Nov 5, 2015, 5:00 PM-6:30 PM, 1 Washington Place, Dean’s Conference Room (801)
Gallatin Teachers Reading, a Writing Program event series at which professors read from recently published books, offers a glimpse into the Gallatin faculty’s latest scholarship.
Gianpaolo Baiocchi will read from The Civic Imagination: Making a Difference in American Political Life (2014, co-authored with Elizabeth Bennett, Alissa Cordner, Stephanie Savell, and Peter Klein), which draws on ethnographic studies to understand how contemporary Americans think about and work toward social and political change.
Peder Anker, Louise Harpman, and Mitchell Joachim will read from their collaborative book, Global Design: Elsewhere Envisioned, which explores design solutions to address global warming.
Mitchell Joachim will also read from Super Cells: Building with Biology (co-authored with Nina Tandon), which examines technology and artworks built using cells.