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CUR Speakers Bureau
The CUR Speakers Bureau
features nearly 30 speakers and over 60 topics. The Bureau provides an opportunity for
institutions to host speakers who can talk first-hand about the high caliber
research in several disciplines being
conducted at primarily undergraduate research programs. CUR speakers can share insights
and excitement with a broad audience, and they provide CUR with yet another way of
strengthening science, science education, and other academic disciplines at primarily undergraduate colleges and
universities.
Invitations should be extended directly to the
individual speakers, and all travel arrangements are to be worked out in advance between
the host institution and the invited speaker. Each speaker requires full reimbursement of
travel expenses and subsistence. We ask the host institution to confirm arrangements with
the speaker in writing, with a copy sent to the CUR National Office.
Faculty interested in participating in
CURs Speakers Bureau should submit their vita, their e-mail address, and a short
biography suitable for use in our Speakers Bureau listing and seminar abstracts.
Any questions should be directed to the CUR
National Office at cur@cur.org.
CUR is pleased
to provide these names of CUR members who have volunteered to participate in
its Speaker's Bureau. The CUR National Office has reviewed the basic
credentials of the speakers and titles of their talks for
appropriateness. However, CUR does not endorse the content of the
talks nor do the speakers necessarily represent the views of CUR.
Their views are their own.
Mary Mennes Allen
Department of Biological Sciences
Wellesley College
Phone: (781)-283-3068
E-mail: mallen@wellesley.edu
The Joys of Undergraduate Research
Undergraduate Research as the Best Way to Learn
Microbiology
Ancient Microbes Through 21st Century Eyes
Dr. Allen, a past president and one of the first two Fellows
of CUR, carries out research on cyanobacterial biochemistry with her
undergraduate colleagues. She has been a department chair and serves
now as Director of Biological Chemistry, an interdepartmental major. She
received the Carski Award for excellence in undergraduate teaching from the
American Society for Microbiology and her research has been supported by NSF,
NIH and Research Corporation.
Jeff Bader
President
Bader Associates, Higher Education Consultants
Phone: (610) 252-4962
Email: baderj@fast.net
Effective Grant Writing: Learning the Art of
the Game
Establishing and Supporting Successful
Undergraduate Research Programs
Preserving Faculty
Vitality
Dr. Bader has over twenty years of
experience in higher education. He has lectured widely on undergraduate
research issues and has served as a consultant for schools interested in establishing or
enhancing undergraduate research programs. Jeff also specializes in
strategic planning, faculty development, and fiscal management.
George T.
Barthalmus
Director, Office of Undergraduate Research
North Carolina State
University
146A Leazar Hall, Box
7105
Raleigh, NC 27695-7105
Phone: (919) 513-4187
Email: gbarthal@gw.fis.ncsu.edu
A Comprehensive Website
for Undergraduate Research
A campus website can be
comprehensive for: 1) detailing opportunities on- and off-campus, 2)
establishing databases for students to find mentors and visa versa, 3)
presenting best practices, and 4) including links to supportive tools/short
courses, career positioning for graduate and professional schools, program
assessment, and much more.
Developing an
Undergraduate Research Office and Program at a Large Research University
Undergraduate research has
occurred for decades across the campuses of large research universities,
however, most campuses had developed neither a coordinated, comprehensive
program, detailed website, nor faculty support initiatives until the last 10
years. The issues unique to
both large and small institutions will be discussed.
George
T. Barthalmus received a B.S. in Biology at Bloomsburg University (Pa) and
both his M.S. and Ph.D. in Zoology at the Pennsylvania State University.
He joined the Zoology Department at NC State in 1970 and worked
through the ranks to Full Professor.
In 1994 he joined the Academic Programs Office of the College of
Agriculture and Life Sciences as Assistant Director of Academic Programs.
In 1998 he became Associate Dean and Director of Academic Programs.
Dr. Barthalmus retired after 31 years in June 2001 to become
Professor Emeritus of Zoology.
In 2002-03 he was invited to serve as Interim Director of the
University Honors Program.
