Midterm report presentations '25

 Select a topic related to the day's scheduled assigned reading OR to one of the RECOMMENDED texts on reserve in the library (focus on the first chapter or two, if you wish you can return to it for your final report presentation later)

• The Word of Dog: What Our Canine Companions Can Teach Us About Living a Good Life (Rowlands) 978-1324095682 - because dogs, who can teach us much about attention and the present, make me happy.
• Wanderlust: A History of Walking (Solnit) 978-0140286014 - because the peripatetic life makes me happy.
• Moral Ambition (Bregman) 978-0316580359 - because there's more to life than happiness, and more to happiness than pleasure and complacency.

Plan to speak for about ten minutes, then give us a discussion question and direct the discussion. We'll plan to do two presentations (three if/when necessary) per class. Coordinate with your classmates who report on the same day to avoid redundancy. If you can find a suitable way to incorporate a podcast and/or video into your report presentation (using the James Walker Library production facilities on the 2d floor), you're welcome to do so.

Indicate your date and topic preference in the comments space below. First come, first served. 

UPDATE, Sep 15: To the handful of you who've expressed no preference: please do so ASAP, or I will have to assign you one.

SEP

18 Epicurus -p.156 -

1. Basil Lozano Epicurus
2. 
   

23 Epicurus -p. 207

1. David Testerman Sept. 23. Epicurus
2. 
   

25 Waldinger 1-2 -p.53

1. Jonathan Haycraft - Waldinger 1 and 2, September 25th: Conjuring Happiness
2. Rhys Stephens - Moral Ambition

30 Waldinger 3-4 -p.116

1. Amanda Burbage - Waldinger 3-4
2. Adeline Lennon - Sep 30 Ch. 3 Relationships

OCT

2 Waldinger 5-6 -p.164

1. Jacob Rampey - Oct 2nd - Wanderlust (Solnit) Chapters 1-2
2. Avery Eaton - same (please coordinate with Jacob to avoid redundancy... maybe do two other chapters)

7 Waldinger 7-8 -p.222

1. Kendal Johnson- October 7th Waldinger chapter 8 Family Matters
2. Carol Edwards- Oct 7th Waldinger Chapter 7. The Person Beside you: How intimate relationships shape our lives

9  EXAM 1

FALL BREAK

16 Flanagan -p.42. 

1. October 16, Jayden Smith; The Happiness Agenda
2. Landon, Word of Dog
3. Airmark, Word of Dog (please coordinate to avoid redundancy, select different chapters to focus on)

21 Flanagan 2-3 -p.95

1. Oct. 21: Tyler Murray - Ch. 4 Social Fitness; Flanagan - The Good Life
2. Sophie Duffy - Word of Dog
3. (Name, Wanderlust)

23 Flanagan 4-7 -p.145

1. May Gaines - Oct 23, Chap 5. Subjective vs. Objective Happiness, Flanagan
2. Michael Woolery October 23rd - "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius
3. (Name, Moral Ambition)