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Program

Scarcity, Poverty and Inequality

Program

Moravian InFocus Symposium '20

Scarcity, Poverty, and Inequality

April 22 - 23, 2020

Moravian College

 

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Welcoming Remarks and Opening

8:45-9:00am

Daniel Jasper

 Dean, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences,

  Name Affiliation Topic Time Moderator
1 Bernie Cantens Moravian College Many Faces of Scarcity and Their Moral Implications 9:00-10:30 Larry Lipkis
  Steven Max Towers Moravian College Through the Looking Glass: Scarcity, Philosophy and Neuroscience    
  Clement Fumbo Moravian Church of Tanzania Judicial Rights among Youth in Tanzania    
           
2 Josh Lord Moravian College Effect of Climate Change on Scarcity in Oceans and Coastal Communities 9:00-10:30 Alison Holliday
  Ali Akanda University of Rhode Island Growing Water Insecurity and Dengue Burden in the Americas    
  Kara Mosovsky Moravian College Seeing the Forest through the Trees: Connecting Benchtop Biomedical Research to the Theme of Scarcity     
           
3 Carter Humola Moravian College From the 2015 Paris Agreement to 2020: An Analysis of the UNFCCC Process 10:45-12:15 Diane Husic
  Sarabeth Brockley 50by40 From the 2015 Paris Agreement to 2020: An Analysis of the UNFCCC Process    
  Hannah Hook Moravian College From the 2015 Paris Agreement to 2020: An Analysis of the UNFCCC Process    
           
4 Harrry Faber Moravian College

Value of a Statistical Life: A Critical Review, Reflections During a Pandemic

12:30-2:00 Theresa Dougal
  Hannah Hook Moravian College The Implications of an Early Warning System on Cholera Prevention in Bangladesh    
           
5 Sonia Aziz Moravian College Willingness to Pay for Cholera Prevention Given Early Warning Systems 2:15-3:45 Virginia Adams O'Connell
  Emily Pakhtigian Duke University Collective Action for Sanitation: Evidence from Experimental Games in Rural India    
  Akbar Keshodkar Moravian College Scarcity' and the Tourist Gaze: Poverty and Inequality from Zanzibar to the Oregon Coast    
  Eva Leeds Moravian College Markets and Income Inequality in Professional Sports    
           
6 Eric Klinenberg New York University Spaces of Equality: Facing the Pandemic 4:00-5:30 Cynthia Kosso
  Jason Radine Moravian College The Limits of Prophetic Justice    
  Anthony DiMaggio Lehigh University Unequal America    

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Key Note Address by Eric Klinenberg, "Spaces of Equality: Facing a Pandemic,"  

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Thursday, April 23, 2020

  Name Affiliation Topic Time Moderator
7 Mike German Lehigh University Poverty-Water Nexus: Breaking the Vicious Cycle through Technology Driven Community Empowerment 9:00-10:30 Yosung Song
  Todd Watkins Lehigh University Poverty-Water Nexus: Breaking the Vicious Cycle through Technology Driven Community Empowerment    
           
8 Keegan Schealer Moravian College Reviewing the Impact of COVID-19 on a Developing Nation: Bangladesh  10:45-12:15 Claudia Mesa
  Kyle Penyak Moravian College

Analyzing COVID-19 Testing Within Minority
Communities

   
  Connor Cavey Moravian College

Averting Damages from Covid-19: Testing and Social
Distancing, Timelines in South Korea versus the U.S.

   
           
9 Jared Poley Georgia State University Scarcity, Miserliness and Greed 12:30-2:00 Craig Atwood
  Heikki Lempa Moravian College Scarcity: Discourse of Living Salary in
Late-Nineteenth-Century Germany
   
  Sandra Aguilar Moravian College Race, Modernity and Wheat in Modern Mexico    
           
10 Carol Moeller Moravian College Increasing Inequalities, Mass Migration, and the Denial of Climate Change 2:15-3:45 Eric Sanders
  Tristan Gleason Moravian College Increasing Inequalities, Mass Migration, and the Denial of Climate Change    
  Ariel Otruba Moravian College Increasing Inequalities, Mass Migration, and the Denial of Climate Change    
  Kin Cheung Moravian College Increasing Inequalities, Mass Migration, and the Denial of Climate Change    
  Kate Arner Moravian College Increasing Inequalities, Mass Migration, and the Denial of Climate Change    
           
11 Joyce Hinnefeld Moravian College Finding Our Voices, Finding Our Way: A Community-Based Interdisciplinary Story Sharing Project 4:00-5:30 Aleena Hay
  Matteo Montero Moravian College Finding Our Voices, Finding Our Way: A Community-Based Interdisciplinary Story Sharing Project    
  Heylis Solano Moravian College Finding Our Voices, Finding Our Way: A Community-Based Interdisciplinary Story Sharing Project    
  Jaequan Swint Moravian College Finding Our Voices, Finding Our Way: A Community-Based Interdisciplinary Story Sharing Project