Washington Metropolitan Regional Issues

Lyme Disease (Speaker: Don Boileau)

Posted: July 23, 2019 at 6:24 pm, Last Updated: June 13, 2024 at 6:55 pm

Dr. Boileau, as having had Lyme Disease, will be joined by his wife, a member of the National Capital Lyme Disease Board of Directors, to cover the presence, testing, and prevention methods relevant to people in the DMV area.

A/V requirements: PowerPoint

Don Boileau

History, Lessons and Legacies of the Vietnam War (no speaking engagements through August 2024) (Speaker: Meredith Lair)

Posted: October 5, 2018 at 7:30 pm, Last Updated: June 3, 2024 at 7:32 pm

This talk considers how the Vietnam War remains influential in contemporary American life.

A/V requirements: Laptop, LCD Projector, Screen

Meredith Lair (no speaking engagements through August 2024))

War Memorials on the National Mall (no speaking engagements through August 2024) (Speaker: Meredith Lair)

Posted: October 5, 2018 at 7:28 pm, Last Updated: June 3, 2024 at 7:33 pm

Post-pandemic, I can do this as a walking tour on the National Mall. As a talk, I provide historical background about the development of various war memorials on the National Mall, as well as interpretation of their design and meaning in American culture.

A/V requirements: Laptop, LCD Projector, Screen

Meredith Lair (no speaking engagements through August 2024))

Meredith Lair (no speaking engagements through August 2024))

Posted: October 5, 2018 at 7:24 pm, Last Updated: April 8, 2024 at 6:32 pm

Professor Lair’s work examines warfare and its relationship to American society and culture, with particular emphasis on how knowledge and memories of the past are constructed and disseminated over time. She is the author of Armed with Abundance: Consumerism and Soldiering in the Vietnam War, which examines the non-combat experiences of American soldiers in Vietnam. […]

Your Neighbor Next Door: How Intercultural Communication Helps One Understand Differences (Speaker: Don Boileau)

Posted: September 29, 2014 at 8:28 pm, Last Updated: June 3, 2024 at 8:18 pm

In most neighborhoods of Northern Virginia one finds residents of several cultures. This presentation presents several themes from intercultural communication to help people improved their understanding of how messages vary among cultures because of the ways we send and receive messages.

A/V requirements: PowerPoint

Don Boileau

Urban and Metropolitan Affairs (Speaker: Jonathan Gifford)

Posted: September 29, 2014 at 8:03 pm, Last Updated: June 4, 2024 at 5:43 pm

Urban and metropolitan development, land use, urban sprawl.

A/V requirements: None

Jonathan Gifford

Transportation and Air Quality (Speaker: Mohan Venigalla)

Posted: September 29, 2014 at 7:53 pm, Last Updated: June 4, 2024 at 5:45 pm

The role of transportation on regional air quality, mitigation and policy implications.

A/V requirements: None

Mohan Venigalla

The Disaster/Emergency Preparedness of Professional Nurses (Speaker: P.J. Maddox)

Posted: September 29, 2014 at 7:16 pm, Last Updated: June 4, 2024 at 5:47 pm

As the U.S. is challenged to increase local capacity to improve disaster/emergency preparedness, professional nurses (the back bone of the U.S. health system) and the front line of first receivers are critical.

A/V requirements: LCD, Screen

P.J. Maddox