Dave Fitzsimmons, Syndicated Editorial Cartoonist and Columnist Monday, August 15, 2020, 2:30-3:30 pm, The ASA Koffler Great Room Come, meet and be entertained by Tucson’s own award-winning, internationally syndicated weekly columnist and editorial cartoonist who has drawn fire, ire, and
Aug 8: “(Wo)Man the Hunter”
Dr. James Watson, Curator of Bioarchaeology (Arizona State Museum) & Professor of Anthropology (School of Anthropology), University of Arizona Monday, August 8, 2022, 2:30-3:30 pm, The ASA Koffler Great Room The “Man the Hunter” hypothesis–the idea that when early human
Introduction to Services and Specialties at the new Northwest Medical Center at Houghton and Old Spanish Trail
Kellyn Shaw, Director of Provider Relations and Business Development for Northwest Healthcare Monday, July 11, 2022, 2:30pm to 3:30pm ASA Koffler Great Room We watched it being built at the intersection of Houghton and Old Spanish Trail over the
June 13: “Curbside Recycling Continued, aka, ‘Can I Recycle That?’”
Jennifer N Wargo, Communications Director for the Four Corners Area, Waste Management Corporation Monday, June 13, 2022, 2:30-3:30 pm, a Special Zoom Only Presentation. In 2019, the previous Communications Director for our trash and recycling service here at Academy Village,
June 20: “Archaeology’s Deep Time Perspective on Environment and Social Sustainability”
Allen Dart, Executive Director, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, Tucson Monday, June 20, 2022, 2:30-3:30 pm, The Koffler Great Room, ASA Returning to ASA for another dive into Arizona archaeology, this time relating it directly to our current situation vis
June 15: “Becoming Ansel Adams”
Rebecca Senf, Chief Curator, Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona Wednesday, June 15, 2022, 2:30-3:30 pm, The Koffler Great Room of the ASA Dr. Senf, who published the first scholarly work on Ansel Adams in nearly 20 years
June 1: “Tales Out of School: Memoirs from My Life: Part II”
Michael Chriss, Astronomer and Storyteller, Academy Village Resident Wednesday, June 1, 2022, 2:30-3:30 pm, ASA Great Room and Zoom Webinar Note: Because of a technical failure in the first scheduling of Michael Chriss’s reading, on April 4 of this year,
May 23: “Gift-Giving Etiquette and Negotiations with Iran”
Anne H. Betteridge, Director, UA Center for Middle Eastern Studies Monday, May 23, 2022, 2:30-3:30 pm, The ASA Great Room The protracted, on-again, off-again, negotiations between the US and Iranian governments since the 1979 revolution have yielded some steps
May 25: “Better Living Through Assistive Technology”
Gaye Champine, Program Coordinator and Heidi Lervik, Assistive Technology Specialist, Arizona Technology Access Program Wednesday, May 25, 2020 2:30-4:00 pm, The ASA Great Room Assistive technology consists of products, systems and services developed for people who, because of serious physical
May 18: “Summer Heat Is Not All the Same”
Melissa Guardaro, Assistant Research Professor, The Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation at ASU Cancelled Wednesday, May 18, 2022 2:30-3:45 pm, ZOOM ONLY Melissa Guardaro writes, “While summers have become increasingly hot over the last fifty years,
May 16: “Binders Full of Women: Early Women Authors in The American Naturalist, 1867-1916”
Judith L. Bronstein, University Distinguished Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UA Monday, May 16, 2022 2:30-3:30 pm, The ASA Great Room & ASA Zoom Webinar Prior to the 150th anniversary of The American Naturalist, the journal published a
May 4: “We Are What We Eat Especially As We Age”
Stephanie Neuman, Corrective Exercise Specialist, Certified Personal Trainer, and Precision Nutrition Coach Wednesday, May 4th, 2022 2:30-3:30pm, ASA Great Room and Zoom Webinar Eat, Move, and Live… Better: In fitness and nutrition, we’re saturated with information. Although we acquire knowledge,
May 11: “Winds, Fire and Floods: The More Extreme Nature of the North American Monsoon”
