Labor Unions (Spring 2024)

Panelists:

• Liz Feitl, Former United Way Community Services Liaison, AFL-CIO
• Tallen George, Member, UA Local 136 – Plumbers and Steamfitters
• Chris Grider, President, IBEW  Local 481, General Foreman at Long Electric Company

Truth, Media and Democracy (Fall 2023)

Panelists:

• Violet Baron, Arts Producer and Host, “All Things Considered” for WFIU
• Julia Fox, Associate Professor in Communication Science, Media School
• Jeremy Hogan, Photojournalist, The Bloomingtonian
• Joseph Tomain, Senior Lecturer, Mauer School of Law

Higher Education: Who Pays, Who Benefits? (Spring 2022)

Panelists:

• Eliza Carey, Monroe County School Corporation
• Vincent Isom, Director of the IU 21st Century Scholars Program, Indiana University Bloomington
• Patrick O’Neill, Assistant Professor of Life and Physical Sciences, Ivy Tech Community College, Bloomington
• Jennifer Rippner, Lecturer, IU School of Education

Affirmative Action (Fall 2022)

Panelists:

• Barbara McKinney, Attorney, City of Bloomington and Human Rights Director
• Marvin Sterling, Associate Professor, Anthropology
• Steve Sanders, Professor of Law, Mauer School of Law
• Sacha Thieme, Assistant Vice Provost and Executive Director of Admissions, IU Bloomigton

Reparations (Spring 2022)

Panelists:

• Carolina Castoreno, Executive Director, American Indian Council of Indiana
• Jim Sims, Bloomington Common Council
• Jakobi Williams, Chair, African American and African Diaspora Studies; Professor of History

Health + Resilience: Breaking Through Crisis to Create Stronger Communities (Fall 2021)

Panelists:

• Daisy Anspach, Counselor, Counseling and Psychological Serices, Indiana University
• Penny Caudill, Administrator, Monroe County Health Department
• Liz Grenat, Director, Community Voices for Health in Monroe County
• Maresa Murray, Assistant Dean of Diversity, Inclusion & Organizational Climate, School of Public Health, Indiana University

Incarceration in the U.S. (Spring 2021)

Panelists:

• Stacy Flynn, Assistant Director, New Leaf New Life
• Valeri Haughton, Monroe County Circuit Court Judge
• Raymond Kinison, Public Information Officer, Indiana Department of Corrections
• Theresa A. Ochoa, Professor of Education; Executive Director, Helping Offenders Prosper Through Employment

Partisan Politics: Challenges & Opportunities for Democracy (Fall 2020)

Panelists:

• Bernard Fraga, Associate Professor, Emory University
• Ky Freeman, IU Bloomington Black Student Union President
• Marjorie Hershey, Professor Emeritus, Political Science, IU Bloomington
• Julia Vaughn, Policy Director, Common Cause Indiana

Gun Violence in the U.S. (Spring 2020)

Panelists:

• Ron Bacon, Indiana State Representative
• Kourtney Byrd, Public Health Doctoral Candidate/Researcher, IU Bloomington
• Nidhi Krishnan, Student/Activist, Washington University, St. Louis
• Jason Seaman, Teacher & Coach, Noblesville West Middle School

The Opioid Epidemic (2019)

Panelists:

• Mary Ellen Diekhoff, Judge, Monroe Circuit Court V
• Brandon Drake, Intervention Specialist co-founder, Courage to Change
• Carrie Lawrence, Assistant Research Scientist, SPH; Assoc. Director, RCAP
• Jim Merritt, Indiana State Senate, District 31

The Role of the Media (2018)

Panelists:

• Tom French, Media School, Indiana University
• Wes Martin, WFHB Community Radio
• Elaine Monaghan, Media School, Indiana Univeristy

U.S. Immigration & Refugee Policy (2017)

Panelists:

• Don Barnett, Center for Immigration Studies
• Luis Fuentes-Rohwer, Maurer School of Law, Indiana University
• Christie Popp, Popp Law Office
• Oliver Shao, Dept. of Folkore & Ethnomusicology, Indiana University

Abortion and Reproductive Rights (2016)

Panelists:

• Judith Allen, Ph.D., Professor, Department of History; Senior Research Fellow, Kinsey Institute, Indiana University
• Jason T. Eberl, Ph.D., Semler Endowed Chair for Medical Ethics, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Marian University
• Dawn Johnsen, J.D., Walter W. Foskett Professor of Law, Indiana University
• Judy Klein, M.D., Staff Physician, IU Health Center

Policing in the U.S.: What Are the Proper Roles and Necessary Boundaries? (2015)

Panelists:

• Kerry Hyatt Blomquist, Legal Director, Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence
• Matthew Hayes, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, IU Bloomington
• Lt. Brice Teter, Indiana University Police Department Bloomington

National Security: America’s Role in the World (2014)

Panelists:

• Nick Cullather, Professor, Department of History, Indiana University
• Christiana Ochoa, Professor of Law and Charles L. Whistler Faculty Fellow and Director, Ph.D. Minor in Human Rights, Indiana University
• Daniel Preston, Clinical Assistant Professor, Deputy Director for Global Initiatives, School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA), Indiana University
• Dina Spechler, Associate Professor of Political Science, Indiana University

Climate Change: What Should We Do about It? (2013)

Panelists:

• Jacqui Bauer, Sustainability Coordinator, City of Bloomington
• Jesse Kharbanda, Executive Director, Hoosier Environmental Council
• Sara C. Pryor, Provost Professor of Atmospheric Science, Indiana University

Internet and Society: Privacy, Freedom, and Security (2012)

Panelists:

• Fred Cate, Director, Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research, Indiana University
• Chase Whiteside, Documentarian, New Left Media
• Bob Zaltsberg, Editor, Bloomington Herald-Times

Immigration (2011)

Panelists:

• Lynn Duggan, Department of Labor Studies, IU Bloomington
• Maria Lillian Casillas, El Centro Communal Latino
• Robert Schrameyer, Citizens for Immigration Law Enforcement (Goshen, Indiana)

Healthcare (2010)

Panelists:

• Kathy Byers, School of Social Work, IU Bloomington
• Sandra Shapshay, Department of Philosophy, IU Bloomington