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
Past Sessions
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
RHR - Past Presenters
| Date | Number | Theme | Presenters | Department | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/28/12 | 1 | ||||
| Kris Ercums | Spencer Museum of Art | ||||
| Ludwin Molina | Psychology | ||||
| Sara Gregg | History | ||||
| Ben Rosenthal | Visual Art | ||||
| Kirsten Jensen | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | ||||
| Jay Johnson | Geography | ||||
| 10/19/12 | 2 | ||||
| Gene Rankey | Geology | ||||
| Joane Nagel | Sociology | ||||
| James Moreno | Dance | ||||
| Amanda Reichard | Research & Training Center on Independent Living | ||||
| Alice Bean | Physics and Astronomy | ||||
| Jeff Vitter | Provost | ||||
| 11/30/12 | 3 | ||||
| James Sterbenz | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | ||||
| Sanjay Mishra | Business | ||||
| Emily Rauscher | Sociology | ||||
| Jerry Crawford | Journalism | ||||
| Jessica Gerschultz | African and African-American Studies | ||||
| Cima Katz | Visual Art | ||||
| 2/8/13 | 4 | ||||
| Brent Metz | Anthropology | ||||
| Anne D. Hedeman | Art History | ||||
| Yoonmi Nam | Visual Art | ||||
| Megan Kaminski | English | ||||
| Joy Ward | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | ||||
| Susan Williams | Chemical and Petroleum Engineering | ||||
| 3/14/13 | 5 | ||||
| Lisa Friis | Mechanical Engineering | Biomaterials to Promote Bone Healing | |||
| Mike Vitevitch | Psychology | Network Science | |||
| Nicole Hodges Persley | Theatre | Sampling and Remixing Identity | |||
| Glenn Adams | Psychology | Identity and Ignorance | |||
| Dot Nary | Research & Training Center on Independent Living | Accessibility and Social Connectedness | |||
| 4/19/13 | 6 | ||||
| Sherrie Tucker | American Studies | Improvisation, Bodies, and Difference | |||
| Marie Grace Brown | History | Documenting Desire | |||
| Norman Akers | Visual Art | Border Crossing | |||
| Dennis Domer | Architecture | Intergenerational Communities | |||
| Gary Minden | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Energy | |||
| 8/30/13 | 7 | ||||
| Michael L. Wehmeyer | Special Education / Center on Developmental Disabilities / Beach Center on Disability | Eugenics and Developmental Disabilities | |||
| Randal Jelks | American Studies | Lived Religion | |||
| Kelly Kindscher | Environmental Studies / Kansas Biological Survey | Native Plants | |||
| Stuart Day | Spanish & Portuguese | Theatre and Political Alliances | |||
| Michelle Heffner Hayes | Dance | Movement, Culture, Engagement | |||
| 9/20/13 | 8 | ||||
| Germaine Halegoua | Film & Media Studies | Digital Media and Urban Space | |||
| Lance Rake | Design | Social Enterprise | |||
| Christine Jensen Sundstrom | Applied English Center | Interdisciplinary Research, Mentoring, and Writing | |||
| Kip Haaheim | Music | Enriching the Web Experience with Audio | |||
| David Besson | Physics and Astronomy | Astronomy without Telescopes | |||
| 10/25/13 | 9 | ||||
| Cathy Joritz | Film & Media Studies | Digital Art and Animation | |||
| Jenny Gleason | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | Courtship Songs | |||
| Rafe Brown | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | Island Communities | |||
| Jonathan Lamb | English | English Literature and Book History | |||
| 11/15/13 | 10 | ||||
| Ebenezer Obadare | Sociology | Christian-Muslim Relations in Nigeria | |||
| Jacob Dorman | American Studies / History | African American Islam | |||
| Margaret Pearce | Geography | Cartography is language | |||
| Barbara Timmermann | Medicinal Chemistry | Drug Discovery from Nature | |||
| Matt Burke | Visual Art | Authorship in the Creative Realm | |||
| 1/31/14 | 11 | ||||
