GC Times Talk

Times Talk is celebrating its third decade as a GC tradition providing vibrant weekly facilitated community-wide discussions of current events on every topic under the sun. Just bring your brain!

Join us on Wednesdays from 12:00-12:50 to discuss a multitude of topics.

*Times Talk will be held in room 241 on the 2nd floor of Russell library unless otherwise noted for that week.

Access to the nytimes.com for Georgia College faculty, staff, and students is provided by the American Democracy Project. Register at http://accessNYT.com and follow the directions using your @gcsu.edu or @bobcats.gcsu.edu email address.

• August 30: Dr. Brian Newsome: France on Fire: Summer of protests
• Sep. 6: Dr. Cynthia Alby: "So a Bot walks into a bar: Will AI make us funnier (or more creative, efficient, productive...)?"
• Sep. 13: Dr. Bill Risch: "Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: The good, the bad, and the very ugly"
• Sep. 20: Dr. Hank Edmondson and Dr. Steve Elliott-Gower: "Climate Change and Politics"
• Sep. 27: Dr. Stephanie McClure and Dr. Mikkel Christensen: "The Instagram Account that Shattered a California High School: Do Schools Bear a Responsibility for Racist Posts by Students?"
• Oct. 4:  Dr. Aran Mackinnon; "Why do some African states support Russia in the war on Ukraine? The struggle for non-alignment in a polarizing world"
• Oct. 11: Melissa Gerrior; “What’s the ‘correct’ number of LGBTQ+ people? More visibility does not equal crisis”
• Oct. 18: Dr. Nathan Bedsole:  "Greek life, whiteness, and the Bachelor"
• Oct. 25: Dr. Shaundra Walker: “The Dream Was Universal Access to Knowledge. The Result Was a Fiasco"
• Nov. 1: Dr. George Kieh: "The Military Coup in Niger: Implications for US Interests"
• Nov. 8: Dr. Harold Mock: "Are we in a new cold war?” 
• Nov. 15: Nicholas Wimbish: "The post-Dobbs Era: Would a national abortion ban subvert democracy, states rights, and the highest court’s ruling?"
• Nov. 29: - Dr. Scott Butler: "The Other Pandemic: New Challenges in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS"
• Dec. 6: - Dr. Brian Newsome: "France on Fire: Summer of Protests"