Faculty Salon
The Faculty Salon is a space in which faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences can discuss their scholarly work in an informal, supportive and relaxed atmosphere. Our focus is not only on the work, but on the process of writing.
What are the nuts and bolts, the sorrows and joys of the writing process? What tools, spaces, or habits make us productive? How do we manage distraction or frustration when productivity eludes us? Who are our writing partners or allies? How do we manage different audiences (peers, gatekeepers, students, or other publics)?
Speakers represent all three areas of the college (Humanities and Arts, Social Sciences, and Sciences).
Note: Although we love our students, the salons are for faculty only.
Next Salon
Thursday, October 24, 2024
11:45am-12:45pm
UC 503
Join us for a conversation about faculty writing, featuring Nour Al-muhtasib (Biology) and Narayan Sankaran (Neuroscience).
Lunch will be provided by the College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Office. Please RSVP as space is limited.
Past Salons
2024
September 18, 2024
Evelyn Ho (Communication Studies, Asia Pacific Studies, Critical Diversity Studies)
Nicole Gonzales Howell (Rhetoric and Language)
April 17, 2024
Lilian Dube (Theology and Religious Studies)
Nick Hadikwa Mwaluko (Performing Arts and Social Ju
February 8, 2024
Brandon Brown (Physics and Astronomy)
Brian Komei Dempster (Rhetoric and Language, Asia Pacific Studies)
November
Stephanie Cooper, Kinesiology: "The effects of interval exercise and continuous exercise on anxiety and mood"
Byron Au Yong, Music: "From outrage to performance"
April
Sergio De la Torre, Art + Architecture: "The Sanctuary Print Shop"
Omar Miranda, English: "Romantic Exile and the Roots of Transnational Celebrity Culture"
March
Geoff Ashton, Philosophy and Asia Pacific Studies: "Zen and the Somaesthetics of Suffering"
Karen Fraser, Art History & Museum Studies: "Chushingura From Print to Photograph: Translating a Japanese Classic"
2018
November
Tamara Kneese, Media Studies: "Frontier afterlife imaginaries: Prepping and survivalism on the American West Coast"
Sevan Suni, Biology: “Bees in bad neighborhoods: What is driving pollinator decline?”
September
Zifei Fay Chen, Communication Studies: “Public relations practices and social media use at startup companies in China”
Julio Moreno, History, Latin American Studies: “Coca-Cola, Latin America, and the blending of local and global cultures in advertising”
March
Kim Richman, Sociology: "Inside the punishment gap: Participatory action research on prisoners’ experiences of rehabilitation and punishment"
Amie Dowling, Performing Arts & Social Justice, and Reggie Daniels, School of Education: "After Bonnard: Summer Painting Projects"
2017
October
Dave Madden, MFA in Writing: "Facts All Come with Points of View: On Creative Research"
Eric Hongisto, Art + Architecture: "After Bonnard: Summer Painting Projects"
September
Evelyn Rodriguez, Sociology, Critical Diversity Studies: "Defiant Debutantes: Latinas and Filipinas Coming of Age in the Trump Era."
James Zarsadiaz, History, Yuchengco Philippine Studies: "How Asian Americans Changed (and Didn't Change) Suburban Los Angeles."
April
Liat Berdugo, Art + Architecture: "Shooting Back at Shooting Back: The Civil Contract of Videography"
Alark Joshi, Computer Science: "Evaluating the Effect of Aesthetics on User Performance in Data Visualization"
February
Allison Luengen, Environmental Science
Stephen Zavestoski, Environmental Studies: "Environmental Contamination: From Legacy Mercury Pollution to Modern Sustainability"
2016
October
Nicole Howell, Rhetoric and Language: "The story of two Chicanas: Resistance, ethos, and the body"
Christina Lopez, English: "Fluimos Juntos: Re-integrating Body, Spirit & Nature in Maya Gonzalez’ Children’s Books."
