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Scarcity, Poverty and Inequality

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̽»¨ÉçÇø InFocus Symposium '20

Scarcity, Poverty, and Inequality

April 22 - 23, 2020

̽»¨ÉçÇø College

 

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Welcoming Remarks and Opening

8:45-9:00am

Daniel Jasper

 Dean, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences,

  Name Affiliation Topic Time Moderator
1 Bernie Cantens ̽»¨ÉçÇø College Many Faces of Scarcity and Their Moral Implications 9:00-10:30 Larry Lipkis
  Steven Max Towers ̽»¨ÉçÇø College Through the Looking Glass: Scarcity, Philosophy and Neuroscience    
  Clement Fumbo ̽»¨ÉçÇø Church of Tanzania Judicial Rights among Youth in Tanzania    
           
2 Josh Lord ̽»¨ÉçÇø College Effect of Climate Change on Scarcity in Oceans and Coastal Communities 9:00-10:30 Alison Holliday
  Ali Akanda University of Rhode Island Growing Water Insecurity and Dengue Burden in the Americas    
  Kara Mosovsky ̽»¨ÉçÇø College Seeing the Forest through the Trees: Connecting Benchtop Biomedical Research to the Theme of Scarcity     
           
3 Carter Humola ̽»¨ÉçÇø College From the 2015 Paris Agreement to 2020: An Analysis of the UNFCCC Process 10:45-12:15 Diane Husic
  Sarabeth Brockley 50by40 From the 2015 Paris Agreement to 2020: An Analysis of the UNFCCC Process    
  Hannah Hook ̽»¨ÉçÇø College From the 2015 Paris Agreement to 2020: An Analysis of the UNFCCC Process    
           
4 Harrry Faber ̽»¨ÉçÇø College

Value of a Statistical Life: A Critical Review, Reflections During a Pandemic

12:30-2:00 Theresa Dougal
  Hannah Hook ̽»¨ÉçÇø College The Implications of an Early Warning System on Cholera Prevention in Bangladesh    
           
5 Sonia Aziz ̽»¨ÉçÇø College Willingness to Pay for Cholera Prevention Given Early Warning Systems 2:15-3:45 Virginia Adams O'Connell
  Emily Pakhtigian Duke University Collective Action for Sanitation: Evidence from Experimental Games in Rural India    
  Akbar Keshodkar ̽»¨ÉçÇø College Scarcity' and the Tourist Gaze: Poverty and Inequality from Zanzibar to the Oregon Coast    
  Eva Leeds ̽»¨ÉçÇø College Markets and Income Inequality in Professional Sports    
           
6 Eric Klinenberg New York University Spaces of Equality: Facing the Pandemic 4:00-5:30 Cynthia Kosso
  Jason Radine ̽»¨ÉçÇø College The Limits of Prophetic Justice    
  Anthony DiMaggio Lehigh University Unequal America    

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Key Note Address by Eric Klinenberg, "Spaces of Equality: Facing a Pandemic,"  

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Thursday, April 23, 2020

  Name Affiliation Topic Time Moderator
7 Mike German Lehigh University Poverty-Water Nexus: Breaking the Vicious Cycle through Technology Driven Community Empowerment 9:00-10:30 Yosung Song
  Todd Watkins Lehigh University Poverty-Water Nexus: Breaking the Vicious Cycle through Technology Driven Community Empowerment    
           
8 Keegan Schealer ̽»¨ÉçÇø College Reviewing the Impact of COVID-19 on a Developing Nation: Bangladesh  10:45-12:15 Claudia Mesa
  Kyle Penyak ̽»¨ÉçÇø College

Analyzing COVID-19 Testing Within Minority
Communities

   
  Connor Cavey ̽»¨ÉçÇø College

Averting Damages from Covid-19: Testing and Social
Distancing, Timelines in South Korea versus the U.S.

   
           
9 Jared Poley Georgia State University Scarcity, Miserliness and Greed 12:30-2:00 Craig Atwood
  Heikki Lempa ̽»¨ÉçÇø College Scarcity: Discourse of Living Salary in
Late-Nineteenth-Century Germany
   
  Sandra Aguilar ̽»¨ÉçÇø College Race, Modernity and Wheat in Modern Mexico    
           
10 Carol Moeller ̽»¨ÉçÇø College Increasing Inequalities, Mass Migration, and the Denial of Climate Change 2:15-3:45 Eric Sanders
  Tristan Gleason ̽»¨ÉçÇø College Increasing Inequalities, Mass Migration, and the Denial of Climate Change    
  Ariel Otruba ̽»¨ÉçÇø College Increasing Inequalities, Mass Migration, and the Denial of Climate Change    
  Kin Cheung ̽»¨ÉçÇø College Increasing Inequalities, Mass Migration, and the Denial of Climate Change    
  Kate Arner ̽»¨ÉçÇø College Increasing Inequalities, Mass Migration, and the Denial of Climate Change    
           
11 Joyce Hinnefeld ̽»¨ÉçÇø College Finding Our Voices, Finding Our Way: A Community-Based Interdisciplinary Story Sharing Project 4:00-5:30 Aleena Hay
  Matteo Montero ̽»¨ÉçÇø College Finding Our Voices, Finding Our Way: A Community-Based Interdisciplinary Story Sharing Project    
  Heylis Solano ̽»¨ÉçÇø College Finding Our Voices, Finding Our Way: A Community-Based Interdisciplinary Story Sharing Project    
  Jaequan Swint ̽»¨ÉçÇø College Finding Our Voices, Finding Our Way: A Community-Based Interdisciplinary Story Sharing Project