Mullen Lecture
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
4:00 pm
AOK Library GalleryAnna Maria Lusardi, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR)
Director of the Initiative for Financial Decision-Making
Stanford University
The Importance of Financial Literacy: Lessons From Many Years of Data
In this seminar, Dr. Lusardi will present data from the Big Three (three questions to measure financial literacy), the Personal Finance Index (twenty-eight questions to measure financial literacy), and new information from the Consumer Expectations Survey from the European Central Bank to document very low levels of financial literacy in the United States and around the world. Looking at the data from a personal finance approach, she will show how financial literacy affects financial decision-making, from managing assets to debt and debt management, and the consequences of low financial knowledge for individuals and society as well. Dr. Lusardi will discuss the implications of her findings for policy, including national strategies for financial literacy. She will also discuss the importance of teaching personal finance in school and college.
Organized by the Department of Economics and cosponsored by the Center for Social Science Scholarship.
Photo provided by A.M. Lusardi.
Lipitz Lecture
Thursday, March 27, 2025
4:00 pm
AOK Library GalleryJohn Schumacher, PhD
Professor, Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health
Gerontology
Director, Center for Public Health
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Organized by the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health. Cosponsored by the Center for Social Science Scholarship and the Dean’s Office of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences.
Distinguished Lecture in Psychology
Thursday, April 3, 2025
4:00 pm
AOK Library GalleryGordon C. Nagayama Hall, Ph.D.
Professor Emerit
University of Oregon
Making the Invisible Visible:
Reducing Disparities Via Personally Relevant InterventionsThe mental health needs of people of color are largely invisible because they underutilize mental health services and are not the focus of research. These mental health utilization disparities have persisted for at least six decades. Neither evidence-based treatments nor culturally-adapted treatments adequately address the individual needs of people of color. People of color may not use mental health services because services are not: (a) personally relevant; or (b) accessible. Our neuroscience data suggest that pragmatic, problem-solving approaches are the most personally relevant for Asian Americans, the least likely ethnic group to use mental health services. In this talk, Dr. Hall will discuss the development of the Mind Boba app to make psychotherapy more personally relevant and accessible to Asian Americans.
Organized by the Department of Psychology and cosponsored by the Center for Social Science Scholarship.
Photo provided by G. Hall.
Low Lecture
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
4:00 pm
AOK Library GalleryAmber N. Mitchell
Curator of Black History
The Henry Ford
Organized by the Department of History and cosponsored by the Center for Social Science Scholarship (additional cosponsors to be added).
Eckert Health & Inequality Lecture
Thursday, April 24, 2025
4:00 pm
AOK Library Gallery
Organized by the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health, and cosponsored by the Center for Social Science Scholarship (additional cosponsors to be added).
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
4pm
AOK Library GalleryDerek Hyra, Ph.D.
Professor, Public Administration and Policy
American University
Slow and Sudden Violence: Why and When Uprisings Occur
Organized by the Department of American Studies. Cosponsored by the Center for Social Science Scholarship (additional cosponsors to be added).
