President's Lecture Series | Carlow University

Celebrating 90 years of leadership in higher education

Our distinguished faculty, in a variety of disciplines, will be presenting their work, in research or creative achievement, through lectures open to the members of the Carlow community and to the general public. This year's president's lecture series is sponsored by the Social Justice Institutes and the Atkins Center for Ethics. Attend one of our upcoming lectures or listen to a past lecture.

Upcoming lectures

	Poverty Simulation and the Impact on Learners Mary Fran Reidell, MSN, RN \| Instructor of Nursing Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020 Reidell serves as course coordinator for Community Health Nursing in the BSN and the RN to BSN programs at Carlow University.

	The Expansion and Use of Telemedicine in Today's World Michael Kistler, Ph.D. \| Assistant Professor of Health Care Data Analytics Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020 Kistler is the Program Director of the Health Care Data Analytics and Health Management Programs at Carlow University.

	Clean Water: How it Changes Outcomes for Rural African villages Susan O'Rourke, EDD \| Professor of Education Thursday, March 26, 2020 O’Rourke is a professor in Special Education with extensive international experience especially in developing regions of the world.

Past lectures

Recording coming soon!	Implicit Bias Clara Cheng, Ph.D. \| Professor of Psychology Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020 Cheng is the Chair of Undergraduate Psychology at Carlow University. Her expertise is in social psychology, and her classroom uses innovative methods to promote positive social action through random acts of kindness and fundraising for charity.

Recording coming soon!	The Impact of Big Data on Industry and Society: A Practitioner's Perspective Prahlad G. Menon, Ph.D. \| Associate Professor of Data Analytics Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019 Menon is a practicing data scientist and has served as Adjunct Faculty at Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Pittsburgh, and the University of Texas at San Antonio.

	Snapshot on the Status of Human Trafficking Mary Burke, Ph.D. \| Professor of Psychology Thursday, Nov. 19, 2019 Burke is an internationally recognized expert on the issue of human trafficking. She has worked collaboratively with other activists in the United States and internationally on this issue for 15 years.

	American Bastard Jan Beatty, MFA \| Professor of English Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019 Beatty directs the undergraduate creative writing, the Madwomen in the Attic, and is the Distinguished Writer in Residence for the MFA program.

Recording coming soon!	Implicit Bias Clara Cheng, Ph.D. \| Professor of Psychology Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020 Cheng is the Chair of Undergraduate Psychology at Carlow University. Her expertise is in social psychology, and her classroom uses innovative methods to promote positive social action through random acts of kindness and fundraising for charity.

Recording coming soon!	The Impact of Big Data on Industry and Society: A Practitioner's Perspective Prahlad G. Menon, Ph.D. \| Associate Professor of Data Analytics Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019 Menon is a practicing data scientist and has served as Adjunct Faculty at Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Pittsburgh, and the University of Texas at San Antonio.

	Snapshot on the Status of Human Trafficking Mary Burke, Ph.D. \| Professor of Psychology Thursday, Nov. 19, 2019 Burke is an internationally recognized expert on the issue of human trafficking. She has worked collaboratively with other activists in the United States and internationally on this issue for 15 years.

	American Bastard Jan Beatty, MFA \| Professor of English Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019 Beatty directs the undergraduate creative writing, the Madwomen in the Attic, and is the Distinguished Writer in Residence for the MFA program.