| Lena Hileman | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | Plant Adaptation in Dynamic Environments | |||
| Caroline Chaboo | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | Biodiversity Survey and Analysis | |||
| Yvonnes Chen | Journalism | Media and Health Literacy in Health Promotion | |||
| Terri Friedline | Social Welfare | Young Adults' Financial Health | |||
| Peter Welsh | Museum Studies | Institutional Resilience | |||
| 2/21/14 | 12 | ||||
| Shannon Criss | Architecture | Urban Acupuncture | |||
| Whitney Baker | KU Libraries | Decalcomania | |||
| Jonathan Earle | History | Political/Electoral History | |||
| 3/28/14 | 13 | ||||
| Dave Tell | Communication Studies | Grain Elevators & Postmodernity | |||
| Hajar Aghababa | Institute for Policy and Social Research | Early Literacy | |||
| Marc Greenberg; Ada Emmett; Town Peterson | Germanic Languages & Literatures; KU Libraries; Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | Open Access and Bottlenecks in Global Scholarly Communication System | |||
| Gregory Rudnick | Physics and Astronomy | The Formation & Evolution of Galaxies | |||
| Jeremy Martin | Mathematics | Network Flow Models | |||
| 4/11/14 | 14 | ||||
| Promothesh Chatterjee | Business | How Payment Mechanisms Influence Consumer Purchases | |||
| Ward Lyles | Urban Planning | Climate Change Adaptation | |||
| Steve Goddard | Spencer Museum of Art / Art History | Botany and the Arts | |||
| EcoHawks w/ Chris Depcik | Mechanical Engineering | Sustainable Energy | |||
| Leigh Stearns | Geology | Greenland Glaciers & Climate Change | |||
| 9/5/14 | 15 | ||||
| Kate Meyer | Spencer Museum of Art | Emcee | |||
| Ruth Ann Atchley; Paul Atchley | Psychology; Psychology | Cognition and Technology | |||
| Shannon Portillo | Public Affairs & Administration | Sociolegal Justice | |||
| Clarence Lang | African and African-American Studies | Contemporary African American Politics | |||
| Bonnie Johnson | Urban Planning | Professional Values and Ethics | |||
| Bryon Darby | Design | Mapping Placeness | |||
| 10/17/14 | 16 | ||||
| Jeff Severin | Center for Sustainability | Emcee | |||
| Belinda Sturm | Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering | Microbial Ecology / Wastewater Treatment | |||
| Deb Adams | Social Welfare | Sustainable Asset Gaps? | |||
| Bradley Lane | Public Affairs & Administration | Electric Vehicles | |||
| Jane Zhao | Business | Social Innovation for Sustainable Transportation in China | |||
| Paul Stock | Sociology / Environmental Studies Program | Food Utopias | |||
| 11/14/14 | 17 | Water, Energy, Climate | Sally Utech | Hall Center for the Humanities | Emcee |
| Byron Caminero-Santangelo | English / Environmental Studies / Kansas African Studies Center | Representing Social Crisis, Violence, and Environmental Change in Africa | |||
| Mariana Candido | History/Kansas African Studies Center | Women and Property in Africa | |||
| Virginia Harper Ho | Law | Mainstreaming Responsible Investment | |||
| Cathy Preston | Film & Media Studies | Collaborative Ethnography in Visual Culture Studies | |||
| Pam Fine | Journalism | Smartphones and News | |||
| 12/5/14 | 18 | Travis Weller | Institute for Policy and Social Research | Emcee | |
| Alexander C. Diener | Geography | Mongolia's Transport Revolution | |||
| Alfred Ho | Public Affairs & Administration | Citizen satisfaction, government performance, and media | |||
| Lou Mulligan | Law | Federal Court Authority | |||
| Steven Duval | Spencer Museum of Art | Performing Identity/Performing History | |||
| Rich Glor | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | Evolution | |||
| 1/30/15 | 19 | Casey Mesick | Spencer Museum of Art | Emcee | |
| Don Haider-Markel | Political Science | Politics of Obesity | |||
