The Center for Science in Society

Exploring Mental Health
"Models of Mental Health: A Critique and Prospectus"

September 25, Monday,
8-9:30am, Swarthmore College, Rm. 102, New Science Center

Emergent Systems: A Discussion: David Harrison (SWAT Linguistics)
"Language as an Emergent System"

Background paper

Graduate Idea Forum

Reading: David Thacher: "Normative Case Studies."

October 6, Friday, 12:15-12:45pm, Ely Room, Wyndham

Open to Faculty only

First Friday Faculty Club Lunch Series: Dr. Arlo Brandon Weil (Geology)

"Using ancient geomagnetic compasses to
answer large-scale geologic questions
A gentle introduction to paleomagnetism and its applications"

A Public Conversation: Siobhan Davies & Science in Society Faculty
"In Plain Clothes"

Philadelphia Dancing, with Siobhan Davies Dance

Event poster

October 9, Monday,
8-9:30am, Campus Center Rm. 200

Emergent Systems: A Discussion: Kenneth Whang
"Data-driven methods for discovering the structure of neural and cognitive representations"

Background paper

October 23, Monday,
8-9:30am, Campus Center Rm. 200

Emergent Systems: A Discussion: Kenneth Whang
"Data-driven methods for discovering the structure of neural and cognitive representations" (continued)

Background paper

Exploring Mental Health
"Models of Mental Health: A Critique and Prospectus" (continued) and
"Culture as Disability"

October 30, Monday,
8-9:30am, Campus Center Rm. 200

Emergent Systems: A Discussion: Kenneth Whang
"Data-driven methods for discovering the structure of neural and cognitive representations" (continued)

Background paper

November 3, Friday, 12:15-12:45pm, Ely Room, Wyndham

Open to Faculty only

First Friday Faculty Club Lunch Series: Dr. Leslie Rescorla (Psychology)

"Assessment of Mental Health Problems in Children and Adolescents: Findings from 31 Countries"

Public Health Focus Group: Health Reform Panel
"The Right to Health: Increasing Access to Health Care in America"

With guest speakers:
Walter Tsou, MD, MPH, former Health Commissioner of Philadelphia
Carla Willis, Ph.D., Senior Economist of the American Medical Association

December 1, Friday, 12:15-12:45pm, Ely Room, Wyndham

Open to Faculty only

First Friday Faculty Club Lunch Series: Dr. Peter Magee (Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology)

"From Arabia to Pakistan: exploring the archaeology of human settlement on the 'borderlands' on the Ancient Near East"

Chemistry Colloquium: Christopher Oze (Department of Geology)

"Rock Drop Soup: The Origins and Destruction of Life Through Geochemical Processes"

Refreshments at 4:00 p.m.
Lecture at 4:15 p.m.

Exploring Mental Health
"The Culture of Our Discontent: Beyond the Medical Model of Mental Health"

December 21, Thursday,
9:30-11:30am, GSSWSR, Kingsbury Room/110

Graduate Idea Forum

Reading: Steven Johnson: "Mind Wide Open: Your Brain and the Neuroscience of Everyday Life"

Schedule TBD

Exploring Mental Health

First Friday of the month

Open to Faculty only

First Friday Faculty Club Lunch Series