In the fall, 2005, the Research Policy Committee - the University standing Committee charged with making recommendations to the Provost regarding policies concerning research - joined forces with the Office of the Provost and the Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Activity to begin a presentation series that highlights the individual research agendas of MSU's faculty and staff. The presentations, which take place on the 1st Wednesday of each month at 12:30 p.m. minus June-August and January, features one presenter and a lunch (resources allowing) compliments of the Provost. The location varies. Anyone interested in presenting at a Brown-Bag is encouraged to share that interest with Dr. Bertus Ferreira, Professor of Criminal Justice, who handles scheduling presenters. All other questions regarding the series should be directed to Jody Cofer.
Dates for the fall 2009 semester that have been set to-date are:
- October 7, 2009
- November 4, 2009
Past Presenters/Presentations Include:
- Constance Alexander, Kilroy was Here
- Fred Bates, Leadership and Evaluation for Future Leaders
- Ann Beck, Public Sector Employment and the Health Insurance Benefit: A Research Agenda
- Ann Beck, Doing Applied Research: "Sick" Statistics, Handout 1, Handout 2
- Michael Bowman, Mobile Communications for Emergency Management and Crisis Response
- Judy Brookhiser, Emotional Intelligence and Camp Staff Evaluations: An exploratory study
- Ted Brown, ’And that’s true too’: The Importance of Intellectual Flexibility in Othello and King Lear
- Cindy Clemson, Practical Strategies for Teaching University Students with Asperger Syndrome and other Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Dick Dougherty, Still-Life Painting as Personal Narrative
- Bertus Ferreira, The Istanbul Conference on Democracy and Global Security
- Jeffrey Frame, Critically Evaluating Results of the Women’s Health Initiative: Does Decreasing Dietary Fat Intake Reduce Disease Risk in Postmenopausal Women?
- Lara Homsey, What’s For Dinner? Reconstructing Diet and Cooking Technologies at the Archaeological Site of Dust Cave, Alabama
- Thomas Glover, The Evolution of the American Corporation
- Kate King, Interviewing Families of Murder Victims
- Kelly Kleinhans, Preparing Potential Communicative Partners: An Individualized Clinical Intervention for Persons with Severe Communication Impairments
- James La Valle, Rebuilding at Gun-Point: A City Level Re-Estimation of the Brady Law and RTC Laws in the Wake of Hurricane “Katrina”
- James La Valle, Re-Estimating Existing Gun-Policy According to a National Academy of Science Report: Were Previous Reports of Failure Pre-Mature?
- Bob Lochte, Christian Radio in a New Millennium
- Maeve McCarthy, Salamanders and Equations: Why Mathematics and Biology Belong Together
- Bill Mulligan, From the Emerald Isle to the Copper Island: Irish Copper Miners in the Michigan Copper Country, 1845-1900
- Adam Murray and Latrice Booker, The USA PATRIOT Act and Libraries: History and Impact on Library Users
- Joy Navan, Gifted Students in High School and College
- Wade Northington, Avian Influenza: The next pandemic?
- Debbie Owens, Framing Cultural Discourse through Conflict: Reactions to the Film "Crash"
- Peggy Pittman-Munke, Plagiarism: Prevention versus Intervention
- Richard Scott, George Gershwin and Ernesto Lecuona: popular classics for the piano
- Kit Wesler, An Archaeologist’s View of Global Climate Change
Copies of handouts made available at presentations will be posted as they become available.