Could We Ever...

Danyelle and Ricardo speak with Dr. Mary Urquhart, associate professor and head of the Department of Science/Mathematics Education at UT Dallas. (Clip from Paramount Television’s “Star Trek: The Original Series”) Produced by the UT Dallas Office of Communications. Find our podcasts at http://www.utdallas.edu/cometcast --NOTES--  Dr. Mary Urquhart https://profiles.utdallas.edu/urquhart UT Dallas Department of Science/Mathematics Education https://sme.utdallas.edu/ UT Dallas Space Science Resources https://sme.utdallas.edu/outreach/k-12-teachers/space-science-resources/ Solar System Exploration https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/ Moon to Mars https://www.nasa.gov/topics/moon-to-mars

Danyelle and Ricardo speak with Dr. Deborah Kang, Fellow of the Anne Stark and Chester Watston Professorship in History Produced by the UT Dallas Office of Communications. Find our podcasts at http://www.utdallas.edu/cometcast --NOTES--  Dr. Deborah Kang https://profiles.utdallas.edu/sdkang2020 School of Arts and Humanities https://ah.utdallas.edu/ Resources https://www.sdkang.net/

Danyelle and Ricardo spoke with Dr. Anthony Cummings, associate professor of geospatial information sciences (Clip from "The Burning Season": The Chico Mendes Story) Produced by the UT Dallas Office of Communications. Find our podcasts at http://www.utdallas.edu/cometcast --NOTES--  Dr. Anthony Cummings https://profiles.utdallas.edu/anthony.cummings School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences https://epps.utdallas.edu/ Geospatial Information Sciences https://epps.utdallas.edu/about/programs/geospatial-information-sciences/ Professor to Explore Relationship between Jaguars, Miners in Amazon https://www.utdallas.edu/news/social-sciences/professor-to-explore-relationship-between-jaguars/ Professor Uses Drones To Track Human Impact on Rainforest https://www.utdallas.edu/news/research/professor-uses-drones-to-track-human-impact-on-rai/ ”The Burning Season:“ The Chico Mendes Story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrmYxMWXL3A&ab_channel=Chve Dr. Cummings’ Jaguarton website (forthcoming) http://www.jaguarton.com

A little update on the next episode!

Danyelle and Ricardo spoke with Dr. Salena Brody, a psychology professor of instruction at UT Dallas, about whether people can unlearn prejudice. (Clip from ABC News) Produced by the UT Dallas Office of Communications. Find our podcasts at http://www.utdallas.edu/cometcast --NOTES--  Dr. Salena Brody https://bbs.utdallas.edu/faculty/detail.php5?i=2020 UT Dallas School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences https://bbs.utdallas.edu/ Book: “The Nature of Prejudice,” by Gordon Allport https://utdallas.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma998051301421&context=L&vid=01UT_DALLAS:UTDALMA&lang=en&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=Everything&query=any,contains,%22the%20nature%20of%20prejudice%22 Movie: “The Red Violin” https://utdallas.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma9925919400001421&context=L&vid=01UT_DALLAS:UTDALMA&lang=en&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=Everything&query=any,contains,%22the%20red%20violin%22&offset=0 Unsung Psychology Pioneers: A Content Analysis of Who Makes History (and Who Doesn't) https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/amerjpsyc.133.2.0241?seq=1 Ozawa vs. United States https://immigrationhistory.org/item/takao-ozawa-v-united-states-1922/ Thind vs. United States https://immigrationhistory.org/item/thind-v-united-states%E2%80%8B/ Immigration Act of 1924 https://immigrationhistory.org/item/1924-immigration-act-johnson-reed-act/ Smithsonian Magazine: How a Psychologist’s Work on Race Identity Helped Overturn School Segregation in 1950s America https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/psychologist-work-racial-identity-helped-overturn-school-segregation-180966934/ National Association for the Education of Young Children: The Life and Work of Dr. Mamie Phipps Clark (1917–1983) https://www.naeyc.org/resources/pubs/yc/jul2020/our-proud-heritage Science: Study identifies a key reason black scientists are less likely to receive NIH funding https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/10/study-identifies-key-reason-black-scientists-are-less-likely-receive-nih-funding School of Arts& Humanities Virtual Events Calendar https://www.utdallas.edu/ah/events/virtual-events.html “Not Light, but Fire: How to Lead Meaningful Race Conversations in the Classroom,” by Matthew R. Kay https://utdallas.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma9927931313801421&context=L&vid=01UT_DALLAS:UTDALMA&lang=en&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=Everything&query=any,contains,Not%20Light%20%20but%20Fire:%20How%20to%20Lead%20Meaningful%20Race%20Conversations%20in%20the%20Classroom%20%E2%80%9D%20by%20Matthew%20R.%20Kay Other Podcasts Dr. Brody recommends: “Throughline” from NPR https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510333/throughline “CodeSwitch” from NPR https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/ “Nice White Parents” from This American Life https://www.thisamericanlife.org/712/nice-white-parents “1619 Project” from The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/23/podcasts/1619-slavery-anniversary.html “More Perfect” from WNYC Studios https://www.npr.org/podcasts/481105292/more-perfect

