JUNIOR FACULTY SEMINAR

LMU

 

Past Seminar Topics

 

2009-2010

Date

Location

Presenter

Department

Topic

09/08

Collins Center

Michelle Hauer

Elec Eng / Comp Sci

An Intraocular Camera for Retinal Prostheses: Restoring Functional Vision to the Blind

10/06

Collins Center

Ignacio Higareda

Educational Psychology

The Promise of Catholic Schools for Educating the Future of Los Angeles

11/03

Collins Center

Adriana Jaroszewicz

Animation

A Comparison of François Delsarte System of Expression and Animation

12/01

Collins Center

Wendy Binder

Biology

The spotted hyena – notoriously misunderstood, feminist and fascinating

2/23

Collins Center

Todd Otanicar

Mechanical Eng.

Solar Energy at LMU (or, The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades!)

3/25

Foley Green Room

Gregory Ruzzin   

SFTV

Could you do that again, please?  (or, What can happen when a fiction filmmaker wanders into the real world.) 

 

2008-2009

Date

Location

Presenter

Department

Title

09/04

Collins Center

Máire Ford

Psychology

Self-esteem Shapes Neuroendocrine and Psychological Responses to Interpersonal Rejection

10/07

Collins Center

Tom Klein

Animation

Woody Abstracted: Film Experiments in the Cartoons of Shamus Culhane, 1943-46

11/04

Collins Center

Nadia Kim

Sociology

Racial Rankings and US Imperialism

12/04

Foley Green Room

John M Parrish

Political Science

Benevolent Skulduggery

01/20

Collins Center

Alissa Crans

Mathematics

Chaotic Elections

02/17

Collins Center

Kam Dahlquist

Biology

The Genome is the New Soul

03/19

Malone 460C (The Hill)

Andrew Healy

Economics

Sports and Voting

04/16

Collins Center

Tom Batsis (SOE)
Larry Tritle (BCLA)
Vicky Graf (SOE)
Mark Schwartz (SFTV)

Rank and Tenure Committee

Rank and Tenure Process: Q&A, Discussion, Experiences, Suggestions, ...

04/21

Collins Center

Wendy Binder

Biology

The Biology of the Spotted Hyena – Beyond the Lion King…



2007-2008

Date

Location

Presenter

Department

Title

04/22

Collins Center

Wayne LeCheminant

Political Science

The Political Imagination and the Uses of the Story of Human Nature

04/10

Malone 306

Linda Bannister (BCLA)
Katharine Free (CFA)
Connie Weeks (SSE)
Vicki Graf (SOE)

Rank and Tenure Committee

Rank and Tenure Process: Q&A, Discussion, Experiences, Suggestions, ...

03/18

UNH 3448

Amy Woodson-Boulton

History

The Magic Lantern: Bringing Art, Science, and Empire to the People

02/19

Collins Center

Ethan Adams

Classics and Archaeology

The Disneyfication of Rome

01/22

Collins Center

Hawley C. Almsted,
Todd C. Shoepe,
David Ramirez

Natural Science

I.N.V.E.S.T. in Muscle and Bone Health: Investigating New Variables in Exercise and Strength Training

12/06

Collins Center

Wendy Binder

Biology

Using Teeth, Jaws and Biomechanics to Understand the Feeding Behavior and Evolution of Carnivores

11/13

UNH ECC 1762AB

Brad Stone

Philosophy

To Tell the Truth

10/11

Hilton 300CD

Sonny Espinoza

Chicana/o Studies

"I Am A Human Being"
Videomaking, Labor Rights, and Pedagogies of Social Justice

 

 

 

 

 

09/13

Collins Center

Nigel Raab

History

Memories of World War II:
Bridging the Divide between Tatars and Russians Through Communist Student Organizations, 1968-1989

 

2006-2007

Date

Location

Presenter

Department

Title

04/05

UH ECC 1762 AB

Rank and Tenure Committee

 

Rank and Tenure Process

03/13

UH ECC 1762 AB

Ed Mosteig

Mathematics

Cryptography: Secrets in Communication

02/15

UH ECC 1762 AB

Maire Ford

Psychology

Self-esteem as a Moderator of Neuroendocrine and Physiological Responses to Social Rejection

11/14

Collins Center

Kam Dahlquist
John Dionisio

Biology
Computer Science

Collaborating Early and Often: Bringing Biology and Computer Science Together Through an Open Source Culture

10/17

Collins Center

John Parrish

Political Science

Collective Responsibility, the State and the War on Terror

09/13

Collins Center

Dorothea Herreiner

Economics

Envy Freeness as Fairness Criterion