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Food Deserts: Social and Geographic Factors.
Food Deserts: Social and Geographic Factors - A Culinary Catastrophe & How We Can Fix It! 🌵 ➡️ 🍎 Alright, settle in, class! Today we're diving headfirst into a topic…
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Combating Systemic Bias in Algorithms.
Lecture: Combating Systemic Bias in Algorithms - Don't Let Your Code Be a Jerk! 🤖😡 (Professor walks onto stage, wearing a t-shirt that reads "Data Doesn't Lie, But People Do...…
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The Sociology of Food: Production, Consumption, and Meaning.
The Sociology of Food: Production, Consumption, and Meaning – A Gastronomic Grand Tour 🌍🍽️🧐 (Welcome, hungry minds! Prepare yourselves for a delectable dive into the sociology of food! Forget dry…
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Consumer Culture.
Consumer Culture: Shop 'Til You Drop...Or Until You Realize What's Happening! 🛍️🤯 (A Lecture in Disguise) Welcome, bright-eyed students of spending! Settle in, because today we're diving headfirst into the…
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Protecting Privacy in an Age of Surveillance.
Protecting Privacy in an Age of Surveillance: A Crash Course in Survival (and Sanity) (Imagine upbeat, slightly paranoid music playing as the title card appears.) Welcome, friends, digital denizens, and…
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Psychology: Understanding Ourselves and Others.
Psychology: Understanding Ourselves and Others (AKA: Your Brain, My Brain, and Why We Do the Weird Things We Do) (Lecture Hall Intro Music: Upbeat, slightly quirky instrumental) Alright everyone, settle…
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The Sociology of Consumption: Identity and Meaning Through Buying.
The Sociology of Consumption: Identity and Meaning Through Buying (A Lecture for the Slightly Obsessed) (Professor Snarkypants adjusts his spectacles, clears his throat dramatically, and surveys the room full of…
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Ensuring Digital Equity.
Ensuring Digital Equity: Leveling the Playing Field in the Digital Wild West 🤠 Welcome, future digital champions! Buckle up, buttercups, because today we’re diving headfirst into the fascinating, frustrating, and…
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The Future of Work from a Sociological Perspective.
The Future of Work: A Sociological Side-Eye 👀 (and a Few Predictions) (Welcome, future labor force! Grab your metaphorical hard hats and your existential anxieties; we're diving deep into the…
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The Connection Between Psychology and Other Disciplines (Biology, Sociology, Philosophy).
The Great Interdisciplinary Jamboree: Psychology and Its Many Dance Partners! 💃🕺🧠 (Lecture Hall Lights Dim, a spotlight illuminates a slightly dishevelled professor with a twinkle in their eye) Alright, settle…