Submissions from 2021
Weighing In: How Can We Identify and Reduce Weight Stigma?, Ilana Chamdi MA and Edie Goldbacher PhD
Hispanic, Latino, Latinx? What Does It All Mean?, Yazmin Herrera-Galán '23 and Luisa Ossa PhD
Serious Cartoons: What Can Animated Films Teach Us About How We Treat Animals?, Geoffrey J. Beatty
Earned Not Endowed: What Do La Salle Collections Teach Us About Early Feminism and the Suffrage Movement?, Miranda Clark-Binder and Heather Wllever-Farr PhD, MA
How Will the Pandemic Influence the Future of Small Business?, C. Andrew Lafond DBA, CPA; MarySheila McDonald Esq.; and Steven P. Melick
How, When, and Why: Can We Have a Candid Conversation About COVID-19 Vaccines?, Kelly Daily PhD; Jason Diaz PhD; and Christen Rexing PhD, MPH
The Immigration Conversation: Do We Have it All Wrong?, The Organization of Latin American Students at La Salle University, Stephanie Acevedo, Emily Dabas, Yazmin Herrera-Galan, Araceli Inga, Saul Maldonado, Amelia Paulino, Nayeli Picón, Arianna Ramos, and Yosibeth Torres
Does the La Salle Curriculum Represent Our Student Population?, Rosemary Barbera PhD, Christian Camacho, and Yosibeth Torres
Submissions from 2020
What Do You Think of When You Hear the Phrase "Soup Kitchen?”: How Does the Language we Use Around Hunger, Homelessness, and Poverty Impact our Attitudes and Actions?, PHEED Philadelphia, La Salle University Student Organization
Debriefing the Elections: What are the Takeaways?, Miguel Glatzer PhD
Art and Activism: What is the Role of Art During Times of Crisis?, Miranda Clark-Binder and Mey-Yen Moriuchi PhD
Is Implicit Bias Unhealthy?, School of Nursing & Health Sciences Inter-Professional Education Committee, La Salle University
Tweeting, Turnout, and Tone: How Might Media Coverage of Politics Shape 2020 Election?, Kelly Daily PhD
Serious Cartoons: Can Animation Help Us Talk About Difficult Things?, Geoffrey J. Beatty
How Should Governments Respond to the COVID-19 Economic Crisis?, Adam Pellillo PhD
Responsibility and Resiliency in Challenging Times: How Can We Cope Together as a Lasallian Community?, Laura Cilia MA
Is This Really Normal? Pandemic Teaching is Not Online Teaching, Christen Rexing PhD, MPH and Luisa Ossa PhD
How Can I Contribute to Making History Now? The COVID-19 Archive Project: Chronicling La Salle’s Own Experiences of the Pandemic, Katie Carey MLIS
What Happens If We Abolish or Defund the Police?, Caitlin Taylor PhD
What Does it Mean to be Lasallian in the Midst of a Pandemic?, Jason Diaz PhD and Christen Rexing PhD, MPH
An Epidemic of Racism: Unpacking the Intersection of Inequality and COVID, Christen Rexing PhD, MPH and Jason Diaz PhD
Can We Talk?...A Dialogue on Race, Racism, and #George Floyd, Christian Camacho, Jack Drummond Jr., Maureen O'Connell PhD, Jaisy Omollo '18, Candace Robertson-James PhD, Cherylyn Rush, and Caitlin J. Taylor PhD
Looking Out For #1 in a Time of Coronavirus?, Jason Diaz PhD and Christen Rexing PhD, MPH
Can the Average American Counter Russian Interference in the U.S. Elections?, Mark A. Thomas PhD
Exploring Lasallian Identity: What Makes You Lasallian?, Jaime Longo and Bethlehem Mulugeta
Is Food a Right or a Privilege? A Discussion on Hunger and Food Insecurity, Pheed Philadelphia
Am I Good Enough?, Jacob Garwood, Emma Krall, and Whitney Howell PhD
The Environmental Injustice of Urban Lead: Are We Being Poisoned in Our Own Neighborhoods?, Florence Ling
Submissions from 2019
I’m Not Sick! I’m Young and Healthy! Why Start Planning for the End of Life Now? Let’s Start a Conversation..., Kristen J. Overbaugh PhD and Mary Wilby PhD
What's All the Fuss About? Day 2: The Nobel Prize in Economics, Medicine, and Peace, Emma Leonard Boyle PhD, Jason Diaz PhD, and Adam Pellillo PhD
What’s All the Fuss About? Day 1: Exploring the 2019 Nobel Prize Contributions in Chemistry, Physics, and Literature, Denise Femia PhD, Vincent Kling PhD, and Sean McClory PhD
How Do We Improve Interactions with Students on the Autism Spectrum?, Jason Diaz PhD and Zaire Whaley
Are We Living in a Man's World?, Emma Leonard Boyle PhD
