7/12  •  Disinformation Down on the Farm - A threat to food and national security

Kevin M. Folta
SUNDAY, JULY 12  | 10:30 AM  |  KEVIN M. FOLTA
A small percentage of the population feeds the rest.  At the same time agriculture and food have become prime targets for a thriving disinformation ecosystem. It is a perfect storm.  We live in a time of unprecedented food abundance, safety and choice.  

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7/19  •  COMMUNITY, CONNECTION AND CONVERSATION

SUNDAY, JUNE 19  | 10:30 AM  |  LIVING ETHICS DISCUSSION
Join us for community, connection, and conversation at our Living Ethics Discussion (LED). We will enjoy an informal conversation about the ongoing quest to live more ethical lives. What stands in your way? What are your triumphs? LED provides a monthly opportunity to explore these and other issues.

7/26  •   What's the Buzz on Bees?

Bethany Janovic
SUNDAY, JULY 26  | 10:30 AM  |  BETHANY JANOVIC
From the tiniest mining bee to the large and adorably awkward bumblebee, the world of bees is full of wonder! They are intelligent and amazing pollinators, some working together seamlessly as a colony while others fend for themselves. With thousands of bee species around the world there is always more to discover! Join us in an ethical action day where we will learn from a hobby beekeeper about honey bees, beekeeping, ethical considerations of beekeeping, native bees and how you can help. Then you will have an opportunity to interact with beekeeping equipment, taste some honey and make a solitary bee nesting space to take home.

Bethany is originally from Utah where she received her BA in Theatre Studies. After college she moved to Florida where she worked in entertainment at Walt Disney World. She was less than enthusiastic to leave Florida for Missouri but now has made it her home. Bethany has worked part time in the Childwatch at the YMCA for nearly 5 years and part time as a breastfeeding peer counselor with WIC for 11 years. She enjoys spending time with her husband of 19 years, her two amazing children and many (too many) pets.  She also enjoys books, tv and movies, embroidery, crochet, archery, spending time in nature and of course beekeeping. This is her 5th year beekeeping and she is always learning more!

8/2  •   Magic in the lab: Psychological insights from magicians

Anthony Barnhart, Ph.D.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 2  | 10:30 AM  |  ANTHONY BARNHART, Ph.D.
Recent years have seen widespread interest in a “science of magic” that learns from the psychological insights and methods of magicians, who are themselves informal cognitive scientists testing their hypotheses in the real world. In just the last decade, renowned magicians have authored papers meant to be read not by magicians, but by scientists who study attention and perception. In his presentation, Dr. Barnhart will discuss the long history of interaction between psychologists and magicians. Along the way, using live performance and video, he will introduce some of the techniques and theories from the world of magic that have inspired research in laboratories around the world (including his own).

​Cognitive scientist, Anthony Barnhart, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Psychological Science at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin and a part-time professional magician. He borrows hypotheses and techniques from magic to study attention and perception in the laboratory, and has authored both empirical and theoretical works on the interface of science and magic. A leader in this burgeoning field, he was a founding member of the Science of Magic Association and frequently appears in national and international media. Most recently, his work was featured on an episode of the CBC’s The Nature of Things with David Suzuki devoted to the science of magic. He regularly teaches a college course devoted to the cognitive science of magic.