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Archived Presentations
Fall 2019
Thursday October 10, 2019 | 12:20-1:30 PM | Kreider Hall (SR138)
Diversity Education: How to Increase children's awareness, appreciation and inclusion of diverse beliefs and cultures?
William Sparks, Professor, Department of Child Development
Thursday November 14, 2019
THIS PRESENTATION IS POSTPONED TO OCT. 15, 2020 (FALL 2020)
Dynamics of Counseling for Success: How to Counsel Millennial College Students to be more Successful.
Cynthia Gonzalez, Career Counselor, Glendale Community College
Thursday, December 5, 2019 | 12:20-1:30 PM | Kreider Hall (SR 138)
Change is Coming, Are you Prepared?
Mona Field, Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science
Co-President, League of Women Voters Los Angeles
Spring 2018
March - Women's History Month
Thursday, March 22, 2018, Kreider Hall, 12:20-1:30 PM
Computer Science, Engineering, and Gender
Prof. Sevada Isayan
Department of Computer Science
Thursday, May 17, 2018, Kreider Hall 12:20-1:30 PM
Darwinism and White Supremacy
Prof. Christopher Crossan
Department of English
Fall 2018
Thursday, October 11, Kreider Hall 12:20-1:30 PM
Ghana, The Gateway to Africa: Post-Colonialism and Cultural Change
Antoinette Ba-Innimayeh
International Student from Ghana
Spring 2017
Thursday February 16, 2017. Kreider Hall 12:20-1:30 PM
Black History Month Celebration - Celebrate the legacy of Muhammad Ali
"I am the greatest! I'm the greatest thing that ever lived. I don't have a mark on my face, and I upset Sonny Liston, and I just turned twenty-two years old. I must be the greatest."
Moderated by either Prof. JC Moore, Department of Sociology or Dr. Robert Hill, Dean of Student Services
Thursday March 16, 2017, Kreider Hall 12:20-1:30 PM
Eco-Feminism: Philosophical Analysis of Gender
Lina Gupta, Professor
Department of Philosophy
April - Armenian Genocide Month Commemoration. Cultural Diversity Collaborates with Prof. Levon Marashlian
Thursday April 27, 2017, Kreider Hall or Auditorium 12:20-1:30 PM
Orhan's Inheritance, Extraordinary debut, Aline Ohanesian has created two remarkable characters
— a young man ignorant of his family’s and his country’s past, and an old woman haunted by the toll the past has taken on her life.
Aline Ohasenian, Author
Collaborated with GCC Sociology Club, GCC Global Medical Training Club, and GCC Armenian Students Association
Thursday May 18, 2017, Kreider Hall 12:20-1:30 PM
"Color Symbolism in Contemporary Balinese Society"
Mr. Antonio Gioia, Author of "Tradition to Modernity: The Use of Color Symbolism among Balinese Youth" and International Supplemental Instructor at GCC, Department of Anthropology.
Fall 2017
Thursday November 16, 2017, Kreider Hall 12:20-1:30 PM
"Knowing What You Know About Racism..."
Mr. Hoover Zariani, Manager, Multicultural & Community Engagement Center, GCC
Lecturer, Charter College of Education, CSU Los Angeles
Presentation Slideshow (pdf)
Thursday Sept 21, 2017, Kreider Hall, 12:20-1:30 PM
Reclaiming Rhetorical Power:Developing Diverse Literacies in the Age of New Media
Prof. Reid Kerr
Department of English
SPRING 2016
Thursday March 3, 2016, Kreider Hall (SR138). 12:20-1:30 PM
Issues on Racial Profiling and Criminal Profiling
Chief Gary Montecuollo, Glendale College Police Chief
Thursday March 17, 2016, Kreider Hall (SR138). 12:20-1:30 PM
Decline of Reading and Writing: What it means for our Culture"
Is this a Gender Issue?
Prof. Michael Moreau, Department of Journalism
April 2016
Armenian Genocide Commemoration Month
Thursday May 19, 2016, Kreider Hall (SR 138). 12:20-1:30 PM
The Cultural Comparative Study of Armenians and Jews.