September
Joshua Gamson, Sociology: "Privacy and Pride: The Micropolitics of Queer Family Storytelling"
Allison Thorson, Communication Studies: "Infidelity and Family Communication: Thinking beyond the Couple"
April
Lois Lorentzen, Theology and Religious Studies: "Santa Muerte: Migrant Saint, Enemy of the State"
Kevin Chun, Psychology: "Diabetes Management and Health Issues for Chinese American Immigrants"
February
Brandi Lawless, Communication Studies: "Teaching is a Labor of Love': A Critical Thematic Analysis of Experiences of Female Immigrant Faculty"
Inna Arzumanova, Media Studies: "The Struggles over 'Home': Branding Heritage and Race in Creative Industries"
2015
November
Brandon Brown, Physics: “The life and mind of Max Planck”
David Stump, Philosophy: “Conceptual Change and the Philosophy of Science”
2014
November
Christopher Loperena, International Studies/Anthropology/Latin American Studies: "A Modern Paradise? Spatial Dissonance and Racialized Dispossession in Honduras"
Lucia Cantero, International Studies/Anthropology/Sociology: "Specters of the Market: Consumer Citizenship, Advertising Campaigns and the Visual Politics of Difference in Brazil"
April
Kathy Nasstrom, History: “Little Rock Stories: Autobiography and the Making and Remaking of the Little Rock Story”
Sarah Burgess, Communication Studies/Gender and Sexualities Studies "Making a Scene: The Scandal of Legal Recognition"
February
Jessie Hewitt, History: “Madness, Marriage, and Divorce in Late Nineteenth-Century France”
Melissa Dale, Center for the Pacific Rim: “Disease and the Art of Healing among Eunuchs: Imperial Medicine in China, 1644-1911”
2013
September
Dana Zartner, International Studies: “Courts, Codes, and Custom: Legal Tradition and State Policy toward International Human Rights and Environmental Law”
Joseph Sery, Communication Studies: “Richard Posner and the Rhetoric of Common Sense”
April
Tanu Sankalia, Art + Architecture: “Green Mythos: The Language of Sustainability in the Practice of Urban Design”
Michael Rozendal, Rhetoric and Language: “From Radical Ink to Federal Culture: Tracing a Thirties Modernism Through Print Communities”
February
Katrina Olds, History “Imagining the Past in Early Modern Spain”
Kate Lusheck, Art History “Rubens and the Eloquence of Drawing”
2012
November
Candice Harrison, History: “Democratizing the Market: Place, Power & Politics in Early Philadelphia”
Taymiya Zaman, History: “Writing like an Academic and Being a Writer”
September
Saera Kahn, Psychology: “Exploring Moral Judgments”
Manuel Vargas, Philosophy: “What Huck Finn Values”
April
Who’s Got the Power? Poetry, Language and Globalization
Marco Jacquemet, Communication Studies: “Transidioma: Language and Power…”
Dean Rader, English: “Poemidioma: Language and, the lack of Power….”
February
New Research in Biology
Jen Dever, Biology:“Identifying New and Old Frog Species from Myanmar”
Christina Tzagaragis-Foster, Biology: “The Pivotal Role of DAX-s: From Stem Cells to Cancer”
Artists and Writers
Kate Brady, MFA: “Looking for a Female Tenet: Writing Stories about Women’s Lives”
John Zarobell, International Studies: “When Rodin Became Modern”
2011
March
Annick Wibben, Politics, International Studies: Feminist Security Studies: A Narrative Approach
Stephanie Vandrick, Rhetoric and Language: Interrogating Privilege: Reflections of a Second Language Educator
February
On Muslims and Jews in American: Commonalities, Contentions, and Complexities
Aaron Hahn Tapper, Theology and Religious Studies
Aysha Hidayatullah, Theology and Religious Studies
Taymiya Zaman, History
2010
September
Karen Bouwer, French, Modern and Classical Languages: “Gender and Decolonization in the Congo: The Legacy of Patrice Lamumba”
Heather Hoag, History: “Developing the Rivers of East and West Africa: An Environmental History”
Keally McBride, Politics: “Political Theories of Decolonization: Postcolonialism and the Problem of Foundations”
Stephen Zunes, Politics: “Western Sahara: War, Nationalism, and Conflict Irresolution”