Dr. David Eagleman, neuroscientist and authorTuesday, September 27, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Edson Auditorium, Student Center
Guggenheim Fellow David Eagleman, a neuroscientist and a New York Times bestselling author, will give the first fall convocation at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 27, 2011, in Edson Auditorium in the Student Center.
Eagleman directs the Laboratory for Perception and Action and the Initiative on Neuroscience and Law at Baylor College of Medicine. He has authored, SUM, an international bestselling work of fiction, Why the Net Matters, and Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain.
Says Eagleman, “I’m a neuroscientist during the day and a fiction writer at night.”
In addition to his evening presentation, Eagleman will visit two classrooms on Wednesday, September 28: Professor of Psychology Jeff Ratliff-Crain’s biopsychology class and Associate Professor of Biology Paul Myers’ neurobiology class.
Dr. Michael Kimmel sociologist and author Thursday, October 27, 2011 7:30 p.m.
Edson Auditorium, Student Center
“Mars, Venus, or Planet Earth? Women & Men in a New Millenium”
We’re often told that men and women are so different we might as well come from different planets. Michael Kimmel strips away those myths and suggests that women and men aren’t so different after all. Surveying the landscape of current controversies about gender, he shows how men and women are transforming our campus and our culture – and why gender equality is a actually a good thing for men!
About Michael Kimmel
Michael Kimmel, professor of sociology at State University of New York, Stony Brook, and a leading researcher on men and masculinity, will give the second convocation of the fall semester at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 27, 2011, in Edson Auditorium in the Student Center.
Kimmel has authored Changing Men: New Directions in Research on Men and Masculinity, Men Confront Pornography, The Politics of Manhood, The Gender of Desire, and The History of Men, Manhood in America: A Cultural History. His documentary history, Against the Tide: Pro-Feminist Men in the United States, 1776–1990, chronicled men who supported women’s equality since the founding of the country. Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men, a best seller, investigates the lives of more than 400 young men, ages 16–26.
In addition to his evening presentation, Kimmel will visit Associate Professor of Sociology Jennifer Rothchild’s Sociology of Gender class on Thursday, October 27.
