Virtually No Child Left Behind: The Dismantling of Public Education

60 South Lincoln St, Washington, PA

Breakout session attendance is reserved for W&J students, faculty and staff only. Session links can be found on MyW&J. This session will discuss current issues surrounding public school education systems and the rights of students to receive free and appropriate education and the ways in which both federal and local governments fund and direct K-12…

Conflict and Resolution Studies Student Panel: Steps to Resolve U.S. Repression and Divisiveness

60 South Lincoln St, Washington, PA

Breakout session attendance is reserved for W&J students, faculty and staff only. Session links can be found on MyW&J. Moderated by Richard F. Easton, M.A., English Professor Emeritus, Founder and Director of Conflict and Resolution Studies, and Melissa A. Cook, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Chair, Communication Arts

The Freedom and Security of Refugees During the COVID-19 Pandemic

60 South Lincoln St, Washington, PA

Breakout session attendance is reserved for W&J students, faculty and staff only. Session links can be found on MyW&J. The Symposium topic for this year involves the collision of freedom and security, two rights which refugees often grapple with obtaining and maintaining as they seek asylum. As COVID-19 has shaken the world and exploited the…

The History of Democratic Failures: How Political Extremes Succeed When Democracy Fails

Howard J Burnett Center 292 E Wheeling St, Washington, PA

This session will discuss how amid the chaos of a declining democracy, radical political groups both left and right use the resulting environment to attain power in government, as well as how this phenomenon is visible through historical literature. Discussion will begin with the abolitionist movement and backlash against it in the U.S. leading up…

Revolutionary Disagreements

Howard J Burnett Center 292 E Wheeling St, Washington, PA

This session will be led by Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics Zackary Klingensmith, Ph.D. The Constitutional Convention of 1787 was a time of critical decision-making for the fledgling new government of the United States. The founders were required to compromise on many important issues to prevent the failure of the American experiment. While these compromises…

Conflict & Resolution Studies Panel

Howard J Burnett Center 292 E Wheeling St, Washington, PA

This session will be moderated by Assistant Professor of Communication Arts Nicholas Maradin, Ph.D. This panel will facilitate a discussion of student papers written during Professor of English Richard Easton's Introductory course in Conflict & Resolution Studies. Student participants are: Lillien G. Shaer, “Immigration in America: The Historical and Political” William J. Kitsch, "The Global…

Rising Concerns of Tennis Star Peng Shuai and the Olympics

Howard J Burnett Center 292 E Wheeling St, Washington, PA

This session will be led by W&J's Head Women's & Men's Tennis Coach Megan Foster, and will include students Tyee McMaster, Maya Krishnasamy, Joey Ioli, and Emma Humphrey. Discussion will focus on how female tennis star Peng Shaui's situation has brought attention to not only her own safety but safety among the rights of individuals…