Could we ever hail a cab by looking at a camera on the street? Or ask a car to order takeout? Danyelle and Ricardo spoke with senior lecturer Dr. Alex Edsel about the possibility of living in a device-free world.  (Clip from “Her” by Warner Bros. Pictures)  Produced by the UT Dallas Office of Communications. Find our podcasts at http://www.utdallas.edu/cometcast --NOTES--  Dr. Alex Edsel  https://jindal.utdallas.edu/faculty/alexander-edsel    Naveen Jindal School of Management  https://jindal.utdallas.edu/    Trackable: Business in an IoT & Biometrics World  https://books.google.com/books/about/Trackable.html?id=zRFUzQEACAAJ    ACLU: Amazon’s Face Recognition Falsely Matched 28 Members of Congress with Mugshots  https://www.aclu.org/blog/privacy-technology/surveillance-technologies/amazons-face-recognition-falsely-matched-28    US Census Bureau: 2020 Census Will Help Policymakers Prepare for the Incoming Wave of Aging Boomers  https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2019/12/by-2030-all-baby-boomers-will-be-age-65-or-older.html#:~:text=Baby%20boomers%20have%20changed%20the,estimated%20at%20about%2073%20million.    Fast Company: In the AI era, Your Voice Could Give Away Your Face  https://www.fastcompany.com/90357561/this-ai-guesses-human-faces-based-only-on-their-voices

How does a political candidate’s gender affect how a voter views them? In the Season 2 premiere of the “Could We Ever...” podcast, Danyelle and Ricardo spoke with Dr. Harold Clarke to find out. (Clip from “VEEP” by HBO) Produced by the UT Dallas Office of Communications. Find our podcasts at http://www.utdallas.edu/cometcast --NOTES-- Dr. Harold Clarke https://utdallas.edu/chairs/profiles/dr-harold-d-clarke/ Hillary's Hypothesis: Attitudes Towards Women and Voting in the 2016 Presidential Election https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0261379418303998 The School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences https://epps.utdallas.edu/

Wwwweeee’rrrreeee bbbbaaaacccckkkk! We’ve been busy working remotely on Season 2, and the debut episode premieres this week! We speak to Dr. Harold Clarke about how people’s views about female political candidates. Preview the discussion! If you’re new to the podcast, “Could We Ever...” shines a light on UT Dallas experts and asks them to tackle questions you never knew you needed answered — from science to art and more.  Produced by the UT Dallas Office of Communications.