| Rachel Vaughn | Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies | Dirt & Cleanliness | |||
| Jarron Saint Onge | Sociology / KU Medical Center | Health Behavior Patterns | |||
| Thomas Prisinzano | Medicinal Chemistry | Drug Abuse Medications | |||
| Joshua Rosenbloom | Economics | R&D Funding and Knowledge Production | |||
| 2/6/15 | 20 | James Sterbenz | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Emcee | |
| May Tveit | Design | From Retail Therapy to Product Placement | |||
| Val Stella | Pharmaceutical Chemistry | Inventing | |||
| Mike Kautsch | Law | Digital Privacy Rights | |||
| Molly Zahn | Religious Studies | The Idea of Sacred Text | |||
| Perry Alexander | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Slinging Symbols | |||
| 2/13/15 | 21 | John Lamb | English | Emcee | |
| Daniel Coburn | Design | Broken Family Album | |||
| Magalí Rabasa | Spanish & Portuguese | Copyright/Copyleft | |||
| Erik Perrins | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Next-Generation Wireless Communications | |||
| John Kelly | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | Variation, Genetics, Environment | |||
| Jane Barnette | Theatre | Staging "Blaze, Blood, and Danger” | |||
| 3/6/15 | 22 | Lena Hileman | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | Emcee | |
| Fengjun Li | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | The Smart Grid and Privacy | |||
| Dan Reuman | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | Hierarchical systems and synchrony in biology and other fields | |||
| Armin Schulz | Philosophy | The Evolution of Pscyhological Altruism | |||
| Meg Jamieson | Film & Media Studies | Collaborative Filmmaking and the Death of the Author | |||
| Joe Colistra | Architecture | Community Engagement, So what?! | |||
| 4/17/15 | 23 | Mike Vitevitch | Psychology | Emcee | |
| Kij Johnson | English | Inclusive Re-visioning of Classics | |||
| Daniel Tapia Takaki | Physics and Astronomy | High Energy Nuclear Physics | |||
| Dawn Fallik | Journalism | Data in Journalism | |||
| Kate Meyer | Spencer Museum of Art | Seeing Farming | |||
| Stacey Swearingen White | Urban Planning | Social Equity and a Sustainable Future | |||
| 8/24/15 | 24 | Water, Energy, Climate | |||
| Travis Weller | Institute for Policy & Social Research | Emcee | |||
| Rex Buchanan | Kansas Geological Survey | Seismicity and Energy Production | |||
| Dorothy Daley | Public Affairs & Administration / Environmental Studies Program | Multilevel Climate Governance & Environmental Performance | |||
| Shannon O’Lear | Geography / Environmental Studies Program | Critique of climate science | |||
| Phillip Drake | English | Representing Nature in the Echo of Disaster | |||
| Greg Ludvigson | Kansas Geological Survey | High Plains Aquifer | |||
| 9/18/15 | 25 | Data Visualization | |||
| Jim Miller | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Emcee | |||
| Jamie Basham | Special Education | Data & Personalized Learning | |||
| Fengjun Li | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Social Collaborative Systems and Data Analysis | |||
| Mahbub Rashid | Architecture | Geometry and the Science of Cities | |||
| Luke Huan | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Large-scale predictive analytics: methods and applications | |||
| Doug Walker | Geology | High Plains Aquifer | |||
| 10/23/15 | 26 | Food Research, Policy, and Implementation | |||
| Hannah Britton | Political Science | Emcee | |||
| Dietrich Earnhart | Economics | Corporate Sustainability in the Food Sector | |||
| Paul Stock | Sociology / Environmental Studies Program | New and (Good?) Farmers | |||
| Helen Schnoes | Food Systems Coordinator, Douglas County | Local Food System Development | |||
| Elizabeth Stigler | Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies | Ethnic Food Studies | |||
