Tag: CAHSS
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Prof. Heidi Sherman appointed to UW Committee
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Prof. Heidi Sherman has been appointed to a two-year term to serve on the President’s Advisory Committee on Disability Issues (PACDI). The committee is charged with providing information and recommendations [to the President of the Universities of Wisconsin] relating to individuals with disabilities.
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New “Serious Fun” Illuminates the Dark Side of Pop Culture Villains
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Baddies! Miscreants! Ne’er-do-wells! Whatever you call them, where would pop culture be without villains? In this final installment of three live episodes recorded at Brown County Library Pop Con, Bryan Carr sits down with Drs. Jaye Case, Clif Ganyard, and Justin Kavlie to discuss all things villainy. What makes a good villain? What do villains…
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New “Serious Fun” Gets in the Ring with HWE Wrestlers
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It’s another high-flying episode of Serious Fun, live from the 2025 Brown County Library Pop Con! In the first-ever “Wrestler Wroundtable”, Dr. Bryan Carr (COMM, ITADS, WGSS) is joined by four pro wrestlers from local promotion Hybrid Wrestling Entertainment – Josie “Ice Box” Valentine, “Marvelous” Ethen Matthews, Sam Eli and Kujo “The Mad Dog Of…
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New “Serious Fun” Talks Life and Cartoons with Lucy Knisley
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In the first of three live Serious Fun broadcasts from the 2025 Brown County Library Pop Con, bestselling cartoonist and author behind books like Woe: A Housecat’s Story of Despair, Relish: My Life in the Kitchen, and the latest in her Peapod Farms series Sugar Shack Lucy Knisley sits down with Dr. Bryan Carr (COMM/ITADS/WGSS)…
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UW-Green Bay Common CAHSS Conference Returns: Exploring Survival in Today’s World
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UW-Green Bay’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) is bringing back its Common CAHSS conference on Friday, October 17, 2025 with a focus on survival: one’s ability to live despite life-threatening conditions, to persevere through hopelessness and to manage mental and emotional strain. This year’s conference, hosted at the UW-Green Bay, Sheboygan Campus, will feature…
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Psychology Faculty Member Published in Social and Personality Psychology Compass
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Dr. Alison Jane Martingano, Assistant Professor of Psychology, has published a new article in Social and Personality Psychology Compass. The piece, titled Seven Empathy Myths: Correcting Misconceptions About a Complex Construct (published October 7, 2025), examines seven widespread misconceptions about empathy: #1 People mean the same thing when they say “empathy,” #2 Empathy increases burnout,…
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Sutton Published in Humor Magazine
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A satirical article by Brian Sutton, emeritus associate professor in Humanities, was recently published in the online humor magazine McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, founded by Dave Eggers.
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Brown County Library Pop Con Returns October 4th!
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The Brown County Library Pop Con™ is back and bigger than ever – Saturday, October 4th from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM at the Central Library branch in Green Bay! This free, family-friendly event is open to everyone and promises a unique and fun experience for all – where else will you see college professors,…
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The Midwest Viking Festival Returns to UW-Green Bay
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On September 19 and 20, 2025 the Midwest Viking Festival returns to the Green Bay campus. As in previous years, the festival will take place at the Viking House on the Wood Hall parking lot, but with expanded hours from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. This year, the festival will include guests from the Sámi and…
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Professor Emerita Dr. Sarah Meredith is published in SLOVO
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Professor Emerita Sarah A. Meredith retired from her professorship after 34 years of teaching music, women’s studies and global studies in 2022. This summer, Meredith was published in SLOVO, the journal for the Czech and Slovak Federal Museum located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The article, titled “To Promote a Beautiful Repertoire”, discusses The American Czech…