This community Zoom-based event featured nine prominent OSU faculty experts who took the audience on an intersectional journey to better understand the current COVID-19 global pandemic.The presenters clarified the etiology of the disease, the history of pandemics, the cultural, political, social and economic impacts of the disease arriving in February of 2020.

Bios of the panelists are available here. 

Note: To view individual presentations, click on the panelist's name.

Group 1 – Bill Ripple, Chunhuei Chi, Christopher McKnight Nicols and Jennifer Alix-Garcia

Group 2 – Daniel López-Cevallos, James Sterns and Dina Ribbink

Group 3 – John Selker and Jeffrey Bethel