Conference Papers, Lectures, Readings, Talks, Workshops

The following professional accomplishments represent work done in 2011. Click on faculty names to view individual profiles.

Katherine A. Adelsberger
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies

• "Off-Campus Programs." Panelist. ACM FaCE Value Conference, Colorado College. (2011)
• "Evidence for Larger-Scale Water Storage at Tall Dhiban, Jordan: Utilization of Karst Geomophology." Poster. American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meeting, San Francisco (2011)
• "Landscape Stability at Tall Dhiban, Jordan." Talk. Coauthored by B. Routledge and A. Wilson. American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meeting. San Francisco. (2011)
• "Evidence for Karst Utilization in Water Storage at Tall Dhiban, Jordan." Poster. Coauthored with B. Routledge, A. Wilson, B.W. Porter and D.S. Fatkin. Geological Society of American Annual Meeting. Minneapolis.(2011)

Stuart Allison
Professor of Biology

• "A Comparative Study of Global Attitudes Towards Ecological Restoration: Where Have We Been and Where are We Going?" Paper. Society for Ecological Restoration World Conference. Merida, Yucatan Mexico (2011)
• Invited talks and participated in workshops at the following academic institutions: Griefswald University, Griefswald, Germany; University of Umea, Umea, Sweden; Royal Botanic Garden Kew, Wakehurst Place Campus, UK; and Grinnell College. (2011)

Daniel J. Beers
Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations

• "Representing Judicial Interests: Self-Governing Institutions and the Rule of Law in Romania and the Czech Republic." Paper. International Studies Association (ISA) Midwest Annual Conference. St. Louis. (2011)
• "Asian Politics." Panel Chair and Discussant. International Studies Association (ISA) Midwest An- nual Conference. St. Louis. (2011)
• "Judicial Institutions vs. Judicial Attitudes: Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice in Transitioning Legal Systems." Paper. Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Associa- tion (MPSA). Chicago. (2011)
• "Gender, Electoral Politics and Policies in Central and Eastern Europe." Panel Discussant. Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA). Chicago. (2011)
• "Workshop on Teaching International Development in the Liberal Arts." Faculty Development Workshop Participant. Supported by ACM Faculty Career Enhancement (FaCE) Project. Colora- do Spring. (2011)

Monica Berlin
Associate Professor of English

• Reading, The Book Cellar / Fifth Wednesday Journal. Chicago. (2011)

Neil Blackadder
Professor of Theatre

• Helen and Kurt Wolff Translation Symposium. Featured Speaker. Goethe-Institut Chicago. (2011)
• "Center-Staging the 60s." Participant in working session. Contributed "Plays in Translation On and Off Broadway in the 1960s." Paper. American Society for Theatre Research Conference. Montre- al. (2011)

David P. Bunde
Assistant Professor of Computer Science

• Bunde, David P., Ernst, D., Mache, J., Wolf, M., Shoop, E., Brown, R. and Wrinn, M. Co- organizer of Birds of a Feather (BoF). "Parallelism and Concurrency in the Curriculum." 42nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE). Dallas. (2011)

Elizabeth Carlin Metz
Professor of Theatre

• "The Neuroscience of Performance: The Embodied Imagination." Panel Chair and Presentation. Association for Theatre in Higher Education. (2010) (not previously reported)
• "The Embodied Imagination." Workshop and panel on the state of international theatre education International Theatre Conference and Festival hosted by DAH Teatar. Belgrade, Serbia. (2010) (not previously reported)
• Presented at the ACM FaCEgrant Presenters Conference on the Performance Educator's Conference. Coe College, (2010) (not previously reported)

Craig Choma
Associate Professor of Theatre

• "Dance and Design: Fostering Collaboration through Curriculum." Presenter. National Dance Ed- ucation Organization (NDEO) Conference, Minneapolis. (2011)

Andrew J.W. Civettini
Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations

