Houston Scholars Seminar Series and Special Events
***Fall 2020 Series and Events to be Announced***
Fall 2020 Houston Scholars Seminar Series:
Houston Scholars students are required to participate in two faculty-led discussion seminars each semester. The discussion seminars occur on Friday afternoons in the Honors College.
Fall 2020 Additional Houston Scholars Events
Houston Scholars are also encouraged to participate in additional programming offered as part of your membership. This programming is designed to assist you with achieving your future academic and career goals.
Previous faculty-led discussion seminar topics:
ISIS and the Middle East
- Faculty Leaders: Drs. Jeremy Bailey and Terry Hallmark
- Suggested Reading Material: Bruce Ackerman (NY Times), Stephen Braun (AP), Obama Syria Speech Excerpt, Jack Goldsmith (Time), GPS Transcript Excerpt (CNN), Kissinger-Schultz Op-Ed (WSJ), Obama's Remarks on Iran Deal (April 2, 2015)
Immigration
- Faculty Leaders: Drs. Ricardo Nuila, Elizabeth Farfan-Santos, Veronica Bernal, Susham Modi
- Suggested Reading Material: Newsweek Editorial, Washington Post Editorial, Journalist's Resource Editorial, Daniel Hopkins (Politicized Places Research Article)
Voter Psychology: How Voters Decide in Primary and National Elections
- Faculty Leaders: Drs. Justin Kirkland and Elizabeth Simas
- Suggested Reading Material: Correct Voting (Research Article)
Education in American: Policy and Reform
- Faculty Leaders: Drs. Christine Beaudry, Virginia Rangel, Anthony Rolle, Bradley Smith
- Suggested Reading Material: Berliner and Glass Excerpt, Kohn Editorial, Ravitch Excerpt
Putin, Russia, and the U.S. Presidential Election
- Faculty Leaders: Drs. David Rainbow and Tyson Chatagnier
- Suggested Reading Material: Trump & Putin: A Love Story, Trump's Putin Fantasy, Feds Investigate Trump Advisors-Meeting Russian Officials, Against Neo-McCarthyism
The Role of Technology in Public and Community Health
- Faculty Leader: Dr. Helen Valier
- Suggested Reading Material: Overkill (New Yorker Magazine, May 11, 2015), Doctors name treatments that bring little or no benefit (BBC News, October 24, 2016), The Hot Spotters (New Yorker Magazine, January 24, 2011)
Nationalism, Patriotism, and Identity
- Faculty Leaders: Drs. Irene Guenther, Debbie Harwell, Kim Meyer, and Robert Cremins