The Center for Applied and Professional Ethics presents speakers and events through the fall and spring semesters.
Recent and Upcoming Speakers and Events
Professor Kent Berridge
Spring Lecture (together with OU Department of Psychology)
'Pleasure, Desire, and Addiction in the Brain'
with Kent Berridge (James Olds Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Michigan)
Friday, March 2812:55 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.
Porter Hall Rm 102
Past Speakers and Events
2024-2025
- Lecture (virtual): Sorin Baiasu: "Overcriminalization and Dishonesty" (11/20/2024)
2023-2024
- Lecture (virtual): Paola Romero: “Debunking the Myth of the Genius: A Tale From AI Art” (11/09/2023)
- Lecture (in person): Stefan Bird-Pollan: “Adorno’s Theory of the Cognitive Structure of Fascism” (3/29/2024)
- Sponsorship: Conference at Scripps College/OU: “Bad Press”
2022-2023
- Lecture (in person): Andreas Ströhl: “It’s the Media, Stupid!” (10/21/2022)
- Lecture (in person): Mohamed Ameermia: “Dignity, Identity, and Autonomy: Mokgadi Caster Semenya and the Right to Compete” (11/10/2022)
- Lecture (virtual): Peter Joseph Gloviczki: “Narrating the Media Through an Ethical Lens: Lessons From New Media Technology History" (2/28/2023)
- Sponsorship: Visit by Commissioner Mohamed Ameermia
2021-2022
Lecture Series: Voting Rights and Democracy
- Lecture (virtual): Amelia Robinson: “The Enemy of the People?" (9/28/2021)
- Lecture (virtual): John Pelissero: “Restoring Trust in Our Electoral System: An Ethical Civic Imperative” (10/26/2021)
- Lecture (virtual): Michael Wagner and Mallory Perryman: “Mediated Democracy: Politics, the News, and Citizenship in the 21st Century” (2/21/2022)
- Lecture (in person): Barry Burden: “Ethics and the Administrators of Democracy.” (3/18/2022)
2020-2021: COVID
- Sponsorship: Sustainability Film Series
2019-2020
Lecture Series: The Ethics of Covering Difficult Topics
- Lecture (in person): Mayeta Clark: “The Social Costs of Fracking in West Virginia” (10/7/2019)
- Lecture (in person): Tania Rashid: “The Rohingya Refugee Crisis” (10/28/2019)
- Lecture (in person): Rachel Dissel: “Trauma Victims and Survivors of Violent Crime” (11/18/2019)
Other Sponsored Events
- Sponsorship: Visit by David Shoemaker (Spetnagel Ethics Lecture; 11/2019); CAPE paid dinner at Restaurant Ciro
- Sponsorship: Sustainability Film Series
2018-2019
- Lecture (in person): Mathew T. Hall: “Fake News, Real Problems: A Crash Course in Citizenship Journalism” (9/19/2018)
- Lecture (in person): Tristan Ahtone: “Journalism Ethics in Indian Country: Diversity Language for Journalists” (10/3/2018)
- Lecture (in person): John McManus: “Truth, Bias, and Diversity in the News: The Importance of Media Literacy” (10/17/2018)
- Lecture (in person): Megan Louttit: “The Ethics of Storytelling” (3/21/2019)
- Lecture (in person): Maria Galluci: “The Ethics of Environmental Reporting” (4/4/2019)
- Lecture (in person): Amy Nordrum: “The Ethics of Science Communication” (4/18/2019)
- Sponsorship: Lecture Series “90 Minutes”
- Sponsorship: Sustainability Film Series
2017-2018
Lecture Series: Ethics, Environment, and the Media
- March 20, 2018 — Jeff Goodell, Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone: The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Social Justice, and Climate Change Denial
- March 27, 2018 — Mustafa Ali, formerly EPA Environmental Justice Office: Environmental Justice in America: Stories that Don’t Make Headlines ( Senior Vice President of Climate, Environmental Justice & Community Revitalization for the Hip Hop Caucus)
- April 24, 2018 — Andrew Revkin, National Geographic Society Strategic Adviser for Environmental and Science Journalism: Surviving the New Climate Communication Climate
Other Co-Sponsored Events
- March 28, 2018 — Michael Mann: Dire Predictions -- Understanding Climate Change Organized by the A&S Sustainability Theme
- April 13, 2018 — Tamar Schapiro (M.I.T): Spetnagel Ethics Lecture of Institute for Philosophy
- April 17, 2018 — "Berta Vive" — Film about the Hondurian environmental activist Berta Caceres. Introduction by Bethany Bella, about her research on Caceres
Sustainability Film Series
- The series takes place on Wednesday evenings from 7:00 to 9:00 pm at the Athena Theater. For a complete program, please visit the Sustainability Film Series Page .
E.W. Scripps School of Journalism: Honest Conversations on Issues that Matter
- Jan. 31: Kevin Kellems, GOP political strategist, former Trump aide
- Feb. 7: Bob Ryan, Sports columnist for The Boston Globe
- Feb. 13 : Hannibal Johnson, Attorney
- Feb. 14: Marshall Harris, TV sportscaster in Philadelphia
- Feb. 21: George Smith, TV sportscaster in Chicago
- March 7: Brandon Robinson, Blogger, radio personality
2017
- March 27: "Is Living Longer Living Better?" by Larry S. Temkin (Rutgers): The 2017 Spetnagel Lecture in Ethics of the Department of Philosophy
2016
- April 8: Climate Change Skepticism and Public Discourse: Public Lecture by Professor Naomi Oreskes
2014
- Sept. 17: "Vote Suppression, Democratic Values, and Struggles for Voting Rights (Constitution Day
- Oct. 16: Global Ethics Day :the Director spoke and led discussions about global ethics in three courses: Environmental Ethics (PHIL 3350), Political Anthropology (ANTH 3510/5510), and Difficult Dialogues: Religious Beliefs (CLWR 2210).
- Nov. 20: Oil and Gas Pipelines in Ohio: A Public Forum
- March: Pogge Lecture: X-Global Injustice
- April: William Boyd Panel & Lecture: X-Coming to Terms with the Shale Gas Boom
2012
- April 25: Ohio Injection Wells Panel Discussion
2011
- November: Fracking Panel