Currently he is Director of the new Office of Undergraduate Research
within the Division of Undergraduate Affairs.
He taught over 16,000 NC State students during his 33 years at NC
State.
In that time he won three University Outstanding Teaching Awards, the
Distinguished Alumni Undergraduate Professor Award, and the Outstanding
Academic Adviser Award.
He served as the campus President of Phi Kappa Phi in 2000-2001, and
as Chair of the Academy of Outstanding Teachers.
His research focused on behavioral toxicology and pharmacology.
Michael Brown
Associate Professor of Physics
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
Swarthmore College
500 College Ave.
Swarthmore, PA 19081
Office Phone: (610) 328-8648
Lab Phone: (610) 328-8645
Email: doc@swarthmore.edu
Website: http://plasma.physics.swarthmore.edu/
Self Organization in Magnetized Plasma
This is an APS Sanctioned
Talk from the APS Distinguished
Lecture Program.
Dr. Brown is an Associate Professor of Physics at
Swarthmore College. He has taught undergraduate
physics at all levels and undergraduates play an important role in his research
laboratory. His research interests include plasma physics, self-organization in
turbulent systems, particle acceleration and soft x-ray
production from merging magnetofluids, and magnetic
confinement fusion. His work is supported by both the
Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation.
Michelle M. Bushey
Professor of Chemistry
Trinity University
715 Stadium Drive
San Antonio, TX 78212
Phone: (210)
999-7318
Email: mbushey@trinity.edu
Faculty Careers at
Undergraduate Institutions and How to Apply for Them
Integrating Capillary
Electrophoresis and HPLC Throughout the Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum – A
NSF-CCLI A&I Project
Porous Polymer Monoliths for
Use in Capillary Electrochromatography
Dr.
Bushey’s undergraduate research program revolves around biochemical
applications of capillary electrophoretic separation methods.
She has supervised 57 students working on research projects.
Her research has been supported by Research Corporation,
Petroleum Research Fund, NIH, Dreyfus Foundation, and Dow.
Barbara J.
Byrne
Vice President of Academic Affairs
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
Phone: (215) 596-8866
Email: b.byrne@usip.edu
Habits of Mind: On Being a Scientist
(student-oriented)
The Obstacle Course To Research
(faculty-oriented)
Talking Research
Funding with your Dean or Provost (faculty-oriented)
The Evolution of an
Academic Career (faculty-oriented focusing on changing roles and
responsibilities over time)
Dr. Bryne was a faculty member in the
Biology Department at Wells College, Aurora, New York before becoming an
academic administrator. She has been a department chair and dean, and now
is the chief academic officer at a university with a focus on pharmacy, health
professions, and science. She has worked fairly extensively in both
public and private institutions. She has had externally funded research and
facilities grants and has been involved in developing innovative pedagogies, some with
external funding. She has been a Biology councilor for CUR for a number of
years. She was an editor of the CUR Quarterly in the early years of its
transition from the CUR Newsletter to a more comprehensive journal.
James J. Carroll
Professor of Physics
Director, Center for Photon-Induced Processes and
X-Ray Effects Laboratory
Youngstown State University
Phone: 330-742-3617
E-mail: jjcarroll@cc.ysu.edu
Nuclear Isomers and X-ray Driven
Gamma Emissions
The Quest for the Gamma-ray Laser
Dr. Carroll is one of the world’s
leading researchers into the application of low-energy photonuclear reactions to
the production clean nuclear energy from isomers, isotopes that are in effect
‘nuclear batteries.’ With over
a decade of experience and more than forty refereed publications, he has given
invited presentations to the National Academy of Sciences, the Defense
community, and the Undersecretary for Science of the Department of Energy, as
well as numerous conference talks. Since
arriving at Youngstown State University in 1995, Dr. Carroll has successfully
involved undergraduate students from several disciplines in all aspects of this
research, including experiments conducted at the University of Stuttgart and
Brookhaven National Laboratory. Most
recently, students have been involved in the design, construction and testing of
a nuclear multi-detector system to study x-ray driven gamma emission.
James F.
