Office Hours at Duke University
by Duke University
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Thursdays at noon during the academic year, Duke University professors hold live online "Office Hours" to answer your questions. This weekly "Office Hours" webcast series aims to bring the insights of Duke faculty members to anyone with an Internet connection and an interest in the ideas emerging on campus. Topics have included brain-machine interfaces, the power of retail brands, the legacy of Michael Jackson and the ecology of Antarctica. Learn more at www.dukeofficehours.com.
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| 1 | CleanVideoMiddle East Uprisings | Abdeslam Maghraoui is an associate professor of the practice in the Department of Political Science at Duke University and the author of "Liberalism without Democracy: Nationhood and Citizenship in Egypt, 1922-1939." He answered questions about the recent | 5/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | CleanVideoEpigenetics Explained | Duke University Professor Randy Jirtle gives a definition of the emerging science of epigenetics. | 5/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | CleanVideoThe Art of Storytelling | Duke professor Michael Malone is the author of novels and short stories filled with romance, mystery and sometimes murder. He was also an Emmy-winning lead writer for the long-running soap opera "One Life to Live." In a live "Office Hours" conversation Ap | 4/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | CleanVideoAmendment One: Voting on Marriage in North Carolina | On May 8th, North Carolina residents will vote on Amendment One, which proposes adding a clause to the state constitution that would define marriage as being only between a man and a woman. | 4/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | CleanVideoReligion and Race | The Divinity School professor answers questions from online viewers about the connection between the identity of Jesus and the concept of race. | 4/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | CleanVideoTechnology for Journalism | Sarah Cohen, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, thinks the rise of digital media doesn't have to signal a decline in watchdog reporting -- rather, it can facilitate it. Cohen directs the Duke Reporters' Lab, which aims to adapt data analysis methods fro | 3/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | CleanVideoThe Case for a 'Constructal' Law of Design in Nature | Duke Professor Adrian Bejan has a theory that he says unites all such things under a single principle. His constructal law of nature explains why particles, animals and people evolve patterns -- such as riverbeds, wings and highways -- to move about the e | 3/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | CleanVideoNeutrons, Quarks and the Search for a New Force of Nature | Haiyan Gao, chair of Duke's physics department, probes inside atoms to study the structure and spin of neutrons. | 3/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | CleanVideoTeaching Leadership Through Service | Duke Professor Tony Brown challenges his students to put their values into action. For 15 years, Brown has taught courses on leadership, social entrepreneurship and moral courage at Duke's Sanford School of Public Policy. Projects begun by students in his | 3/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | CleanVideoThe Science of Invisibility | Harry Potter and numerous sci-fi novels have glamorized the idea of a cloak of invisibility, but Duke engineering professor David R. Smith has come up with a blueprint for the real thing. His research on a prototype cloak was selected as one of the top-te | 2/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | CleanVideoStudent Housing Model Explained | Steve Nowicki, dean of undergraduate education at Duke, explains the university's new student housing assignment system | 2/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | CleanVideoThe Pitfalls of Predicting Elections | Duke political science professor Sunshine Hillygus takes viewer questions about the science of public opinion polling and the art of campaign communications | 2/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | CleanVideoFinancial Aid and Paying for College | The cost of college is both a political issue highlighted in President Obama's State of the Union address, and a personal issue for students and their families seeking to balance debt and educational opportunity. In a live, interactive "Office Hours" webc | 2/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | CleanVideoA Cultural Anthropologist on Tiger Woods, Sex and Golf | Duke University Professor Orin Starn answers questions about his new book "The Passion of Tiger Woods" and American golf culture during a live "Office Hours" conversation January 26, 2012. Moderating the conversation is David Jarmul, associate vice presid | 1/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | CleanVideoThe Science and Practice of Low-Carb Diets | Duke University's Dr. Eric Westman answers viewer questions about the Atkins diet during a live "Office Hours" webcast interview, January 19, 2012. Westman is the director of the Duke Lifestyle Medicine program and co-author of "The New Atkins for a New Y | 1/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | CleanVideoU.S. Military and Diplomatic Strategy | During a live "Office Hours" webcast interview January 12, 2012, Duke University Professor Peter Feaver answers viewer questions from about the Department of Defense's updated strategic priorities. Feaver also previews a campus address by the chairman of | 1/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 17 | CleanVideoConsidering Climate Change | Brian Murray, director for economic analysis at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, answers viewer questions about the state of international climate change policy negotiations, during a live "Office Hours" webcast Dec. 1. | 12/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 18 | CleanVideoMental Health on Campus | Gary Glass, assistant director for outreach and developmental programming at Duke's Counseling and Psychological Services, answers viewer questions about student mental health | 11/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 19 | CleanVideoThe Value of Big-Time College Sports | Charles Clotfelter, a professor at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy, takes