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A resource for life-long learning.
Life-long learning is an Albright tradition, as is community service. We are delighted to be able to share the expertise of our faculty and staff as a resource with our community. Speakers are provided free of charge to non-profit organizations in Berks County.
In this guide you will find speakers on a wide variety of topics, from the arts and sciences to computer technology, health, economics, spirituality, travel, politics and sports.
Founded in 1856, Albright College is a nationally recognized, four-year, liberal arts college with an interdisciplinary focus and pre-professional programs.
To request a speaker, please call the College Relations Office at 610-921-7526.
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Speakers Bureau
AEROSPACE
History of Aviation Technology
The Concorde
Do We Really Need a Space Program?
Why the Wright Brothers Made a Difference
Zeppelins (author of Zeppelin!: Germany and the Airship 1900-1939)
- Guillaume de Syon, Ph.D., Professor of History
ALBRIGHT COLLEGE
Albright College: Past, Present and Future
A Sesquicentennial Journey in Photographs
- Barbara Marshall, M.A., Associate Vice President of College Relations &
Marketing
Albright’s Holocaust Resource Center
- Dan Tannenbaum, M.S.W., Coordinator of the Holocaust Resource Center,
Gingrich Library
ANTHROPOLOGY
War and Violence: Why Humans Are So Mean!
Evolution and Natural Selection: What’s All the Fuss About?
The Confusion of Human Sexuality
Human Nature and Human Evolution: If Only We Had a Brain!
- Barton Thompson, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Anthropology and Environmental Studies
ARTS AND LITERATURE
Shakespeare’s Plays
Milton’s Poems
Post Modern Aesthetics – “Men Have Named Her:” What Does the Mona Lisa Mean?
- Alberto Cacicedo, Ph.D., Professor of English
Poetry Reading: Painting God’s Portrait
- Paul E. Clark, M.Div., Chaplain and Director of the Multifaith Center/Lecturer in English
Magical Realism in Modern Art and Literature
Tradition and Revolution in “One Hundred Years of Solitude”
- John S. Incledon, Ph.D., Professor of Spanish
Needlework: Samplers and More
- Fianna Holt, M.S., Technical Services Librarian, Gingrich Library
Critical Approaches to Hip-Hop Culture
- Teresa Gilliams, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English
The History of Watercolor Painting
- Richard Hamwi, M.F.A., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Art
Totalitarianism and Art
German Literature
The World and Work of Marcel Proust
The Problems of Literary Culture in a Visually-Oriented Culture
History of Photography
Art History from 1700 to the present
- Newton A. Perrin, Ph.D., Professor of German and Art History
John Updike: John Updike’s Poetry
- Denise Greenwood, M.A., Instructor of English
Facing Reading: Stories from the “Faces of Reading” Portrait Project
- John R. Pankratz, Ph.D., Professor of History/Photographer
Rider and Other Works by Wolbers
- Marian Frances Wolbers, Instructor of ESL and English
The Banned Bible: Apocrypha and other Non-Canonical Literature
- Jennifer Koosed, Ph.D., Assistant Professor and Chair of Religious Studies
Images of Professors in Popular Film, 1985-2005
- Brent Harger, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sociology
ATHLETICS
Competitive Swimming
Lacrosse
Athletic Recruitment: Division III
- Gregory E. Eichhorn, M.B.A., Vice President of Enrollment Management/Dean
of Admission
Sports Medicine
- William Santoro, M.D., Medical Director, Health Center
Athletics Recruiting
- Christopher Boehm, Director of Admission
Building a Quality Team
- Steve Opgenorth, Assistant Football Coach and Recruiting Coordinator
AUTOMOBILES
Car Culture: The Automobile’s Arrival as Seen in Early Postcards
The Beetle: A Look at the Volkswagon Beetle’s Early History
- Guillaume de Syon, Ph.D., Professor of History
BUSINESS AND MARKETING
What Rate of Return Did Your Portfolio Manager Earn? Methods of Calculating Average
Rates of Return
Introduction to Investing
- David A. Martin, C.F.A., Professor of Economics and Business Administration
Statistics: Use, Misuse and Abuse
- Stephen G. Mech, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biology
Conference and Event Planning
-Lois A. Kubinak, Director of Conferences
Building a Quality Team
- Steve Opgenorth, Assistant Football Coach and Recruiting Coordinator
Gossip at Work: Unsanctioned Evaluative Talk about Other People
- Brent Harger, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sociology
COMMUNICATION
Public Relations Basics for Community Organizations
- Barbara J. Marshall, M.A., Associate Vice President, College Relations &
Marketing
History of Journalism: Chicago, Newsboys and Foreign Language Press
- Jon Bekken, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Communications
Social Media: Texting, Facebook, YouTube and other Social Media Trends
- David Johnson, M.B.A., Manager of Marketing Communications, College Relations & Marketing
Conference and Event Planning
-Lois A. Kubinak, Director of Conferences
Gossip at Work: Unsanctioned Evaluative Talk about Other People
-- Brent Harger, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sociology
ECONOMICS
The European Union and Turkey: Is it a Clash of Civilization?