P. Cotter
Department of Geology
University of Minnesota, Morris
Phone: (320) 589-6300
Email:
cotterjf@mrs.umn.edu
Undergraduate
Research and Mentoring: Seizing a Wonderful Opportunity!
Dr. Cotter has established an
undergraduate research program designed to encourage underrepresented
individuals to continue on in Geology beyond the bachelor's degree. His
efforts have focused on the development of: challenging and exciting research
projects; a supportive and encouraging environment; and a web of collegial and
peer interaction. In 2000 Dr. Cotter was awarded the Presidential Award
for Excellence in Mentoring (PAESMEM).
Mary Coussons-Read
Department of Psychology
University of Colorado at Denver
Phone: (303) 556-2687
Email: mcousson@carbon.cudenver.edu
Strategies
for successful wet laboratory research with undergraduates
Designing and implementing interdisciplinary research programs utilizing
undergraduates
Who's
the boss?
Integrating graduate and undergraduate education in the laboratory
Knowing
when to say when:
Selection of viable student-initiated research projects
Dr.
Mary Coussons-Read is an Assistant Professor of Psychology and Health and
Behavioral Sciences at the University of Colorado at Denver.
She has expertise in developmental psychobiology, neuroscience,
animal and human learning and memory, psychoneuroimmunology.
Her current research focuses on the impact of stress and behavior on
immunity and health in humans and animals.
Julio C. de Paula
Professor
Department of Chemistry
Haverford College
Phone: (610) 896-1217
Email: jdepaula@haverford.edu
Laser Spectroscopy of Novel Porphyrins with
Applications in Tumor Therapy and Molecular Electronics
Planning and
Designing Science Facilities: An Example from Haverford College
New Approaches to
Teaching Physical Chemistry to Undergraduates
Dr. de Paula specializes in the study of the
photophysics of a number of novel porphyrins that are capable of efficient triplet-triplet
energy transfer and ultrafast intramolecular charge separation
Gary Felder
Physics Department
Smith College
Phone: (413)585-4489
Email: gfelder@email.smith.edu
Dr. Felder does computer simulations of the universe in the first
fraction of a second after the big bang. This work involves many aspects of
physics – cosmology, relativity, field theory, numerical computation, and
more – but it has proven to be accessible to many undergraduate students
who have worked with Dr. Felder over the years. Dr. Felder received his
undergraduate degree from Oberlin College and his Ph.D. from Stanford
University. He currently teaches in the physics department at Smith College.
Joseph R. Ferrari
Department of Psychology
DePaul University
Phone: (773) 325-4244
Email: jferrari@depaul.edu
Understanding
Procrastination: Its NOT About Time
Dr. Ferrari provides a
current overview of the research on procrastination, noting the antecedents and
consequences. He notes that this is not a time management problem but a
maladaptive lifestyle that has affective, behavioral, and cognitive components.
Academic
Procrastination: Who, When, and Why Students Delay Tasks
In this
presentation, Dr. Ferrari provides a review of the tendency of over 70% of US
college students to delay the start of completion of academic tasks by
deadlines. He will present data on
academic excuses, the affective responses student experience when
procrastinating, and suggest approaches educators and administrators may follow
to reduce this tendency.
Decisional
Procrastination: Correlational and Experimental Aspects of Indecision
Decisional
procrastination, or indecision, is an individual difference strategy some
persons use to avoid making decisions. Dr.
Ferrari will present correlational and experimental data collected on the
strategies indecisives use to avoid making decisions.
Volunteerism
in Australia: In the Service of the
Elderly of Tasmania
Dr. Ferrari has
returned from a large scale community based program evaluation of the
caregivers, paid vs. volunteers, affiliated with Southern Cross Care – the
largest nursing care program in Australia.
A comparison of both groups,
in terms of their motives, experiences, and consequences, as caregivers will be
presented. The psychological sense
of community will be highlighted.
Volunteerism
& Values: Community Service for Community Building
Dr. Ferrari assesses the
psychological sense of community, need to belong, and motives and effects of
volunteer community service, as well as the stress and satisfaction from the
experience.
