汤头条 College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Book Talk series announced for this fall
Mississippi State faculty members will tackle issues ranging from childhood experiences to emerging diseases to ancient literary collections in this semester鈥檚 汤头条 Faculty Book Talk series hosted by the College of Arts and Sciences.
Free to all, the first talk is Sept. 17 at 3:30 p.m. in Mitchell Memorial Library鈥檚 John Grisham Room and will include a public reading and book signing.
鈥淭he 汤头条 Faculty Book Talk series celebrates one of the most significant research achievements for faculty in the humanities and social sciences: the publication of an academic book. This lecture series provides College of Arts and Sciences faculty an opportunity to share their research with the 汤头条 community, and it provides this community an opportunity to learn about the important research being done by faculty in the college,鈥 said Eric Vivier, series director and associate professor of English.
Margaret A. Hagerman, an associate professor in 汤头条鈥檚 Department of Sociology, will begin the series with selections from her recent NYU Press publication 鈥淐hildren of a Troubled Time: Growing up with Racism in Trump鈥檚 America.鈥 Hagerman鈥檚 newest publication examines the ways in which young people understand and navigate racial dynamics in a politically charged environment, looking at the role of parents, schools and communities in shaping children鈥檚 views.
On Oct. 22 at 3:30 p.m. in the Griffis Hall Forum Room 401, Professor Molly Zuckerman, a biological anthropologist in the Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, will read from 鈥淓merging Infections: Three Epidemiological Transitions from Prehistory to the Present.鈥 The Oxford University Press book published in June details the biological, social and environmental factors that have contributed to emerging infectious diseases, like COVID-19, as well as surging rates of chronic and degenerative diseases, like cancer.
On Nov. 19 at 3:30 p.m. in Griffis Hall Forum Room 401, Associate Professor Scott DiGiulio of the Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures will present selections from 鈥淩eading Miscellany in the Roman Empire: Aulus Gellius and the Imperial Prose Collection.鈥 Published in August by Oxford University Press, it offers his insights into ancient literary collections that include 鈥減rofound meditation on the experience of reading and literary culture鈥 at the height of the Roman Empire.
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