Lunchbox Lectures

Lunchbox lectures featuring UGA faculty are held in Moore College. Attendance is limited to the first 25 students who RSVP. Lunch is provided by the Honors Program through support from the Honors Program Annual Fund.
( fall 2009 | spring 2009)

Book Discussions

The Honors Program hosts faculty-led book discussions throughout the year. Discussions are held over dinner, usually in professors' homes, and all books are provided by the Honors Program through support from the Honors Program Annual Fund.
( fall 2009 | spring 2009)

Lunchbox Lectures (fall 2009)

What a Difference a Bow Makes: Chivalry and the Early Samurai Ethos in Comparative Perspective with Dr. Karl Friday, Professor of History

The Political Economy of NAFTA: Immigration and Drugs in Mexico with Dr. Sergio Quesada, Curriculum Coordinator of the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute

DNA Fingerprinting and Its Social Implications with Dr. Wyatt Anderson, Alumni Foundation Distinguished Professor of Genetics

In the Country of Beautiful Women: A Telenovela’s Critique of Plastic Surgery Obsession with Dr. Carolina Acosta-Alzuru, Associate Professor, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication

Millennium Development Goals and You with Dr.Maria Navarro, Instructor in the Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication

Who Will Win the Presidential Election and Why? with Dr. David B. Mustard, Associate Professor of Economics in the Terry College of Business

It Takes a Real Man to be the Perfect Woman: The Life and Career of Julian Eltinge, America’s Most Famous Female Impersonator with George Contini, Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre and Film Studies

Development and Deployment of Innovative Solutions at the Bottom of the Economic Pyramid: Guiding Principles for Students and Others with Dr. William Kisaalita, Professor and Graduate Coordinator in UGA’s Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department

The Role of Journalists in Addressing Health Disparities in the South

with Professor Patricia Thomas, Knight Chair in Health and Medical Journalism at Grady College

Great Powers and Strategic Hedging: The Case of Chinese Equity Oil Investment with Dr. Brock F. Tessman, Assistant Professor in the Department of International Affairs

Lunchbox Lectures (spring 2009)

What Happens to Soil When It Rains: Investigations of Soil Fe Cycling Across Hawaiian Climate Gradients with Dr. Aaron Thompson, Assistant Professor in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences

Of Darters and Dollars: The Intersection of Science and Policy in the Etowah Watershed with Professor Laurie Fowler, Environmental Practicum Director at Georgia Law, Director of Public Service and Outreach at Odum School of Ecology, and River Basin Center Director for Policy

Exploring Behavioral Adaptability in Primates with Dr. Dorothy M. Fragaszy, Professor of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behavior Program, and Director of UGA’s Primate Behavior Laboratory

Investing in our Future: Poverty Reduction and Philanthropy in Athens with Delene Porter, President and CEO of the Athens Area Community Foundation

Statistical Reasoning and the Media with Professor Christine Franklin, Senior Lecturer and Undergraduate Coordinator in the Department of Statistics

Medical Ethics: Old Problems, New Challenges with Robert S. Galen, MD, MPH, Professor and Senior Associate Dean of the College of Public Health

Workers' Rights in China? New Labor and Employment Laws with Dr. Marisa Pagnattaro, Associate Professor in the Department of Legal Studies, Terry College of Business

Book Discussions (fall 2009)

Love in the Driest Season: A Family Memoir (Neely Tucker)
Discussion Leader: Dr. Sharon Nickols, College of Family & Consumer Sciences

Surprise, Security and the American Experience (John Lewis Gaddis)
Discussion Leader: Dr. Brock Tessman, Department of International Affairs

Killers of the Dream (Lilllian Smith)
Discussion Leader: Dr. David Williams, Director of the Honors Program and Professor of Religious Studies

The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
Discussion Leader: Jessica Hunt, Honors Program Scholarships Coordinator

Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory (David W. Blight)
Discussion Leader: Dr. Luke Naeher, Department of Environmental Health Sciences

Hooked: Five Addicts Challenge our Misguided Drug Rehab System (Lonny Shavelson)
Discussion Leader: Dr. Brian Bride, School of Social Work

The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts (Maxine Hong Kingston)
Discussion Leader: Dr. Kam-ming Wong, Department of Comparative Literature

Deliverance (James Dickey)
Discussion Leader:Dr. Hugh Ruppersburg, Senior Associate Dean of Franklin College and Professor of English

Book Discussions (spring 2009)

Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland (Christopher Browning)
Discussion Leader: Dr. Jerome S. Legge, Jr., Professor and Associate Dean of the School of Public and International Affairs

Time of Our Singing (Richard Powers)
Discussion Leader: Dr. Pamela Kleiber, Associate Director of the Honors Program

Master and Commander (Patrick O'Brian)
Discussion Leaders: Dr. Carl Bergmann, Associate Research Scientist at the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center and Dr. Harry W. Dickerson, Professor and Associate Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine

Synchronicity, Science, and Soulmaking: Understanding Jungian Synchronicity Through Physics, Buddhism, and Philosophy (Victor Mansfield)
Discussion Leader: Dr. Bonnie Cramond, Professor of Educational Psychology and Instructional Technology, College of Education

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Discussion Leader: Dr. Margaret A. Amstutz, Chief of Staff, Office of the President

The Wizard of the Crow (Ngugi wa Thiong’o)
Discussion Leader: Dr. Sharon Y. Nickols, Faculty Associate in the African Studies Institute and Professor in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences

Creating a World Without Poverty (Muhammad Yunus)
Discussion Leader: Dr. William Kisaalita, Professor and Coordinator of Graduate Programming, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering

The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court (Jeffrey Toobin)
Discussion Leader: Professor Jere Morehead, Vice President for Instruction and Professor in the Terry College of Business, Department of Legal Studies

Netherland (Joseph O’Neill)
Discussion Leader: Dr. Hugh Ruppersburg, Senior Associate Dean of Franklin College and Professor of English

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