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Fall 2023 Lectures

• Dr. Shaun Duke, “Canonicity in the Rainbow Age of the ‘Net: Unstable Canons, Diversification and Writers,” October 2, 2023. Zoom Recording.
• Dr. Rachel Hellmann Whitaker, “Elucidating the Role of LINC00896 RNA in the Development of Autism Spectrum Disorder,” November 1, 2023. Zoom Recording.

Spring 2023 Lectures

• Dr. Brenda Mack and Dr. Sue Rickers, “”The Organization Was Designed to Burn You Out”: An Exploration of Organizational Practices that Intentionally Promote Employee Resilience,” January 18, 2023. Zoom recording.
• Dr. Lisa Krall, “From ‘Reading Wars,’ ‘Science of Reading,’ Low Reading Test Scores, to Dyslexia: Who is Prepared to Teach Reading,” February 7, 2023. Zoom recording.
• Dr. Jozie Nummi. “Ferguson Protests in 2014: Social Media Innovation and Policing Tactics,” February 28, 2023. Zoom recording.
• Amanda Longie, “COVID-19 and the Continued Impact on Substance Use,” March 13, 2023. Zoom recording.
• Dr. Margaret Lubke and Jessica Bernand, “Supporting Youth and Young Adults with Trauma Informed Care,” March 30, 2023. Zoom recording.
• Dr. Thomas Dirth, “Empowering Disability and Disability Empowered: A 4-Model Framework for Teaching Disability in Psychology,” April 11, 2023. Zoom recording.

Fall 2022 Lectures

• Dr. Dennis Lunt, “The Right to Not Kill,” September 15, 2022.
• Dr. Hillary Baron, “Culturally Responsive Undergraduate Science Education: A Model for Equitable Science Teaching in Academic Biology,” September 28, 2022.
• Dr. Holly LaFerriere, “Isolation and Characterization of Viruses for Use in the Treatment of Bacterial Infections,” October 3, 2022.
• Dr. Ryan Sayer, “The Quantum Double Slit Experiment: The Most Beautiful Experiment in Physics,” October 18, 2022.
• Dr. Michael Lengefeld, “Callous Cruelty and Blowback: ICE Facilities, Riskscapes and Community Transmission of COVID-19,” November 1, 2022.
• Dr. M Standing Eagle Baez, “Perspectives of American Indian/Alaska Native Mental Health Practitioners on Psychological Distress, Social Support, and Wellness,” November 12, 2022.

Spring 2022 Lectures

• Marty J. Wolf, “Ethical Reflections on Handling Digital Remains: Computing Professionals Picking Up Bones,” February 15, 2022.
• Katrina O’Connell, “Equity, Enrichment, and Engagement for Students’ Summer Success,” February 23, 2022.
• Amy Funk, “Exploring Sibling Bereavement,” March 1, 2022.
• Rachel Hellman Whitaker, “Unraveling the Developmental Mechanisms of Alzheimer’s Disease,” March 15, 2022.
• Lindsay Bell, “Uncle Same Strikes Out: Commissioner Landis and the Rehabilitation of Baseball’s Patriotism, 1917-1944,” and Eric Berg, “Prince Honeycutt: The First African American Baseball Player in Minnesota,” March 30, 2022.
• Colleen Deel and Patrick Leeport, “Understanding BSU Library Space from a Student Perspective: A Photo Elicitation Study,” April 7, 2022.
• Mark Christensen, “Book Reading and Signing,” April 21, 2022.

Fall 2021 Lectures

• Dr. John Perlich, “Real Enough: Helping Students Overcome Communication Apprehension Through the use of Virtual Reality Environments,” September 13, 2021.
• Profs. Ann Humphrey and Sarah Cronin, “A Cross-Cultural Co-Teaching Collaboration: Reflecting on Successes and Lessons Learned,” September 28, 2021.
• Dr. Kathryn Klement, “Trans in a Small Town: Barriers to Healthcare for Rural Transgender Patients,” October 12, 2021.
• Dr. John Ellis, “The Human Body and Methodist Spirituality, 1776-1820,” November 4, 2021.
• Ashik Shafi, “Communicating COVID-19: Center for Disease Control’s Social Media Posts During the 2020 Pandemic,” November 17, 2021.

Spring 2021 Lectures

• Sarah Faust, “Cause and Consequences of Correctional Officer Stress and Suggested Interventions,” January 26, 2021.
• Dr. Debbie Guelda, “Dam Nation,” February 11, 2021.
• Dr. Hilary Lowrey, “Conjuring the Numinous in Music,” February 24, 2021.
• Dr. Anna Carlson, Jordan Lutz & Andrew Miller, “Building Community Resilience: Leveraging NVIVO Software to Manage Diverse Qualitative Data,” April 1, 2021.
• Dr. Dan Allosso, “Hybrid-Flexible Teaching, COVID, and the Changing Landscape of Higher ED,” April 19, 2021.
• Dr. Miriam Webber, “Silent Voices: Women Composers in Their Own Words,” April 28, 2021.

