The Institute for Ethics and Public Affairs - IEPA

Spotlight on Disabled Authors- Meet Kevin Berry In our Spotlight on Disabled Authors series, we couldn't miss this opportunity for you to meet Kevin Berry, author of STIM.

Spotlight on Keah Brown Join us for National Book Month as we celebrate Keah Brown, one of our spotlight on disabled authors. View her bio, books, and interviews here.

Spotlight on Amanda Leduc Join us for National Book Month as we celebrate Amanda Leduc, one of our disabled authors we recently spotlight. View her bio, books, and interview here.

Check out the new course being offered by Professor Jess Whatcott! Prof. Whatcott developed "Feminist Disability Studies" over Summer 2023 with the support of our Bioethics and Health Humanities Curriculum Development Grant and we couldn't be happier with the result!

Image description: Flyer on turquoise background with purple and black lettering. Text reads: Spring 2024 New Class: WMNST 565: Feminist Disability Studies (listed in the catalog as Health, Healing and Medicine). Examine how disability intersects with sex/gender, race, and class. Mondays 4-6:40 pm. Professor Jess Whatcott. for information [email protected]. Images are coloring pages from Sins Invalid 'Disability Justice from A to Z'." Three coloring pages organized around letters E, J, K.

Next Week: Keynote Lecture in the IEPA's Faculty Work in Progress series. Dr. April Anson, Assistant Professor of Public Humanities and one of the 2021-22 Ethics & Public Affairs Scholars will present “Ecofascism, Genre, Settler Atmospherics” on Thursday, April 21 at 2pm. To see the abstract of the paper and get more information about the event and Dr. Anson's work, go to: ethics.sdsu.edu/news-and-events . To register and receive the zoom link, please go to: bit.ly/3LTMxVV

Join the IEPA as we host Dr. Chris Lowy, Visiting Assistant Professor of Japanese at Macalester College and, beginning in August 2022, Assistant Professor of Japanese Studies at Carnegie Mellon University. He will give a paper titled " Some Observations on Early Cultural Responses to the AIDS Crisis in Japan" on Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at 1pm.

More information about Dr. Lowy and the event at: https://cal.sdsu.edu/centers-and-institutes/ethics/news-and-events -in-japan

You can register directly to get the zoom link at: https://sdsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcqcuGorDMuHNfPVXVdsqNyitu8Zg7Ou55K

Our very own Dr. Diana Leong of SDSU's Department of English and Comparative Literature will present a work in progress paper, "Bad Air, Built Environments, and The Brookes," on Monday, March 14 at 10am. To see the abstract of the paper and get more information about the event, go to: https://ethics.sdsu.edu/news-and-events . To register and receive the zoom link, please go to: https://bit.ly/3ISaD22

Spread the word about the next installment in the IEPA's Virtual Colloquium Series. Dr. Zeina Salame will present a talk entitled "Those Stories We Carry: The Power of Personal Narrative and Generative Gatherings" at 2pm on Tuesday, March 8. Dr. Salame will be joining us from the University of Vermont, where she is currently appointed as a Postdoctoral Fellow in Theater and Dance.

For more information about Dr. Salame and the talk, please go to: ethics.sdsu.edu/news-and-events

To register and receive the zoom link for the event, please go to: bit.ly/3BYvoGK

Free and open to the public!

We are pleased to be co-sponsoring a screening of Becoming Helen Keller and talk-back with Dr Beth Haller. Our Director, Joe Stramondo, will serve as moderator to the discussion. Free and open to the public! Click the link for details.

Blog: News, Events, and Ideas The IEPA’s Director, Dr. Joseph Stramondo, has recently published a new article, “A Critique of the Curative Imperative” in the journal Surgery. Surgery has been published for 66 years and is the official journal of 3 different professional organizations, including: the Society for University ...

The IEPA is starting the new academic semester off with a bang with the next installment of the IEPA's Faculty Work In Progress Series. Dr. Farid Abdel-Nour, Professor and Department Chair of Political Science, will deliver “Towards an Ideal of Political Maturity”on Thursday February 17 at 2pm via Zoom. As always, it is free and open to the public. Register here: https://bit.ly/3r5xpgI

Please join us for the first of our Faculty Work In Progress Lecture Series. Dr. JP Anderson, from the SDSU Poli-Sci Department, will present "Why Restorative Justice? RJ as Harm Reduction Amid Racial Injustice." Free, open to the public, and happening Monday! Register here: https://bit.ly/3Cy5U1M