Visiting Scholar to Speak on Dating and the College Hook Up Culture on November 4th at Aquinas Student Center.
Kerry Cronin of Boston College will deliver a talk, “The Imperfect Art of Dating: Hooking Up and Opting Out,” on Monday, November 4th, 7:30 PM, in the Aquinas Student Center, 46 North Eagleville Road on the UConn Storrs Campus. Admission is free and all are welcome.
The college hook up culture has been a favorite topic in popular media ranging from The New York Times to Slate to the blogosphere. Is it the new paradigm of dating among young adults or is it widely misunderstood? Cronin is an engaging speaker who draws on humor and stories that students have shared with her to take a light-hearted look at the serious subject of campus dating and relationships. She invites us to consider the good, the bad, and the ugly of college hook up culture, as well as its alternatives.
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Kerry Cronin earned her BA and MA in philosophy from Boston College and is a doctoral candidate in the Lynch School of Education at Boston College, writing a dissertation on moral reasoning. She is the Associate Director of the Lonergan Institute and a Faculty Fellow in Boston College’s Center for Student Formation. For the past 15 years, she has taught “Perspectives in Western Culture,” a course in philosophy and theology in the interdisciplinary Perspectives program. She is regular speaker on college campuses and has been featured in The Christian Century and U.S. Catholic.
This event is part of the Aquinas Lecture Series and sponsored by St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel.