• "Fostering Best Practices in Mentoring Advanced Undergraduate Research." Presentation. ACM FaCE Value Conference. Colorado Springs, (2011)
• "What about Hope? Examining Multiple Studies Employing Hope Scales to Explore Political Participation." Paper. Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. Seattle, (2011)
• "Political Donations: Who Gives a Buck?" Panel Discussant. Annual Meeting of the American Po- litical Science Association. Seattle. (2011)
• Civettini, Andrew J.W. and Miller, Beth. "Genetic and Environmental Influences on In-Group and Out-Group Attitudes." Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago. (2011)
• "Hope and Voting: Exploring the Usefulness of Hope Scales in Examining Political Participation with a Multi-Method Approach." Paper. Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago. (2011)
• "Causes and Political Consequences of Emotional Reactions." Panel Discussant. Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago. (2011)
• "Fostering Best Practices in Mentoring Advanced Undergraduate Research." Conference Convener. Associated Colleges of the Midwest. Chicago. (2011)

Thomas Clayton
Associate Professor of Chemistry

• "Utilizing Carboxylate Lability in the Synthesis of Mixed Ligand Copper (II) Dimers and Tetramers." Presented twice. National Meeting of the American Chemical Society. Denver. (2011)

Steve Cohn
Professor Economics

• "Competing Economic Paradigms in China: The Co-Evolution of Economic Events, Economic Theory and Economics Education from 1978 to the Present." Paper. International Association of Confederations for Pluralism in Economics (ICAPE). University of Massachusetts, Amherst. (2011)
• "Envisioning a New Pluralistic Undergraduate Curriculum." Invited Panelist. International Asso- ciation of Confederations for Pluralism in Economics (ICAPE). University of Massachusetts, Amherst. (2011)

Jeremy Day-O'Connell
Associate Professor of Music

• "Music, Language, and the Minor Third: An Acoustic Description of 'sung' Speech." Presented. Annual Meeting of Music Theory Midwest. Lincoln, IL (2011)

Sarah Day-O'Connell
Assiciate Professor of Music

• "Origins and Journey s of Haydn' s English Canzonetta 'The Wanderer '." Paper. American Musicological Society. San Francisco. (2011)
• "Daughter of Sorrow: Feminine Exile and Joseph Haydn' s 'The Wanderer .' American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies. Vancouver, Canada (2011)

John F. Dooley
William and Mary Ingersoll Professor of Computer Science

• "1929 - 1931: A Transition Point in US Cryptologic History." Invited Presentation. NSA Center for Cryptologic History Symposium. Ft. George Meade, MD (2011)
• "Decoding Poe: Edgar Allan Poe as Cryptographer." Presentation, Galesburg Public Library as part of the Library's "Big Read" Project. (2011)

Nancy Eberhardt
Professor of Anthropology/Sociology

• "Professional Development: The Job Application Process." Chaired Panel/Presented. Central States Anthropological Society Annual Meeting. Iowa City. (2011)