College Admissions Scandals: What Would a Just Admissions Policy Look Like?, Kathleen Bogle PhD
Why All the Hate? White Supremacy, White Nationalism, and White Power, Craig Franson PhD and Charles Gallagher
Should Prostitution be Legal or Remain Illegal? A Discussion on Human Trafficking, Lily Brow, Brian Gelbach, Bethlehem Mulugeta, and Jessica Wright
Gameful Education: Can We Have Meaningful Learning in the Classroom Through Game Playing?, Carolyn Plump, Kathiana Cajuste, Taylor Kauffman, and Alexander Wilson
What Does My DNA Have to Say About My Identity?, Jason Diaz PhD
When is it Right to Do Wrong?, Bianca Abbate, Jacob Garwood, and Michael J. McGinniss F.S.C
Coffee, Tea, and Mortality: How is the International Death Cafe Movement Changing How People Think About the Hereafter?, Laura Cilia MA, Adrienne Pollichemi, and Janine Mariscotti
Locked Out or Locked In? The Impact of Mass Shootings on the Learning Environment, Mae Knight, Brandon Robbins-Cartagena, and Laura Roy Ph.D.
Submissions from 2018
The Most Trusted Profession? The Dark Side of Nursing, Zane Wolf PhD; Maureen Donohue-Smith PhD; and Kerrin C. Wolf JD, PhD
¿Cómo se dice…? Will Speaking Spanish be Key to “Making It?”, Luisa Ossa and Hsiao-Ping Biehl PhD
Should Social Media Censor Pseudoscience?, Nancy L. Jones PhD
Do Unions Belong on College Campuses? The State of Labor in Higher Ed, La Salle Young Democratic Socialists
The Origin and Evolution of Human Communication: If We Were Walking the Walk, Were We Walking the Talk?, James Mancinelli
Media Coverage of Celebrity Deaths by Suicide, La Salle Suicide Prevention Grant Staff
What Is the Appropriate Punishment for Sexual Assault?, Caitlin Taylor PhD and Sara Shuman PhD
Working Towards Justice: How Can Volunteering be Wrong?, Sean Hutchinson
Is "Science" Used to Manipulate and Deceive?, Michael Prushan PhD
The Renfrew Center: Are Eating Disorders Emotional Disorders?, Wendy Cramer MEd; Katie Bank MA, BC-DMT, LPC; and Maggie Garin RD
Waste Not, Want Not? Food, Hunger, and Sustainability, Laura Frank PhD and La Salle Explorers Advocating Nutrition (LEAN)
How do we Disrupt White Supremacy in Educational Thought and Practice?, Rasheed Davis, Jordan Hines, Kim Lewinski Ph.D., Jaisy Omollo, Brandon Robbins, and Laura Roy Ph.D.
Is There a Case for Socialism in the U.S. Today?, Daniel Parker, John Green, and Thomas Hayes
Submissions from 2017
A Discussion on HIV/ AIDS: Are We Confronting the Stigma?, Paul Rotzal and Joanna Szyszkiewicz
Is Cold War II Inevitable?, Mark A. Thomas PhD
Check Your Bias at the Door: How Do We Become More Conscious Consumers of News?, Kelly Daily PhD
Living Room Conversations, Rachel Carr, Justin Cornelius, Matthew Mailloux, Alicia Miller, Anemone Scheel, James Smither PhD, and George Zindel
The Opioid Crisis: Are We Asking the Right Questions?, Candace Robertson-James DrPH and Danielle Sands MPH
Food Insecurity on Campus: Are Students Getting the Food they Need?, Laura Frank PhD
Lasallian Bystander...An Oxymoron?, Laura Cilia MA and Katie Minese MPH
From Seatbelts to the Soda Tax: Should the Government Intervene?, Sara Shuman PhD and Adam Pellillo PhD
Existing Together: What Does It Mean to be an LGBT Alliance on a Catholic Campus?, Christina Everett, Paul Fitzpatrick, Vincent Kling PhD, Daniel Parker, and Julie Regan PhD
To Buy or Not to Buy? Controversies in Consumption, Meghan Pierce PhD
Do This “Small Thing:” A Conversation on Social Justice and Race, Kenneth Brewer; Deysi Gonzalez; TiRease Holmes MA, MBA; Karen Reardon JD, PhD; and Michael Ryan
Tomb Raiders: Who’s to Blame?, Susan Dixon PhD, Karen Gallego, Catherine Holochwost PhD, Mey-Yen Moriuchi PhD, and Aurora Pomales
How Have Black Lives Mattered at La Salle, Then and Now?, Katie Carey, Ludmille Glaude, Rebecca Goldman, Alicia Miller, Maureen O'Connell, and Cherylyn Rush
Submissions from 2016
What Are the Ramifications of Politically Incorrect Speech?, Marjorie Allen PhD
Expanding the Debate: How Can Social Justice and Lasallian Priorities Influence the Electoral Process?, Rosemary Barbera PhD and Ernest Miller FSC, D. Min.
