This widely anticipated annual event features select professors from a variety of disciplines at LMU each of whom deliver a 60-second lecture loosely based around a common theme.
In 2020 professors were given the opportunity to explore the conflicting emotions of “Hope and Hopelessness” through the lens of their own research and fields of study.
Dr. Andrew Forney, Computer Science, dives deep into how Big Tech’s artificial intelligence recommender systems promote confirmation bias especially in the realm of politics.
Dr. Stefan Bradley, African American Studies, implores students to hope less and reimagine the world more because “old people are fresh out of ideas.”
Dr. Amy Woodson-Boulton, History, explores how capitalism has brought us to the edge of environmental catastrophe and how collaboration can lead us away fromthe climate change abyss.Q&A
Watch the question-and-answer session with LMU students.
Dr. Dayle Smith, Dean, College of Business Administration, advocates for hope in the form of changing one’s mindset in three distinct ways.
Prof. Lawrence Lacey, Theater Arts, employs an allegory of a director working with an actor to encourage students to work collectively to overcome their own obstacles.
Prof. Leena Pendharkar, Film and TV Production, asks students to consider finding the power of the moment and creating something out of nothing.
Dr. Mikki Kressbach, Film, TV, and Media Studies, explains how health data technology exemplifies the paradox of individual privacy versus social well being.