Christopher Castro, Associate Professor of Hydrology & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona Wednesday, May 11, 2022, 2:30-3:30 p.m., the ASA Great Room and Zoom Webinar The North American Monsoon is a pattern of pronounced increase in rainfall over the
May 9: “Why All This ‘Stuff’ Matters: Climate Change and Consumer Behavior”
Sabrina Helm, Associate Professor, Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences, UA Monday, May 9, 2022, 2:30-3:30 pm, ASA Great Room and Zoom According to UA Professor Sabrina Helm, the limits of the earth’s natural carrying capacity require us
Apr 27: “The Beginnings of Village Life and Sheep Domestication in Turkey in the Late Stone Age”
Mary C Stiner, Regents’ Professor, School of Anthropology, UA Wednesday, April 27, 4:00pm -5:00 pm, ASA Great Room and Zoom. Note special time! Recent archaeological findings from the first Neolithic settlements in Southwest Asia shine a light on the moment
Apr 25: “The Forgotten Botanist—Sara Plummer Lemmon’s Life of Science and Art”
Wynne Brown, Freelance Writer, Editor and Graphic Designer Monday, April 25, 2022, 2:30-3:30 pm, ASA Great Room and Zoom Webinar Would you like to know more about a pioneering woman botanist and conservationist who successfully lobbied to make the
Apr 18: “Plundered, Displaced, and Missing: The Fate of Antiquities in the Nazi Era”
Irene Bald Romano, Professor of Art History and of Anthropology, UA Monday, April 18, 2022, 2:30-3:30 pm, an ASA Zoom Webinar ONLY Irene Bald Romano writes: Despite the important role antiquity—especially classical antiquity—and archaeology played in the ideology of
Apr 13: “Agrivoltaics: Co-location of Solar PV Panels and Agriculture”
Dr. Chad Higgins, Associate Professor, Biological and Ecological Engineering, Oregon State University Wednesday, April 13, 2022, 2:30 – 3:30 pm, an ASA Zoom Webinar ONLY The challenges of meeting people’s needs for food, energy and water (frequently
April 20: “Remember the Alamo…or Not: Bridging History and Foundational Myths in American History”
Michael M. Brescia, Ph.D., Curator of Ethnohistory, Arizona State Museum Affiliated Professor of History and Law, UA Wednesday, April 20, 2022, 2:30-4:30 p.m., ASA LIVE (ASA Great Room) and Zoom Webinar Much like the heated debates over Civil War monuments and
Apr 6: “Consumer Preferences in the World of Big Data—Let the Algorithm Decide?”
Derek Bamberger, Professor, James E. Rogers School of Law, UA Wednesday, April 6, 2022, 2:30-3:30 pm, The Great Room at ASA and Zoom Webinar The rise of algorithm-driven decision making enabled by Big Data has generated widespread concern among
Apr 4: “Tales Out of School: Memoirs from My Life”
Michael Chriss, Astronomer and Storyteller, Academy Village Resident Monday, April 4, 2022, 2:30-3:30 pm, ASA Great Room and Zoom Webinar In this delightful and poignant collection of memories, AV resident and popular lecturer for ASA Michael Chriss looks back through
Apr 2: “Can Residential Rainwater Harvesting Truly Impact the Ability of Tucson to Sustain Its Growing Population?”
Brian Ellis, Certified Water Harvesting Practitioner; Frequent Rainwater Harvesting Workshop Volunteer and Consultant; Mechanical/Systems Engineer Saturday, April 2, 2022, 9-10 am, ASA North Seminar Room & ASA Zoom Webinar Note special time and location. With one million plus residents, Tucson
Mar 28: “Inside Views: Running A Bed & Breakfast”
Rosemary Brown & Sharon Scott – Recently Retired Bed & Breakfast Owners Monday, Mar 28, 2022, 2:30-3:30 pm, LIVE ASA Great Room & Zoom If you’ve ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes at a Bed & Breakfast,
March 30: “A Transborder Journey in Academia: Successful and Challenging Experiences”
Nadia Alvarez Mexia, Director of Transborder Education Initiatives, W.A. Franke Honors College, UA Wednesday, March 30, 2022, 2:30-3:30pm ASA Great Room and Zoom Webinar How do students negotiate the challenges of higher education from one side of the Mexico/US
Apr 11: “Military Wives in Arizona Territory”
Jan Cleere, Author and Independent Historian Monday, April 11, 2022, 2:30- 3:30 pm. ASA LIVE Lecture & Zoom Webinar The American past holds the record of many female movers and shakers, and Arizona yields more than its fair share.
