UC Santa Barbara (Audio)

Award-winning actor Michael Douglas and Jewish Agency head Natan Sharansky explore the role that faith, religious pluralism and human rights have played in their personal journeys. They discuss their relationship with Judaism to an audience at UC Santa Barbara. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 30807]

Linda Putnam, a research professor of communication at UC Santa Barbara, focuses on discourse-based approaches to conflict framing. Specifically, she draws from research on teacher-administrator negotiations, environmental conflicts, real estate interactions and the 2007-08 writer’s strike to illustrate theory development in conflict framing Series: "Voices" [Humanities] [Show ID: 30517]

Trip Hawkins wants to help the nerds take over the world. Hawkins founded and built Electronic Arts and played a key role in defining the PC industry as an early executive at Apple. Hawkins pioneered many successful strategies and practices in the PC and game industries and was the creative force behind EA Sports and such games as John Madden Football. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Business] [Show ID: 30340]

Mark Coopersmith is an entrepreneur, Fortune 500 executive, educator, and author. He has launched, built, and led high-growth businesses as raw startups and within global enterprises alike; Mark has also been a strategic advisor to organizations ranging from VC-backed ventures to global corporations such as Intel and DirecTV. Mark is currently a Senior Fellow at UC Berkeley’s Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at The Haas School of Business where he runs highly sought-after courses and programs on innovation, entrepreneurship, corporate entrepreneurship, and new approaches to driving growth, company resilience and long-term success. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Business] [Show ID: 30341]

Two presentations from the Constructions of Terrorism Conference at UCSB in December 2015: Defining Terrorism as Tactic with David Schanzer, Duke Sanford School of Pubic Policy, and Terror as Performance Violence with Mark Juergensmeyer, UC Santa Barbara. Series: "Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 30468]

Two presentations from the Constructions of Terrorism Conference at UCSB in December 2015: Constructing Terrorism as Coercion with Clark McCauley, Bryn Mawr College, and The Narrative Construction of Violent Islamism with Steven Corman, Arizona State University. Series: "Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 30469]

Two presentations from the Constructions of Terrorism Conference at UCSB in December 2015: Media Constructions of Terrorism: Framing How the Public Interprets and Responds to Terrorism with Benjamin Smith, UC Santa Barbara, and Constructing the Terrorist Threat: The Merging of the Discourses of Terrorism, Radicalization and Extremism in the UK with Anthony Richards, University of East London. Series: "Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 30470]

Two presentations from the Constructions of Terrorism Conference at UCSB in December 2015: Can Terrorism be Defined? with Lisa Stampnitzky, University of Sheffield, and Misoverestimating Terrorism with John Mueller, Ohio State University. Series: "Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 30467]

Two presentations from the Constructions of Terrorism Conference at UCSB in December 2015: The World vs. Daesh: Constructing a Contemporary Terrorist Threat with Scott Englund, UC Santa Barbara, and Contemporary Threat Roundtable led by Alan Cullison, Wall Street Journal. Series: "Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 30474]

Two presentations from the Constructions of Terrorism Conference at UCSB in December 2015: Constructing Cultures of Martyrdom, with Mia Bloom, Georgia State University, and Introducing Government Actions in Terror Environments (GATE) Dataset with Laura Dugan, University of Maryland. Series: "Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 30473]