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Self-Care for Activists in 2021 and Beyond
7:00 PM – See WebEx Link - WebEx Link: https://iastate.webex.com/iastate/onstage/g.php?MTID=e5350e52dd0a633224c54454b4e4446c2 Aisha Moore is an entrepreneur with a Masters in Public Health from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Ms. Moore has been providing self-care programs since 2014 to businesses, foundations, nonprofits and colleges, and has recently completed training in Health Coaching. Ms. Moore began a company called Self-care by Aisha where she maintains a blog, and organizes speaking events. Her work has also been featured in the book "The Happy, Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout". Recording: There will be a recording available for this event through April 30; please check lectures.iastate.edu beginning April 9 for the recording link.

A Vaccinologist's Tale: A Journey from Jenner, Pasteur, and Salk to Nanomedicines and Beyond
12:10 PM – See WebEx Link - WebEx Link: https://iastate.webex.com/iastate/onstage/g.php?MTID=eb33549d993b0d37343affc4cf9b5058d Michael J. Wannemuehler, PhD., received his undergraduate training in microbiology at Purdue University. He worked on induction host immune responses to Salmonella while earning his M.S. at Idaho State University. During his PhD training, he worked on a vaccine against Neisseria gonorrhea at the University of Louisville. During his postdoctoral fellowship, he studied the induction and regulation of mucosal tolerance. He joined the faculty of the College of Veterinary Medicine here at Iowa State University in the Fall of 1983, rose to the rank of Professor and has served as the Chair of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine. Since joining ISU, his laboratory has contributed to the development an effective vaccine against swine dysentery and, along with collaborators in the Nanovaccine Institute, has worked on vaccines for tetanus, streptococcal pneumonia, pneumonic plague, anthrax, influenza, and COVID19. His research also addresses the interaction between the resident microbiota of the GI tract and host mucosal responses to colitic insults. These studies have taken advantage of the gnotobiotic mouse colonies he has maintained at ISU. More recently, his research interests have included the interactions of microbial metabolism on the host response to vaccine administration.

The Conservative Case for Economic Nationalism
7:00 PM – See WebEx Link - WebEx Link: https://iastate.webex.com/iastate/onstage/g.php?MTID=e149426bf0f127060cf65265526ce82ff Pedro Gonzalez is a senior writer at American Greatness.

Ignored Racism: White Animus Toward Latinos
7:00 PM – See WebEx Link - Dr. Dave A. M. Peterson, Lucken Professor of Political Science, discusses how White Americans' perceptions and attitudes about Latinos shape the way they think about politics. Based on his book, Ignored Racism: White Animus Toward Latinos, Dr. Peterson will present the history of how institutional discrimination targeting Latinos has resulted in White’s negative stereotypes and how these views influence the ways in which Whites think about elections, politics, and public policy. WebEx Link: https://iastate.webex.com/iastate/onstage/g.php?

Stem Cells and Bioengineering for Brain Repair Strategies
6:00 PM – Online - Event Link: http://events.las.iastate.edu/deans-lecture In our nervous system, the death of neurons is often a devastating consequence of neurodegenerative diseases or severe injury. A significant problem with developing useful therapies for treating neural disorders is developing effective methods that prevent further loss of nerve cells and facilitate recovery of function. As such, repair strategies often must comprise a multi-factorial approach addressing several issues, including optimization of survival and function of remaining neural tissue, the modulation of trophic influences to promote repair, and perhaps possible replacement of lost cells. In his presentation, Dr. Donald Sakaguchi, Director of Biology and Genetics Undergraduate Program and Morrill Professor, will discuss his highly collaborative, interdisciplinary research program that merges stem cell biology and bioengineering to develop experimental brain and tissue repair strategies. When combined, these enabling technologies cancontribute to the development ofnovel therapeutic interventions withbiomedical applications.His laboratory's educational goal is to effectively integrate research with educational activities and train undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows in interdisciplinary studies to produce next-generation biologists and bioengineers. Spring 2021 Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean's Lecture

Food Fight: The 14-Year Rebellion Against Food Service at Iowa Agricultural College
7:00 PM – See WebEx Link - Dr. Doug Biggs will cover a contentious period of ISU's early history: when students bucked requirements to get their food from campus. The battle of wills between the administration and the student body lasted 14 years! Come learn what the issues and the solution were. Dr. Biggs was born in Ames, Iowa, where his father taught Geology and Earth Science at Iowa State University for his entire career. Dr. Biggs holds a BA and an MA in History from Iowa State University and a Ph. D. from the University of Minnesota. He has written extensively about the political culture of late medieval England, specifically the reigns of Richard II (1377-99) and Henry IV (1399-1413). He regularly presents his research at International Conferences on both sides of the Atlantic. He is also the Managing Series Editor for Late Medieval Europe, a monograph series for Brill Academic Publishers in the Netherlands. In late 2009 Dr. Biggs became interested in the local history of his home town and also his undergraduate alma mater. This has led to several publications, a book, and public lectures on historical subjects in Ames about Ames and Iowa State University. In Fall 2017 Dr. Biggs received the prestigious Pratt-Heins Foundation Faculty Award for Outstanding Service to the UNK Community in the Area of Research/Scholarship. WebEx Link: https://iastate.webex.com/iastate/onstage/g.php?MTID=e68c7ff7ef80b142cb1f2b9d52f7ecafc

