• CAC Presentation Series: “Medical Trauma: Emotional Implications and Crisis Intervention”

    Edison Hall E201

    CAC Presentation Series: Alumni Status Medical Trauma: Emotional Implications and Crisis Intervention Presenter: Alison Kulick, M.S., LPC, NCC, CVT Price: $20 for Alumni and Professionals, Free for Students 2 CE Hours Provided Traumatic medical events such as illness, diagnostic, or therapeutic procedures can have a myriad of emotional consequences which can include PTSD, chronic anxiety, […]

  • Organized Crime and Abortion (Works in Progress Seminar)

    Howard Hall 316

    Presenter: Katherine Parkin, Ph.D., Professor, Department of History and Anthropology; Jules Plangere, Jr., Endowed Chair in American Social History Organized crime played a role in the experience of many securing, providing, and paying for abortions before they were legalized. The high rates for the procedure made illegal abortion in the 1960s the third largest moneymaker for […]

  • Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series: Lisa Sarnoff Gochman

    Pozycki Hall, Room 115

    Thanks to a generous donation, Dean David Golland is pleased to announce the Wayne D. McMurray School of Humanities and Social Sciences Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series for the 2025-2026 academic year. The Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series will invite authors to speak to groups of students, staff, faculty and administrators. In conjunction with Monmouth University’s Constitution […]

  • Poetry & Image: Exploring how Image and Language Inspire and Transform One Another in Generative Ways

    DiMattio Gallery at Rechnitz Hall

    February 12, 2025
    Hands-on Workshop: 11:40 AM – 2:35 PM, DiMattio Gallery
    Poetry Reading: 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM, Great Hall Auditorium

    Two visiting poets, Andrea Ballou and Mike McCarthy, will give a reading and lead a workshop that explores how poetry and image making can inspire, dialog, and transform the other in the creative process. Associate Professor Kimberly Callas collaborated with McCarthy on his recent poetry book Behold and will join the discussion and workshop.

    Free and open to the public
  • Heightened Scrutiny

    Great Hall Auditorium

    The film exposes the dangerous role of mainstream media in fueling anti-trans legislation, uncovering how biased coverage drives hate, endangers lives, and threatens democracy itself. With insights from journalists like Jelani Cobb, Lydia Polgreen, and Gina Chua, and activists like Laverne Cox, the story dismantles anti-trans disinformation and highlights its devastating real-world impact.

    Free and open to the public
  • Visiting Writers Series with Joseph Earl Thomas

    Great Hall 104 (Julian Abele Room)

    Blake Butler is the author of twelve book-length works, recently including Molly, Void Corporation, and UXA.GOV. His short fiction, interviews, reviews, and essays have appeared widely, including in The New York Times, Harper’s, The Paris Review, Fence, Bomb, Bookforum, and as an ongoing column at Vice. In 2021, he was longlisted for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize. He is a founding editor of HTMLGIANT.

  • Artist Talk: Jake Yuzna

    Pozycki Lecture Hall

    Join us as we welcome the Department of Communication’s newest faculty member to campus, Assistant Professor Jake Yuzna, who will share an artist talk and selects from their creative practice. Yuzna is a filmmaker, artist, and curator whose work often explores evolving identities, subculture, and genre. Their films have been presented at the Cannes Film Festival, Berlin Film Festival, London Film Festival, New Museum of Contemporary Art, Walker Art Center, and the British Film Institute, among others. In addition, their work has been distributed by NetFlix, Hulu, PBS, and Arté Television, among others.

    Free and open to the public
  • “Sugarcane” Film Screening

    Guggenheim Memorial Library, Room 101 400 Cedar Ave, West Long Branch, NJ, United States

    Tuesday, March 24, 2026 4:30–6:30 p.m. Guggenheim Memorial Library Room 101 Rated R A stunning tribute to the resilience of Native people and their way of life, “Sugarcane”, the debut feature documentary from Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie, is an epic cinematic portrait of a community during a moment of international reckoning. In 2021, evidence […]

  • Native American Boarding School Symposium

    Monmouth University

    This symposium provides a space for generative conversations on what we know about Native American boarding schools and what that knowledge means. Join us in exploring the 20th-century history of North American Indian boarding schools in this two-day symposium, featuring speakers, workshops, and film. About the Symposium In the late-19th and early-20th century, throughout the […]

  • Visiting Writers Series with Megha Majumdar

    Great Hall Auditorium

    Free & Open to the Public, but registration is required. 

    Please join us for a keynote event: Megha Majumdar

    National Bestseller
    Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence
    Finalist for the National Book Award
    Oprah’s Book Club Pick & NYPL/WNYC Get Lit March Book Club

    In conversation with Monmouth University students & book signing. Welcome by Dr. Patrick Leahy, Monmouth University President