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.
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.
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, 2023
The Significance of Reefs in Earth’s Ancient History
Rex Hanger, Professor
Geology, Geography & Environmental Science
October 9, 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
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
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Bilingual Education and School Privatization in Milwaukee
Andrew Hurie, Assistant Professor
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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
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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
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History Underwater: An Introduction to Maritime Archaeology
Michelle Damian, Assistant Professor
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Disability Representation in Children's and Young Adult Literature
Lauren Zepp, Assistant Professor
Special Education
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
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Exiled Child: Territory, Community, and Politics in Louis XIV’s France
James Coons
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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
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A Heartland Visa to Revive and Internationalize the Midwest
Jonathan Burkham
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The Sights and Peculiarities of Thailand
Carol Scovotti
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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
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Presidential Transitions: Understanding the Period between Campaigning and Governing
Louis Fucilla
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Election Results: Winners, Losers, and What Happens Next
Jolly Emrey, Susan Johnson, and Eric Loepp
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One Week Left: The Final Days of the 2020 Campaign and What to Look for on Election Night
Eric Loepp
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Natural Disasters, Man-made Calamities & the Economy: Making or Breaking the Incumbent President in an Election
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Who Owns the Central Bank? Monetary Policy, Government and Elections
Eylem Ersal
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Presidential Elections in Times of Crises
Richard Haven
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COVID on the Campaign Trail: The Role of COVID-19 in 2020 U.S. Presidential Campaign 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.
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, Biological Sciences
With Malice Toward None: Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
Richard Haven
Communication
Reinventing America: Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Richard Haven
Communication
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