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Peter Ubel on Making Medical Decisions
Peter Ubel is a physician, a professor of public policy and the Jack O. Blackburn Professor of Marketing at Duke's Fuqua School of Business. He answered questions about his research on how people make health choices during a live "Office Hours" webcast on February 25, 2011.Published 2 years ago
Abdeslam Maghraoui on the Middle East Uprisings
Abdeslam Maghraoui is an associate professor of the practice in the Department of Political Science at Duke University and the author of "Liberalism without Democracy: Nationhood and Citizenship in Egypt, 1922-1939." He answered questions about the recent uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt and elsewhere during a live "Office Hours" webcast interview February 18, 2011. He was joined, via Skype, by Duke alumnus Andrew Simon who witnessed the Cairo protests in Tahrir Square.Published 2 years ago
Gavan Fitzsimons on the Power of Brands
Gavan Fitzsimons is the R. David Thomas Professor of Marketing and Psychology at Duke's Fuqua School of Business. He answered questions about his research on consumer psychology during a live "Office Hours" webcast interview February 11, 2011.Published 2 years ago
Ari Friedlaender on Life in Antarctica
Marine biologist Ari Friedlaender, from Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment, answers questions about his research on ecology and marine life in Antarctica during a live "Office Hours" webcast interview February 5, 2011.Published 2 years ago
Philip Bennett on National Security Reporting
Philip Bennett is the Eugene C. Patterson Professor of the Practice of Journalism and Public Policy at Duke's Sanford School. During an "Office Hours" webcast interview January 28, 2011, he answered questions about national security reporting. He was joined by Mark Mazzetti, a New York Times reporter and Duke alumnus. Learn more at http://sanford.duke.eduPublished 2 years ago
Barbara Lau on the Pauli Murray Project
Barbara Lau is the director of Pauli Murray Project in the Duke Human Rights Center at Duke University's John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute. She discusses the life and legacy of Pauli Murray, a writer, lawyer and priest. Learn more at http://www.paulimurrayproject.org.Published 2 years ago
Richard Lischer & Rev. Barber: The Preaching of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Duke Divinity School Professor Richard Lischer answers questions about Martin Luther King Jr.'s sermons and speeches. Lischer is joined by the Rev. William Barber II, a Duke Divinity alumnus, president of the N.C. NCAAP, pastor of Greenleaf Christian Church and the convener of the Historic Thousands on Jones St. People's Assembly. Learn more at http://divinity.duke.edu.Published 2 years ago
Jeffrey Greeson on Handling Holiday Stress
Jeffrey Greeson, a clinical health psychologist at Duke Integrative Medicine, takes questions from viewers about ways to cope with holiday stress, during a live "Office Hours" webcast interview December 3, 2010. Learn more at http://www.dukeintegrativemedicine.org.Published 2 years ago
Ebrahim Moosa on Shariah Law
Ebrahim Moosa addresses contemporary conflicts involving Shariah law in this live "Office Hours" webcast conversation. Moosa is an associate professor of Islamic studies in the Department of Religion and is currently teaching a course called "America's Gods." He is joined by Hina Azam (Duke Graduate School '07) who is an Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies, Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas, Austin.Published 2 years ago
Norman Wirzba on a Theology of Eating
As a research professor of theology, ecology, and rural life at the Duke Divinity School, Wirzba studies the intersection of God, food and farming. In "The Gift of Creation: Images from Scripture and Earth," Wirzba collaborated with photographer Thomas Barnes to publish a collection of photographs and essays exploring the relationship between the Bible and the earth. Raised on a farm in Canada, Wirzba is the author of "The Paradise of God: Renewing Religion in an Ecological Age" and "Living the Sabbath: Discovering the Rhythms of Rest and Delight." This semester he is teaching the course "Caring for Creation."Published 2 years ago
‘Office Hours’ Conversation on Prison in African-American Literature
Maurice Wallace is an associate professor of English and African and African American studies at Duke University. In this live "Office Hours" webcast November 5, 2010, he discusses how prison has been portrayed in -- and how it has shaped -- African-American literature. He is joined by Patrick Alexander, a Duke graduate student in English, who for the last four summers has taught a literature class at a local prison.Published 2 years ago
David Rohde on the Midterm Elections
David Rohde is the Ernestine Friedl Professor of Political Science at Duke University. In this "Office Hours" webcast, he discussed the upcoming midterm elections.Published 2 years ago
Trevor Schoonmaker on 'The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl'
Trevor Schoonmaker is the Patsy R. and Raymond D. Nasher Curator of Contemporary Art at the Nasher Museum. In this webcast September 17, 2010, he discussed the museum's exhibition "The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl." Joining Schoonmaker is Xaviera Simmons, one of the artists featured in "The Record." Learn more at http://www.nasher.duke.edu/therecord/index.phpPublished 2 years ago
Richard Danner on Open Access to Legal Scholarship
Richard Danner discusses Open Access and the Durham Statement in regards to electronic publishing and best practices for open access at libraries.Published 2 years ago
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong on Neuroscience in the Law
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong is the Chauncey Stillman Professor in Practical Ethics in the Department of Philosophy and the Kenan Institute for Ethics. He discusses how brain science is being used in court case during this "Office Hours" webcast interview Friday, Oct. 15, 2010.Published 2 years ago