Oxford
House: Making a House a Home for Men and Women in Substance Abuse Recovery
Today,
there are over 850 Oxford Houses in the US, Canada, and Australia.
Each House is a communal-living, self-governed, democratic setting with
no trained counselors such that mutual help among residents help maintain and
support abstinence from drugs and alcohol.
Dr. Ferrari will report the history and program evaluation on Oxford
House conducted by a team of DePaul researchers over the past 12 years, as well
as two NIH grants obtained to assess this unique aftercare program.
Ms Patricia
E. Kirkwood
Science Librarian
Mortvedt Library
Pacific Lutheran University
Tacoma WA 98466
Phone: 253-565-3225
E-mail: kirkwope@plu.edu
Science
information resources that support undergraduate research
Working with
your librarian to create an undergraduate research collection
Finding
chemistry and physics information
Chemical
structure searching
Preparing the
undergraduate researcher for the graduate school library
Information
resources in the sciences are expensive and need to be used wisely and well.
With over 15 years experience working with students and faculty at both graduate
and undergraduate institution libraries, Patricia Kirkwood can offer a unique
perspective on the undergraduate research process.
Her search skills in major science databases and knowledge of science
information resources help her provide excellent training and guidance in the
area of information literacy.
Arthur
J. Lidsky , AICP, President
Dober, Lidsky, Craig and Associates, Inc.
E-mail:ajl@dlca.com
Home Page: www.dlca.com
Planning
Science Facilities-New and Renovated: Process, Guidelines, Checklists, Suggestions, and Cautions
Dober,
Lidsky, Craig and Associates, Inc., is a professional firm that specializes in
college and university campus planning, facility planning, and facility
programming, and has worked with over 450 educational institutions world-wide.
Prior to his consulting assignments, Arthur Lidsky was Assistant Director
of Long-Range Planning for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
He has served on facility review panels for the National Science
Foundation, and has given lectures, presentations, and invited papers at such
organizations as the Society for College and University Planning (SCUP), Council
on Undergraduate Research (CUR), International Association for College Unions,
No Name Facility Conference, Quality Education for Minorities Network, and the
Municipal Art Society of New York.
He
is an active leader and faculty member with the Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL)
Workshops on Facilities. He has
given lectures and papers on campus planning and science facility planning and
programming as part of Project Kaleidoscope.
He has also been a science facility consultant for the PKAL/Keck reviews.
Over the past decade, he has planned and programmed over 60 science, technology,
engineering, and math related facilities.
Robert P. Marande
Dean, College of Arts & Sciences
Bloomsburg University
Ben Franklin 13
400 East 2nd Street
Bloomsburg, PA 17815
Phone: (570) 389-5333
Email: rmarande@bloomu.edu
Use of the
Moessbauer Effect on Liquid Crystalline and Polymeric Materials
How
Undergraduate Research Can Influence Academic Programs
Establishing
Administrator Support for Undergraduate Research
The
Industrial Connection
Dr.
Marande and his research group use the Moessbauer Effect to investigate the
glassy phases of liquid crystalline and polymeric materials.
As dean he has worked with different department chairpersons in
integrating undergraduate research into the curriculum based on his past
experience as a faculty member and department chairperson.
He has engaged in research in the private sector resulting in the
establishment of several patents.
Kristi Multhaup
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
Davidson College
Phone:
(704)
894-2008
Email:krmulthaup@davidson.edu
Exploring the wane of childhood
amnesia with adult recollections of childhood
This talk is most appropriate
for college/university Psychology Departments.
The effects of source monitoring on
memory illusions: Evidence from older
and younger adults
This talk is most appropriate
for college/university Psychology Departments.
Myths of aging
This talk is most appropriate for community
groups.
Kristi
received her B.A. from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN, and
her M.A. and Ph.D. in cognitive
psychology from Princeton University. She studied aging on a 3-year post-doc
at Washington University in St. Louis and
for another year on a post-doc at Duke University.