March 23: “A Gathering of Poets”
Nancy Madison Fitzgerald, MFA Wednesday, March 23, 2:30-4:00 pm, ASA LIVE Lecture and Zoom Have you ever wanted to write a poem? Our resident poetry guru Nancy Fitzgerald has for many years offered poetry writing workshops through the ASA that
March 15: “Cooperation with Indigenous Food, Energy, Water”
Dr. Karletta Chief, Associate Professor, Environmental Sciences, U of A Tuesday, March 15, 2022, 2:30-3:30 pm, Zoom Webinar ONLY* Note: Tuesday instead of Monday lecture! The greatest predictor of food insecurity in the United States is not your income or
Feb 21: “Are Our Brains Wired for Compassion?”
Dr. Jay Sanguinetti, Research Assistant Professor, UA Monday, February 21, 2022, 2:30-4:00 pm, an ASA Zoom Webinar Jay Sanguinetti writes: “Our brains appear designed to respond to the suffering of others. In fact, our reward circuits fire when we
March 7: “From Great Royal Wife to Pharaoh: New Light on Nefertiti”
Marilyn Skinner, Professor Emerita of Classics, UA Monday, March 7, 2022, 2:30-3:30 pm, an ASA Zoom Webinar ONLY* The name of Nefertiti, Great Royal Wife of the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten, who ruled from approximately 1351 to 1334 bce, has
Feb 28: “What Does an Independent Film Producer Do?”
Vicky Westover – Award-winning film programmer, producer of film events and documentary films, instructor, photographer Monday, Feb 28, 2022, 2:30-3:30 pm, ASA LIVE & Zoom Webinar* Independent films often challenge our ideas, entertain, educate, and encourage independent thinking. They are
March 2: “End-of-Life Care Planning- What You Need to Know”
McKenna Reinhard, Pima Council on Aging End-of -Life Specialist Wednesday, March 2, 2022, 2:30-3:30 pm, ASA LIVE & Zoom Webinar* The Pima Council on Aging promotes the idea that part of living well is preparing well for dying and
Feb 16: “Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy”
Kate Kincaid, Licensed Professional Counsellor, CEO Tucson Counseling Associates and Janay Young, Clinical Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, UA Wednesday, February 16, 2:30-3:30 pm, an ASA Zoom Webinar* Kate Kincaid writes, “For clients struggling with treatment-resistant depression, anxiety, OCD
March 9: “Spring Wild Flowers of the Rincon Valley”
Mary Welch-Keesey, Horticulturist Wednesday, March 9, 2022, 2:30-3:30 pm, ASA LIVE & Zoom Webinar* Academy Village resident and professional horticulturist Mary Welch-Keesey will present an illustrated primer on spring-flowering plants native to the Rincon Valley, focusing on plants that may
Feb 23: “Weeds and their Organic Control”
Marlene Shamis and Deborah North, Master Gardeners Wednesday, February 23, 2:30-4:00 pm, an ASA Zoom Webinar* Are those plants coming up in our yards and along the roadsides weeds or beautiful wildflowers? This is a perennial question provoking
Feb 14: “Non Violent Communication, A Language of Life”
Sylvia Haskvitz, Certified Trainer in Non Violent Communication, facilitator, author Monday, February 14, 2022, 2:30-4:00 pm, an ASA Webinar* Every day we hear in the media how citizens in our country are divided in their social and political views
Feb 9: “Update on Technology for People with Hearing Loss” “ What devices can and cannot do”
Tom Muller, Coordinator of Clinical Education for Audiology, University of Arizona Tuesday, February 9, 2022. 2:30-3:45 pm, an ASA Zoom Webinar* (Note: extra time for questions) While true deafness is rare, hearing loss is
Feb 7: “Moorish Cultural Legacies in Mexico and the Southwest”
Alex La Pierre, Founder of the new binational initiative, Borderlandia. Monday, February 7, 2:30 to 3:30 pm, an ASA Zoom Webinar* Join Alex La Pierre, a popular speaker for ASA programs about border issues, as he explores characteristic elements of
Feb 2: “Sisters in Poetry”
Nancy Fitzgerald, Professor Emerita, College of St Scholastica Connie Wanek, Prizewinning Poet Wednesday, February 2, 2022, 2:30-3:30 pm, an ASA Zoom Webinar* Our resident poetry guru, Nancy Fitzgerald, and her good friend, award-winning Minnesota poet Connie Wanek, will present