viewer questions about the role of athletics at American universities | 11/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 20 | CleanVideoLife Lessons From Theater | Ellen Hemphill is director of undergraduate studies in Duke's Department of Theater Studies | 11/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 21 | CleanVideoOccupy Wall Street in Context | Robert Korstad, a Duke University professor of history and public policy, takes viewer questions during a live "Office Hours" conversation October 27, 2011, on how the current Occupy movement compares with post social movements. | 10/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 22 | CleanVideoImmigration and Security | In a live, interactive "Office Hours" conversation, Duke Professors Noah Pickus and David Schanzer take viewer questions on immigration and domestic security. | 10/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 23 | CleanVideoUniversities' Role in Entrepreneurship | A live "Office Hours" conversation with Kimberly Jenkins, the university's senior adviser to the president and provost for innovation and entrepreneurship. | 10/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 24 | CleanVideoReading Public Images as Literary Texts | Duke University Professor Wahneema Lubiano answers questions about using literary tools to understand images in the media and objects in everyday life during a live "Office Hours" conversation October 6, 2011. | 10/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 25 | CleanVideoResponding to Violence | Duke Chapel Dean Samuel Wells and alumna Marcia Owen answer viewer questions about their new book, "Living Without Enemies: Being Present in the Midst of Violence," during an "Office Hours" conversation September 29, 2011. | 10/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 26 | CleanVideo'Loving Animals' | Duke University Professor Kathy Rudy, author of "Loving Animals," discusses her philosophy of animal advocacy and answers viewer questions during a live "Office Hours" webcast, September 22, 2011. | 9/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 27 | CleanVideo'Fracking' Explained | Robert Jackson in Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment answers questions about his study on the environmental consequences of hydrofracking. | 9/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 28 | CleanVideoBruce and Jonathan Kuniholm on the Lives of Veterans Since 9/11 | Sanford School Dean Bruce Kuniholm and his son Jonathan, both combat veterans, answer viewers' questions during an "Office Hours" conversation September 8, 2011. Learn more at http://www.dukeofficehours.com. | 9/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 29 | CleanVideoArchaeology, Bible, Politics and the Media | Duke University Professors Carol and Eric Meyers take questions from online viewers about the charged combination of archaeology, the Bible, politics and the news media, during an "Office Hours" conversation. | 9/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 30 | CleanVideoAn Insider's Look at 'Full Frame' | Office Hours with Tom Rankin on an Insider's Look at 'Full Frame' | 5/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 31 | CleanVideoThe Business of College Sports | Office Hours on the Business of College Sports | 5/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 32 | CleanVideoEthics in Business and Sports | Office Hours with Wayne Norman on Ethics in Business and Sports | 5/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 33 | CleanVideoWhite-Collar Crime | Duke Law School Professor Samuel Buell takes questions from online viewers about white-collar crime. | 4/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 34 | CleanVideoA 'Bright Idea' for Education | Office Hours with Margaret Gayle and Sandy Darity on a 'Bright Idea' for Education | 3/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 35 | CleanVideoMind-Machine Interfaces | Office Hours with Miguel Nicolelis on Mind-Machine Interfaces | 3/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 36 | CleanVideoGavan Fitzsimons on the Power of Brands | -- | 3/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 37 | CleanVideoThe Wisconsin Standoff | Office Hours with Nancy MacLean on the Wisconsin Standoff | 3/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 38 | CleanVideoMaking Medical Decisions | Office Hours with Peter Ubel on Making Medical Decisions | 2/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 39 | CleanVideoThe Middle East Uprisings | Office Hours with Abdeslam Maghraoui on the Middle East Uprisings | 2/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 40 | CleanVideoLife in Antarctica | Office Hours with Ari Friedlaender on Life in Antarctica | 2/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 41 | CleanVideoThe Pauli Murray Project | Office Hours with Barbara Lau on the Pauli Murray Project | 2/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 42 | CleanVideoNational Security Reporting | Office Hours with Philip Bennett on National Security Reporting | 2/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 43 | CleanVideoThe Preaching of Martin Luther King Jr. | Office Hours with Richard Lischer on the Preaching of Martin Luther King Jr. | 1/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 44 | CleanVideoHandling Holiday Stress | Office Hours with Jeffrey Greeson on Handling Holiday Stress | 1/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 45 | CleanVideoIslamic Law | Office Hours with Ebrahim Moosa on Islamic Law | 11/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 46 | CleanVideoIslam in the U.S. | Office Hours with Abdullah Antepli on Islam in the U.S. | 11/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 47 | CleanVideoWhy People Become Poor | Office Hours with Anirudh Krishna on Why People Become Poor | 11/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 48 | CleanVideoPrivacy and Social Media | Office Hours with Landon Cox on Privacy and Social Media | 11/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 49 | CleanVideo"The Record" | Office Hours with Trevor Schoonmaker on "The Record" | 11/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 50 | CleanVideoFood and Faith | Office Hours with Norman Wirzba on Food and Faith | 11/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 51 | CleanVideoPrison in African-American Literature | Office Hours with Maurice