In the season one finale, Danyelle and Ricardo sit down with Jacqueline Prince, assistant director for women’s & gender equity programs at the Galerstein Gender Center, to discuss whether we could achieve gender equity. NOTE: This interview was recorded before safer at home measures were put in place. (Clip from “Hidden Figures” by Fox 2000 Pictures) Produced by the UT Dallas Office of Communications. Find our podcasts at http://www.utdallas.edu/cometcast --NOTES-- Upcoming events can be found on the UT Dallas Galerstein Gender Center website: https://www.utdallas.edu/gendercenter/ UT Dallas Galerstein Gender Center on social media: https://www.facebook.com/GGCatUTDallas/ https://www.instagram.com/utd_gender_center/ https://twitter.com/UTDGGC Jacqueline Prince recently was honored by UTD Leadership Programs with the Advisor of the Year award for her work advising Chi Alpha Iota Diaternity, the University’s first gender-inclusive Greek organization. https://www.instagram.com/p/B_V-OHUJmSD/?igshid=1t2b0f0vh7hce Kimberle Crenshaw’s TED Talk, “The urgency of intersectionality,” from 2016: https://www.ted.com/talks/kimberle_crenshaw_the_urgency_of_intersectionality?language=en Study: Transgender Youth Allowed to Use Their Chosen Name Have Fewer Mental Health Problems https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/handle/2152/65222 Related image: https://www.facebook.com/glyswny/posts/1288808967961433/ Diversity vs. Inclusion images: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a9/45/72/a94572bb7656f119c39d19f021271c5b.jpg http://ogden.cps.edu/diversity--inclusion-committee.html Video: UT Dallas Ranked the Most LGBT+ Friendly Campus in Texas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUHaOe7yn2o

What exactly is a “classic” piece of literature, and why should the Harry Potter series be counted among them? Danyelle and Ricardo sat down with Dr. Theresa Towner, Ashbel Smith Professor of literary studies in the UT Dallas School of Arts and Humanities, to find out. Produced by the UT Dallas Office of Communications. Find our podcasts at http://www.utdallas.edu/cometcast --NOTES-- Dr. Theresa Towner https://www.utdallas.edu/ah/people/faculty_detail.php?faculty_id=1181 School of Arts and Humanities Facebook https://www.facebook.com/UTDArts/ School of Arts and Humanities Instagram https://www.instagram.com/utd_arts/ School of Arts and Humanities Twitter https://twitter.com/UTDallasArts

Danyelle and Ricardo speak with Dr. Doug Kiel, professor of public and nonprofit management, to see whether we could ever get smart about work.  (Clip from “Parks and Recreation” by NBCUniversal)  Produced by the UT Dallas Office of Communications. Find our podcasts at http://www.utdallas.edu/cometcast --NOTES-- Circadian Rhythms  https://www.nigms.nih.gov/education/pages/factsheet_circadianrhythms.aspx  Dr. Doug Kiel  https://profiles.utdallas.edu/lowell.kiel?pub=6  EPPS Public and Nonprofit Management Program  https://epps.utdallas.edu/about/programs/public-and-nonprofit-management/  EPPS Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/UTDEPPS  EPPS Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/utdepps  EPPS Twitter  https://twitter.com/UTDEPPS

Danyelle and Ricardo sit down with Dr. Kimberly Burdine, licensed psychologist and assistant director of the UT Dallas Student Counseling Center, to discuss whether we could ever destigmatize mental health concerns.  (Clip from “SuperSoul Sunday” on OWN) Produced by the UT Dallas Office of Communications. Find our podcasts at http://www.utdallas.edu/cometcast --NOTES-- UT Dallas Student Counseling Center  https://utdallas.edu/counseling/  UT Dallas Student Counseling Center’s Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/utdcounseling/  UT Dallas Student Counseling Center’s Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/utdcounseling/

In our first episode of 2020, Danyelle and Ricardo review the dark side of creativity with Dr. Magdalena Grohman, associate director of the Center for Values in Medicine, Science and Technology at UT Dallas.  (Clip from “Jurassic Park” by Universal Pictures)  Produced by the UT Dallas Office of Communications. Find our podcasts at http://www.utdallas.edu/cometcast --NOTES-- Facial Recognition Is Accurate, if You’re a White Guy https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/technology/facial-recognition-race-artificial-intelligence.html  How a Self-Driving Uber Killed a Pedestrian in Arizona https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/20/us/self-driving-uber-pedestrian-killed.html  Dr. Magdalena Grohman https://www.utdallas.edu/ah/people/faculty_detail.php?faculty_id=376  Center for Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology https://www.utdallas.edu/c4v/

The holidays cause a bit of a change in our episode schedule, and Danyelle and Ricardo preview our January episode.

