Overview
Professor John Gastil (Communication) will work with University District Senior Center to convene a lecture series on "Politics, Poverty, and Diversity" at three Seattle senior centers during the fall of 2007. This series is designed to address issues of interest to Seattle area seniors through accessible scholarly presentations from UW faculty and graduate students.
Schedule
David Domke (Communication)
"Media and the Modern Political Campaign"
Thursday, September 20, 1 pm
University District Senior Center
Erasmo Gamboa (American Ethnic Studies and History)
"The Reality of Illegal Immigration from Mexico"
Thursday, September 27, 1 pm
University District Senior Center
Dan Laster (Law)
"Privacy, Citizenship, and the USA Patriot Act"
Thursday, October 4, 1 pm
University District Senior Center
David Allen (Women Studies and Psychosocial & Community Health)
"Gender, Color, and Privilege"
Thursday, October 11, 1 pm
University District Senior Center
Rachel Garshick Kleit (Public Affairs)
"The State of Low Income Housing"
Thursday, October 18, 1 pm
Greenwood Senior Center
Fahed Al-Sumait (Communication)
"Muslims in America"
Thursday, October 25, 1 pm
Greenwood Senior Center
Josephine Ensign (Psychosocial & Community Health)
"Homeless Youth in American Society"
Thursday, November 1, 1 pm
Wallingford Community Senior Center
Kim England (Geography)
"Welfare in America, Then and Now"
Thursday, November 8, 1 pm
Wallingford Community Senior Center
Undergraduate Courses