Tuesday November 10
Ryan Booth (New York University)
Population Changes and the Political Economy of Local Public Finance
News and Highlights
Spotlight Research
How the Mind Grasps Climate Change
Despite mounting scientific evidence, according to a recent poll, fewer than half of Americans believe that global warming is caused by human activity. ISERP’s Center for Research on Environmental Decisions (CRED) released a report on November 4th, 2009, titled The Psychology of Climate Change Communication, examining how the human mind processes information and reaches conclusions about whether or not action is necessary. The report focuses on climate change and investigates effective communication strategies for scientists, journalists, and educators so they can effectively present the facts about global warming.
Spotlight Research
"Coal Country" and the Climate Debate
ISERP Faculty Fellow Dana Fisher’s work on environmental politics was featured in the New York Times on November 2, 2009. Fisher weighs in on the political impact that US Senators from coal producing states will have on legislation placing a mandatory cap on greenhouse gasses.Spotlight Faculty Awards
NIH New Innovator Award
ISERP would like to congratulate Naa Oyo A. Kwate who was recognized with the prestigious 2009 NIH New Innovator Award for Exceptional Creativity and Promise, for her research on the negative effects of multiple levels of racism on African Americans' health. Kwate is an assistant professor of Sociomedical Science at the Mailman School of Public Health and a member of the RWJ Health & Society Scholars affiliated faculty. Her research stemmed from an H&SS funded grant awarded in Spring 2008.
Spotlight Research
Building a Healthcare Coverage Mandate
The Washington Post featured ISERP Faculty Fellow Sherry Glied’s research examining healthcare choice in article on October 26, 2009. The article, as part of the paper's ongoing series on healthcare reform, discussed the penalties and incentives being proposed to enforce a proposed healthcare mandate across the United States.
Spotlight Fellows in the News
US Soccer Team's World Cup Prospects
Sunil Gulati, in addition to being a Professor of Economics at Columbia and an ISERP Faculty Fellow, is best known to soccer fans the world over as the President of the United States Soccer Federation. On October 27th, 2009, he discussed the US team with the New York Times and their prospects for the upcoming World Cup that will be held in South Africa in 2010.
Spotlight News
The Future of Journalism
Michael Schudson, Program Director for ISERP’s Communications Colloquium seminar series and Professor of Journalism, was featured in the New York Times on October 18th, 2009, for his recommendations on the future of print journalism. The report, titled the "Reconstruction of American Journalism" was commissioned by the Dean of the Columbia Journalism School, Nicholas Lemann, and was written in conjunction with the former Executive Editor of the Washington Post, Leonard Downie Jr.. It outlines a new approach for the future of journalism in the United States.Spotlight Research
Do "manly men" get sick more often?
RWJ Health & Society Scholar, Kristen Springer was featured in the New York Times for her presentation at the August meeting of the American Sociological Association. Her work on connections between what Springer calls, the “John Wayne, Sylvester Stallone archetype of masculinity,“ and health indicates that macho men may actually get sick more often.Spolight Research
Tuesday November 10
Rachel Adams (English and Comparative Literature)
The Ethics of Choice, Revisited: A response to the 1983 Ms. Magazine article by Rayna Rapp
Lerner Hall (5th floor, Satow Room) 5:00 - 6:30pm
Tuesday November 10
Robert C. Orr (Executive Office of the Secretary-General)
the Secretary-General’s Agenda and the Challenges He Faces
Room 940, Jerome Greene Hall 6:00 - 8:00pm
Tuesday November 10
Charles Taylor (McGill University)
Can Human Action Be Explained?
Institute for Religion Culture and Public Life
Center for Democracy, Toleration, and Religion
Davis Auditorium, Shapiro Center 6:15 - 8:15pm
Thursday November 12
Olivier Godechot (CNRS / Ecole Normale Superieure)
Hold-up in Finance: The Condition for High Wages in the Financial Industry
New Pathways For the Social Sciences
Room 509, Knox Hall 12:00 - 2:00pm
Thursday November 12
David Holtgrave (Johns Hopkins)
Economic Evaluations of the Housing & Health Intervention Study
Center for Homelessness Prevention Studies
Columbia Medical Center, Room 6602 2:30 - 4:00pm
Thursday November 12
Angele Christin (Princeton University)
Omnivores versus snobs? Musical tastes in the United States and France
Culture in the Social Sciences
21 Claremont, Apt. 63 6:00 - 8:00pm