How Much do We Deserve: A Look at Income Inequality in the U.S.
European Union Expansion: Consequences and Opportunities
- Lisa Wilder, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Economics
EDUCATION
College Admission Search: Nuts and Bolts on How to Find the Right College
Applying to College: Finding Your Way Through the Maze
Financial Aid: Making College Affordable
- Gregory E. Eichhorn, M.B.A., Vice President for Enrollment
Management/Dean of Admission
- Chris Boehm, M.A., Director of Admission
Millennials: Changing Higher Education
- Chris Boehm, M.A., Director of Admission
Service Learning
- Richard Schott, M.B.A., Instructor in Economics and Business
Continuing Higher Education for Adults
- Mickey Baines, Director of Accelerated Degree Programs
Commuting to College
The Judicial Process: Disciplining the College Student
Transitions: First-Year College Students
- Gina-Lyn Crance, Ed.D., Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students
To Be a Bully: How Students Define and Perceive Bullying
Images of Professors in Popular Film, 1985-2005
- Brent Harger, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sociology
What You Need to Know about College Financial Aid
-Mary Ellen Duffy, Director of Financial Aid
THE ENVIRONMENT
Environment: Against the Wind
- Barton Thompson, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Anthropology and Environmental Studies
Columbus and the Discovery of the “New World:” San Salvador Island today
Berks County Water: Quality and Quantity—Working to Make it Better
A Caribbean Island: Looking Out (the coral reef) and Looking In (the land)
- Phillip Lynn Dougherty, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
FAMOUS PEOPLE
Albert Einstein: The Human Side
Gilgamesh: The First Hero
Count Zeppelin
- Guillaume de Syon, Ph.D., Professor of History
Thomas Mann
Franz Kafka
- Newton A. Perrin, Ph.D., Professor of German and Art History
FASHION
Merchandise Planning for Increasing Retail Productivity and Profit (forecasting
sales, inventories, reductions and the calculation of a monthly open to buy)
- Doreen Burdalski, M.B.A., Assistant Professor of Fashion Merchandising
FILM, VIDEO AND DIGITAL MEDIA
Film & Video: History, Theory and Production
Experimental Media
- Gary L. Adlestein, M.A., Professor of English and Art
“Kiss of the Spiderwoman”: The Spiderwoman as Psychoanalyst
- John S. Incledon, Ph.D., Professor of Spanish
Digital Daydreams: A Look at Visual Arts and Digital Image Construction
- Matthew Garrison, M.F.A., Assistant Professor of Digital Media
Film Culture
- Newton A. Perrin, Ph.D., Professor of German and Art History
Images of Professors in Popular Film 1985-2005
- Brent Harger, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sociology
FOOD
Our Stomach in Flight: An Irreverent Look at Airline Food
- Guillaume de Syon, Ph.D., Professor of History
FOREIGN COUNTRIES
The Modern Middle East
Islam
Iran
Syria
- Geoffrey D. Schad, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of History
Columbus and the Discovery of the “New World:” San Salvador Island today
A Caribbean Island Looking Out (coral reef) and Looking In (the land)
- Phillip Lynn Dougherty, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
HISTORY
The Holocaust
The Jewish Community in Reading
The Holocaust Resource Center
- Dan Tannenbaum, M.S.W., Coordinator of the Holocaust Resource Center,
Gingrich Library
History of the Industrial Workers of the World
History of Journalism: Chicago, Newsboys and Foreign Language Press
- Jon Bekken, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Communications
Nazi Germany and the German Weimar Republic
European History
Art History from 1700 to present
- Newton A. Perrin, Ph.D., Professor of German and Art History
The African-American Experience
The Significance of Black History Month
- Teresa Gilliams, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English
Legends in Irish History and Literature
Irish Language: The State of Modern Irish
- Lawrence Morris, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of English
Columbus and the Discovery of the “New World:” San Salvador Island today.
- Phillip Lynn Dougherty, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Wasn’t Nuclear Energy Wonderful? A look at the atomic age in the 50s and 60s
The Holocaust
- Guillaume de Syon, Ph.D., Professor of History
Religious Responses to the Holocaust
- Jennifer Koosed, Ph.D., Assistant Professor and Chair of Religious Studies
HUMAN RESOURCES
The Changing Role of a Human Resource Professional
Diversity Awareness Training
Leadership Development and Supervisor Training
- Timothy J. Steinrock, SPHR, Associate Vice President and Director of Human Resources
Conference and Event Planning
-Lois A. Kubinak, Director of Conferences
Building a Quality Team
- Steve Opgenorth, Assistant Football Coach and Recruiting Coordinator
Gossip at Work: Unsanctioned Evaluative Talk about Other People
- Brent Harger, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sociology
MATHEMATICS
Voting Theory: Fairness is Impossible!
