American Democracy Project

Announcement    Tuesday, April 7, 2026
Please join Dr. Shaundra Walker this Wednesday, April 8, in the Pat Peterson Museum Education Room of Russell Library from 12 until 12:50 p.m. for a lively discussion on the library as a third place. Attendees will engage around the evolving role of libraries in society and learn about the many services and resources offered by Russell Library.The following articles may be referenced during the discussion: Where have all the third places gone?https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/business/third-place-meaning-starbucks.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Y1A.CZQL.JQtVgE0kOcBv&smid=url-sharehttps://ilovelibraries.org/article/the-library-as-a-business-model/.Times...
Event    Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Please join Dr. Shaundra Walker this Wednesday, April 8, in the Pat Peterson Museum Education Room of Russell Library from 12 until 12:50 p.m. for a lively discussion on the library as a third place. Attendees will engage around the evolving role of libraries in society and learn about the many services and resources offered by Russell Library.The following articles may be referenced during the discussion: Where have all the third places gone?https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/business/third-place-meaning-starbucks.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Y1A.CZQL.JQtVgE0kOcBv&smid=url-sharehttps://ilovelibraries.org/article/the-library-as-a-business-model/.Times...
Announcement    Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Please join us this Wednesday, April 1, in the Pat Peterson Museum Education Room of Russell Library from 12 until 12:50 p.m. for this week's Times Talk facilitated by Dr. Brian Newsome, dean of the Honors College and professor of History on "From Purpose to Trauma: Remembering World War I."  The discussion will focus on the evolution of understandings of World War I among wartime and postwar novelists (most of them veterans) — from ascribing some sort of purpose to the war (while...
Event    Wednesday, April 1, 2026
Please join us this Wednesday, April 1, in the Pat Peterson Museum Education Room of Russell Library from 12 until 12:50 p.m. for this week's Times Talk facilitated by Dr. Brian Newsome, dean of the Honors College and professor of History on "From Purpose to Trauma: Remembering World War I."  The discussion will focus on the evolution of understandings of World War I among wartime and postwar novelists (most of them veterans) — from ascribing some sort of purpose to the war (while...
Announcement    Monday, March 23, 2026
Please join us Wednesday, March 25, in the Pat Peterson Museum Education Room of Russell Library from 12 until 12:50 p.m. for this week's Times Talk facilitated by Dr. Veronica Womack , professor of Political Science and executive director of The Rural Studies Institute at Georgia College & State University on "The Significance of Place: Rural Communities in the Age of Data"The following articles may be referenced during the discussion: The backlash over data centers https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/podcasts/the-daily/ai-data-centers-backlash.html?unlocked_article_code=1.R1A._dBR.piwe9ZvTjvR1&smid=url-shareTrump...
Event    Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Please join us Wednesday, March 25, in the Pat Peterson Museum Education Room of Russell Library from 12 until 12:50 p.m. for this week's Times Talk facilitated by Dr. Veronica Womack , professor of Political Science and executive director of The Rural Studies Institute at Georgia College & State University on "The Significance of Place: Rural Communities in the Age of Data"The following articles may be referenced during the discussion: The backlash over data centers https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/podcasts/the-daily/ai-data-centers-backlash.html?unlocked_article_code=1.R1A._dBR.piwe9ZvTjvR1&smid=url-shareTrump...
Announcement    Monday, March 9, 2026
Please join us Wednesday, March 11, in the Pat Peterson Museum Education Room of Russell Library from 12 to 12:50 p.m. for this week's Times Talk facilitated by Dr. Robin O. Harris, professor emeriti of sociology and official biographer of Julia Flisch on "Why do you think you are here? The founding of GCSU."Times Talk at Georgia College is celebrating 20 continuous years as the first in the nation college weekly facilitated campus-wide conversation series on current and significant...
Event    Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Please join us Wednesday, March 11, in the Pat Peterson Museum Education Room of Russell Library from 12 to 12:50 p.m. for this week's Times Talk facilitated by Dr. Robin O. Harris, professor emeriti of sociology and official biographer of Julia Flisch on "Why do you think you are here? The founding of GCSU."Times Talk at Georgia College is celebrating 20 continuous years as the first in the nation college weekly facilitated campus-wide conversation series on current and significant...
Announcement    Tuesday, March 3, 2026
Times Talk is canceled this Wednesday, March 4. But save the date for the next Times Talk on Wednesday, March 11 from 12-12:50 p.m. in the Pat Peterson Museum Education Room in Russell Library.
Announcement    Monday, February 23, 2026
Please join us this Wednesday, Feb. 25, in the Pat Peterson Museum Education Room of Russell Library from 12 until 12:50 p.m. for this week's Times Talk facilitated by Dr. Melanie DeVore, professor of Environmental Science on " Why we need citizen science." The following article may be referenced during the discussion: How can bottom-up citizen science restore public trust in environmental governance and sciences? Recommendations from three case studies - ScienceDirect.Times Talk at...