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Surfing for Change
Kyle Thiermann, pro surfer, philanthropist, environmental activist, and entrepreneur, captivates the attention of environmental and social activists by offering simple daily decisions and choices that benefit local econ…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/surfing-for-changeThe Fall of Prop. 8 - Marriage Equality at the U.S. Supreme Court
Kris Perry & Sandy Stier were the lead plaintiffs in the landmark Supreme Court case Hollingsworth v. Perry, the federal challenge to California’s ban on same-sex marriage. Perry and Stier first tried to marry in 2004,…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/fall-of-prop-8-marriage-equality-at-us-supreme-courtGender Is a Process, Not a Trait: The Dynamics of the Origins of Difference in Infancy
Anne Fausto-Sterling is the Nancy Duke Lewis Professor Emerita of Biology and Gender Studies in the department of molecular biology, cell biology, and biochemistry and former director of the Science & Technology Studies…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/gender-is-process-not-trait-dynamics-of-origins-of-difference-in-infancyTaxing California
Mac Taylor has served since 2008 as the nonpartisan fiscal advisor to both houses of the California Legislature and oversees the preparation of annual fiscal and policy analysis of the state’s budget and programs. With…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/taxing-californiaIncarceration by Any Other Name: The Unholy Alliance of Religion, Therapeutic Culture, and the State
Susan Sered is a professor of sociology at Suffolk University in Boston and a senior researcher at Suffolk University's Center for Women’s Health and Human Rights. Previously she also directed a research program in Reli…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/incarceration-by-any-other-name-unholy-alliance-of-religion-therapeutic-culture-and-stateRich Nation, Poor Nation: A History of Race, Region, and Inequality in Brazil
Barbara Weinstein is Silver Professor of History and chair of the history department at New York University, where she teaches Brazilian and modern Latin American history. Her research has focused on Amazonian political…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/rich-nation-poor-nation-history-of-race-region-and-inequality-in-brazilTeaching Religious Liberty
James Sonne is a Stanford Law School professor and founding director of the school's Religious Liberty Clinic, the nation's only program where law students learn through full-time representation of real clients in live…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/teaching-religious-libertyEbola and Beyond: Scary Viruses in a Globalized World
David Quammen is a journalist and award-winning author of several books including Spillover (2012), which explores the science, history, and human impacts of emerging diseases, especially viral diseases. More recently,…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/ebola-and-beyond-scary-viruses-in-globalized-worldPresaging the Presidential Election: How the 2015 Election Will Shape the 2016 Presidential Race
Off-year elections, those that are held in-between federal elections in odd-numbered years, often give us a good picture of the mood of the electorate before a presidential election. In 2015 three governorships and fou…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/presaging-presidential-election-how-2015-election-will-shape-2016-presidential-raceArt Panel II: Public Art - Public Domain
In this second of the two-part series sponsored by CMC’s Gould Center for Humanistic Studies and the Public Art Committee, the panel will challenge the idea of the "public" in public art. It will examine the transformat…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/art-panel-ii-public-art-public-domain