Fawl Lecture Series

Fawl Lecture presents:

Mpikelelo Maseko

"Boys Don’t Cry; Man Up: Masculinities and Mental Health Among Boys and Men"

Olin B Lecture Hall, October 4, 2022 at 4 p.m.

Mpikelelo Maseko is Nebraska Wesleyan's Fulbright Scholar-In-Residence for the 2022-23 academic year. He comes to NWU from Midlands State University in Gweru, Zimbabwe where he serves as a lecturer. Maseko has experience in developing and teaching courses in environmental psychology, critical and indigenous psychologies, community empowerment and systems change, and HIV/AIDS and psychological wellbeing. He is also a registered psychologist with the Allied Health Practitioners Council of Zimbabwe.

Maseko holds a Master of Science in community psychology from Midlands State, and is completing his doctoral research on predictors of substance use and sexual behavior in adolescents at University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa. His expertise includes community psychology, African psychology, social justice, adolescent health, substance use and abuse, and ableism.

About Fawl Lecture Series

Psychology professor Clifford L. Fawl (1930-2002) left an indelible mark on the Psychology Department at Nebraska Wesleyan University. Chairing the department for over 40 years, Fawl challenged students to think for themselves, integrated innovative teaching programs and designed the laboratory space in the Smith-Curtis building.

In 1975, Fawl started a Psychology Fair that invited hundreds of high school students and their teachers to engage in demonstrations of psychological phenomena. Distinguished researchers in the various fields of psychology were invited each year to present a lecture and interact with our students.

In 1997, friends and alumni donated money to establish The Fawl lecture series in his honor. There are two objectives for the Fawl Lecture Series Fund: to honor the career of Cliff Fawl and to fund an annual lecture in psychology.

Past Fawl Lecturers

Psychology Fair Speakers