Kristi
started at Davidson College in
the fall of 1996 where she teaches and does research in the
areas of aging and cognition. She
has authored or co-authored 14 publications in scholarly journals and
one book chapter, has made 30
presentations at professional conferences,
and reviews manuscripts for 14 scholarly journals. She is also
a member of Phi Beta Kappa and 11 professional societies.
Her
research interest is in cognitive aging, particularly the mechanisms that
are responsible for memory changes and, in some cases, the lack of memory
changes in healthy older adults. Specialty areas include source memory
(where did you learn information--a friend, the TV?) and inhibitory
control (e.g., what we use to name the color of ink for the word
RED "black"). She also enjoys helping students develop
research projects in aging that
are not necessarily linked to cognition (e.g., social
partner choices made by younger and older adults) and projects in cognition
that are not necessarily linked to aging (e.g., determining the
childhood age at which we begin to have personal memories of our experiences
that we can recall as adults).
James F. OBrien
Chemistry Department
Southwest Missouri State University
Phone:
(417) 883-3821
Email: jimobrien@missouristate.edu
Famous Mad Hatters
The Scientific Sherlock Holmes
Absinthe: A
Chemical and Artistic History
Dr. O Briens research interests are
molecular orbital calculations on inorganic and organometallic species, and the history of
chemistry.
Jeffrey M. Osborn
Department of Biology
Division of Science
Truman State University
Phone: (660) 785-4017
Email: josborn@truman.edu
Pollen: More Than Something to Sneeze At
Getting Started in Undergraduate Research:
Advice for New Faculty and Administrators
The Undergraduate
Research Program at Truman State University
Dr. Osborn and his students are interested in
paleobotany and the functional morphology and evolution of vascular plants.
Terry Oswalt
Associate Dean of Research
Dept of Physics/Space Sciences
Florida Institute of Technology
Phone: (321) 674-7325
Email: oswalt@luyten.astro.fit.edu
Prospecting
in the Stellar Graveyard
The
Southeastern Association for Research in Astronomy (SARA) Observatory at
Kitt Peak and the Future of Small Telescopes at National Sites
In
the Asteroid's Shadow
Star
Bright, Sky Brighter:
The Problem of Light Pollution
Opportunities
for Astronomers and Physicists at the National Science Foundation (faculty
and students)
Getting Started in Undergraduate Research:
Advice for New Faculty and Administrators
Dr.
Terry D. Oswalt, an astronomer, is Professor of Physics and Space Sciences
and Associate Dean for Research at Florida Institute of Technology.
He recently served two years at the National Science Foundation as
program officer for Stellar Astronomy and Astrophysics.
He earned his Ph.D. in Astronomy at The Ohio State University
specializing in photoelectric and
spectroscopic studies of binary star systems, late stages of stellar
evolution, minor planets, and comets.
Since
coming to Florida Tech in 1982, Dr. Oswalt has taught astronomy and physics,
while continuing his primary research interest in studies of collapsed stars
called white dwarfs.
Because such objects are very faint, this work often takes him to
Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona, Cerro Tololo Inter-American
Observatory in Chile, and Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaii, where telescopes
as large as 4-meters (156-inches) are available on a competitive basis to
scientists.
This project was also awarded observing time on the Hubble Space
Telescope in collaboration with a dozen other scientists specializing in
white dwarfs.
Oswalt
established an asteroid occultation program at Florida Tech which involved
several dozen students in expeditions to various parts of the southeastern
U.S. and the Caribbean.
A collaborative expedition involving scientists and students at
Florida Tech and M.I.T. produced the first and currently most accurate
measurements of Ceres, the largest known asteroid.
Oswalt
serves as the founding Chairman of the Southeast Association for Research in
Astronomy, a consortium of universities which operates an automated 1-meter
telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, Arizona.
He also has been director of the SARA summer internship program,
which brings undergraduate students from around the U.S. to the SARA
faciltiy at Kitt Peak each summer to do research in astronomy.
Dr. Oswalt has written numerous scientific articles and edits the
I.A.P.P.P. Communications, an international journal for advanced amateurs,
students, teachers and professionals who collaborate on research and
educational projects in astronomy.
