December 2011

Creating a Humanities Advocacy Media Plan Date TBD (South Hall 2509) -- [Please fill out the Doodle Poll to help determine the date] This meeting will consist of two parts: 1. Discussion of principles for an overall media strategy First we will add to the foundation of core values,...

Framing/Strategies for Action (Monday, Dec 12, 1-3 pm) Moderator: Linda Adler-Kassner (Professor and Director, Writing Program) Our next meeting will involve us in thinking about our core values, the frames that surround those, and how we might develop action plans from those values and frames to speak to...

Daraka Larimore-Hall (Sociology, UCSB) December 2 / 1:00 PM 4041 HSSB Larimore-Hall is the former president of UAW Local 2865, the UC union of TAs, readers, and tutors, and he is currently chair of the Santa Barbara Democratic Party. Sponsored by the Center for the Study of...

Laura Sterponi (UC Berkeley, Graduate School of Education) Friday, December 2 / 1:30-3:30 PM Education 1205 In its close association with other perseverative behaviors, echolalia is one of the defining features of autism spectrum disorders. It has traditionally been conceived of as an automatic, pre-reflexive behavior that bears...