Munroe Center for Social Inquiry (MCSI)
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Each academic year, the Ruth and Lee Munroe Center for Social Inquiry continues the pursuit of interdisciplinary learning and public inquiry embodied by the lives and service of two of Pitzer’s most distinguished and beloved professors, the late Robert “Lee” Munroe, research professor of anthropology, and the late Ruth Hagberg Munroe.
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Fall 2025 Lecture Series: Cultivating Attention
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MCSI Lecture Series Presents Carlos Montemayor
This talk is presented as part of the Munroe Center for Social Inquiry's "Cultivating Attention" lecture series.
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Talk Highlights Unsettling Connections Between Toxic Waste and Food
For the fall lecture series “Talking Trash,” Pitzer’s Munroe Center for Social Inquiry invites Adam M. Romero to discuss how industrial waste affects agriculture.
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Timothy Justus
- Professor of Cognitive Science
- Cognitive Science Field Group
- Munroe Center for Social Inquiry Director