Jo
Paoletti
University of Maryland
American Studies
1102 Holzapfel Hall
College Park, MD 20742
Phone: 301-405-6646
Email: jpaol@umd.edu
First Steps in Interdisciplinary Research for
Undergraduate Students
Interrogating the
Question: How Undergraduates Approach Research
Dr.
Paoletti has been a teacher, researcher and administrator at a large research
university for over 25 years. Although her research training is in the history
of clothing and fashion, for the last ten years her focus has been innovative
practitioner research in humanities teaching, including new technologies,
service learning, living-learning programs and undergraduate research.
Richard W. Peterson
Department of Physics
Bethel College
Phone: (612) 638-6465
Email: petric@bethel.edu
Stroboscopic
Holography Measurements in Acoustics
Stroboscopic techniques have been incorporated with Michelson interferometers,
holographic interferometry, and optical schlieren to allow the imaging and
measurement of a variety of periodic acoustical phenomena. Interesting
applications include shock waves in air, standing waves in gases, flame tube
diagnostics, and sonoluminescence.
Dr. Peterson has taught optics in both academic and industrial settings for
many years while working with undergraduates. In 1998 he received
the APS prize for research with undergraduates.
Julio J. Ramirez, Ph.D.
R. Stuart Dickson Professor
Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroscience
Department of Psychology
Davidson College
Phone: (704)-894-2888
juramirez@davidson.edu
Developing an Interdisciplinary
Program in Neuroscience: Four Blueprints
Neuroscience as a Component of an
Undergraduate Psychology Curriculum
Are Broken Brains Doomed to
Dysfunction?
Dr. Ramirez, one of the first two
fellows of CUR, has involved his student colleagues in research on recovery from
central nervous system injury since 1981. He has been an active participant,
over the last ten years, in national dialogues aimed at the development of
undergraduate curricula in neuroscience.
Gary Reiness
Biology Department
Lewis & Clark College
Phone: (503) 768-7513
Email: reiness@lclark.edu
The
Road Less Taken: Non-classical
Secretion of a Neurotrophic Factor
Building
a Research-Active Science Department
Dr.
Reiness and his students study the mechanism by which cells export ciliary
neurotrophic factor (CNTF), a protein essential for proper formation of synapses
in the developing nervous system. They
have shown that CNTF is secreted by a novel mechanism, distinct from the
customary pathway traversed by most secretory proteins.
A former CUR Councilor, Dr. Reiness has served as Chair of Biology and
Associate Dean of Faculty at Pomona College, and as Chair of Biology at Lewis
& Clark College, where he is currently Dean of the Mathematical and Natural
Sciences.
Jorge A. Santiago-Blay
Department of Paleobiology
National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution
10th and Constitution Avenue
Washington, D.C. 20560
Phone: (202)786-2876
Email: blayj@nmnh.si.edu
http://www.geocities.com/suzportfolio/jblay/jblay.htm
New insights into primitive hexapodan
evolution, arthropod paleodiversity, biogeography, and evolution
Plant exudates or the gooey stuff that
plants ooze: history, uses, and chemistry
The wonderful world of plants
The flora and community ecology of two
Jurassic lithographic limestone formations in North America
The wonders of amber
Coevolution or the adaptationist paradigm?
The case of the antennal pockets in Rhopalotria mollis weevils
New insights into the process of
speciation
Dr. Jorge A. Santiago-Blay is an Assistant Professor in the Biology
Department at Roanoke College. He is also a Research Collaborator/Associate
in the Departments of Paleobiology and Entomology, respectively, with the
National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian Institution in
Washington, D.C., United States as well as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in
the Crop Protection Department of the University of Puerto Rico in Mayagüez.
Dr. Santiago-Blay holds a Master of Arts in
Botany and a Ph.D. in Entomological Sciences both from the University of
California at Berkeley. He is the author of 50 research papers on refereed
journals, over 20 abstracts and posters, some involving undergraduates. Dr.