Fall 2020 Lectures

• Dr. Brenda Mack, “Resiliency-Focused Social Work Supervision: A Qualitative Study with Supervisors,” September 15, 2020.
• Dr. Sarah Cronin, ” Missed Opportunity? College Counseling Service Models and Retention,” October 1, 2020.
• Dr. Rucha Ambikar, “Women of Bollywood,” October 14, 2020.
• Drs. Katie Peterson & Lucas Szrot, “Inspiring Future Scientists Through Curriculum-Enhancing Outreach,” October 27, 2020.
• Dr. Christy Cook, “Modification and Implementation of a Clinical Practice Guideline for Neonates with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: An Evidence-Based Practice Approach,” November 11, 2020.
• Dr. Season Ellison, “Performed Scholarship and the Town Too Tough to Die,” November 30, 2020.

Spring 2020 Lectures

• Dr. Dennis Lunt, “Refusing Care: Conscientious Objection in American Healthcare,” January 27, 2020.
• Mitch Berg, “Promoting Tribal, County, and Municipal Relations,” February 5, 2020.
• Pete Nelson, “Applying a Craft Stakeholder Approach to Cannabis Legalization,” February 20, 2020.

Fall 2019 Lectures

• Dr. Mark Lawrence, “From Magical Giraffes to High-Speed Railways: Myths of Progress and the Environmental Impacts of China’s One Belt Road Initiative in Kibwezi, Kenya,” October 7, 2019.
• Dr. Camille Brandt, “Art on Saturday’s: An Inclusiveness Project for Children Impacted by Autism Spectrum Disorders,” October 17, 2019.
• Todd Frauenholtz, “The Scholarship of Supporting STEM Students,” October 28, 2019.
• Beth Kujava, “Racial Disparities in Pre-Trial Risk for Cass County, MN. Implications for Greater Minnesota,” November 13, 2019.
• Dr. Dan Allosso, “The Politics of Open Educational Resources,” November 19, 2019.
• Dr. Ana M. Lopez-Aguilera, “Music Videos in YouTube: Becoming a Conscious Consumer of Media Products,” December 3, 2019.

Spring 2019 Lectures

• Winona Laduke, “Be the Ancestor Your Descendants Would be Proud of,” February 5, 2019.
• Dr. Anna Carlson and Dr. Jeffery Ueland, “Empowering Rural Communities : Estimating Solar Energy Potential From LiDAR-Based Rooftop Estimates,” February 13, 2019.
• Dr. Rebecca Hoffman and Andrea Kingbird, “Challenging Power and Control Within the Domestic Violence Shelter,” February 19, 2019.
• Dr. David Massaglia, “Wyoming-Minnesota Model Cooperatives: 2 Case Studies,” March 4, 2019.
• Dr. Ryan Webber, “Motif and Leitmotif in Music of DC’s Arrowverse,” March 20, 2019.
• Dr. Shaun Duke, “What Twitter Data can Tell Us About U.S. Elections: Political Meaning in the Age of Endless Data,” April 4, 2019.
• Colleen Deel, “Critically Understanding Our Relationship to the BSU Centennial,” April 23, 2019.

Fall 2018 Lectures

• Dr. Dan Allosso, “Reality, Narrative, History,” September 11, 2018.
• Holly Laferriere, “Identification and Characterization of Genes Important for Memory Formation in Drosophila melanogaster,” October 3, 2018.
• Daniel Guentchev, “John Dewey’s Critique of American Civilization and its Lessons for the 21st Century,” October 16, 2018.
• Miriam Webber, “Honky-Tonk Carnival: Explorations of Laughter and Grotesque in Country Song,” October 29, 2018.
• Thomas Dirth, “Bridging Disability Studies and Psychological Science: A Research Agenda for 21st Century Disability Psychology,” November 15, 2018.
• William Sea, “The Opportunities and Challenges of Being Interdisciplinary,” November 26, 2018.

Spring 2018 Lectures

• Veronica Veaux, “Servant Leadership as a Jedi,” January 17, 2018.
• Erika Bailey-Johnson, “Working in the Ivory Tower: Breaking Down the Walls of Academia,” January 31, 2018.
• Katie Peterson, “Putting Molocules to Work: Metal Complexes for Catch-and-Release of Phosphates and Fluorescent Probes for the Detection of Hydrogen Sulfide,” February 27, 2018.
• Kathryn Klement, “From Virginity to Violence: How Negative Attitudes About Women’s Sexuality Uphold Rape Culture,” April 3, 2018.
• Camille Brandt, “Art on Saturdays: An Inclusive Project for Children Impacted by Autism Spectrum Disorders,” April 3, 2018.
• Jenna O’Dell, “Examining the Mathematical Dispositions of Elementary Students with an Unsolved Mathematics Problem,” April 16, 2018.

Fall 2017 Lectures

• Carl Isaacson, “Environmental Endocrine Disruption, Reproductive Dysfunction and Population Level Effects,” September 14, 2017.
• Jeanine McDermott, Tiffany Hommes, Sheila Paul, “Sustaining Lifelong Wellness,” September 28, 2017.
• Dennis Lunt, “Torture and American Philosophy,” October 5, 2017.
• Kelly La Venture, “Analyzing the Economic Impact and Stakeholder Perception of Destination Promotion: A Case Study of the “First City on the Mississippi” as “True North,” November 1, 2018.
• Jessica Durgan, “The Cultural Phenomenon of Color,” November 1, 2018.
• Mark Wallert and Research Team, “The Na+-H+ Exchanger Isoform as a Theraputic Target for the Treatment of Cancer,” November 13, 2017.