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Dealing with Difference in "THE REAL WORLD" - Julie Stoffer
8:00 PM – Stephens Auditorium - Julie Stoffer appeared on MTV's Real World New Orleans. Julie grew up in a conservative Wisconsin town and attended Brigham Young University. Julie is a committed Mormon who introduced her religious beliefs and values to the world on "Real World." Justin Deabler appeared on MTV's Real World Hawaii. He graduated from Harvard Law, and is a politically active gay man involved in such social issues as HIV/AIDS education. Justin and Julie will talk about the experience of being labeled by society, and how they learned to appreciate people with different values and opinions. They will also be showing clips from the show. Thursday, August 30 8 p.m.

Me Talk Pretty One Day - David Sedaris
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - David Sedaris, humorist and best-selling author, made his National Public Radio debut with "Santaland Diaries," a widely funny monologue recounting his strange-but-true experiences being a green-tight clad elf at a Macy's store holiday display. Seders' sardonic humor and incisive social critique have sine made him one of NPR's most popular and humorous commentators. His current books, Me Talk Pretty One Day, was an instant New York Times bestseller. His other bestsellers include Naked and Barrel Fever. He also is a frequent contributor to Esquire and The New Yorker. Collaborating under the name, "The Talent Family," his and his sister, Amy, have written several plays that have been produced in New York City. Seders also taught writing at the Art Institute of Chicago for two years.

Fatherhood - Ross D. Parke
8:15 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Part of the National Affairs Series

Fatherhood-Ross D. Parke
8:15 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Ross D. Parke is the distinguished Professor of Psychology, Presidential Chair, and Director of the Center for Family Studies at the University of California, Riverside. In addition to many publications, he is the author of Fatherhood; the co-author of child Psychology: A contemporary Viewpoint; and the co-editor A Century of Developmental Psychology and children in Time and Place: Developmental and Historical

Reinventing Childhood - David Elkind
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Dr. David Elkind is Professor of child Study at Tufts University in Massachusetts, and is probably best known for his books, The Hurried child: Growing Up Too Fast Too Soon, All Grown Up and No Place to Go, Miseducation, and the Ties That Stress: The New Family Imbalance. His newest book is Reinventing Childhood Raising and Educating Children in a Changing World. Part of the National Affairs Series

Saturday Night Live, Etc. - Ana Gasteyer
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Ana Gasteyer is a Saturday Night Live performer and is best known for her characterizations of Martha Stewart, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Katherine Harris.

Family Diversity - Vonnie C. McLoyd
8:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Vonnie C. McLoyd is a professor of psychology and African American Studies, and Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Human Growth and Development at the University of Michigan. She is a developmental psychologist whose research focuses on the impact of economic hardship on family processes and children's mental health. She is the co-editor of studying minority Adolescents: Conceptual, methodological, and Theoretical Issues. Part of the National Affairs Series

Deadly Persuasion: Advertising and Addiction - Jean Kilbourne
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Jean Kilbourne is a nationally recognized expert on addictions, gender issues, and the media, who has served as an adviser to former Surgeons General C. Everett Koop and Antonia Novello. She is the author of Deadly Persuasion: Why Women and Girls Must Fight the Addictive Power of Advertising. Her first film "Killing Us Softly: Advertising's Image of Women" are among the most popular educational films of all time. Part of the National Affairs Series

Emerging Families: How Family Relationships Develop Across Generations - Rand Conger
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Rand conger was director of the Institute for Social and Behavioral Research at Iowa State University and professor of sociology and psychology. his books include Children of the Land: Adversity and Success in Rural America, part of the john D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on mental Health and Development; and Families in troubled Times: Adapting to Change in rural America. Part of the National Affairs Series

Postville: A Clash of Cultures in Heartland America - Stephen Bloom
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Stephen bloom's book Postville: A Clash of Cultures in Heartland America focuses on fundamental changes confronting a small, predominately Lutheran, Iowa town after 150 Lubavitcher Jews settle there, buy the local slaughterhouse, and become the community's new power brokers. Bloom, an associate professor of journalism at the University of Iowa, has been an award-winning journalist form more than 20 years. Part of the National Affairs Series