The Vision Series

2012-2013 Vision Series Schedule

Below is a chronological listing of lecture series listed by date, time, and campus:


Coming Up Next...

April 22, 2013 at 7 p.m. - FAIRFAX
Fast Food Kids: Youth and the Changing Food Landscape of Family, School, and Everyday Life
Amy Best, Associate Professor, Sociology & Anthropology

April 29, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. - PRINCE WILLIAM
Identifying Altered Host Pathways in Emerging Viral Infections: Implications for Therapeutics and Diagnostics
Kylene Kehn-Hall, Assistant Professor, Center for Biodefense and Infectious Disease

What's been discussed thus far:

September 24, 2012 - Watch the Video
Economics for Everyman
Steven Pearlstein, Robinson Professor, Public and International Affairs

October 15, 2012 - Watch the Video
How Terrorism Ends:
Understanding the Decline and Demise of Terrorist Campaigns

Audrey Kurth Cronin, Professor, Public Policy

October 22, 2012 - Watch the Video
Strategic Tourism Development: Dollars and (Dis)repair
Maggie Daniels, Associate Professor, Recreation, Health, and Tourism

November 5, 2012 - Watch the Video
Innocent Until Nominated:
Fixing the Presidential Appointments Process

Jim Pfiffner, University Professor, Public Policy

November 12, 2012 - Watch the Video
Concussion in Youth and Scholastic Sport
Shane Caswell, Associate Professor, Athletic Training

December 3, 2012 at 7 p.m. - Watch the Video
America’s Favorite Vegetable:
How Iceberg Lettuce Helped Transform the American Diet

Gabriella Petrick, Associate Professor, Nutrition and Food Studies

February 4, 2013 at 7 p.m. - Watch the Video
Art and Social Justice
Chawky Frenn, Associate Professor, Art

February 18, 2013 at 7:15 p.m. - Watch the Video
The Shape of the Future Washington Area Economy:
Opportunities and Challenges

Stephen S. Fuller, University Professor and Schar Faculty Chair;
Director, Center for Regional Analysis

March 4, 2013 at 7 p.m. - Watch the Video
Delayed and Cancelled! Why the U.S. Air Transportation System
is Unreliable and How to Fix It

Lance Sherry, Director, Center for Air Transportation Systems Research

April 1, 2013 at 7 p.m. - Video Coming Soon!
Transformational Leadership
Jorge Haddock, Dean, School of Management

April 8, 2013 at 7:15 p.m. - Video Coming Soon!
The Not-So-Good-Old-Days of Consumer Credit:
How to Think About Consumer Credit and Its Regulation

Todd Zywicki, George Mason University Foundation Professor of Law