Gail M. Ferguson
Assistant Professor of Psychology

• Ferguson, G. M. and Lambert, M. C. (co-chairs and presentation), "Culturally Appropriate As- sessment of Behavioral/Emotional Functioning in Caribbean Adults and Adolescents." Presented. Symposium. Caribbean Research Conference in Psychology. Nassau, Bahamas. (2011)
• "Using the BACAH with Jamaican Immigrants in the United States." Paper. Caribbean Research Conference in Psychology. Nassau, Bahamas. (2011)
• Lambert, M. C., and Ferguson, G. M. "Equivalence of BACAH Resilience Dimension Across Adolescents of African Heritage." Paper, Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting. Montreal, Canada (2011)
• "Jamaicans, Jamaican Americans, and Americans: Similarities and Differences in Cultural Identity." Paper, Caribbean Research Conference in Psychology. Nassau, Bahamas. (2011)
• Dimitrova, R., Ferguson, G. M., Gagne, M., Bornstein, M. H., and Pottinger, A. M. Presentation, "The Influence of Immigration in Children and Youth: Evidence from Europe, Canada and USA." Symposium. Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting. Montreal, Canada (2011)
• Ferguson, G. M., Bornstein, H. H. and Pottinger, A. M. "Tridimensional Acculturation and Adaptation Among Black U. S. Immigrants: The Case of Jamaican Mothers and their Adolescents." Paper. Symposium. Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting. Montreal, Canada (2011)
• Ferguson, G. M., and Bornstein, M. H. "Remote Acculturation in the 21st Century." Poster. Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting. Montreal, Canada. (2011)
• Ferguson, G. M., and Lambert, M. C. "Culturally Appropriate Assessment of Behavioral and Emotional Functioning in North American and Caribbean Adolescents." Presented. Symposium. Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting. Montreal, Canada. (2011)
• "Using the BACAH with Black Immigrants: Behavioral Adaptation of Jamaican Adolescent- Mother Dyads Living in the United States." Paper. Symposium. Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting. Montreal, Canada. (2011)
• Lambert, M. C., and Ferguson, G. M. "Invariance of the BACAH Resilience Scale Across Ado- lescents of the African Diaspora in Jamaica and the United States." Paper. Symposium. Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting. Montreal, Canada. (2011)
• "Everyday African Americans: Leading the World in the 21st Century." Invited Keynote Speaker. 12th Annual Scholarship Dinner, Support Group for African American Affairs (SGAAA). Galesburg, IL (2011)
• "Small People: Social and Emotional Development of Children." Invited Speaker. Mom-2-Mom, Bethel Baptist Church, Galesburg, IL (2011)
• "The "Americanization " of Caribbean Adolescents in the 21 st Century: Assets and Liabilities for Youth Well-Being." Guest Speaker. Psychiatry Department, University of the West Indies, Mount Hope. Port of Spain, Trinidad. (2011)

Claudia R. Fernandez
Assistant Professor of Modern Language and Literatures

• "Four Learning Objectives to Guide Podcast Design." Paper, Computed-Assisted Language In- struction Consortium (CALICO). Victoria, BC, Canada. (2011)
• "Processing Instruction and Transfer-of-Training Effects: A Quantitative and Qualitative Study in the Acquisition of Two Spanish Forms." Paper, American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL). Chicago. (2011)

Brenda Fineberg
Professor of Classics

• "A Hearth and a Coffee Pot." Invited panel participant, "Tenacity of Purpose: Growing Classics in a Harsh Climate." Annual Meeting of Classical Association of the Middle West and South. Oklahoma City. (2010)

Michael J. Godsil
Instructor of Photography

• Lecture, historical photographic processes. Presented to the corps of volunteer docents at the Figge Art Museum in Davenport, to better prepare them to answer questions about the wide array of historical photographs in the exhibit "Tracks: the Railroad in Photographs". (2011)
• "From Daguerreotypes to Digital Inkjet Prints: The Evolution and Challenges of Photographic Equipment and Processes." Invited Lecture. Figge Art Museum, in conjunction with their exhibit: "Tracks: The Railroad in Photographs". (2011)

Penny Gold
Professor of History

• "Jewish Children' s Bibles in Twentieth-Century America." Paper presented in panel on Children in the Biblical World. Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. San Francisco. (2011)
• "Changing a Course Midstream: Identifying and Solving Problems." Leader of session "Preparing Future Faculty for Academic Careers: Thinking Through Teaching." University of Chicago Cen- ter for Teaching and Learning. (2010) (not previously reported)

Todd Heidt
Visiting Assistant Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures

• "Questioning German Film." Commentator. German Studies Association. Louisville. (2011)
• "Too Good to be True? Kracauer and Balazs on Film and Reality." Presenter. German Studies Association. Louisville. (2011)

