The Academic Affairs Council wants faculty to be aware of the following opportunity from the National Endowment for the Humanities: www.neh.gov/grants/research/summer-stipends Summer Stipends support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both. Recipients usually produce articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly resources.
Recent Psychology graduate Spencer Coffman has published a paper on “Facial Expression: The Ability to Distinguish Between Enjoyment and Nonenjoyment Smiles.” Spencer conducted the research with Dr. Elizabeth Nawrot (Psychology) as part of an Experimental Psychology class. The article appears in the Summer 2013 issue of the Psi Chi Journal of Undergraduate Research. Spencer graduated in 2012 and plans to […]
T. J. Hansen, Economics, participated in the Joint Annual Meeting of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) and the Canadian Agricultural Economics Society (CAES) in Washington, D.C., August 4-6. Members of these organizations specialize in applied economics research focused on agriculture and the environment, growth and development, and rural and regional economies.
Shawn Garrett, Chemistry; Teresa Shume, Biosciences and Teaching and Learning; Steve Lindaas, Physics and Astronomy; and Alison Wallace, Biosciences and Faculty Development Coordinator; attended the SESYNC course “Teaching Socio-Environmental Synthesis with Case Studies” July 23-26. The team from MSUM is developing a case study on the wolf hunt in Minnesota to be used in a variety of courses. They are […]
Dr. Marilea Bramer, Philosophy, presented her paper titled “Power, Wealth, and Influence, or Friends?” at the 30th International Social Philosophy Conference on July 11 at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, CT. Bramer also chaired a session titled “An Appetite for Disorder.” In addition, Bramer was nominated and elected to the Graduate Student Paper Award committee for the 31st International Social Philosophy […]