EVENT TIMES
Who Scares Us and Why? A History of American Panic – From Witches to Muslims
February 2nd,2016 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Professor/Instructor/Speaker: William P. Garvey,Ph.D.
A review of Americans’ historical and cultural concern about “other people” from witches, Indians, socialists, and communists, to Irish, Germans, Japanese, Chinese, Latinos, and now Muslims – what Mark Stein calls “the gap between the ideal and reality of E Pluribus Unum.” – William P. Garvey, Ph.D.
William P. Garvey,Ph.D.
President of the Jefferson Educational Society
Dr. William Garvey received his B.A. from Gannon University and his M.S. and Ph.D. in history from the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Garvey had a rich, 42-year career as an educator and administrator of Mercyhurst University in Erie, Pa. – serving as the college’s president for 25 years. Dr. Garvey currently serves as the President of The Jefferson Educational Society, Erie’s think tank for community progress.