Apportionment Theory: Paradoxes are Unavoidable
- Christopher Catone, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Mathematics
MUSIC
Critical Approaches to Hip-Hop Culture
- Teresa Gilliams, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English
POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
Local Governments in Berks County: Organization and Operation; Historical
Development; Current Issues; and Citizen Participation
- John Kramer, M.R.P., Director of the Center for Community Leadership
Terrorism: Islam/Middle East
- Carla J. Abodalo, M.S., Instructor, Sociology and Criminology
Elections: How to Predict Presidential Election Results
- Thomas C. Brogan, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science
Voting Theory: Fairness is Impossible!
- Christopher Catone, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Mathematics
PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY
Close Relationships
Psychology and the Law
Stereotypes: How We Perceive and Judge Others
- Andrea Chapdelaine, Ph.D., Provost
The Relationship of Crime to Neighborhoods
Issues in Race, Class and Gender Inequality
Juvenile Delinquency
Urban Crime
- Kennon Rice, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminology
Domestic Violence
Organized Crime
Serial Murder
Sexual Assault
Terrorism
- Carla J. Abodalo, M.S., Instructor, Sociology and Criminology
Boys’ Night Out: Dark Masculinity and its Wounds
Lonesome Boy Blues: The Dark Roots of Sexual Fantasy
- Paul E. Clark, M.Div., Chaplain and Director of the Multifaith Center
Transitions: First-Year College Students
- Gina-Lyn Crance, Ed.D., Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students
Gossip at Work: Unsanctioned Evaluative Talk about Other People
To Be a Bully: How Students Define and Perceive Bullying
Images of Professors in Popular Film 1985-2005
- Brent Harger, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sociology
RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY
Binding the Strong Man: The Religious Imagination of Jesus in the Gospel of Mark
Binding the Strong Man: The Biblical Basis for Nonviolent Resistance
- Paul E. Clark, M.Div., Chaplain and Director of the Multifaith Center
Religion in Cults: The Emergence of New Religious Movements
Selling Faith: Christian Mass Media and Popular Culture
- Charles M. Brown, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sociology
Middle East and Islam
- Carla J. Abodalo, M.S., Instructor, Sociology and Criminology
- Geoffrey D. Schad, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of History
Monsters in the Bible: The Monsters of Creation
Monsters in the Bible: Monsters at the End of the World
The Banned Bible: Apocrypha and other Non-Canonical Literature
Searching for Jesus in Scroll and Stone
Jesus and Judaism
Split at the Root: The Origins of Christian Antisemitism
Religious Responses to the Holocaust
- Jennifer Koosed, Ph.D., Assistant Professor and Chair of Religious Studies
Religions of the East: Yogis, Buddha’s and Sages
- Victor Forte, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
The Northern Gods
- Lawrence Morris, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of English
SCIENCE AND NATURE
Going Batty: The Biology of Bats
Human Physiology
Learning about Science
- Karen A. Campbell, Ph.D., P. Kenneth Nase, M.D. Chair of Biology
Understanding the Emergence of New Influenza Strains
- Gerald L. Kreider, Ph.D., Professor of Biology
Gardening: Garden Flowers and Their Wild Relatives
- Susan Munch, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology
Habitat Fragmentation: Human Impacts on Natural Systems & Possible Remedies
Conservation Genetics and Biology
Small Mammals
Statistics: Use, Misuse and Abuse
- Stephen G. Mech, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biology
WELLNESS
Asthma
Drug & Alcohol Issues
Family Medicine
HIV
Sports Medicine
- William Santoro, M.D., College Physician, Health Center
Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) for Women
- Samantha Wesner, CRNP, RNC, Assistant Dean of Students and Director of the
Gable Health Center
- Robert Gerken, Director of Public Safety
Domestic Violence
Sexual Assault
- Carla J. Abodalo, M.S., Instructor, Sociology and Criminology
Understanding the Emergence of New Influenza Strains
- Gerald L. Kreider, Ph.D., Professor of Biology
Transitions: First-Year Students
- Gina-Lyn Crance, Ed.D., Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students
To Be a Bully: How Students Define and Perceive Bullying
- Brent Harger, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sociology
WRITING
Be a Writer (or Just Look Like One)
- Marian Frances Wolbers, Instructor of ESL and English
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