PREFACE Events 2012-2013
Fall 2012
Aug. 28, 6-7 p.m., CLC Ballroom
Chuck Reback, “Money matters: How we manage our money and why.”
Sept. 6, 6-7 p.m., CLC Ballroom
Andrew Beer, “In the face of the unknown: A look at how we perceive people we don’t know.”
Sept. 13, 6-7 p.m., CLC Ballroom
Katherine Gibbs, “Our life in their hands: How health care professionals make critical decisions.”
Sept. 20, 6-7 p.m., CLC Ballroom
Frances Jarratt-Hortis, “Breaking up is hard to do: A closer look at intimate relationships.”
Oct. 8, 7-8 p.m., CLC Ballroom
Rom Brafman, “Keynote Address.”
Oct. 25, 6-7 p.m., CLC Ballroom
Allison Pingley and Trevor Rubenzer, “Swaying the voters: How political elections are decided abroad and at home.”
Nov. 5, 6-7 p.m., CLC Ballroom
Mark Ritter, “I saw daddy spit on the umpire: An umpire discusses sport fans’ behavior.”
Spring 2013
Jan. 23, 6-7 p.m., CLC Ballroom
Lizabeth Zack "Crazy or Committed?: Explaining suicide bombings, hunger strikes and setting yourself on fire."
Jan. 31, 6-7 p.m., CLC Ballroom
Louisa Ericson and Oliver Triettenwein, “Head games: A talk about athletes and how they cope with the pressure of competition.”
Feb. 7, 6-7 p.m., CLC Ballroom
Lisa Johnson and Peter Caster, “Throwing like a girl, catching like a boy: A talk about men, women, and how they’re expected to behave.”
Feb. 19, 6-7 p.m., CLC Ballroom
Susan Davis, “Under the sway of the inexplicable: A look at our relationship with music.”
March 7, 6-7 p.m., CLC Ballroom
An international students panel. “Making the strange familiar: A discussion of cultural shock and the aftermath.”
March 26, 6-7 p.m., CLC Ballroom
Shannon Polchow and Araceli Hernandez-Laroche. “There’s this funny saying: What other languages tell us about human behavior.”
April 9, 6-7 p.m., CLC Ballroom
David Damrel. “Why do we believe the unbelievable?: A discussion of how different religions deal with the inexplicable."
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