College of Letters and Science 2011-2012 Community Lecture Series
The Community Lecture Series is sponsored by the UWSP College of Letters and Science. Speakers feature L&S faculty and staff members who present a variety of relevant topics from their own research in an effort to serve the public good through shared knowledge and insight. The series presents an opportunity for community members to experience and interact with professionals from the College of Letters and Science. All lectures are free and open to the public.
Edgar Francis, History
September 8, 2011, 7pm
Pinery Room, Portage County Public Library
Video of the lecture is available
here.
Living, Earning, and Learning: Video games in the 21st Century
Trudi Miller, CNMT
October 12, 2011, 7pm
Pinery Room, Portage County Public Library
Video of the lecture is available
here.
Australian Landscape and Literature
Per Henningsgaard, English
November 10, 2011, 7pm
Pinery Room, Portage County Public Library
Video of the lecture is available here.
Games and Toys of Yesteryear, Games and toys of Today in the caribbean Island of Guadeloupe
Beverley David, Foreign Language
December 8, 2011, 7pm
Pinery Room, Portage County Public Library
Video of the lecture is available here.
Removing Classroom Walls: University-Community Partnerships
Tim Krause, CNMT
February 9, 2012, 7pm
Pinery Room, Portage County Public Library
Video of the lecture is available here.
The Devil's Church: Evangelicals and Hollywood in the 1940's
Shanny Luft, Philosophy
March 8, 2012, 7pm
Pinery Room, Portage County Public Library
Video of the lecture is available here.
UWSP's Nanowires: High-tech, Cutting-edge Research in an Unexpected Place
Mike Zach, Chemistry
April 12, 2012 7pm
Pinery Room, Portage County Public Library
Video of the lecture is available here.Mike Zach lecture
handout.
Social Class in Education: Psychological Factors Limit Upward Social Mobility
Jody Lewis, Psychology
May 10, 2012, 7pm
Pinery Room, Portage County Public Library
Video of the lecture is available here.
Nanotechnology and Its Potential Medical Applications
Robin Tanke, Chemistry
September 9, 2010, 7pm
Pinery Room, Portage County Public Library
Affinity, Consanguinity, or Both?:
Rethinking Brotherhood in Nineteenth-Century American Literature and Culture
Matthew Davis, English
October 14, 2010, 7pm
SPASH Auditorium
What is your risk of contracting Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases in Central Wisconsin?
Diane Caporale, Biology
November 11, 2010, 7pm
SPASH Auditorium
Health Care Reform One Year Later: Why We Still Disagree
David Chan, Philosophy
December 9, 2010, 7pm
Pinery Room, Portage County Public Library
Thinking Forward: Web 3.0 and Beyond
Anthony Ellertson, CNMT
February 10, 2011, 7pm
Room A224, Science Building, UWSP
Teaching General Education Courses in the Spirit of Inclusive Excellence
Dejan Kuzmanovic, English
March 10, 2011, 7pm
Pinery Room, Portage County Public Library
Getting to the Supreme Court: The Politics of Judicial Appointments
John Blakeman, Political Science
April 14, 2011, 7pm
Pinery Room, Portage County Public Library
The NASA Shuttle Launch & Dark Moon Ray Mystery
Ken Menningen, Physics & Astronomy
May 12, 2011, 7pm
Pinery Room, Portage County Public Library
College of Letters and Science 2009-2010 Community Lecture Series
Amy Gervasio, Psycology
September 10, 2009
Exploring the Sad, Wonderful Fontiers of Tropical Biodiversity
Emmet Judziewicz, Biology
October 8, 2009
Dennis Riley, Political Science
November 12, 2009
David Williams, Philosophy and Political Science
February 11, 2010
College of Letters and Science 2008 - 2009 Community Lecture Series
Engagement and Experience in the Amazon
Emergent Ideologies of Fieldwork in Anthropology
Stephanie Aleman, Anthropology
Implications of Exponential Technological Change
David Gibbs, CNMT
October 16, 2008
The Day the Globe Theatre Burned to the Ground*
Using Documents to Bring the Age of Shakespeare to Life
James Stokes, English
Mind and Brain in Linfe
Padmanabhan Sudevan, Psychology
December 11, 2008
Bioacoustics
The Nature of Animal Sounds
Christopher Yahnke, Biology
January 22, 2009
Parental Involvement in Academic Activities
What's a Parent to Do & What Do Students Want?
Debbie Palmer, Ph.D - Psychology
Thinking Well
Exploring the Intersection between Critical Thinking and Cognitive Therapy
Dôna Warren, Philosophy
March 26, 2009
Why America Fights
War Propaganda from 1998 to the Present
Susan Brewer, History
April 16, 2009