Jason Helfer
Associate Professor of Educational Studies

• Helfer, J. A. and Schroth, S. T. "Opera in the Neighborhoods: Cinderalla." Presented to. Chicago Public School Teachers for the Lyric Opera of Chicago. (2011)
• Helfer, J. A. and Schroth, S. T. "Teen Opera Circle: Aida." Presented to Chicago Public School Teachers for the Lyric Opera of Chicago. (2011)
• Helfer, J. A., and Schroth, S. T. "Teen Opera Circle: Show Boat." Presented to Chicago Public School Teachers for the Lyric Opera of Chicago. (2011)
• Helfer, J. A. and Schroth, S. T. "Singing About Gifted Student Success: Collaborating with the Lyric Opera." Paper, Annual Meeting of the National Association for Gifted Children. New Orle- ans (2011)
• Schroth, S. T., Helfer, J. A., Beck, D. L., Lanfair, J. K. and Taylor, M. E. Jr. "Making the Arts Come Alive: Incorporating the Arts Across the Curriculum." Paper. Annual meeting of the National Association for Gifted Children, New Orleans. (2011)
• Schroth, S. T., Helfer, J. A., Beck, D. L., Lanfair, J. K., and Taylor, M.E., Jr. "Planning Differentiated Instruction 7 Assessing Results: Teaching to Assure Each Students Success." Paper, Annual meeting of the National Association for Gifted Children, New Orleans. (2011)

Heather Hoffmann
Professor of Psychology

• Janssen E., Hoffmann, H., Goodrich, D., and Wilson, M R. "The Effects of Alcohol on Self- Regulation of Sexual Arousal in Sexually Compulsive Men." Paper, Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality. Houston, TX (2011)
• Hoffman, H., Janssen, E., Wilson, M. R., and Goodrich, D. "The Role of Conditioning in Sexual Compulsivity and Risk Taking." Paper, International Academy for Sex Research. Los Angeles, CA (2011)
• Bashwiner, D. and Hoffmann, H. "Sexiness as a Musical Emotion and a Possible Correlation Be- tween Music Tempo and the Central Pattern Generators of the Human Body." Paper presented at Neuroscience and Music IV. Edinburgh, Scotland. (2011)
• Remington,, R., Shea, T. B., Bechtel, C., Lortie, J. J., Hoffmann, H., Dosanjh, L., Fishman, P. and Samar, A. "Efficacy of a Nutriceutical Formulation on Cognitive Performance and Function in MCI and AD." Paper. 2nd Annual Clinical and Translational Science Research Retreat. University of Massachusetts School of Medicine. Shrewsbury, MA. (2011)

Mark Holmes
Associate Professor of Art

• Chairs: Sitting At the Intersection of Body and Architecture. Invited Lecture. Figge Musem, in conjunction with an exhibit. (2011

Helen Hoyt
Assistant Professor of Chemistry

• Invited speaker and organized a college-wide Experience Event: "Nanotechnology and Pharma- ceuticals: Approaches Towards Improving Absorption of Poorly Soluble Drugs," Dr. Denis Leung, Pharmaceutical Research and Development, Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc. (2011)

L. Sue Hulett
Rik and Sophia Henke Distinguished Professor of Political Science and International Relations

• "Attitudes Toward Religion, Spirituality, and Values on the College Campus." Presented. American Association of University Professors Meeting. Washington, DC (2011)
• "Spirituality on the College Campus." Presented. Galesburg Ministerial Association (2011)

Karen Kampwirth
Professor of Political Science and International Relations

• "Feminismo, Derechos LGBT y la segunda Revolución Sandinista en Nicaragua." Paper. 10th Argentine Congress of Social Anthropology. Buenos Aires. (2011)