| Eric Rath | History | Japan’s Cuisines | |||
| 11/13/15 | 27 | Place | |||
| John Lamb | English | Emcee | |||
| John Younger | Classics | Reconstructing the past from archaeological evidence | |||
| Tim Hossler | Design | A Poetic Guide to Havana | |||
| Nate Brunsell | Geography & Atmospheric Science | Places impacting places across time and space | |||
| Bruce Lieberman | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology / Biodiversity Institute | Evolution: Life and the Stock Market | |||
| Nate Freiburger | Sociology | Places of Technologies: Green Tech from the Hinterland | |||
| 12/4/15 | 28 | Sally Utech | Hall Center for the Humanities | Emcee | |
| David Roediger | American Studies / History | The Indefensible Middle Class: A History | |||
| Eric Rath | History | Japan's Cuisines | |||
| Cecilia Menjivar | Sociology | Immigrant Women and the Law Enforcement System | |||
| Victor Agadjanian | Sociology | Immigration, Illegality, and Race in the New Russia | |||
| Chris Beard | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology / Biodiversity Institute | The Arab Spring Revolutions and Paleoanthropology in North Africa Biology | |||
| 1/29/16 | 29 | Kansas | Kate Meyer | Spencer Museum of Art | Emcee |
| John Hachmeister | Visual Art | Populism in Kansas | |||
| Darren Canady | English | Theatre and Violence Against Transgender Women of Color | |||
| Elaina Sutley | Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering | Disaster Mitigation and Planning | |||
| Vicki Collie-Akers | Work Group for Community Health and Development | Healthy Equity | |||
| Jim Bever | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | Biodiversity as Bioprotection | |||
| 2/19/16 | 30 | Digital Media | Brian Rosenblum | Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities | Emcee |
| Sara Gregg | History | Spatial History | |||
| Jorge Soberón | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology / Biodiversity Institute | Biogeography | |||
| Katie Rhine | Anthropology | Ethnography and Tumblr | |||
| Andrew Lison | Hall Center for the Humanities | The Computer as Multimedia Device | |||
| Élika Ortega | Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities | Literature and “New” Media | |||
| 3/25/16 | 31 | Climate | Bonnie Johnson | Urban Planning | Emcee |
| Sharon Billings | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology / Kansas Biological Survey | Carbon, Climate, Erosion, and the Anthropocene | |||
| Rachel McDonald | Psychology | Framing Climate Change | |||
| David Mechem | Geography & Atmospheric Science | Clouds & Climate | |||
| John Head | Law | International Law – Agriculture – Climate Change | |||
| Keith Van de Riet | Architecture | Bio-responsive Structures | |||
| 4/29/16 | 32 | Political Engagement | Jon Lamb | English | Emcee |
| Joshua Miner | Film & Media Studies | Indigenous New Media | |||
| Tyler Galloway | Design | Print design and grassroots activism | |||
| Jonathan Peters | Journalism and Mass Communications | Press Relations at the Supreme Court | |||
| Laura Mielke | English | Theatre and US Abolition | |||
| Ari Linden | Germanic Languages & Literatures | Satire and Political Critique | |||
| 9/9/16 | 33 | Smart Cities | James Sterbenz | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Emcee |
| Holly Goerdel | Public Affairs & Administration | Health, Housing & Social Ties | |||
| Alexandra Kondyli | Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering | Connected and Automated Vehicles | |||
| Paola Sanguinetti | Architecture | Smart Health Promotion in the Built Environment | |||
| Hyunjin Seo | Strategic Communication | Digital Inclusion | |||
| Germaine Halegoua | Film & Media Studies | Civic Engagement | |||
