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2026 Spring Semester Public Affairs Discussion Group Schedule<\/h3>\n
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January 16: Changing the Narrative: Using Fiction to Advance Dr. King\u2019s Anti-Racist Agenda.<\/strong> With Mark Joseph, Ph.D<\/strong>, Leona Joseph\/Marguerite Haynam Professor in Community Development.<\/p>\n

January 23: Changes in the U.S. Foreign Policy Community<\/strong>. A discussion with James M. Lindsay, Ph.D.<\/strong>, Mary and David Boies Distinguished Senior Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations.<\/p>\n

January 30: Social Media and Politics.<\/strong> With Allison Girvin, MS<\/strong>, Adjunct Professor of English and former executive with ABC News<\/em>, NBC News<\/em>, Bloomberg<\/em>, and Huffington Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n

February 6: Autism: Why Does the Rate of Its Diagnosis Keep Increasing?<\/strong> With Max Wiznitzer, MD<\/strong>, Professor of Pediatric Neurology and Director, Rainbow Autism Center.<\/p>\n

February 13: Allocating Organs for Transplant: How Data Science and Simulation are Used to Inform Transplant Policy.<\/strong> With Johnie Rose, MD<\/strong>, PhD, Associate Professor and Director, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center Population Cancer Analytics Shared Resource.<\/p>\n

February 20: Trump Unbound? President Trump and His Team in the First Year of His Second Administration.<\/strong> With David B. Cohen, Ph.D.<\/strong>, Professor of Political Science and Director, Applied Politics Program, University of Akron.<\/p>\n

February 27: Activism Over the Life Course: Polish Solidarity Refugees, 1980 \u2013 2025.<\/strong> With Mary Patrice Erdmans, Ph.D.<\/strong>, Professor of Sociology.<\/p>\n

March 6: Milk, Meat, and MAHA \u2013 Now What?<\/strong> With Hope Barkoukis, Ph.D., RDN, LN, FAND<\/strong>, Chair of the Department of Nutrition and holder of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Professorship in Wellness & Preventive Care.<\/p>\n

March 13: Spring Break<\/strong><\/p>\n

March 20: Regulating AI: What, How, Where?<\/strong> With Joseph White, Ph.D.<\/strong>, Luxenberg Family Professor of Public Policy.<\/p>\n

March 27: War in the Gulf.<\/strong> With Pete W. Moore, Ph.D.<\/strong>, Marcus A. Hanna Associate Professor of Politics.<\/p>\n

April 3: Youth Justice in Ohio: An Untold Story of Success and Possibility.<\/strong> With Gabriella Celeste, J.D.<\/strong>, Policy Director for the Schubert Center for Childhood Studies, and Co-Director of the Child Studies Program.<\/p>\n

April 10: Technological Change and the Labor Market.<\/strong> With David Clingingsmith, Ph.D.<\/strong>, Associate Professor of Economics.<\/p>\n

April 17: The Water Crisis in the Middle East.<\/strong> With Neda A. Zawahri, Ph.D.<\/strong>, Professor of Political Science, Cleveland State University.<\/p>\n

April 24: The Immigration Crackdown \u2013 Some Things To Know.<\/strong> With Bridget M. Haas, Ph.D.<\/strong>, Assistant Professor of Anthropology.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2026 Spring Semester Public Affairs Discussion Group Schedule<\/p>\n

January 16: Changing the Narrative: Using Fiction to Advance Dr. King\u2019s Anti-Racist Agenda.<\/strong> With Mark Joseph, Ph.D<\/strong>, Leona Joseph\/Marguerite Haynam Professor in Community Development.<\/p>\n

January 23: Changes in the U.S. Foreign Policy Community<\/strong>. A discussion with James M. Lindsay, Ph.D.<\/strong>, Mary and David Boies Distinguished Senior Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations.<\/p>\n

January 30: Social Media and Politics.<\/strong> With Allison Girvin, MS<\/strong>, Adjunct Professor of English and former executive with ABC News<\/em>,<\/p>\n

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