American Democracy Project

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...
Announcement    Monday, January 27, 2025
Please join us Wednesday, Jan. 29 in Russell Library room 241 from 12 until 12:50 p.m. for this week's Times Talk facilitated by Dr. Harold Mock, assistant professor of History and director of Leadership Programs on "U.S. Foreign Policy: What Should We Expect in the New Administration?"The following article may be referred to during the discussion:https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/18/world/europe/trump-foreign-policy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sE4.8HLF.ILikkUxRO3uo&smid=url-share.Times...
Event    Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Please join us Wednesday, Jan. 29 in Russell Library room 241 from 12 until 12:50 p.m. for this week's Times Talk facilitated by Dr. Harold Mock, assistant professor of History and director of Leadership Programs on "U.S. Foreign Policy: What Should We Expect in the New Administration?"The following article may be referred to during the discussion:https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/18/world/europe/trump-foreign-policy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sE4.8HLF.ILikkUxRO3uo&smid=url-share.Times...
Announcement    Wednesday, January 15, 2025
The American Democracy Project at Georgia College & State University requests your support for another semester of engaging weekly discussions on current events and topics of local and/or global public interest in any discipline or field. Times Talk is celebrating its 19th year as a GCSU campus tradition and a nationally innovative civic engagement program by providing a space in the GCSU library for interested community members to gather from noon-12:50 p.m. every Wednesday to discuss...
Announcement    Monday, December 2, 2024
Please join us this Wednesday, Dec. 4, in Russell Library room 241 from 12 until 12:50 p.m. for this week's Times Talk co-facilitated by sociology professor Dr. Stephanie McClure with students Riley Burns and Emma Tyler on “How can we get together when we’re so far apart? Healthy heterosexual relationships and political polarization.”The following articles may be referred to during the discussion:https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/15/upshot/election-young-women-liberal.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb&ngrp=mnp&pvid=ACB379A0-FE17-4668-A531-64F56228051A https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/23/us/young-men-religion-gen-z.html?unlocked_article_code=1.eE4.6E7W.TqCco2cXxGzk&smid=url-shareTimes...
Event    Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Please join us this Wednesday, Dec. 4, in Russell Library room 241 from 12 until 12:50 p.m. for this week's Times Talk co-facilitated by sociology professor Dr. Stephanie McClure with students Riley Burns and Emma Tyler on “How can we get together when we’re so far apart? Healthy heterosexual relationships and political polarization.”The following articles may be referred to during the discussion:https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/15/upshot/election-young-women-liberal.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb&ngrp=mnp&pvid=ACB379A0-FE17-4668-A531-64F56228051A https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/23/us/young-men-religion-gen-z.html?unlocked_article_code=1.eE4.6E7W.TqCco2cXxGzk&smid=url-shareTimes...
Announcement    Monday, November 18, 2024
Please join us this Wednesday, Nov. 20, in Russell Library, room 241 from 12 until 12:50 p.m. for this week's Times Talk facilitated by Environmental Sciences professor Dr. Melanie DeVore on "How do we connect rural and urban voices in our country to address climate change (and other issues too)?"The following article may be referred to during the discussion:https://www.newsweek.com/fight-against-climate-change-dont-forget-rural-america-opinion-1892302.Our last Times Talk of the fall...