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Seminar on Mediated Markets and Critics

This page provides links to background materials on the speakers and their speeches for the Seminar on Mediated Markets and Critics. The seminar is open to GSB PhD Students and Faculty only.

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May 28, 2008 (Wed.) • 3 - 4 p.m. • Room L104
Speaker Dan Geiger, Executive Director of the US Green Building Council, Northern California Chapter Background Reading BD+C White Paper 2006: Green Buildings and the Bottom Line [ 3.93 MB] LEED Rating System
Past Events
March 19, 2008 (Wed.) • 2 - 3:30 p.m. • Room L112 Speaker Carina Wong, Executive Director, The Chez Panisse Foundation About The Chez Panisse Foundation \| The Foundation in the News \| Profile in GuideStar.org Related Article Bilger, B. (2006, September 4). The lunchroom rebellion. New Yorker, 82(27), 72-80 • view article School Lunch Initiative: 2006-2007 Program Highlights • view document Waters, A. Fast Food Values • view transcript Waters, A. (2003, October). Slow Food, Slow Schools: Transforming Education through a School Lunch Curriculum. A speech delivered at the Slow Food International Congress, Naples, Italy • view transcript Waters, A. (2008, February 3). Her speech on receiving the 11th Global Environmental Citizen Award from Harvard Medical School’s Center for Health and the Global Environment at the Harvard Club, New York City • view transcript
February 20, 2008 (Wed.) • 3 - 5 p.m. • Room L112 Speaker *Dennis Ray Wheaton, Chief Dining Critic of Chicago* magazine** "Dennis Ray Wheaton has been the chief dining critic for Chicago magazine since 1989. At the University of Texas, he won a fellowship to spend his junior year traveling around the world, studying and living with families in Japan, India, Poland, and France. Following graduate study in cellular biology, Wheaton worked as a quality control biologist, bookstore manager, and photographer before returning to graduate school to study sociology at the University of Chicago, where he completed his PhD in 1987. While teaching at the University of Chicago and Northwestern, he began writing about food for The Journal of Gastronomy, published by the American Institute of Wine & Food. He has also written for Food & Wine magazine, and he contributes articles to The New York Times 'Travel' section." -- from Dining Out: Secrets from America's Leading Critics, Chefs, and Restaurateurs. Reading Material Dornenburg, A., & Page, K. (1998) Dining Out: Secrets from America's Leading Critics, Chefs, and Restaurateurs. New York: Wiley • Read excerpts (Part 1 \| Part 2 \| Part 3 ) Wheaton, D. R. (1990, November). Critics' Choice 1990: Back to Basics. Chicago, pp. 115-127 • View article Wheaton, D. R. (1997, February 23). Menus of the Rich and Famous. The New York Times, pp.XX6, 22 • View article Abstract: NONE of the many glittery enchantments of Southern California radiates more cachet than Beverly Hills. Even its ZIP code, 90210, is famous. Over 12 million visitors come to this city annually, attracted by its palm-shaded Mediterranean climate, luxury hotels and spas, and reputation as a kind of national park where the rich and famous still roam free in their natural habitat, nourished by fine California cuisine and wine, shopping in the boutiques along Rodeo and Beverly Drives. Wheaton, D. R. (2004, September 5). Grasshoppers with Mescal; Oaxaca's restaurants offer regional cuisine with unusual ingredients and a wealth of complex sauces. The New York Times, p. TR7, 2 pgs • View article Abstract: For decades, the lovely colonial city of Oaxaca, surrounded by magnificent Zapotec and Mixtec archaeological sites, has been my favorite destination in Mexico. Above all, I am drawn by the finest regional cooking in the country. Wheaton, D. R. (2004, September). Sol Searching. Chicago, pp. 56-64 • View article Wheaton, D. R. (2007, June). Waters' Mark. Chicago, pp. 66-72 • View article Wheaton, D. R., & Mellon, E. (2004, February). Rediscovering China-town. Chicago, pp. 77-82 • View article Wheaton, D. R., & Trestrail, J. (2002, July). Right on 'Cue. Chicago, pp. 76-88 • View article Wheaton, D. R., Spiselman, A., & Rohde, J. (2000, February). The Prime of Life. Chicago, pp. 60-71 • View article
November 26, 2007 • 3 - 4:30 p.m. • Room L112 Speakers Auret van Heerden, President and CEO, Fair Labor Association About Auret van Heerden \| About the Fair Labor Association (FLA) \| FLA in the News Scott Nova, Executive Director, Workers Rights Consortium (WRC) About Scott Nova \| About the Workers Rights Consortium (WRC) \| WRC in the News Related Sources Locke, R. M., Qin, F., & Brause, A. (2007). Does monitoring improve labor standards? Lessons from Nike. Industrial & Labor Relations Review, 61(1), 3-31 • view article Forum on Sweatshops, held by Purdue Organization for Labor Equality, March 1, 2007. A discussion of the implications of sweatshops in a number of areas including occupational health, international trade, environmental policy, women's studies, and collegiate apparel. (Play Scott Nova's videos below and other sessions of the Forum on YouTube) Introduction by Scott Nova, Part 1 (7:41 min.) Introduction by Scott Nova, Part 2 (9:16 min.)