Santiago-Blay frequently lectures on topics related to evolution, ecology,
entomology, botany, and paleobiology, to all sorts of audiences, from the
very young to the not so young.
Beheruz N. Sethna
Professor
of Business Administration, President
The State University of West Georgia
Phone: (770)
836-6442
Email: BSethna@WestGA.edu
Review of Tom Friedman's "The World is Flat" -- Implications
for Higher Education
The Ugly American in Comparative Education Systems
The Dearth of an Academic Culture in American Lives and Messages
Early Entrance Opportunities in Gifted Education
Electric / Hybrid Vehicles -- The Time is Now
Beheruz N. Sethna is a Professor of
Business Administration, and President of the University of West Georgia. He is the first person of Indian origin to become
President of an U.S. University, and the first of any ethnic minority
to become President of an IHE (non-HBCU) in Georgia. Remaining active
in teaching and scholarship, he considers among his highest honors, being
elected Honors Professor of the Year (1999) and being the faculty advisor
for the student research team winner at Big Night and at the National
Social Sciences Association (2003). His research areas include gifted
education and business. He was associated with the start of the Texas
Academy for Leadership in the Humanities, and later started the Advanced
Academy of Georgia, a full-time residential program for gifted youth
of high-school age. He is the author or coauthor of over 55 papers and
a book entitled, Research Methods in Marketing and Management. View his full
biography.
Donald W. Slocum
Professor of Chemistry
Western Kentucky University
1 Big Red Way
Bowling Green, KY 42101-3576
Phone: (502) 745-5361
Email: donald.slocum@wku.edu
Directed ortho-Metalation;
The Medium is the Message!
Dr.
Slocum’s research and publications revolve around ortho-Metalation.
His research has been supported by the
Petroleum Research Fund, FMC Corp., Sterling-Winthrop, Inc., Research
Corporation, NSF, Parke-Davis, and Faculty Research Grants.
Gabe Spalding
Department of Physics
Wesleyan University
Phone: (309) 556-3004
Email: gspalding@titan.iwu.edu
Holographic Optical
Trapping and Manipulation of Large Numbers of
Particles
Manipulating Micro- and Nano-scale
Structures
The Trouble with
Miniaturization
Prof. Spalding teaches at Illinois Wesleyan,
a small, selective undergraduate-only institution, where his research has
evolved so as to offer more opportunities for undergraduate participation,
beginning with the first semester of the first year. At the same time, the
goal is to help students to develop significant senior research thesis
projects (and to encourage life-long engagement).
George Spilich
Psychology Department
Dunning Science Center
Washington College
Phone: (410) 778-7734
Email: gspilich2@washcoll.edu
http://george.spilich.washcoll.edu
Does Nicotine Affect Cognitive Performance?
Evidence from the Laboratory and the Real World
Drinking and Driving:
What the Laboratory Tells Us About How Alcohol Affects Skilled Performance
Lights, Camera,
Learn! Using Multimedia and the Web to Enhance the Classroom Experience
Using Research as a Catalyst for Enhancing
Undergraduate Science Education
Dr. Spilich researches diseases and drugs that
affect skilled performance.
Brad Stith
Biology
University of Colorado at Denver
Phone: (303)-556 3371
E-mail: brad.stith@cudenver.edu
Web site: http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~bstith/
Justification and Development of Faculty Research
Programs at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions
Having been an external reviewer of departments at
various universities, Dr. Stith has found that increased research
expectations at many primarily undergraduate institutions (PUI) can lead to
friction among faculty who are skeptical of this change and worried about a
negative impact upon teaching. Dr. Stith addresses these concerns with
increased research demands in a three part presentation: (1) defining
various types of undergraduate research, (2) new data supporting the idea
that undergraduate research may be the best form of teaching, and (3)
specific ideas on how to develop a successful undergraduate-based research
program. Dr. Stith has successfully given this program to PUI faculty
facing increased research expectations.
John J. Tudor
Department of Biology
Saint Josephs University
Phone: (610) 660-1820
Email: jtudor@sju.edu
WebPage: http://www.sju.edu/biology/tudorweb/tudorresearch/html
Bdellovibrio
bacteriovirus: The Littlest Predator
Dr. Tudors research has focused on
understanding the developmental cycle of the bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus.
