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| Steve Croker |
Steve Croker is a new assistant professor of Psychology. He earned his PhD in Psychology from the University of Nottingham. As Senior Lecturer and Assistant Head of Psychology at the University of Derby he taught courses in Developmental Psychology and Cognitive Science. Croker’s research interests include the development of scientific reasoning, children’s knowledge and understanding of health and illness, the development of temporal visual attention, and magical thinking in adults. He is affiliated with many professional organizations, including the British Psychological Society, the Cognitive Science Society, and the Society for Research in Child Development. He enjoys reading novels, listening to music, and playing the guitar.
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| Gerald Savage |
Professor Gerald J. Savage, Department of English, is the recipient of this year’s Distinguished Service Award from the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC) for his outstanding contributions to the field. The award was presented earlier this month at the CPTSC’S annual meeting in Aarhus, Denmark. Established in 1998, the Distinguished Service Award honors members of the CPTSC for their significant career-long contributions to technical communication programs.
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| William Hunter |
Professor William Hunter, Department of Chemistry, has assumed the role of director of Illinois State University’s Center for Mathematics, Science and Technology (CeMaST). As director, Hunter will lead CeMaST’s efforts to promote excellence in science, technology, and mathematics education at Illinois State. CeMaST stimulates and supports activities and research on teaching and learning that align with campus, state, and national science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) priorities; provides leadership for cross-disciplinary collaborative STEM activities and research on teaching and learning; and directs efforts to increase diversity within the STEM disciplines. “The College of Arts and Sciences will miss having Dr. Hunter as faculty member in the Department of Chemistry, but we know that the work of the Center for Mathematics, Science, and Technology is important and that he will do an excellent job there,” said Dr. Ann Beck, Senior Associate Dean for Research, Technology, and Facilities.
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Professor Lane Crothers has published the revised and updated second edition of his book Globalization and American Popular Culture. Published by Rowman and Littlefield, the first edition debuted in 2006. Globalization and American Popular Culture examines the intersections between American popular cultural products such as movies, music, television programs, fast food, sports, and even clothing styles and the broad economic, political, cultural changes that define modern globalization. The first edition received excellent reviews. Paula McClain of Duke University describes this book as a “must-read.”
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| Erik Larson |
Erik Larson, assistant professor in the School of Biological Sciences, is the recipient of a $213,750 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute to support his research on cellular pathways responsible for maintaining and repairing DNA. Larson received the grant because his studies may provide more understanding in lymphoma and other types of cancer. “My research group is interested in how DNA is repaired in the cell,” Larson says, “DNA repair factors play many important cellular roles, and my lab is focused on defining function for DNA repair proteins in the immune system and in the genetic rearrangements characteristic of certain cancers.”
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Matthew Rosenstein, associate director of the Program in Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security at the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, will deliver the first presentation in Illinois State University’s International Studies Seminar Series on Wednesday, September 2 from noon to 1 p.m. in the East Lounge, Third Floor of the Bone Student Center. The seminar series is organized by the Unit for International Linkages, Office of International Studies and Programs, and the Women’s and Gender Studies Program. "The International Studies Seminar series is one of the few regular venues on campus for students, faculty and Community members to meet informally to discuss global scholarship on politics, literature, art, and current events," said Dr. Alison Bailey, Director of the Women’s and Gender Studies Program.
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| Daniel M. Cotter |
Daniel M. Cotter ’80, MS ’81 is president of DMCotter Research & Strategy Inc. His three-year-old company is headquartered just outside of Boston in Dedham, MA, and it provides a full range of market research, consulting, and training services at affordable pricing. In addition, DMCotter owns Suburban Focus Group-Boston, a state-of-the-art qualitative research facility that has already distinguished itself as the preferred research venue for several major companies in Boston and nationwide. Cotter plays an active role in directing each research project to ensure accurate, insightful and actionable results. “In just a few years my company has established a solid reputation for providing the highest quality professional research services, which the nation’s top marketing organizations expect and demand,” Cotter said. “Just as importantly, we’ve proven to be extremely flexible and extraordinarily cost-effective, which serves our clients well and sets us apart in these tough economic times.”
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September 1- School of Biological Sciences Seminar, Mickayla Van Hoveln, ISU, “Tales and Trials of a Hemiparastic Plant,” 121 Science Laboratory Building, 12 noon
September 2 – International Seminar Series, Dr. Matthew Rosenstein, University of Illnois at Urbana-Champaign, “How it Plays in Peshawar: U.S. Policy in Pakistan,” 3rd Floor, East Lounge, Bone Student Center, 12 noon to 1 p.m. Free lunch provided.
September 3 – Dean’s Fall Address, Interim Dean James Payne, Old Main Room, Bone Student Center, 3:30 p.m.
September 8 – School of Biological Sciences Seminar, Brian Mautz, Australian University, “Mosquitofish, Fiddler Crabs, and Stories from the Land of Oz,” 121 Science Laboratory Building, 12 noon
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