Jan. 31: “Why Cooperate with Another Species? Mutualism in the Natural World”
Judith L. Bronstein, University Distinguished Professor/Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona Monday, January 31, 2:30 pm-3:30 pm, An ASA Zoom Webinar* Have you ever been stopped in your tracks in the Sonoran Desert by the sight of
Jan 26: “Bizmoune Cave, Morocco–beads, bones, snails, and the making of modern Homo sapiens”
Steven Kuhn, Professor of Anthropology, University of Arizona Wednesday, January 26, 2022, 2:30-3:30 pm, an ASA Zoom Webinar* Steven Kuhn writes: Genetic and fossil evidence has securely demonstrated that our species, Homo sapiens, evolved in Africa and subsequently dispersed across
Jan 19: “Resources for Home Safety from your Local Fire Department, the Pima Council on Aging, and the Pima County Health Department”
A symposium with Clint Bell and Fiona de Young, Rincon Valley Fire District; Karen Ring, Pima Council on Aging; and Lee Itule-Klasen, Pima County Health Department Wednesday, January 19, 2022, 2:30-3:30, an ASA Zoom Webinar* Many preventable accidents occur right
Jan 12: “Observing and Understanding Snowpack over the Conterminous United States”
Xubin Zeng, UA Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences Wednesday, January 12, 2022, 2:30-3:30 pm, an ASA Zoom Webinar* Although Arizona gets its water from aquifers and the Colorado River and has no snowpack, Xubin Zeng will explain to
Jan 24: “Partners in Rhyme — Three Great Songwriting Teams”
Donald J. Behnke, PhD, Superintendent Emeritus, Southampton, NY, Public Schools Canceled – Monday, January 24, 2022, 2:30-3:30 pm, an ASA Zoom Webinar* Music is often a team effort – usually a collaboration between friends but sometimes even enemies.
Jan 5: “What We Know – and Don’t Know – about Gender, Competitiveness and the Wage Gap”
Mary Rigdon, Associate Director, Center for the Philosophy of Freedom, UA Lecture Canceled – Wednesday, January 5, 2022 The latest national US wage data shows women earn 83 cents for every dollar a man is paid, a statistic that
Jan 3: “A Peek into the Complex Social Lives of Gunnison’s Kissing Prairie Dogs”
Jennifer Verdolin, Assistant Professor, School of Natural Resources and Environment, UA Monday, January 3, 2022, 2:30-3:30 pm, an ASA Zoom Webinar* What’s in a kiss when you’re a prairie dog? For two decades Dr. Jennifer Verdolin has explored this
March 16: “An Incredible Journey–From a Barcelona Eighth Grade Drop-Out to an American University Presidency”
Manel Esteban, Academy Village Resident Wednesday, March 16, 2022, 2:30-3:30 pm, The ASA Great Room, and ASA Zoom Webinar* Our neighbor, Manel, will read from and talk about his autobiography, An Incredible Journey– From a Barcelona Eighth Grade
Jan 10: “Gardening in the Desert Southwest”
Parker Filer, Assistant Extension Agent in Horticulture with UA’s Pima County Cooperative Extension Monday, January 10, 2022, 2:30-3:30 pm, an ASA Zoom Webinar* If you feel like you’ve just lost all your gardening skills since moving from a temperate climate
Dec 13: “Sustainability in the Village: Exploration of Alternatives, Part II”
Norm Scott, Chair of the Sustainability Committee Tom Travis, President, Arizona Senior Academy Monday, December 13, 2021, 2:30 pm-4 pm, The ASA Great Room and a Zoom Webinar* The two speakers will share a presentation and discussion based
Dec 6 – Desert Dreams – Wild Horizons
This stunning documentary showcases the beauty and biodiversity of the Sonoran Desert without narration––a remarkable film that continues to be aired on national Public Television as a pledge drive program (2015-present). See it on the big screen in the ASA
Dec 20: “Straight Enough—Lorinda Boyer Reads from her Memoir”
Lorinda Boyer, Academy Village Resident Monday, December 20, 2021, 2:30-3:30 pm, an ASA Zoom presentation* Published in August, 2021, Lorinda Boyer’s candid and fearless memoir traces her life journey from a position of traditional Christian belief and practice, espousing a