Arts & Sciences Virtual Seminar Series

Stories of Love for the Great Plains: Scholarship, Meaning and Attachment — This discussion on "Stories of Love for the Great Plains: Scholarship, Meaning and Attachment" was moderated by LaReesa Wolfenbarger, Associate Dean of Natural Sciences and Research in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Panelists include:

• Thomas Bragg, Ph.D., Professor of Biology and Director of the Glacier Creek Preserve
• Christina Dando, Ph.D., Chair of Geography/Geology
• Harmon Maher, Ph.D., Professor of Geology
• John Price, Ph.D., Professor of English

Brains and Minds: What We Do (and Do Not) Know — This discussion was moderated by Melanie Bloom, associate dean of the humanities and undergraduate education in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Panelists include:

• Kristin Girten, Ph.D., Assistant Vice chancellor for Arts and Humanities, Office of Research and Creative Activity and Associate Professor of English
• Joseph McCaffrey, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Philosophy
• Ryan Wong, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology

• Marcia Adler, Ph.D., School of Health and Kinesiology and Medical Humanities Program
• Pedro Cantisano, Ph.D., Department of History
• Paul Denton, Ph.D., Department of Biology
• Kelly Rhea MacArthur, Ph.D., Department of Sociology and Anthropology
• Robert Steel, Ph.D., Department of Philosophy

The Art of Samuel Bak — This discussion was moderated by David Boocker, Dean of the UNO College of Arts and Sciences.
Panelists include:

• Samuel Bak, renowned artist and Holocaust survivor
• Mark Celinscak, Louis and Frances Blumkin Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies and executive director of UNO’s Sam and Frances Fried Holocaust and Genocide Academy
• Bernie Pucker, owner and director of the Pucker Gallery in Boston

Research and Teaching about Diversity in the College of Arts & Sciences — This discussion was moderated by David Boocker, Dean of the UNO College of Arts and Sciences.

Panelists include:

• Alecia Anderson, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, A&S Faculty Fellow for DEAI
• Angela Brown, Project & Design Manager for the Goldstein Center for Human Rights and Sam & Frances Fried Holocaust & Genocide Academy
• Cristián Doña, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Director of the Office of Latino and Latin American Studies
• Ramón Guerra, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English, A&S Faculty Fellow for DEAI
• Brady DeSanti, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Director of Native American Studies
• Gary Saul, Office Associate, Native American Studies
• Carey Ryan, Ph.D., Professor of Industrial/Organizational Psychology
• Laura Brooks Dueland, Doctoral Student in Industrial/Organizational Psychology

The Presidential Election — This discussion was moderated by David Boocker, Dean of the UNO College of Arts and Sciences.

Faculty panelists include:

• Dr. Randall Adkins, Political Science
• Mr. Preston Love Jr., Black Studies
• Dr. Danielle Battisti, History
• Dr. Jeff French, Psychology and Neuroscience