Leader: Keith Kisselle Book: An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us Author: Ed Yong Description: The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every kind of animal, including humans, is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving but a… [Read More]
Johnson Center – Spring Reading Groups
Leaders: LadyJane Hickey Book: Money, Gold, and History Author: Lewis E. Lehrman Description:In Money, Gold, and History, Lewis E. Lehrman raises three questions: 1) Will the perennial global monetary crisis and the century-old age of inflation still be underway a generation from now? 2) Will the global economy have succumbed to national rivalries, mercantilism, financial… [Read More]
Johnson Center – Spring Reading Groups
Leader: Andrew Smith Book: Data Cartels: The Companies That Control and Monopolize Our Information Author: Sarah Lamdan Description:In our digital world, data is power. Information hoarding businesses reign supreme, using intimidation, aggression, and force to maintain influence and control. Sarah Lamdan brings us into the unregulated underworld of these “data cartels”, demonstrating how the entities… [Read More]
Johnson Center – Fall Reading Groups
Leader: Erin Copple Smith and Peter Marks Book: Marvels Author: Kurt Busiek Description: Marvels, created by one of the best comic book writers and one of the best comic book artists of the late twentieth century, explores the early history of the Marvel superhero universe from the perspective of everyman Phil Sheldon, a photojournalist tasked… [Read More]
Johnson Center – Fall Reading Groups
Leader: Cate Bowman Book: Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People Author: Mahzarin R. R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald Description: In Blindspot, Banaji and Greenwald explore hidden biases based on their experience with the Implicit Association Test. The title’s “good people” are those of us who strive to align our behavior with our intentions. The… [Read More]
Johnson Center – Spring Reading Groups
Leader: Meg Brandl Book: I Have Some Questions for You Author: Rebecca Makka Description: A successful film professor and podcaster, Bodie Kane is content to forget her past—the family tragedy that marred her adolescence, her four largely miserable years at a New Hampshire boarding school, and the murder of her former roommate, Thalia Keith, in… [Read More]
Johnson Center – Spring Reading Groups
Leader: Felix Harcourt Book: Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don’t Talk About It) Author: Elizabeth Anderson Description: This interdisciplinary collection of essays begins with two lectures by social philosopher Elizabeth Anderson, and then moves on to four responses that engage with economics, history, literature, and political science, concluding with Anderson’s comments on… [Read More]
Johnson Center – Fall Reading Groups
Leader: Tom Blake Book: Inclusive Teaching: Strategies for Promoting Equity in the College Classroom Author: Kelly A. Hogan and Viji Sathy Description: Adapted from back cover: In a book written by and for college teachers, Kelly Hogan and Viji Sathy provide tips and advice on how to make all students feel welcome and included. They… [Read More]