He has mentored fifty-five undergraduates, many of whom have presented at national
meetings and/or published in peer-reviewed microbiology journals.
Julio
Turrens
Department of Biomedical Sciences
University of South Alabama
Phone: (251) 380-2714
Email: jturrens@usouthal.edu
Biochemical targets for the treatment of
parasitic diseases
Mitochondria: from energy production to
cell suicide
Oxidative metabolism in biological systems
Teaching bioethics and research integrity
to undergraduates
Julio's research is focused in
two fields: a) free radical metabolism in mammalian cells, and b) basic
metabolism of trypanosomatids (parasitic protozoa).
His studies in this area of free radical metabolism have been focused on
identifying both sources and methods to detect their formation.
The second area of interest focuses on the intermediate metabolism of Trypanosoma
cruzi, the parasites responsible for Chagas disease, an incurable disease
that affects 18 million people through the Americas.
They have identified various metabolic differences with mammalian cells
including: a) organization and substrate preference in the electron transport
chain, and b) an enzyme (NADH-fumarate reductase), not found in mammalian cells,
which may in the future become targets for an effective anti-parasitic
chemotherapy.
In 1998, Julio designed a
campus-wide program for undergraduate research and has directed this program
since then. For more information,
please visit the web page at: http://www.southalabama.edu/biomedical/ucur/.
Quinn
Vega
Assistant Professor
Deptartment of Biology and Molecular Biology
Montclair University
Phone: (973) 655-7178
Email: vegaq@mail.montclair.edu
Molecular Research
in an Undergraduate Teaching Laboratory
In this project,
students complete a research project while learning molecular biology
laboratory techniques. Specifically, students are asked to create and
analyze a chimeric construct. This project is funded through an NIH
AREA grant.
Function of RET, a receptor tyrosine
kinase
The function of RET with
respect to ligand binding and co-receptor activation, downstream signaling
and transcriptional regulation.
William E.
Watson
Associate Professor of
History
Immaculata University
Phone: 610) 647-4400, ex. 3491
Email: wwatson@immaculata.edu
France
and the Islamic World
The
West and Islam
Duffy's Cut Mass Grave in
Malvern
,
Pa.: An Irish Tragedy from the Dawn of
the Industrial
Revolution in
Pennsylvania
This is a
Power Point presentation done in conjunction with Prof. John Ahtes, a colleague
of William's at
Immaculata
University
.
The links below are to versions of our
Duffy's Cut research which have appeared in a number of venues:
The
West Chester
Daily Local News: http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=10935925&BRD=1671&PAG=461&dept_id=17782&rfi=8
KYW-CBS: http://kyw.com/Local%20News/local_story_039211035.html
William Watson
received his Ph.D. in History from
University
of
Pennsylvania
, having studied under both Edward Peters and
Alexander Riasanovsky
. He has an Ongoing interest in cross-cultural contact and conflict,
especially between the West,
the Islamic
world, and
Russia
His Current
projects include:
1.)
Italy
and Islam (monograph in progress)
2.) Medieval Arabic authors and Early Russia (series
of articles-
Ibn al-Athir in print; Ibn
Rustah accepted for publication;
Al-Mas'udi in
progress
3.) Duffy's Cut
mass grave in
Malvern
,
PA
(archival and archaeological
research
on Irish immigrant railroad workers from 1832)
Watson's
colleague, John H. Ahtes received his ABD in History from
University
of
Pennsylvania
, studied under Edward Peters and Nancy
Farris. His ongoing interests in
modern and early modern
Europe
, Irish and Irish-American history, history of
Catholicism.
His Current projects include:
1.)
Historical Maryology
2.)
Currently developing new interdisciplinary course involving historical
and theological perspectives of papacy in the Modern
world
3.) Duffy's Cut mass grave in
Malvern
,
PA
(archival and archaeological research
on Irish immigrant railroad workers from 1832)
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