Could We Ever...

What exactly is a “classic” piece of literature, and why should the Harry Potter series be counted among them? Danyelle and Ricardo sat down with Dr. Theresa Towner, Ashbel Smith Professor of literary studies in the UT Dallas School of Arts and Humanities, to find out.

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Dr. Theresa Towner

https://www.utdallas.edu/ah/people/faculty_detail.php?faculty_id=1181

School of Arts and Humanities Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/UTDArts/

School of Arts and Humanities Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/utd_arts/

School of Arts and Humanities Twitter

https://twitter.com/UTDallasArts

Danyelle and Ricardo speak with Dr. Doug Kiel, professor of public and nonprofit management, to see whether we could ever get smart about work. 

(Clip from “Parks and Recreation” by NBCUniversal) 

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Circadian Rhythms 

https://www.nigms.nih.gov/education/pages/factsheet_circadianrhythms.aspx 

Dr. Doug Kiel 

https://profiles.utdallas.edu/lowell.kiel?pub=6 

EPPS Public and Nonprofit Management Program 

https://epps.utdallas.edu/about/programs/public-and-nonprofit-management/ 

EPPS Facebook 

https://www.facebook.com/UTDEPPS 

EPPS Instagram 

https://www.instagram.com/utdepps 

EPPS Twitter 

https://twitter.com/UTDEPPS

Danyelle and Ricardo sit down with Dr. Kimberly Burdine, licensed psychologist and assistant director of the UT Dallas Student Counseling Center, to discuss whether we could ever destigmatize mental health concerns. 

(Clip from “SuperSoul Sunday” on OWN)

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UT Dallas Student Counseling Center 

https://utdallas.edu/counseling/ 

UT Dallas Student Counseling Center’s Facebook 

https://www.facebook.com/utdcounseling/ 

UT Dallas Student Counseling Center’s Instagram 

https://www.instagram.com/utdcounseling/

In our first episode of 2020, Danyelle and Ricardo review the dark side of creativity with Dr. Magdalena Grohman, associate director of the Center for Values in Medicine, Science and Technology at UT Dallas. 

(Clip from “Jurassic Park” by Universal Pictures) 

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Facial Recognition Is Accurate, if You’re a White Guy

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/technology/facial-recognition-race-artificial-intelligence.html 

How a Self-Driving Uber Killed a Pedestrian in Arizona

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/20/us/self-driving-uber-pedestrian-killed.html 

Dr. Magdalena Grohman

https://www.utdallas.edu/ah/people/faculty_detail.php?faculty_id=376 

Center for Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology

https://www.utdallas.edu/c4v/

The holidays cause a bit of a change in our episode schedule, and Danyelle and Ricardo preview our January episode.

Ricardo and Danyelle sit down with Dr. Alex Piquero, Ashbel Smith Professor of criminology, who dissects the question: “Could we ever use science to fight crime?” 

(Clip from “Unbelievable” by Netflix)

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D.A.R.E.

https://www.livescience.com/33795-effective.html 

Dallas District Attorney John Cruezot

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2019/04/11/dallas-da-reveals-plan-for-ending-mass-incarceration-for-petty-crimes-slashing-probation-and-bail/ 

Dallas DA’s Plan to Give Petty Criminals a Pass Could Backfire, Police Leaders Argue

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/2019/04/12/dallas-da-s-plan-to-give-petty-criminals-a-pass-could-backfire-police-leaders-argue/ 

UT Dallas Criminologist Tackles Perception of NFL Players

https://www.utdallas.edu/news/research/ut-dallas-criminologist-tackles-perception-of-nfl/ 

Crime Risks Increase in Areas Proximate to Theme Parks: A Case Study of Crime Concentration in Orlando

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/07418825.2019.1677935 

School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences

https://epps.utdallas.edu/

On today’s show, Ricardo and Danyelle talk with Sara Asberry, a registered dietitian with the UT Dallas Student Wellness Center, who tackles the question: “Could we ever conquer diet culture?” 

(Clip from “Mean Girls” by Paramount Pictures) 

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Oxidative Stress: Harms and Benefits for Human Health

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5551541/ 

Is Dieting Passe? Study Finds Fewer Overweight People Try To Lose Weight

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/03/08/519080766/is-dieting-passe-study-finds-fewer-overweight-people-try-to-lose-weight 

UT Dallas Student Wellness Center

https://www.utdallas.edu/studentwellness/nutrition/ 

UT Dallas Student Wellness Center on social media

https://www.facebook.com/utd.wellness

https://www.instagram.com/healthycomets/

On today’s show, Ricardo and Danyelle talk with Dr. Ann Majewicz Fey, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, and she answers the question, “Could we ever have robotic surgery without the surgeons?” 

(Clip from “I, Robot” by Twentieth Century Fox)

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FDA warns about robotic devices for mastectomy and other cancer surgeries

https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/01/health/fda-warning-robotic-surgery-mastectomy/index.html 

FDA warning

https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/safety-communications/caution-when-using-robotically-assisted-surgical-devices-womens-health-including-mastectomy-and

Dr. Ann Majewicz Fey

https://me.utdallas.edu/people/majewicz.html

Human-Enabled Robotic Technology (HERO) Lab

https://www.utdallas.edu/hero/

Mechanical Engineer Perfecting the Performance of Surgical Robotics

https://www.utdallas.edu/news/research/nsf-career-award-funds-improvements-to-surgical-robotics/   

The Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science on social media:

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