Prof. Marcia Wallerstein-Sibony, Department of English
SPRING 2015
Black History Month Workshop
Thursday, February 26, 2015, CR 225 12:20-1:30 PM
Dr. Troy Davis, Counseling and Department of Psychology
Workshop on the New Millennium African American
Thursday, March 19, 2015, Kreider Hall (SR 138) 12:20-1:30 PM
Dear Math, America would love you if it just got to know the real you
Tom Voden, Associate Professor of Mathematics, U.S. Dept. of Ed. STEM Grant Director
Thursday, April 7, 2015, Kreider Hall (SR 138) 12:20-1:30 PM
Armenian Genocide Commemoration Month, Dr. Levon Marashalian, Professor of History
We Support Professor Marashalian's Event
Thursday, May 21, 2015, Kreider Hall (SR 138) 12:20-1:30 PM
Excellence and Equity at GCC
Prof. Theresa Lorch, Ph.D., Department of Kinesiology and Student Equity Coordinator
Guest Panel Speakers:
Robert Williams, M.S.
Nancy Medina, M.S.
Blanca Martinez, M.S.
Oscar Flores, M.S.
FALL 2015
Thursday, September 24, 2015, Kreider Hall (SR 138) 12:20-1:30 PM
"Human Bottleneck: Perception of Race" Professor Andre Yefremian, Department of Anthropology
Thursday, October 22, 2015, Kreider Hall (SR 138) 12:20-1:30 PM
"The Differential Application of Justice and the Law concerning African Americans and Whites"
Professor Gary Keyes, Professor of History and Sociology
Thursday, November 19, 2015, Kreider Hall (SR 138) 12:20-1:30 PM
RESCHEDULED for a later date
"Plutocracy" Prof. Dimitrios Synodinos, Department of Political Science
SPRING 2014
Black History Month Celebration collaborated with Humanities/Social Science Lecture Series
Thursday February 27, 2014, CS177 at 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
"This Time: Next Generation
Professor Monica L. Turner. Department of Ethnic Studies and Lecturer at CSUN.
"The Challenges of Overcoming Today's Food Culture Environment: Your, My, and Our Crisis"
Professor Kohar Kesian, Department of Nursing
Tuesday, April 29, 2014, Kreider Hall (SR 138), 12:20-1:30 PM
Armenian Genocide Commemoration arranged by Professor Levon Marashalian, Department of History
"Islamized Armenians": Gender and Survival Options during the Armenian Genocide
Two sisters, Doris Melkonian and Arda Melkonian
Thursday, May 15, 2014, Kreider Hall (SR 138) 12:20-1:30 PM
Part One: "The Current Status of Native Americans From The Position of Native Americans"
Professor Roger Bowerman, Department of History and Director of Staff Development
FALL 2014
Thursday, September 25, 2014, Kreider Hall (SR 138) 12:20-1:30 PM
"Children of Mixed Cultural Heritage."
Panel Discussion. JC Moore, Department of Sociology
Panelist #1: Juliann Wolfgram, Adjunct Professor of Asian Art History
Panelist #2: Dennis Van Bremen, Non-credit ESL Evening Coordinator, Garfield Campus
Panelist #3: Zanaida Robles, Adjunct Professor of Music
Panelist #4: Troy Cardenas, Adjunct Professor of English
Panelist #5: Bill Sparks, Child Development Department
Panelist #6: Samantha Fuszara, Adjunct Professor, Credit ESL Division
Thursday, October 23, 2014, Kreider Hall (SR 138) 12:20-1:30 PM
"Life and Art Along the Silk Road" Professor Juliann Wolfgram, Department of Art History
Thursday, November 20, 2014, Kreider Hall (SR 138) 12:20-1:30 PM
"Religion and Secularism in America"
Paul Vasquez, Former GCC Instructor of ESL, Lecturer, USC, International Academy
