American Democracy Project

Announcement    Monday, March 10, 2025
Please join us this Wednesday, March 12, in Russell Library, room 241 from 12 until 12:50 p.m. for this week's Times Talk facilitated by Dept. of Communication Instructor and Director of Public Affairs Amanda Respess on "Modern Misogyny and the Trajectory of Women's Rights." In 2025, women outnumber men at American colleges and in the college-educated work force. And more Gen Z women say they are feminists than any other generation. Yet we are in a period of backlash against women’s...
Event    Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Please join us this Wednesday, March 12, in Russell Library, room 241 from 12 until 12:50 p.m. for this week's Times Talk facilitated by Dept. of Communication Instructor and Director of Public Affairs Amanda Respess on "Modern Misogyny and the Trajectory of Women's Rights." In 2025, women outnumber men at American colleges and in the college-educated work force. And more Gen Z women say they are feminists than any other generation. Yet we are in a period of backlash against women’s...
Announcement    Monday, March 3, 2025
Please join us this Wednesday, March 5, in Russell Library, room 241, from 12 until 12:50 p.m. for this week's Times Talk facilitated by Georgia College & State University Public Health Lecturer Helen DuPree and sophomore history and philosophy major Chloe Melton on "Rethinking BMI (Body Mass Index): History, Health and the Future of Weight and Well-Being."The following article may be referred to during the discussion if you would like to read it ahead of time: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/health/bmi-obesity-definition.html.Times...
Event    Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Please join us this Wednesday, March 5, in Russell Library, room 241, from 12 until 12:50 p.m. for this week's Times Talk facilitated by Georgia College & State University Public Health Lecturer Helen DuPree and sophomore history and philosophy major Chloe Melton on "Rethinking BMI (Body Mass Index): History, Health and the Future of Weight and Well-Being."The following article may be referred to during the discussion if you would like to read it ahead of time: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/health/bmi-obesity-definition.html.Times...
Announcement    Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Please join us this  Wednesday, Feb. 26, in Russell Library room 241 from 12 to 12:50 pm for this week's Times Talk facilitated by sophomore MSCM major Amy Bishop and Associate Professor of Communication and Exec. Director of the School of Continuing and Professional Studies  Angela Criscoe on "Disconnect to Reconnect: The Power of Living Beyond Social Media."The following articles may be referred to during the discussion:Luddite teens don't want your likeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/15/style/teens-social-media.html?unlocked_article_code=1.x04.3W2K.HfleWn2fOOgG&smid=url-shareNow...
Event    Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Please join us this  Wednesday, Feb. 26, in Russell Library room 241 from 12 yo 12:50 pm for this week's Times Talk facilitated by sophomore MSCM major Amy Bishop and Associate Professor of Communication and Exec. Director of the School of Continuing and Professional Studies  Angela Criscoe on "Disconnect to Reconnect: The Power of Living Beyond Social Media."The following articles may be referred to during the discussion:Luddite teens don't want your likeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/15/style/teens-social-media.html?unlocked_article_code=1.x04.3W2K.HfleWn2fOOgG&smid=url-shareNow...
Announcement    Monday, February 17, 2025
Please join us Wednesday, Feb. 19, in Russell Library, room 241 from 12 until 12:50 p.m. for this week's Times Talk facilitated by Dr. Nathan Bedsole, assistant professor of Communication on "Do we encounter the sacred in the mundane and the everyday? Can we learn to?"The following article will be referred to during the discussion if you'd like to listen to it ahead of time:https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/24/opinion/david-brooks-journey-faith.html?smid=url-share.Next week's Times Talk...
Event    Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Please join us Wednesday, Feb. 19, in Russell Library, room 241 from 12 until 12:50 p.m. for this week's Times Talk facilitated by Dr. Nathan Bedsole, assistant professor of Communication on "Do we encounter the sacred in the mundane and the everyday? Can we learn to?"The following article will be referred to during the discussion if you'd like to listen to it ahead of time:https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/24/opinion/david-brooks-journey-faith.html?smid=url-share.Next week's Times Talk...
Announcement    Monday, February 10, 2025
Please join us Wednesday Feb. 12, in Russell Library, room 241 from 12 until 12:50 p.m. for this week's Times Talk facilitated by Dr. Stephanie McClure, professor of Sociology on  “Can we have hope in times of despair? Try thinking like a utopian.”The following article may be referred to during the discussion if you'd like to read it ahead of time; How to think like a Utopian: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/15/magazine/utopia.html?smid=url-share.Times Talk at Georgia College & State...
Event    Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Please join us Wednesday Feb. 12, in Russell Library, room 241 from 12 until 12:50 p.m. for this week's Times Talk facilitated by Dr. Stephanie McClure, professor of Sociology on  “Can we have hope in times of despair? Try thinking like a utopian.”The following article may be referred to during the discussion if you'd like to read it ahead of time; How to think like a Utopian: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/15/magazine/utopia.html?smid=url-share.Times Talk at Georgia College & State...