Graduate Idea Forum Study Group

2005-06

Dean's Certificate in Pedagogy

All meetings will be at the Graduate School of Social Work, Kingsbury Room/110, unless otherwise noted.

Please contact Corey Shdaimah or Cheryl Selah to be added to our Blackboard site in order to access articles and book excerpts or if childcare is needed for any of the meetings.

Friday, September 9, 9-11am
Carl Zimmer: "Soul Made Flesh: The Discovery of the Brain-- and How it Changed the World."

Friday, September 30, 9-11am
Anthony Appiah. "Ethics of Identity," first chapter.

Friday, October 21, 9-11am
Anthony Appiah. "Ethics of Identity," full text.

Friday, November 18, 9-11am
Gary Klein. "Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions."

Thursday, December 22, 9-11am (RESCHEDULED from Friday, December 9, 9-11am due to snow)
Kay Redfield Jamison. "Exuberance: The Passion for Life."

Friday, January 13, 9-11am
Gary Klein. "Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions."

Friday, February 24, 9-11am
Dana Becker (GSSWSR). "The Myth Of Empowerment: Women And The Therapeutic Culture In America"

Friday, March 24, 9-11am
Pema Chodron. "When Things Fall Apart : Heart Advice for Difficult Times"

Friday, May 5, 9-11am
Works by Richard Rorty:
Analytic Philosophy and Transformative Philosophy
Redemption from Egotism
The Decline of Redemptive Truth and the Rise of a Literary Culture
A Pragmatist View of Contemporary Analytic Philosophy

Wednesday, July 5, 9-11am
Temple Grandin. "Thinking in Pictures"

Friday, August 25, 9-11am -- GSSWSR Room 111 (note room change)
Temple Grandin. "Thinking in Pictures", continued