| 9/23/16 | 34 | Health/Care | Emily Ryan | The Commons | Emcee |
| Prajna Dhar | Bioengineering | Biomolecular Engineering | |||
| Adam Smith | Pharmacology & Toxicology | Behavioral Neuroendocrinology | |||
| John Colombo | Life Span Institute / Psychology | Developmental Science/Nutrition | |||
| Juliana Carlson | Social Welfare | Preventing Gender Based Violence | |||
| Jason Travers | Special Education | Autism Disparities | |||
| 11/4/16 | 35 | New Applications of Network Science | Mike Vitevitch | Psychology | Emcee |
| Kelsie Forbush | Psychology | Eating Disorders | |||
| Cynthia Siew | Psychology | Psychology, Education, and Knowledge Structures | |||
| Nichol Castro | Psychology | Multiplex of Language | |||
| Charlie Redmon | Linguistics | Acoustic Information in Speech | |||
| Mark Mort Kathy Denning | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology / Biodiversity Institute Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | Plant-Pollinator Biology | |||
| 12/2/16 | 36 | Improvisation | Jon Lamb | English | Emcee |
| Brad Osborn | Music | Guitar Solos | |||
| Sherrie Tucker | American Studies | All-ability Improvisation | |||
| Michelle Heffner Hayes | Dance | Body, Dance, Connections | |||
| Nicole Hodges Persley | Theatre | Improvisation, Undercommons, Study | |||
| Ron Barrett-Gonzalez | Aerospace Engineering | World's Fastest Quadcopter | |||
| 2/3/17 | 37 | Activism | Dave Roediger | American Studies / History | Emcee |
| Jonathan Peters | Journalism | Campus Free Speech and Student Journalism | |||
| Betsy Esch | American Studies | Universities ARE Real Life | |||
| Chuck Epp | Public Affairs & Administration | Tackling Climate Change When the President Won’t | |||
| Ron Barrett-Gonzalez | Aerospace Engineering | Activism and Academic Freedom | |||
| Maria Velasco | Visual Art | Art, Activism, and Dialogical Art Processes | |||
| Clarence Lang | African and African-American Studies / American Studies | Malcolm X, Political Ideology, and the 1960s Emcee: | |||
| 2/24/17 | 38 | Health & Wellness | |||
| Omri Gillath | Psychology | Close Relationships and Health | |||
| Hui Cai | Architecture | Evidence-based Health Care Design | |||
| Hannah Britton | Political Science / Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies | Preventing Human Trafficking | |||
| Carl Lejuez | Psychology / College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | Psychotherapy, Values, Depression, Trauma | |||
| Fola Agusto | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | Disease Transmission and Coevolution | |||
| 3/31/17 | 39 | Environment & Future | Kate Meyer | Spencer Museum of Art | Emcee |
| Michael Krueger | Visual Art | Picturing the Land, Recent Paintings and Drawings | |||
| Bradley Lane | Public Affairs & Administration | Smart, Connected, Shared Mobility | |||
| Mike Sinclair | Design | The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and the Thrills of Common Ground | |||
| James Blakemore | Chemistry | Sustainability Enabled by New Chemistry | |||
| Ali Brox | Environmental Studies Program | Climate Change, Magical Realism, Representation, Environmental Justice | |||
| 4/21/17 | 40 | The Future University | Jon Lamb | English | Emcee |
| Joo Ok Kim | American Studies | Classified | |||
| Joey Orr | Spencer Museum of Art | Post-Studio to Public Practice | |||
| Michael Compitello | Music | Theatrical Percussion, Music Performance | |||
| Doug Ward | Journalism / Center for Teaching Excellence | Future of Teaching, Documenting Teaching, Future of Higher Education | |||
| Amber Rowland | Center for Research on Learning | Developing Good Citizens through Gaming, Social Media and Virtual Reality | |||
| 9/8/17 | 41 | Adaptation & Decision | Kate Meyer | Specner Museum of Art | Emcee |
