Recipients of Grauel Faculty Fellowships, Summer Research Fellowship, and Wasmer Research Fellowships have been invited to share their work with the University community. We hope you’ll join us for these informal yet informative gatherings.

Unless otherwise noted, all sessions will be held in the O’Connell  Reading Room in the Dolan Science Center. Lunch will be available at 11:45 a.m. with presentations taking place from 12 p.m. until 1 p.m. RSVPs are required. Please let Marianne Cicirelli (mcicirelli@jcu.edu, extension 4425) know if you’d like to join us for any of the lunches.

For additional information, please contact Anne Kugler, Director of the Center for Faculty Development (akugler@jcu.edu, extension 4770).

Schedule for 2011-2012:

Wednesday, September 14

  • “Architecture and the Metaphysics of the Body,” Michael Eng, Department of Philosophy

Tuesday, October 11

  • “Hey, How Did I Become a Role Model?” Earl Spurgin, Department of Philosophy
  • “Do Reading and Spelling Share a Lexicon?” Angie Jones, Department of Psychology

Wednesday, November 16

  • “Reestablishing ‘Red Vienna’:  The Role of Patronage in Rebuilding Milieu after National Socialism, 1945-1949,” Matt Berg, Department of History
  • “A Talk and Reading of Poems from Sand Opera,” Phil Metres, Department of English

Tuesday, January 24

  • “China Through the Eyes of the French,” Helene Sanko, Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Cultures
  • “Simplicity and Truth-Finding Efficiency,” Simon Fitzpatrick, Department of Philosophy

Wednesday, February 8  

  • “Measuring the Effects of Money Laundering Policy in Small Island States,” Walter Simmons, Department of Economics and Finance
  • “Make Way for Max:  Ultrasounds and Changes in the Experience of Pregnancy,” Medora Barnes, Department of Sociology

Wednesday, February 22

  • “Men, Martyrs and Myth:  Kamikaze and Islamist Suicide Bombers,” Roger Purdy, Department of History
  • “When History Became Heresy,” Joe Kelly, Department of Theology and Religious Studies

Wednesday, March 28 – Celebration of Scholarship

  • “St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans,” Sheila McGinn, Department of Theology and Religious Studies
  • “Dementia and Friendships:  The Quality and Nature of the Relationships,” Penny Harris, Department of Sociology and Criminology

Thursday, March 29 – Celebration of Scholarship

  • “Who is the Funeral For?:  Interfaith Families and Changing Funeral Practices,”  Susan Long, Department of Sociology and Criminology
  • “A Contemporary Theology of Creation,”  Joan Nuth, Department of Theology and Religious Studies

Thursday, April 19

  • “The Case of the Missing Detective Novels:  Tracking Down a Tradition in the German-Speaking World (1900-33),” Julia Karolle Berg, Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Cultures
  • “Weapons of Mass Instruction:  Style as Counterpublic to the Public Sphere,” Tom Pace, Department of English

Tuesday, April 24

  • “The Eastern Red-Backed Salamander in Ohio,” Carl Anthony, Department of Biology
  • “Development of Pincer Complexes and their Applications in Catalysis,” Paul Challen, Department of Chemistry