Tim Kasser
Professor of Psychology

• "Human Identity and Environmental Challenges." Invited Keynote Speaker. National Association for Research in Science Teaching. Orlando. (2011)
• "Values, Framing, and Climate Change Organizing." Virtual Talk/Panel. Climate Reality Check Coalition. (2011)
• "The High Price of Materialism." Virtual Webinar. Center for Confidence & Well-being. Glasgow, UK. (2011)
• "Values & the Great Transition: A View from the Psychological Literature." Talk. Smart CSOs Conference. University of Sussex, Brighton, England (2011)
• "Values & Campaigning." Talk. Values and Frames Workshop. University of Sussex, Brighton, England (2011)
• "Capitalism, Values, and Children' s Well-being: A Psychological Approach." Colloquium. University of Sussex, Brighton, England. (2011)
• "Values and Environmental Sustainability: A View from the Psychological Literature." Talk. Conference on Ethics and Sustainability, Pennsylvania State University. (2011)
• "Values and Sustainability Education." Virtual Keynote. Sustainable Development Education Conference, Edinburgh, UK. (2011)
• "The High Price of Materialism: A Review of the Psychological Literature." Invited Presentation. University of Oregon, Eugene. (2011)
• "Why Values Matter for Sustainability: A View from Psychology." Invited Presentation. Green Drinks, Portland, OR (2011)
• "Human Identity and Environmental Challenges." Invited Presentation. Portland State University. (2011)
• "The Bellagio Initiative: The Future of Philanthropy and Development in the Pursuit of Human Well-being." Invited Participant. Bellagio, Italy. (2011)
• "Values and Campaigning." Talk. Common Cause Workshop to Environmental and Development NGOs (non-governmental organizations). Vienna, Austria. (2011)
• "How Understanding Values Can Help Achieve a Sustainable Future." Public Talk. BOKU University. Vienna, Austria. (2011)
• "Capitalism, Values, and Children' s Well-being: A Psychological Approach." Talk. University of Gent, Belgium. (2011)
• "Values and Quality of Life." Talk. Presented to the Directorate General of the European Commission - Health and Consumers. Brussels, Belgium (2011)
• Presented three talks as part of the Common Cause Workshop, to the European Climate Founda- tion, the European Environmental Bureau, and Concord. Brussels, Belgium. (2011)
• "A Revolution of Values: Materialism and Its Alternatives." Two talks. Govan Together and the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. (2011)
• Common Cause Workshop. Talk. Presented to Environmental and Development NGOs (non- governmental organizations) Scotland. (2011)
• "Values and Sustainability Education" and "The Role of Values in Environment Sustainability: A View from Psychology." Talks. Sponsored by the Scottish Government. Scotland. (2011)
• "Well-being, Materialism, and the Values of Consumer Capitalism: A View from the Psychological Literature." Talk. Sponsored by the Centre for Confidence and Well-being. Scotland. (2011)

Laura L. Lane
Professor of Music; Director of Choirs

• Clinician, St. Mary's College High School Women's Choir Festival, Notre Dame, Indiana. (2011)

Frank T. McAndrew
Cornelia H. Dudley Professor of Psychology

• "The Evolutionary Psychology of Gossip." Presentation. Wabash College, (2011)
• The Science of Gossip: Why You Can't Stop Yourself." Keynote Address. ILLOWA Undergradute Psychology Conference. Monmouth, IL (2011)
• McAndrew, F.T., and Perilloux, C. "The Gender and Personality Dynamics of Self-sacrificial " Heroic" Behavior in Mixed-Sex Groups." Paper. Annual Meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society. Montpellier, France. (2011)
• "The Selfish Hero?" Invited address. University of Limerick, Ireland. (2011)
• "The Evolutionary Psychology of Gossip." Invited talk. Department of Psychological Sciences. University of Missouri, Columbia. (2011)
• "Teaching Careers at Liberal Arts Colleges." Workshop Presentation. Sponsored by the graduate school of the University of Missouri - Columbia, as part of their "Preparing Future Faculty" program. (2011)
• "The Selfish Hero?" Invited talk. Department of Anthropology, University of Missouri - Columbia. (2011)

Nicolaas J. Mink
Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies

• "How Alaska' s Salmon Became Wild." Invited Lecture. Kettleson Memorial Library, Sitka, Alaska (2011)
• "What' s Food Ecology?" Guest, Progressive Radio Network. "Paradise Parking Lot" (2011)
• "Making Fast Food." Invited Earth Day Lecture. College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio. (2011)
• "Making Fast Food." Presentation. Wisconsin Historical Society, Brown Bag Lecture Series.(2011)

