A panel discussion - with representation from various academic disciplines, ranging from economics to literature - will explore an overview of issues associate with these disciplines and present a reminder that the future is not random, that its peculiarly American idealization is often dangerously ill-conceive, and that different disciplines have approached the future very differently, both for society at large and for our Jacksonville community.

 

 

Douglas M. Hazzard, Ph.D. - Dean, College of Arts  & Sciences

 

Economics
John B. buck, Ph.D. - Are Modern Economic Policies Congruent With Reality?

Science
Nisse Goldberg, Ph.D. - Science-A Ticket to Utopia?

Literature
Pat McLeod, Ph.D. - 'Soylent Green is People!' Food for Thought about the Future in Science Fiction

Communication
Keith Saliba, Ph.D. - A Creeping Cycle: The Coarsening of American Media Content

Sociology
Heather Downs, Ph.D. - You're Putting That On Line?: An Analysis of Facebook Culture

History
Jesse Hingson, Ph.D. - Best Laid Plans: Visions of Jacksonville's Future Since the Early 20th Centure