If you happened to watch the recent film Ford v. Ferrari, you can better appreciate how risky the development of race cars was; it was really dangerous! You could die. And, indeed, one of the lead characters depicted in the film (Ken Miles) did perish in a car...
IF Fellow Sue Goodney Lea has completed a project exploring ways by which we might best promote good mental health in our communities. What resources might communities leverage to help individual and families deal with mental health crises that they might face? ...
Continued progress towards full political equality is not likely to occur without real effort. Consequently, those of us who suspect that American politics isn’t as fair as it should be are faced with a real dilemma. The situation makes us want to sit on the...
Introduction First generation college students-- or those students whose parents did not complete a four-year degree-- face unique challenges. First-generation students include traditional-aged students, active-duty members of the military and veterans studying...
The Justice Department has just announced that it plans to start suing universities who give any sort of priority admission to “minority students” (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/01/us/politics/trump-affirmative-action-universities.html). One concern that came up...
The Interactivity Foundation has been collaborating with the Kettering Foundation and its affiliate organization, the National Issues Forum (NIF), to promote dialogues around police-community relations. IF Fellow Sue Goodney Lea has been working in the...
IF Fellow Suzanne Goodney Lea recently completed a Rotary Peace Fellowship in Bangkok, Thailand. While there, she had the chance to interact with twenty-one other Rotary Peace Fellows who were from, living, and/or working in seventeen countries. She engaged her...
In August, 2013, the Interactivity Foundation conducted a workshop at the annual American Sociological Association meeting. More than 35 people attended. They had a chance to learn the IF classroom model by participating in brief versions of the discussions which...
This last week, IF Fellows Sue Goodney Lea, Mark & Ieva Notturno, and IF intern Nneka Edwards attended—and staffed an IF exhibit table at—the U.S. Department of Education's 2013 Higher Education Programs (HEP) Project Directors' Meeting in Washington, DC. At...
In December I traveled to Japan, Singapore, and China, exploring possibilities for IF-styled discussions on Asian settings. In Japan, I spoke with one faculty member who teaches at a very large and esteemed private university in Tokyo and another that teaches at a...