Julio E. Noriega
Visiting Associate Professor of Modern Languages

• "El bilingüismo literario do José María Arguedas." Invited Speaker. Jornadas Internacionales de Educación y Ciencias de la Commnicación, Universidad Nacional Antúnez de Mayolo, Huaraz, Peru. (2011)
• "La poesía quechua de José María Arguedas." Invited Speaker. Municipalidad de Huancayo, Huancayo, Perú. (2011)
• "Adivinanzas como técnica oral en el aprendizaje del quechua." Paper. Symposium on Teaching and Learning Indigenous Languages of Latin America, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN (2011)
• "El espectáculo quechua en Los ríos profundos." Paper. Conferencia Homenaje a José María Arguedas, University of Villanova, Philadelphia, PA (2011)
• "El forastero andino en Los ríos profundos." Paper. Congreso Internacional José María Arguedas: Vida y Obra, Academia Peruana de la Lengua, Facultad de Letras y Ciencias humanas de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima. (2011)

Brandon Polite
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy

• "Tortured Calculations: Body Economies in Shakespeare' s Cultures of Honor." Paper. Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference. Michigan State University. (2011)
• Invited Commentator for a paper on the Philosophy of Dance. Annual Philosophical Association Conference. (2011)

Antonio Prado
Assistant Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures

• "Free Maternity and Mother Nature: Progress and Natura in the Spanish Anarchist Debate (1900-1936)." Presentation. Mothering and Motherhood in the 21st Century: Research and Activism. Lisbon, Portugal (2011)
• "Nuevas estrategias y propuestas en el video-activismo argentine post-2011. Leer Latinoamerica hoy." Universitat Autónoma de Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain (2011)
• "Nacionalismo, cultura y anarco-feminismo." Book Presentation. Bilbao, Spain (2011)

Stephen Schroth
Assistant Professor of Educational Studies

• Helfer, J. A. and Schroth, S. T. " Singing About Gifted Student Success: Collaborating with the Lyric Opera." Paper. Meeting of the National Association for Gifted Children. New Orleans, LA (2011)
• Schroth, S. T., Helfer, J. A., Beck, D. L., Lanfair, J. K. and Taylor, M. E. Jr. "Making the Arts Come Alive: Incorporating the Arts Across the Curriculum." Paper. Meeting of the National Association for Gifted Children. New Orleans, LA. (2011)
• Schroth, S. T., Helfer, J. A., Beck, D. L., Lanfair, J. K., and Taylor, M.E., Jr. "Planning Differentiated Instruction 7 Assessing Results: Teaching to Assure Each Students Success." Paper. Meeting of the National Association for Gifted Children. New Orleans, LA. (2011)
• Schroth, S. T., & Gonshorek, D. O. "Alleviating the Creativity Crisis: Developing Creativity through Literature." Paper. California Association for the Gifted. Palm Springs, CA. (2011)
• Schroth, S. T., & Gonshorek, D. O. "Using Tiered Lessons to Differentiate Language Arts Instruction." Paper. California Association for the Gifted. Palm Springs, CA. (2011)
• Schroth, S. T., Gohsorek, D. O., Lanfair, J. K., & Mahone, C.D. "Assisting Gifted Children' s Musical Development with Technology." Paper. Illinois Association for Gifted Children. Chicago, IL. (2011)
• Schroth, S. T., Gohsorek, D. O., Lanfair, J. K., & Mahone, C. D. "Building Creativity & Divergent Thinking Skills: Auditory Thinking Skills." Paper. Illinois Association for Gifted Children. Chicago, IL (2011)
• Schroth, S. T., Gohosorek, D. O., Lanfair, J. K. & Mahone, C. D. "Making Mentoring Magical: Providing Gifted Learners with Support for Values, Interests, and Talents." Paper. Illinois Associa- tion for Gifted Children. Chicago, IL (2011)
• Schroth, S. T., Gohsorek, D. O., Lanfair, J. K., & Mahone, C. D. Paper. "Developing Diverse Talent: Making Gifted Programs More Successful for All Students." Illinois Association for Gifted Children. Chicago, IL (2011)
• Helfer, J. A. and Schroth, S. T. " Opera in the Neighborhoods: Cinderalla." Presented. Chicago Public School Teachers for the Lyric Opera of Chicago. (2011)
• Helfer, J. A. and Schroth, S. T. "Teen Opera Circle: Aida." Presented. Chicago Public School Teachers for the Lyric Opera of Chicago. (2011)
• Helfer, J. A., and Schroth, S. T. "Teen Opera Circle: Show Boat." Presented. Chicago Public School Teachers for the Lyric Opera of Chicago. (2011)