| Chris Crandall | Psychology | Farmers, Decision-making, Forecasting, Socialpsychology | |||
| Yvonnes Chen | Journalism | Cognitive Neuroscience | |||
| Kim Kimminau | Family Medicine | Patient Engagement, Team Science, Researcher Privilege | |||
| Town Peterson | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | Biodiversity and Rephotography | |||
| Dietrich Earnhart | Economics | Environmental Protection, Inspections, Compliance, Tournament | |||
| 9/29/17 | 42 | Ecologies & Land | Joey Orr | Spencer Museum of Art | Emcee |
| Dan Hirmas | Geography & Atmospheric Science | Climate Change, Soil Hydrology, Critical Zone science | |||
| Bob Hagen | Environmental Studies / Kansas Biological Survey | Outdoor Campus Classroom and Laboratory | |||
| Sara Gregg | History / Environmental Studies | Narrating Landscape, Great Plains Ecology, Keystone Species | |||
| Sharon Billings | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology / Kansas Biological Survey | Roots, Microbes, and The Anthropocene | |||
| Jay Johnson Soren Larsen | Geography & Atmospheric Science Geography (U. of Missouri) | Wakarusa Wetlands, Agency of Place, Co-existence | |||
| 10/27/17 | 43 | Aging & Aging Populations | Tamara Baker | Psychology | Emcee |
| Terry Koenig | Social Welfare | Hoarding, Older Adults, Nonvoluntary Clients, Political Approach | |||
| David Ekerdt | Sociology | Sociology, Possessions, Life Course, Identity | |||
| Darlingtina Atakere | Social Psychology / Gerontology | Elder Care, Eurocentric Modernism, Relationality | |||
| Hui Cai | Architecture | Senior Housing, Cross-Cultural, Cross-Generational | |||
| Kristi Williams | Nursing | Supporting Caregivers with Technology Emcee: | |||
| 12/1/17 | 44 | Community Interaction & Collaboration | Jon Lamb | English | Emcee |
| Ben Sikes | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology / Kansas Biological Survey | Perennial Agriculture, Microbiomes | |||
| Richard Barohn | Neurology | Pain from Nerve Damage: Neuropathy, Comparative Effectiveness Research | |||
| Jane Zhao | Business | Social Media | |||
| Ann Ryan | Monarch Watch | Conservation, Education, Building Capacity | |||
| 2/9/18 | 45 | Representation/Participation | Emily Ryan | The Commons | Emcee |
| Genelle Belmas | Journalism | First Amendment, Free Speech, American Flag | |||
| Tanya Hartman | Visual Art | Refugee, Fluency, Empathy, Courage | |||
| Dave Tell | Communication Studies | Race, Commemoration, and the Digital Humanities | |||
| Kimber Richter | Preventative Medicine & Public Health | Health Care Policy, Behavior Economics, Defaults and Consumer Behavior | |||
| Maria Orive | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | Environmental Change, Clonal Reproduction, Sexual Reproduction, Evolution and Extinction | |||
| 3/2/18 | 46 | People, Land, Power | Jon Lamb | English | Emcee |
| Norman Aker | Visual Art | Borders, Maps, Sovereignty | |||
| Janice Collins | Journalism | Empowerment, Demarginalization, Critical Pedagogy, Storytelling | |||
| Dennis O'Rourke | Anthropology | Ancient DNA, Refugia, Last Glacial Maximum, American Dispersal | |||
| Helen Alexander | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | Rare Plants, Conservation, Vegetation Change | |||
| 4/6/18 | 47 | Fear & Response | Sarah Bishop | Sarah Bishop | Emcee |
| Stacey Vanderhurst | Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | Human Trafficking, Migration, Empowerment | |||
| Paula Fite | Clinical Child Psychology Program | Aggression and Translational Research | |||
| Craig McLaughlin | Aerospace Engineering | Space Surveillance and Satellite Drag | |||
| Shawn Alexander | African and African-American Studies | Klan Violence and the Black Community’s Response | |||
| Ward Lyles | Urban Planning | Compassion, Networks, Climate Change, and Natural Hazards | |||
