Summer 2025

September 16: Marilyn F. Derby, Student Support and Integrity

Academic Integrity in a Post-Ethical World

Additional Resources:

Teaching with AIJose Bowen and C. Edward Watson

Don’t believe the hype. AI myths and the need for a critical approach in higher education — Jürgen Rudolph, Fadhil Ismail, Shannon Tan, Pauline Seah

The Question All Colleges Should Ask Themselves About AI — Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic


September 2: Manvir Singh, Anthropology

Shamanism in a Post-Ethical World

Additional Resources:

The Falling Sky: Words of a Yanomami Shaman – Davi Kopenawa and Bruce Albert

Shamanism – Manvir Singh


August 19: Kathleen N. Cruz, Classics

Violence and Humanity in the Classics

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Recreational Terror: Women and the Pleasures of Horror Film ViewingIsabel Cristina Pinedo

Men, Women, and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror FilmCarol J. Clover


August 4: Archana Venkatesan, Religious Studies

Ethics in Hindu Mythology

Additional Resources:

The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki: The Complete English Translation – Robert P. Goldman and Sally J. Sutherland Goldman

Encountering The Goddess A Translation Of The Devī Māhātmya – Thomas B. Coburn


July 22: Michael Bradford, Vice Provost & Dean

Examining Ethical Expressions through Theater

Additional Resources:

Sacramento Theater – Live Plays and Musicals


July 8th: Omari Averette-Phillips, History + African American Studies

Ethical and Racial Solidarity in Labor Unions

Additional Resources:

Solidarity: The Past, Present, and Future of a World-Changing Idea by Leah Hunt Hendrix and Astra Taylor

The Wages of Whiteness by David Roediger


June 24: Pablo Ortiz, Composition

Transcending Ethics through Music

Additional Resources:

Here at the End of the WorldPablo Ortiz, Ryan MacEvoy McCullough, Lucy Fitz Gibbon