Grand Challenge Seminars Current Faculty
Current faculty in the Grand Challenge Seminar Program include prize-winning scholars and teachers from across Dietrich College and the CMU community.
A distinct feature of the Grand Challenge Seminar Program is that seminars are proposed by the faculty who deliver the courses. These experts attend to the seminar themes in their own research and bring these findings and ongoing inquiries to the classroom. Students have an opportunity to choose a seminar on a topic that sparks their curiosity. They learn from faculty who are driven, focused and passionate about the course topics. Each seminar includes the application of theoretical research to the real world, inquiry-based learning and collaboration with thinkers from a variety of disciplines.
Fall 2023
Health in Unhealthy Times
Jason D’Antonio
Biological Sciences
Julie Downs
Social and Decision Sciences
Andreea Ritivoi
English
You Make Me Sick: Causes and Consequences of Health Disparities
Chante Cox-Boyd
Psychology
Ezelle Sanford III
History
Reducing Conflict Around Identity and Positionality
Bonnie Youngs
Modern Languages
Elizabeth Walker
English
Spring 2024
Beyond Earth: Reaching into the Cosmos through Science, Science Fiction, and Language
Tom Werner
Philosophy
Cheng Li
Modern Languages
You Make Me Sick: Causes and Consequences of Health Disparities
Chante Cox-Boyd
Psychology
Ezelle Sanford III
History
Reducing Conflict Around Identity and Positionality
Bonnie Youngs
Modern Languages
Elizabeth Walker
English
Equitable Access and Success in Higher Education: A Case Study of Carnegie Mellon University
Nuria Ballesteros Soria
Applied Linguistics/Modern Languages
Katie Walsh
History and Higher Education/Student Success
The Mirror of Technology: Exploring Biases in Computation and Cognition
Wayne Wu
Philosophy
Realizing Human Rights: The Challenge of Achieving Justice, Equity, and Freedom in a Complex World
Jay Aronson
History
Robin Mejia
Statistics & Data Science
In Transit: Exile, Migration, and Culture
Kenya C. Dworkin y Méndez
Modern Languages
Stephen Brockmann
Modern Languages
Reem Alghazzi
Filmmaking