Academic Affairs

Provost Lecture Series - Gerri Chanel

Miguel Bernard — 2013-02-26T20:55:00Z

Professor Chanel will discuss her research into the tax and accounting issues that led to revolution and a new French tax system and how some of these same issues affect the current dialogue about changing our own tax code.
There is a common misperception that the French Resolution was triggered in part by high taxation of the peasants. However, all levels of French society detested the tax system.
Their anger was less about tax rates than it was about unfairness and lack of transparency, plus greed, corruption and incompetence throughout the country’s fiscal structure ... and taxation of some very strange items.

Provost Lecture Series - Shereen Inayatulla

Miguel Bernard — 2013-02-26T20:50:00Z

The Crisis and Craft of Literacy

This lecture examines a body of texts known as "literacy narratives," which are autobiographical stories that describe one’s process of acquiring literacy.

Literacy narratives by “minority” writers are frequently assigned in English Composition courses as a way to promote diverse and inclusive curricula, challenging students to reflect on their own acquisition of academic English.

This research explores the ways in which literacy narrative assignments are effective while also revealing how they can, in fact, uphold the tools of writing they mean to challenge or critique.

Provost Lecture Series - Dr. Margareth Lafontant

Miguel Bernard — 2013-01-29T18:10:00Z

Pride and shame are two very powerful emotions that can propel or totally immobilize children as they seek to learn, adapt, and constructively act upon their environments. Can our tendencies to express these emotions be linked to how we first learned to function in our earliest relationships? Might these tendencies and relationships also have a bearing on how we react to success and failure in achievement contexts, such as in the preschool classroom and perhaps even in the college classroom?

These are some of the questions addressed by Dr. Lafontant’s empirical study on self-evaluative emotions and attachment security in very young children.

Provost Lecture Series - Ratan Dhar

Miguel Bernard — 2012-06-21T16:30:00Z

This lecture will present the detailed results of an investigation of arsenic in an area of Bangladesh. The results provide a unique opportunity to better understand the bio-geochemical cycle of arsenic in the ecosystem. It will also discuss critical aspects of decision-making in risk assessment and remediation strategies.

Provost Lecture Series - Cynthia Haller

Miguel Bernard — 2012-06-21T16:25:00Z

Industrialized agriculture has become a favored scapegoat of both environmentalists and food system critics, accused variously of depleting and polluting natural resources; perpetuating environmental injustice; and contributing to obesity, foodborne illness, and food security problems. Through case analysis of the website “My American Farm,” this presentation analyzes how U.S. farm organizations are responding to change public awareness of and attitudes toward food production.

Dr. Cynthia Haller Department of English School or Arts & Sciences

Provost Lecture Series - Elizabeth Alter

Miguel Bernard — 2012-06-21T16:00:00Z

The lower Congo River in Africa is home to rich freshwater biodiversity, including extraordinarily high numbers of native fish species. Many of these species are highly adapted to life in the rapids. What evolutionary mechanisms have led to the Congo’s notable fish diversity?

To answer this question, York researcher Dr. Elizabeth Alter has teamed up with ichthyologists from the American Museum of Natural History to study the genetic patterns of fish speciation in this unusual environment.

Provost Lecture Series - Rebecca Rivera-Maestre

Miguel Bernard — 2011-06-20T15:45:00Z

This lecture will present salient findings from a narrative study conducted to address urban young women’s experiences of relational aggression and violence in their social and peer relationships with other young women.

Drawing on data from in-depth individual interviews with African-American and Latina young women in New York City, this lecture will accentuate the socio-cultural context of girl fighting, and the relational paradox of fighting for friendship, justice, and respect among young women living in urban neighborhoods.

Provost Lecture Series - Kevin Lynch

Miguel Bernard — 2011-06-20T15:45:00Z

Kevin Lynch, Assistant Professor, Earth and Physical Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences "The Muon Diaries: One Particle's View of the Coming Revolution in Physics"

Provost Lecture Series - Daniel Phelps

Miguel Bernard — 2011-06-20T15:40:00Z

The Domino Effect is a feature length documentary film that explores the process of real estate development in New York City. The redevelopment of the 129 year-old Domino Sugar Factory in Williamsburg serves as the film’s case study for examining the complex politics of urban development in the 21st century. Told through the voices of longtime residents, the film conveys the personal impact of gentrification while also shedding light on issues encountered by residents of cities all across the country.

Star Formation From One End Of The Spectrum To The Other