May 28, 2008 (Wed.) • 3 - 4 p.m. • Room L104

Speaker

Dan Geiger, Executive Director of the US Green Building Council, Northern California Chapter

Background Reading

BD+C White Paper 2006: Green Buildings and the Bottom Line [ 3.93 MB]

LEED Rating System

Past Events

March 19, 2008 (Wed.) • 2 - 3:30 p.m. • Room L112

Speaker

Carina Wong, Executive Director, The Chez Panisse Foundation

About The Chez Panisse Foundation | The Foundation in the News | Profile in GuideStar.org

Bilger, B. (2006, September 4). The lunchroom rebellion. New Yorker, 82(27), 72-80 • view article

School Lunch Initiative: 2006-2007 Program Highlights • view document

Waters, A. Fast Food Values • view transcript

Waters, A. (2003, October). Slow Food, Slow Schools: Transforming Education through a School Lunch Curriculum. A speech delivered at the Slow Food International Congress, Naples, Italy • view transcript

Waters, A. (2008, February 3). Her speech on receiving the 11th Global Environmental Citizen Award from Harvard Medical School’s Center for Health and the Global Environment at the Harvard Club, New York City • view transcript

February 20, 2008 (Wed.) • 3 - 5 p.m. • Room L112

Speaker

**Dennis Ray Wheaton, Chief Dining Critic of Chicago magazine**

"Dennis Ray Wheaton has been the chief dining critic for Chicago magazine since 1989. At the University of Texas, he won a fellowship to spend his junior year traveling around the world, studying and living with families in Japan, India, Poland, and France. Following graduate study in cellular biology, Wheaton worked as a quality control biologist, bookstore manager, and photographer before returning to graduate school to study sociology at the University of Chicago, where he completed his PhD in 1987. While teaching at the University of Chicago and Northwestern, he began writing about food for The Journal of Gastronomy, published by the American Institute of Wine & Food. He has also written for Food & Wine magazine, and
he contributes articles to The New York Times 'Travel' section." -- from Dining Out: Secrets from America's Leading Critics, Chefs, and Restaurateurs.

Reading Material

Dornenburg, A., & Page, K. (1998) Dining Out: Secrets from America's Leading Critics, Chefs, and Restaurateurs. New York: Wiley • Read excerpts (Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 )

Wheaton, D. R. (1990, November). Critics' Choice 1990: Back to Basics. Chicago, pp. 115-127 • View article

Wheaton, D. R. (1997, February 23). Menus of the Rich and Famous. The New York Times, pp.XX6, 22 • View article
Abstract: NONE of the many glittery enchantments of Southern California radiates more cachet than Beverly Hills. Even its ZIP code, 90210, is famous. Over 12 million visitors come to this city annually, attracted by its palm-shaded Mediterranean climate, luxury hotels and spas, and reputation as a kind of national park where the rich and famous still roam free in their natural habitat, nourished by fine California cuisine and wine, shopping in the boutiques along Rodeo and Beverly Drives.

Wheaton, D. R. (2004, September 5). Grasshoppers with Mescal; Oaxaca's restaurants offer regional cuisine with unusual ingredients and a wealth of complex sauces. The New York Times, p. TR7, 2 pgs • View article
Abstract: For decades, the lovely colonial city of Oaxaca, surrounded by magnificent Zapotec and Mixtec archaeological sites, has been my favorite destination in Mexico. Above all, I am drawn by the finest regional cooking in the country.

Wheaton, D. R. (2004, September). Sol Searching. Chicago, pp. 56-64 • View article

Wheaton, D. R. (2007, June). Waters' Mark. Chicago, pp. 66-72 • View article

Wheaton, D. R., & Mellon, E. (2004, February). Rediscovering China-town. Chicago, pp. 77-82 • View article

Wheaton, D. R., & Trestrail, J. (2002, July). Right on 'Cue. Chicago, pp. 76-88 • View article

Wheaton, D. R., Spiselman, A., & Rohde, J. (2000, February). The Prime of Life. Chicago, pp. 60-71 • View article

November 26, 2007 • 3 - 4:30 p.m. • Room L112

Speakers

Auret van Heerden, President and CEO, Fair Labor Association

About Auret van Heerden | About the Fair Labor Association (FLA) | FLA in the News

Scott Nova, Executive Director, Workers Rights Consortium (WRC)

About Scott Nova | About the Workers Rights Consortium (WRC) | WRC in the News

Related Sources

Locke, R. M., Qin, F., & Brause, A. (2007). Does monitoring improve labor standards? Lessons from Nike. Industrial & Labor Relations Review, 61(1), 3-31 • view article

Forum on Sweatshops, held by Purdue Organization for Labor Equality, March 1, 2007. A discussion of the implications of sweatshops in a number of areas including occupational health, international trade, environmental policy, women's studies, and collegiate apparel. (Play Scott Nova's videos below and other sessions of the Forum on YouTube)

Introduction by Scott Nova, Part 1 (7:41 min.) Introduction by Scott Nova, Part 2 (9:16 min.)

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