Red Hot Research

Red Hot Research introduces researchers to the work of their colleagues; prompts questions within current research through the perspectives of many disciplines; and develops collaborative research teams as a result of overlapping interest & expertise.
Drs. Katie Batza (WGSS) and Nicole Reiz Present | October 18, 2019
Drs. Katie Batza (WGSS) and Nicole Reiz Present | October 18, 2019

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Red Hot Research No. 64: Disability Studies

Nilou Vakil, Architecture, Visually Impaired, Learning Spaces, Sensory, Participatory Design
Jean Hall, Applied Behavioral Science / Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies, Language, Person First, Identity First, Disability Pride
Ray Pence, American Studies, Multiple Sclerosis, Intersectionality, Episodic Disability, Comedy, Performance
Ken Fischer, Mechanical Engineering / Bioengineering, Assistive Devices, Enabling Independence, Improving Access
Evan Dean, KU Center on Developmental Disabilities, Supporting Decision Making, Self-Determination, Disability

Emcee: Dot Nary, Research and Training Center on Independent Living
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Red Hot Research No. 63: Gender & Representation

Rene Jamison, Center for Child Health and Development, KU Medical Center - Pediatrics, Gender, Autism, Disparity, Social-Emotional Health
Ever Josue Figueroa, Journalism & Mass Communications, E-sports, Sports Media, and Video Games
Marta Vicente, History / Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Transgender, Confessions, Sex, Gender, Medicine, Law
Sarah Gross, Visual Art, Visual Art, Ceramics, Sculpture
Darci Fulcher, Theatre & Dance, Consensual Creation, Embodied Performance in Film & Theatre

Emcee: Katie Rhine, African and African-American Studies / Geography & Atmospheric Science
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Red Hot Research No. 62: Rural/Urban

Joel Mendez, Public Affairs & Administration, Streetcars, Transportation Planning, Urban Policy
Abel Chikanda, Geography & Atmospheric Science / African and African-American Studies, Migration, Food Security, Global South
John Rury, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies, Education, Suburbs, Inequality
Wally Meyer, Business / Entrepreneurship Programs, Rural Economies, Flight from Rural America
Nathan Wood, History, Streetcars, Bicycles, Automobiles, Accidents and Acclimation

Emcee: Dave Tell, Communication Studies / Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities
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Red Hot Research No. 61: Care & Aging

Tracey LaPierre, Sociology, Caregiving, Long-Term Care, and COVID
Ashley Herda, Health, Sport, and Exercise Science, Strength Training, Resistance Exercise, Functional Aging, Body Composition
Lisa Friis, Mechanical Engineering / Bioengineering, Medical devices, Tissue healing, Electrical stimulation, Biomaterials
Joe Colistra, Architecture
Liz Langdon, Visual Arts Education, Creative Aging, Social Engagement, Intergenerational Learning

Red Hot Research Fall 2019

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Red Hot Research No. 60: Queer Research

Sarah Jen, Social Welfare, Sexual Identity Development
Kyle Velte, Law, LGBT Civil Rights, Sexual Orientation, Religious Liberty
Megan Paceley, Social Welfare, Queer/Rural Communities
Richard Godbeer, History / Hall Center for the Humanities, Gender, Sexuality, Colonial America, Religious Culture
Benjamin Rosenthal, Visual Art, Queer Prosthetics, LGBTQ, Queer Art, Art and Technology

Emcee: Nicholas Syrett, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
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Red Hot Research No. 59: Across Borders

Maki Kaneko, Art History, Japanese American Art, Transpacific, Diaspora
Araceli Masterson-Algar, Spanish & Portuguese, 15M, Immigration, Ecuador, Madrid, Transnationalism, Housing Rights, Sumak Kawsai
Hong Tien Vu, Journalism, Climate Change, Communication, Media
Melissa Birch, Business, Exports, International Trade, Economic Development
Daniel Tapia Takaki, Physics, Binational Research, Interuniversity Alliances

Emcee: Brian Rosenblum, KU Libraries / Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities
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Red Hot Research No. 58: Loss, Adaptation, Climate

Megan Kaminski, English, Plant Thinking, Poetics, Healing, Interdependence
Gina Westergard, Visual Art, Endangered Species, Grief, Memorial, Florida Panther
Amy Hansen, Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering, Wetlands, Agriculture, Nitrate, Water Quality
Bruce Lieberman, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology / Biodiversity Institute, Natural Selection, Adaptation, Survival
Gregory Cushman, History / Environmental Studies Program, Anthropocene, Great Acceleration, Colonialism

Emcee: Kate Meyer, Spencer Museum of Art
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Red Hot Research No. 57: Public Scholarship

Robert Hurst, Film & Media Studies, Immigration, Politics, Public Policy, Asylum, Rural America
Katie Batza, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and Nicole Reiz, College Office of Graduate Affairs, Multigenerational Research, Community Research Partnerships, Big Ideas
Jomella Watson-Thompson, Applied Behavioral Science / Center for Service Learning, Youth and Community Violence Prevention, Participatory Research
Tera Fazzino, Psychology / Cofrin Logan Center for Addiction Research and Treatment, Palatable Food; Food System; Obesity; Public Health
Mary Hill, Geology, Agriculture, Energy and Economics