IDEAS IN ACTION | USC's Podcast Series

Listen to a distinguished panel of six experts discuss the ongoing conflict, what it means for the world and what may happen next.

With Russia's invasion, negotiation talks in Belarus, the EU and NATO on standby, the U.S. on high alert and the world watching, the Ukraine-Russia conflict is at the forefront of the public mind.

Speakers: USC professor and former Soviet Union expert Robert English; USC Kade Institute Director and Central Europe expert Paul Lerner; Slavic Languages Post-Doc Fellow Andrzej Brylak; European Academy of Public Diplomacy Director Katarzyna Pisarska; USC professor and Russia and Poland expert Tom Seifrid; and USC professor and human rights lawyer Steve Swerdlow.

USC professors Dr. Shaun R. Harper and Dr. Camille Gear Rich discuss the impact of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the challenges we still face today.

Panelists

Dr. Shaun Harper studies racial, gender, and LGBT issues in corporations, law firms, Hollywood production companies, K-12 schools, and universities. He is a Provost Professor in the USC Marshall School of Business and USC Rossier School of Education and the USC Race and Equity Center Executive Director.

Dr. Camille Gear Rich's research and teaching interests include constitutional law, feminist legal theory, family law, children and the law and the First Amendment. She is Associate Provost for Faculty and Student Initiatives in the Social Sciences, and Professor of Law and Sociology at USC Gould School of Law, and co-founded USC's Diversity and Inclusion Awareness Week.

Most Americans have an aging family member, friend, neighbor, or colleague who will someday be living with memory loss — and needing help. Join experts from USC and the Alzheimer's Association for a conversation about the increasingly important role of caregivers in comprehensive Alzheimer's care for #AlzheimersAwarenessMonth.

Panelists

Laura Mosqueda, MD, FAAFP, AGSF, is a professor (with tenure) of Family Medicine and Geriatrics at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. She is a widely respected authority on elder abuse and care of the elderly and underserved. She is the principal investigator of an NIA-funded R01 study to understand the causes of the abuse of people with dementia and is the director of the National Center on Elder Abuse. This federally funded initiative serves as the nation's coordinating body and clearinghouse for information on research, training, best practices, news, and resources.

Susan Howland is a gerontologist and the Program Director at the Alzheimer's Association, California Southland Chapter. In this position, she is responsible for the delivery of care and support programs in the organization's seven-county territory and developing the dementia capacity of health systems and community-based organizations. Susan has worked in aging and Alzheimer's disease for over 25 years and has received numerous national awards recognizing her contribution to the field. She holds a master's degree in Gerontology from the University of Southern California.

Moderator Michelle Levander is the founding director of the Center for Health Journalism at USC Annenberg and editor-in-chief of CenterforHealthJournalism.org. The center, which she launched in 2004, partners with journalists and their newsrooms to support ambitious reporting on health policy and health conditions in underserved communities.

USC researchers are exploring a unique group: veterans outside the VA struggling with isolation, depression, PTSD and substance use. Eric Pedersen of Keck School of Medicine of USC and Jordan Davis of USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work talk about what they've learned over the past years and how to better reach veterans grappling with these issues.

Experts John Vidale, former Director of Southern California Earthquake Center and USC Dornsife Professor, and Steve Goldfarb, USC Fire Safety and Emergency Planning Specialist, speak on earthquakes—the research behind them and how we might better prepare!

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Experts John Vidale, former Director of Southern California Earthquake Center and USC Dornsife Professor, and Steve Goldfarb, USC Fire Safety and Emergency Planning Specialist, speak on earthquakes—the research behind them and how we might better prepare!

Experts John Vidale, former Director of Southern California Earthquake Center and USC Dornsife Professor, and Steve Goldfarb, USC Fire Safety and Emergency Planning Specialist, speak on earthquakes—the research behind them and how we might better prepare!

USC experts discuss how parents and guardians can maintain open communication with and support their students as they begin to navigate the college experience!

Dr. Tracy Poon Tambascia is a Professor of Clinical Education in the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California. Her areas of interest include international higher education, higher education policy, issues that affect the practice of student affairs, and minoritized student access and success in higher education.

Dr. Broderick Leaks is director of counseling and mental health at USC Student Health and clinical associate professor of psychiatry and the behavioral sciences at Keck School of Medicine. As a psychologist, Leaks specializes in individual and group psychotherapy. Treatment of anxiety and panic disorders; OCD; stress management; ethnic minority identity development (particularly African American); and the integration of psychology and spirituality.

USC experts discuss their work and recent books, each highlighting a different neighborhood in L.A. and the Latinx contributions to the city's history. These three books are changing and challenging some of the historical ways Latinx L.A. has been written about. What does talking about Latinx historiography or "Latinidad" in Boyle Heights, Echo Park, and South Central LA mean? How have these communities transformed over time and how can we expect them to change in the future? And what does it mean in terms of issues around democracy, power and politics?

Speakers include USC Dornsife faculty:

• Natalia Molina, MacArthur Foundation Fellow and Distinguished Professor of American Studies & Ethnicity
• Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, Florence Everline Professor of Sociology
• George J. Sanchez, Professor of American Studies & Ethnicity and History
• Manuel Pastor, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and American Studies & Ethnicity and Turpanjian Chair in Civil Society and Social Change

Moderated by Juan De Lara, Associate Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity and Director, Latinx and Latin American Studies Center.

USC has produced more Olympians, overall medalists, and gold medalists than any other U.S. university. But what has it been like to train during the pandemic for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics? What are some of the surprising ways in which the games of ancient Greece were different from the modern Olympics? What are a few of the nearly 3,000-year-old traditions that haven't changed?

Listen in on this lively discussion with political science major and Olympian Tina Graudina of USC's beach volleyball team — the 2021 NCAA champions — and two USC Dornsife scholars of ancient Greece: Vincent Farenga, professor of classics and comparative literature, and Lucas Herchenroeder, associate professor (teaching) of classics. They'll be interviewed separately by USC Dornsife's new student correspondent, history and archaeology major Sean Silvia, host of "Door to Dornsife" and "Archaeologists Anonymous" on YouTube.

USC Dornsife Dean Amber Miller provides the introduction. This recording is a part of the Dornsife Dialogues Series.