What Men Can Do to Prevent Gender Violence, and How They Play an Active Role in Counteracting This Behavior
7:00 PM – See WebEx Link - WebEx Link: https://iastate.webex.com/iastate/onstage/g.php?MTID=ea3b1aeef9d04e98805ce729f90cebaa9 Jackson Katz is an educator, author, and social theorist who is internationally renowned for his pioneering scholarship and activism on issues of gender, race and violence. In 1993, Dr. Katz co-founded the Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) program at Northeastern University’s Center for the Study of Sport in Society. The mixed-gender, multiracial MVP program is one of the longest-running and most widely influential sexual assault and relationship abuse prevention programs in both secondary and higher education. It was the first large-scale program of its kind in the sports culture and the military. Among its many accomplishments, MVP introduced the “bystander” approach to the gender violence prevention field; Katz is one of the key architects of this now broadly popular educational strategy. Since 1990, Katz has delivered thousands of keynote addresses and conducted trainings in all 50 states, 8 Canadian provinces, and every continent except Antarctica. Since 1997, Katz has run MVP Strategies, which provides sexual harassment and gender violence prevention leadership training to professionals and students in colleges, high schools, the military, human service organizations and small and large corporations. Women's Week 2021

One Woman's Journey: From a Kenyan Village School to an American University
7:00 PM – See WebEx Link - WebEx Link: https://iastate.webex.com/iastate/onstage/g.php?MTID=e552cdfe4d8fdef792d4f55a81567acb9 Dr. Ebby Luvaga was born and raised in rural Kenya. The presentation will walk the audience through Dr. Luvaga’s journey from her small village in Western Kenya to becoming the only member of her extended family to earn a PhD and go on to teach at an American University. Through that journey Dr. Luvaga will share her perspective on gender and development across the globe. Ebby Luvaga is a Teaching Professor in the Department of Economics at Iowa State University, and also serves as the Coordinator for Undergraduate Advising. She plays significant roles in the department’s three undergraduate programs, focusing on activities related to advising, recruitment and retention, teaching, and administration. She has been involved in leading student study abroad programs for over 20 years. Women's Week 2021

No Way Out: Severely Abused Latinas, Intimate Terrorism, and Killing to Survive
7:00 PM – See WebEx Link - Domestic violence (DV), primarily severe/terroristic DV, is one of the primary catalysts for intimate partner homicide (IPH) offending and victimization. Latinas experience disproportionately high rates of abuse and IPH victimization when compared to other racial/ethnic groups; however, they are less likely to kill their abusers in self-defense (i.e., self-help homicide). This disparity is surprising given their experiences of racism/discrimination and diminished access to structural resources (e.g., employment, income, DV resources) typically increase the likelihood of self-help homicide. This presentation will focus on Latinas’ unique low rate of IPH offending when compared to other racial/ethnic groups. We will explore how structural (e.g., poverty), institutional (e.g., immigration enforcement), and cultural factors (e.g., strong familial ties) shape their experiences of abuse and homicide. I argue that Latinas become entrapped within terroristic abusive relationships with limited options for assistance, escape, and survival. Such entrapment limits their capacity to self-protect against violence, including killing to survive, leaving them with “no way out.” Dr. Shannon B. Harper is an Assistant Professor of criminal justice in the Department of Sociology and U.S. Latino/a Studies Program at Iowa State University. Dr. Harper’s research explores the relationship between domestic violence and intimate partner homicide and the gendered contexts through which both occur. She examines the neighborhood social and structural factors that influence IPH, as well as how the criminal justice system and community resources operate to address it and the abuse that precipitates it. Dr. Harper’s work also investigates how race/ethnicity, class, culture, gender, and other identities intersect to shape the severe DV experiences of survivors who are marginalized. Her published works can be found in multiple peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes. WebEx Link: https://iastate.webex.com/iastate/onstage/g.php?MTID=e5bd40c8c6681891f5b8c5f2cadcf1aa9

Sexism, Media, and the Pursuit of Madame President
7:00 PM – See WebEx Link - WebEx Link: https://iastate.webex.com/iastate/onstage/g.php?MTID=e545c32996a3483507e659599106ffa66 Dr. Kelly Winfrey is an assistant professor with the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication and faculty with the Leadership Studies Program. Her research focuses on gender and political campaign communication. Winfrey teaches courses in women and leadership, political campaigns, public relations and journalism. She serves as the coordinator of research and outreach for the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics where she oversees such research and outreach programs such as the Archives of Women’s Political Communication, Women in Iowa Politics Database and Ready to Run® Iowa: Campaign Training for Women. Dr. Winfrey will discuss her latest article about the sexism women have faced from 2012-2020 while running for U.S. President. Note: The presentation "Women in the Criminal Justice System from an FBI Victim Specialist's Perspective" with Karen P. Gale had to be canceled.