Wallace on Prison in African-American Literature | 11/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 52 | CleanVideoThe Midterm Elections | Office Hours with David Rohde on the Midterm Elections | 11/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 53 | CleanVideoNeuroscience in the Law | Office Hours with Walter Sinnott-Armstrong on Neuroscience in the Law | 11/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 54 | CleanVideoGreen Jobs | Office Hours with Marcy Lowe on Green Jobs | 11/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 55 | CleanVideoLearning in a Digital Age | Office Hours with Cathy Davidson on Learning in a Digital Age | 9/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 56 | CleanVideoThe Oil Gushing into the Gulf of Mexico | Office Hours on the Oil Gushing into the Gulf of Mexico | 6/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 57 | CleanVideoThe Life of a Theologian | Office Hours with Stanley Hauerwas on the Life of a Theologian | 5/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 58 | CleanVideoThe 'Bonobo Handshake' | Office Hours with Vanessa Woods on the 'Bonobo Handshake' | 5/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 59 | CleanVideoTeaching Islam | Office Hours with Bruce Lawrence on Teaching Islam | 5/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 60 | CleanVideo'Recovering Haiti' | Office Hours with Deborah Jenson on 'Recovering Haiti' | 5/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 61 | CleanVideoThe History of Political Cartoons | Office Hours with Neil McWilliam on the History of Political Cartoons | 5/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 62 | CleanVideoChristians and Creation | Office Hours with Ellen Davis on Christians and Creation | 5/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 63 | CleanVideoService-Learning | Office Hours with David Malone on Service-Learning | 5/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 64 | CleanVideoPatenting Genes | Office Hours with Robert Cook-Deegan on Patenting Genes | 5/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 65 | CleanVideoInvesting in Children | Office Hours with Ken Dodge on Investing in Children | 4/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 66 | CleanVideoCaring for People with Cancer | Office Hours with Dr. Amy Abernethy on Caring for People with Cancer | 4/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 67 | CleanVideoEconomic Development in the Islamic World | Office Hours with Timur Kuran on Economic Development in the Islamic World | 4/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 68 | CleanVideo"Drugs, Sex and Olympic Sports" | Office Hours with Doriane Coleman on "Drugs, Sex and Olympic Sports" | 4/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 69 | CleanVideoAfrican-inspired Religions | Office Hours with J. Lorand Matory on African-inspired Religions | 4/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 70 | CleanVideoNew Models for the News Media | Office Hours with James Hamilton on New Models for the News Media | 4/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 71 | CleanVideoBreaking the Immigration Stalemate | Office Hours with Noah Pickus on Breaking the Immigration Stalemate | 2/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 72 | CleanVideoThe African-American Economy | Office Hours with William "Sandy" Darity on the State of the African-American Economy | 2/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 73 | CleanVideoPandemics and the Popular Media | Office Hours with Priscilla Wald on Pandemics and the Popular Media | 2/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 74 | CleanVideoThe New Testament in the News | Office Hours with Mark Goodacre on The New Testament in the News | 2/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 75 | CleanVideoAmerican Muslims Since 9/11 | Office Hours with Jen'nan Read on American Muslims Since 9/11 | 2/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 76 | CleanVideoFilm and Social Media in Iran | Office Hours with Negar Mottahedeh on Film and Social Media in Iran | 2/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 77 | CleanVideoPresident Obama and the Civil Rights Legacy | Office Hours with William Chafe on President Obama and the Civil Rights Legacy | 2/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 78 | CleanVideoThe World Cup and World History | Office Hours with Laurent Dubois on the World Cup and World History | 2/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 79 | CleanVideoAnti-Terrorism Strategies | Office Hours with David Schanzer on Anti-Terrorism Strategies | 2/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 80 | CleanVideoDiversity and Excellence at Duke | Office Hours with Nancy Allen on Diversity and Excellence at Duke | 2/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 81 | CleanVideoA Walk Down Wall Street | Office Hours with Emma Rasiel on a Wlak Down Wall Street | 2/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 82 | CleanVideoHealth Care Reform | Office Hours with Don Taylor on Health Care Reform | 2/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 83 | CleanVideoWarhol and Picasso | Office Hours with Kim Rorschach on Warhol and Picasso | 2/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 84 | CleanVideoTeaching with New Media | Office Hours with Victoria Szabo on Teaching with New Media | 2/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 85 | CleanVideoU.S. Grand Strategy | Office Hours with Peter Feaver on U.S. Grand Strategy | 2/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 86 | CleanVideoChristian Leadership | Office Hours with Sam Wells on Christian Leadership | 2/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 87 | CleanVideoThe Legacy of Michael Jackson | Office Hours with Mark Anthony Neal on the Legacy of Michael Jackson | 2/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 88 | CleanVideoEnergy Policy and Climate Change | Office Hours with Bill Chameides on Energy Policy and Climate Change | 2/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 89 | CleanVideoEthnicity, Genetics and History | Office Hours with David Goldstein on Ethnicity, Genetics and History | 2/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 90 | CleanVideoBehavioral Economics | Office Hours with Dan Ariely on Behavioral Economics | 2/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 90 Episodes |
