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'Conversations' to feature back-to-back episodes on Big Ten Network

7/22/11

Penn State Public Broadcasting will show a new episode of "Conversations from Penn State" at 10:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19 and again at 9 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 28, on WPSU-TV. The shows will give viewers an inside look at the World in Conversation Project, a study of dialogue surrounding social and cultural issues. Sam Richards and Laurie Mulvey, co-directors of the project, talk about their race relations work and why it's okay to examine politically incorrect thoughts as a way to think through the issues.

photo of diverse college students sitting in a circle and talking

Why Race Still Matters

4/12/11

Richards, a senior lecturer in Sociology and co-director (along with his wife and colleague Laurie Mulvey) of the World in Conversation Project, explained that if race didn't still matter, people would have no reservations about openly discussing racial stereotypes and differences.

Catching up with Sam Richards

4/12/11

Questions and answers with Sam Richards, co-director of the World Conversation Project and teacher of Sociology 119, one of Penn State's most popular classes.

Role Models

9/1/00

Ndidi Moses touches the cover of Cosmopolitan. The woman under the title is thin and white, with strawberry-blonde hair and azure eyes. She wears a come-hither look and a white lace dress that leaves her torso almost bare. "That dress is beautiful," Moses says, running her fingers across the page. "You couldn't wear it out, but for a fashion show . . . I wonder if that's her real body."

2011_03_31-wpsulogo

'Conversations' to feature back-to-back episodes on Big Ten Network

7/22/11

Penn State Public Broadcasting will show a new episode of "Conversations from Penn State" at 10:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19 and again at 9 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 28, on WPSU-TV. The shows will give viewers an inside look at the World in Conversation Project, a study of dialogue surrounding social and cultural issues. Sam Richards and Laurie Mulvey, co-directors of the project, talk about their race relations work and why it's okay to examine politically incorrect thoughts as a way to think through the issues.

photo of diverse college students sitting in a circle and talking

Why Race Still Matters

4/12/11

Richards, a senior lecturer in Sociology and co-director (along with his wife and colleague Laurie Mulvey) of the World in Conversation Project, explained that if race didn't still matter, people would have no reservations about openly discussing racial stereotypes and differences.

Catching up with Sam Richards

4/12/11

Questions and answers with Sam Richards, co-director of the World Conversation Project and teacher of Sociology 119, one of Penn State's most popular classes.

Role Models

9/1/00

Ndidi Moses touches the cover of Cosmopolitan. The woman under the title is thin and white, with strawberry-blonde hair and azure eyes. She wears a come-hither look and a white lace dress that leaves her torso almost bare. "That dress is beautiful," Moses says, running her fingers across the page. "You couldn't wear it out, but for a fashion show . . . I wonder if that's her real body."