Peter Schwartzman
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies

• Bluegrass Bioneers Conference. Invited Speaker & Participant. University of Louisville (2010) (not previously reported)
• "A Solar Transition: The Timing of Fully Renewable Energy System." Presenter. Geological Soci- ety of America (GSA). Minneapolis. (2011)
• "Global Solar Transition Achievable in 20 Years." Invited Speaker. University of Wisconsin- Platteville (2011)
• "Discovering the Future of Food and Energy." Invited Speaker. Congregation Anshai Emeth and the Jewish Federation of Peoria, Bradley University. (2011)
• "Discovering the Future of Food and Energy." Invited Speaker. Sustainable Business Center, Galesburg. (2011)

Robert F. Seibert
Robert W. Murphy Professor of Political Science

• "Changes in the Middle East Political Landscape." Keynote Speaker. Peoria World Affairs Conference. (2011)

Orna Shaughnessy
Visiting Instructor of Asian Studies/Japanese

• "Place and Identity in Japanese Travel Literature." Presented to the working group Placing East Asia, a Haas junior Scholars group and the Institute of East Asian Studies, UC Berkeley. (2011)
• "The Triumph of the Translator." Paper. Townsend Fellows, Dorreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities. UC Berkeley (2011)

Jennifer Smith
Associate Professor of Dance

• "Dance & Design: Foster Collaboration Through Curriculum." Co-Presentation with Craig Choma. National Dance Education Organization. Minneapolis, MN (2011)
• "Mapping the Human Body: Understanding the Alexander Technique." Workshop Participation. Bearnstow - a summer retreat center for the arts in Mt. Vernon, ME. (2011)

Jennifer Templeton
Associate Professor of Biology

• Wiggen, K. and Templeton, J. J. "Cultural Transmission of Predator Recognition in Domesticated Zebra Finches." Joint Meeting of the Animal Behaviour Society and the International Ethological Congress. Bloomington, IN (2011)

James H. Thrall
Knight Distinguished Assistant Professor of Religion and Culture

• "Endo Shusaku: Religion, Literature and Missionary Endeavor." Moderator. Panel for Arts, Litera- ture and Religion Section. American Academy of Religion. San Francisco, CA (2011)
• "Bookish Objects: Then and Now." Conference organizer and moderator. Panel for Religion and Media Workshop on "What's Next for Texts: Scripting Religion in a Networked World." Ameri- can Academy of Religion. San Francisco. (2011)
• "Teaching Peace: Hiroshima' s Mary McMillan." Paper. Midwest Regional Conference. American Academy of Religion. Augustana College. (2011)
• "Women, Spirits, and Postcolonial Speculation in Nalo Hopkinson' s The Salt Roads." Eaton Science Fiction Conference. University of California - Riverside. (2011)
• "The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Fault Line Between Christianity and Islam." (by Eliza Griswold) Joint presentation with Dr. Bruce Lawrence. St. Matthew's Episcopal Church. Hillsborough, NC. (2011)

Jon Wagner
Professor of Anthropology/Sociology

• "The Roots of Humanity: Innovative Approaches to the Evolution of Hominid Cognition and Behavior." Organized and chaired panel with Jan Lundeen. Central States Anthropological Society Meetings in Iowa City. (2011)
• "Reconstructing the Australopithecine Habitus." Paper presented with Jan Lundeen. 2011 Confer- ence of the Central States Anthropological Society. (2011)

Douglas L. Wilson
George Appleton Lawrence Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of English/ Co-director, Lincoln Studies Center

• "The Surprising Mr. Lincoln." Talk. Union League Club of Chicago Symposium on the Sesquicentennial of Lincoln's Inauguration. (2011)
• "Mental Illness and the Character of Abraham Lincoln." Tri-County Illinois Affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Peoria, IL (2011)

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