You Can’t Always Get What You Want: Who Deserves to be Healthy?, Jeannine Uribe Ph.D., R.N. and Denise Nagle Bailey Ed.D., M.Ed., MSN, R.N., CSN
Welcome to College: Now, Forget Everything You Learned in High School, Janet Fierson, MarySheila McDonald, and Bill McGarvey
Hidden in Plain Sight: Why Is Our History So Hard To See?, Catherine Holochwost PhD and Alex Palma
What Is Evil? Does Evil Exist?, Douglas Gratz
Teen Sexting: What Should Be Done About It?, Kathleen Bogle PhD
Does Social Media Help Fuel Eating Disorders?, Trish Lieberman MS, RD, LDN
From Adam and Eve to the Klingons: What’s the Point of Invented Languages?, Vincent Kling PhD, Paul Fitzpatrick, and Andrew Miller
Submissions from 2015
What Does White Supremacy Look Like Today?, Jacob Bennett MFA
More Than Fried Rice and Plantains: Chinese Populations in Latin America?, Hsiao-Ping Biehl PhD and Luisa Ossa PhD
Feeding, Nourishing and Medicating an Exploding Global Population: An Argument for Genetic Modification, William A. Price PhD
What Would You Do? The Bystander Dilemma: Weighing Action Against Silence, Lane Neubauer PhD, Katie Minese MPH, and Will Toffling M.Ed.
Health Care Services and Profits: A Conflict of Interest?, Carolyn Plump JD and Jennifer Sipe MSN, RN
Closing the Achievement Gap: Are the Common Core Standards the Answer?, Donna Celano PhD and Michele Fowler MS
Science: How Do We Balance Costs With Value?, Adam Marsh PhD
Art and Community: Do Artists and Museums Have a Social Responsibility?, Miranda Clark-Binder and Mey-Yen Moriuchi PhD
Life After 20th and Olney: In All of My Actions, Am I La Salle?, Meg Marron, Joanna McClinton, Mark Natale, John Piree, Sam Scavuzzo, Liz Wagner, and Amy Czulada
Plots or Lots: Can Urban Gardens Be As Beneficial to the Community As New Businesses?, Kelsey McCabe, Jessica Seamon, and Cody Swan
Food Addiction: Fact or Fiction?, Mary Lou Gies, Tina Harkins, and Edie Goldbacher
Good, Bad or Indifferent? What Do Philadelphians Think About Our 500,000+ Immigrant Neighbors?, Charles Gallagher PhD
Supporting Bereaved Students: What Do Campus Communities Do?, Brendan Young BSW, MSW, LSW and Janine Mariscotti MSW, LCSW
Love: Its Evolution and Neurobiology, Gerald Ballough PhD
Submissions from 2014
Should We Love or Hate Big Data? The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Dennis Crossen M.Sc., MBA; Karti Puranam PhD; and Madjid Tavana PhD
I Know My HIV Status, but Do You Know Yours?, Jillian L. Baker DrPH, Ed.M. and Zupenda M. Davis DrPH, MPH, MCHES
Who Says My Halloween Costume is Offensive?, MarySheila McDonald
Is Money "Speech"?, Michael J. Boyle PhD and Miguel Glatzer PhD
Is There Anybody Out There? Faculty and Student Perceptions of Distance Learning, Cheria Jackson, Jessica Stoler, Charles Jacob PhD, and Gregory Roth PhD
Trying and Failing: What Do Artists Know About Innovation and the Global Economy?, Catherine Holochwost PhD
Sexual Ethics on Campus: Who’s Got the Power to Consent?, Donna Fiedler PhD and Vincent Kling PhD
Is College Worth It?, David J. Falcone PhD and Joseph A. Volpe PhD
What will your funeral look like? Cultural customs, rituals and beliefs in death and funeral tradition, Melinda Ingersoll and Jack Downey
Is Science the Enemy? Turf Wars in the School of Arts OR Sciences, William L. Weaver PhD