Geology students present at Geological Society meeting

Geology students Scott Flores, Kyle Wohnoutka, Kaitlyn Nelson, Gerardo Rodriguez, and their research advisor Karl Leonard presented a paper at the 2011 annual convention of the Geological Society of America meeting in Minneapolis on Oct. 9.  The paper, “The Stratigraphic Significance of a Fossiliferous Shale in the Lower Part of the Raytown Limestone Member of the Iola Limestone (Upper Pennsylvanian) […]

Anthony Adah presented at American culture conference

Cinema Arts Professor Anthony Adah presented a paper, “Food ways: Prolegomenon to Comparative Gustatory Aesthetics in Postcolonial Films,” at the recent Midwest Popular Culture/American Culture Association Conference in Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 14-16. Adah is the area chair for Indigenous Studies and an at-large executive council member of the Association.

Student, alum presented at American culture conference

Cinema Arts senior Colin Sloan, and alum Jesse Balzer, presented papers at the recent Midwest Popular Culture/American Culture Association Conference in Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 14-16. Colin, whose paper is titled “Perceived Imagery of Indigenous Cultures in Science Fiction Films,” is a Cinema Arts double emphasis major. Jesse, whose paper is titled “Active Adaptation: From ‘Children With Hangovers’ to ‘Just Visiting’” […]