Annual Interface Lecture Series in Science, Technology, and Society

Social and International Studies Department

Southern Polytechnic State University

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This Year's Topic:

"The The Automobile in American Society"

“Driven Wild: The Automobile and the
Making of Modern Wilderness”
Wednesday, October 16, 2002
Burruss Seminar Room (H-200)—7:30 pm
Paul S. Sutter, Ph.D.
Department of History
University of Georgia

Refreshments to follow

For information on Dr. Sutter click here.

For Dr. Sutter's book, Driven Wild, click here.

For a brief, illustrated introduction to the wilderness movement, click here.

“NASCAR and Detroit: Their Changing Relationship”
Wednesday, October 30, 2002
Student Center Ballroom--Noon
Ben Shackleford
School of History, Technology, and Society
Georgia Institute of Technology

NASCAR Online

How NASCAR Race Cars Work

“The Social Costs of the Automobile”
Wednesday, November 6, 2002
Student Center Ballroom—Noon
J. B. Hunt
Former Executive Director
Georgians for Transportation Alternatives

Georgians for Transportation Alternatives web site

Executive summary of The Roads Aren’t Free, a report by Redefining Progress

Contact Information

E-mail: jnewell@spsu.edu
Voice: 678-915-7481
Fax: 678-915-4949

Office: J-305B
Office Hours Summer 2008
You can generally expect me to be on campus

Monday thru Thursday 7:30 am to 6:00 pm
(the University is closed on Friday to conserve energy)

The annual INTERFACE Lecture Series is arranged by Dr. Julie Newell, the Southern Polytechnic State University STS Program Coordinator.
It is part of the SPSU STS (Science, Technology, and Society) Program and is sponsored by the Social and International Studies Program with support for the Southern Polytechnic State University Foundation.