Ricardo and Danyelle sit down with Dr. Alex Piquero, Ashbel Smith Professor of criminology, who dissects the question: “Could we ever use science to fight crime?”  (Clip from “Unbelievable” by Netflix) Produced by the UT Dallas Office of Communications. Find our podcasts at http://www.utdallas.edu/cometcast --NOTES-- D.A.R.E. https://www.livescience.com/33795-effective.html  Dallas District Attorney John Cruezot https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2019/04/11/dallas-da-reveals-plan-for-ending-mass-incarceration-for-petty-crimes-slashing-probation-and-bail/  Dallas DA’s Plan to Give Petty Criminals a Pass Could Backfire, Police Leaders Argue https://www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/2019/04/12/dallas-da-s-plan-to-give-petty-criminals-a-pass-could-backfire-police-leaders-argue/  UT Dallas Criminologist Tackles Perception of NFL Players https://www.utdallas.edu/news/research/ut-dallas-criminologist-tackles-perception-of-nfl/  Crime Risks Increase in Areas Proximate to Theme Parks: A Case Study of Crime Concentration in Orlando https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/07418825.2019.1677935  School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences https://epps.utdallas.edu/

On today’s show, Ricardo and Danyelle talk with Sara Asberry, a registered dietitian with the UT Dallas Student Wellness Center, who tackles the question: “Could we ever conquer diet culture?”  (Clip from “Mean Girls” by Paramount Pictures)  Produced by the UT Dallas Office of Communications. Find our podcasts at http://www.utdallas.edu/cometcast --NOTES-- Oxidative Stress: Harms and Benefits for Human Health https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5551541/  Is Dieting Passe? Study Finds Fewer Overweight People Try To Lose Weight https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/03/08/519080766/is-dieting-passe-study-finds-fewer-overweight-people-try-to-lose-weight  UT Dallas Student Wellness Center https://www.utdallas.edu/studentwellness/nutrition/  UT Dallas Student Wellness Center on social media https://www.facebook.com/utd.wellness https://www.instagram.com/healthycomets/

On today’s show, Ricardo and Danyelle talk with Dr. Ann Majewicz Fey, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, and she answers the question, “Could we ever have robotic surgery without the surgeons?”  (Clip from “I, Robot” by Twentieth Century Fox) Produced by the UT Dallas Office of Communications. Find our podcasts at http://www.utdallas.edu/cometcast --NOTES-- FDA warns about robotic devices for mastectomy and other cancer surgeries https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/01/health/fda-warning-robotic-surgery-mastectomy/index.html  FDA warning https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/safety-communications/caution-when-using-robotically-assisted-surgical-devices-womens-health-including-mastectomy-and Dr. Ann Majewicz Fey https://me.utdallas.edu/people/majewicz.html Human-Enabled Robotic Technology (HERO) Lab https://www.utdallas.edu/hero/ Mechanical Engineer Perfecting the Performance of Surgical Robotics https://www.utdallas.edu/news/research/nsf-career-award-funds-improvements-to-surgical-robotics/    The Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science on social media: https://www.facebook.com/JonssonSchool https://twitter.com/utdjonsson https://www.instagram.com/utdallasjonsson/

“Could We Ever...” shines a light on UT Dallas experts and asks them to tackle questions you never knew you needed answered — from science to art and more. Produced by the UT Dallas Office of Communications. Music by Roxanne Minnish, senior lecturer in the UT Dallas School of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication. Artwork by Rachael Drury, arts and technology senior student.

You can find our new show, Comets Discuss, on major podcasting platforms and at utdallas.edu/cometcast/comets-discuss/