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Chuck Kapelke

Communications Manager

Chuck Kapelke has 15 years of experience as a communications professional. His writing has appeared in publications such as Fortune, Boston Magazine, Continental Inflight, and Rolling Stone, and he has written articles and produced videos for dozens of organizations, including the Great Place to Work Institute, Monitor 360, and Isaacson-Miller. A perpetually fascinated observer of human behavior, he holds a BA in anthropology from Harvard College. He lives in Alameda, California with his wife and two children. Feel free to contact him about this website or other questions related to Social Science Matrix.

ckapelke@berkeley.edu

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  • April 26, 2021 by Chuck Kapelke

    Truth & Denial, Searching for Information in the Digital Era

    A Matrix on Point panel discussion focused on how (and why) misinformation spreads on the internet, including the role played by search engines.

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    • Technology
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  • April 26, 2021 by Chuck Kapelke

    Authors Meet Critics: "Redistributing the Poor: Jails, Hospitals, and the Crisis of Law and Fiscal Austerity"

    A Matrix "Authors Meet Critics" panel focused on Armando Lara-Millán's book, Redistributing the Poor: Jails, Hospitals, and the Crisis of Law and Fiscal Austerity.

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    • Stratification
    • Governance
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  • April 2, 2021 by Chuck Kapelke

    The Long History and Present Surge of Anti-Asian Violence

    Recorded on April 1, this panel — presented as part of the Berkeley Conversations and Matrix on Point series — considered the long history of anti-Asian racism and present-day patterns linked to the pandemic and to cultural anxieties about Asian ascendancy and Western decline. ​

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  • March 20, 2021 by Chuck Kapelke

    Video: Evgeny Morozov, "Beyond Competition: Alternative Discovery Procedures & The Postcapitalist Public Sphere"

    Recorded on March 19, 2021, this lecture features Evgeny Morozov, author of The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom and To Save Everything, Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism.

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    • Technology
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    • Complexity
     
  • March 15, 2021 by Chuck Kapelke

    Matrix on Point — Pandemic Lessons Assessing Educational Inequalities in the Wake of COVID-19

    A "Matrix on Point" panel addressed what we have learned about educational inequalities after a year of pandemic-related school closures.

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    • COVID-19
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  • March 14, 2021 by Chuck Kapelke

    Video: Authors Meet Critics: "Scammer's Yard: The Crime of Black Repair in Jamaica"

    A panel discussion on "Scammer's Yard" featuring Jovan Lewis, Nadia Ellis, and Deborah Thomas

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  • February 28, 2021 by Chuck Kapelke

    Video: "The True Costs of Misinformation: Producing Moral and Technical Order in a Time of Pandemonium"

    Recorded on February 19, 2021, this video features a lecture by Joan Donovan, Research Director for the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University. This event was presented as part of the "Solidarity and Strife: Democracies in a Time of Pandemic" initiative, funded by the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) and co-sponsored by the University of California, Berkeley's Social Science Matrix and the D-Lab.

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  • February 19, 2021 by Chuck Kapelke

    Video: Authors Meet Critics: "Bloc by Bloc: How to Build a Global Enterprise for the New Regional Order"

    Joined by a panel of scholars, CLTC Faculty Director Steve Weber discussed his book, which outlines a framework for how firms should position themselves for the new economic geography.

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    • Governance
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  • February 4, 2021 by Chuck Kapelke

    Video: Measuring Belief in Fake News Online

    A lecture on why people believe fake news — and what can be done about it — by Joshua A. Tucker, Professor of Politics at New York University

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    • Technology
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  • February 4, 2021 by Chuck Kapelke

    Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century

    Recorded on February 3, 2021, this video features a Matrix Distinguished Lecture by Danielle Allen, James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University and Director of Harvard’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics.

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