great War, Nationalism, Imperialism, and the Failure of Internationalism
F. Peter Wagner, Political Science
The Third Space of Teacher Education for Future Elementary Teachers
Matt Vick
Curriculum & Instruction
Socially Responsible Business & Making a Difference in Women Artisans’ Lives
Paul Ambrose, Business & Economics
Where Is the Fort in Fort Atkinson? Engaging the Community Through Archaeology
Paul Reckner, Archaeologist
Pete Killoran, Sociology, Criminology & Anthropology
Testing the Waters: Real-Time Mapping of the Water Quality on the Rock River
Eric Compas, Geography, Geology & Environmental Science
All the World’s a Stage But There’s Only One Carnegie Hall
Glenn Hayes
Music
The Wisdom of Ancient Trees
R. Bruce Allison
WisconsinHistorical Society
Household Names: Case Studies of Strong, Enduring Brands
Rob Boostrom
Marketing
Public Speaking: An American Political Tradition
Dick Haven
Communication
Holding Tight and Letting Go Among the Amish and Mennonites
Evie Yoder Miller
Languages & Literatures
Why Are Catholic Priests Still Celibate? The Medieval Priesthood as a Modern Institution
Jennifer Thibodeaux
History
The Timelessness of Spring Training and the Minor Leagues
Ryan Callahan
Continuing Education Services
Representing Shakespeare’s Kate (from Taming of the Shrew) on Stage and Screen
Donald Jellerson, Languages & Literatures
The Women and Girls of Eagleswood School: Abolitionism, Utopianism, and Educational Experimentation
Anne Durst, Educational Foundations
Harriet Beecher Stowe and Uncle Tom’s Cabin: A “Moral Battle Cry of Freedom”
Beth Lueck, Languages & Literatures
Establishing the Link Between Pollution and Heath: Women Scientists Who Led the Way
Elisabeth Harrahy, Biology
With Malice Toward None: Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
Richard Haven
Communication
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