| 4/27/18 | 48 | Science & Fiction | Joey Orr | Spencer Museum of Art | Emcee |
| Ben Merriman | Public Affairs & Administration | Fiction, Science Fiction, and Social Theory | |||
| Alison Olcott Marshall | Geology | Chemistry, Astrobiology, Paleontology, Life | |||
| Oscar Sanisidro | Biodiversity Institute | Fossil Reconstruction, Compared Anatomy, Shape Study | |||
| Jude Kastens | Kansas Biological Survey | Terrestrial Eco-rhythms in the Anthropocene | |||
| Brandon DeKosky | Chemical Engineering / Pharmaceutical Chemistry | Fossil Reconstruction, Compared Anatomy, Shape Study | |||
| 8/31/18 | 49 | Human, Next | Jon Lamb | English | Emcee |
| Joanna Slusky | Molecular Biosciences | Antibiotic Resistance, Bacterial Evolution | |||
| Suzanne Shontz | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science / Bioengineering | Computer-Assisted Medical Interventions, Medical Implants | |||
| Paul Outka | English | Scientific Racism | |||
| John Bielenberg | Design | Thinking Wrong, Radical Innovation, and Business as Unusual | |||
| Jeffrey Hall | Communication Studies | Mobile Media, Social Media, and Human Relationships | |||
| 9/21/18 | 50 | Activism | Emily Ryan | The Commons | Emcee |
| Katie Batza | Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | Health, AIDS, Politics | |||
| Jean Hall | Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies / Applied Behavioral Science | Affordable Care Act, Medicaid Expansion | |||
| David Farber | History | Democratic Practice, Social Change | |||
| Joshua Miner | Film & Media Studies | Indigenous Activism, Game-based Media, Digital Aesthetics | |||
| 10/4/18 | Bonus | The Future of Work | |||
| Donna Ginther | Economics | ||||
| ChangHwan Kim | Sociology | ||||
| Omri Gillath | Psychology | ||||
| Yong Zhao | Education | ||||
| Jon Brumberg | Speech-Language-Hearing / Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | ||||
| 10/26/18 | 51 | Humans, Environment, Natural Resources | Kate Meyer | Spencer Museum of Art | Emcee |
| Brian Atkinson | Biodiversity Institute | Cretaceous, flowering plants, fossils, fruits, (sub)tropical ecosystems | |||
| Keith Van de Riet | Architecture | Biomimicry, Camouflage, Behavioral Patterns, Regenerative Design | |||
| David Fowle | Geology / Environmental Studies Program | Energy, Mining, Batteries, Recycling | |||
| Matt Burke | Visual Art / Environmental Studies Program | Perennial Thinking, Sculpture, Ecological Art, Ecosphere | |||
| 11/16/18 | 52 | Decision, Randomness, Choice | Emily Ryan | The Commons | Emcee |
| Terry Soo | Mathematics | Interpretation in Law | |||
| Leo Smith | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology / Biodiversity Institute | Fish, Convergence, Evolution, Weaponry, Venom | |||
| Ben Eggleston | Philosophy | Risk, Uncertainty, Expected Utility | |||
| Mazhar Arikan | Business | Airlines, Baggage Fees, Departure Delays, Passenger Behavior | |||
| 3/22/19 | 54 | Research & Policy | Celka Straughn | Spencer Museum of Art | Emcee |
| Alcides Velasquez | Communication Studies | Social media, Political communication, Latinos, Political participation | |||
| Tim Pleskac | Psychology / Cofrin Logan Center for Addiction Research and Treatment | Decision to Shoot, Police, Race Bias | |||
| Alice Bean | Physics and Astronomy | U.S. Department of State, Opportunities for Work in Science and Policy | |||
| David Braaten | Geography & Atmospheric Science / Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets | Climate Change | |||
| 4/12/19 | 53 | Ethics (Rescheduled from February 15) | Emily Ryan | The Commons | Emcee |
| Elizabeth Kronk Warner | Law | Climate Change Adaptation, Indigenous Ecological Knowledge | |||
| Jennifer Raff | Anthropology | Ancient DNA and Ancestors of Indigenous Americans | |||
| Imani Wadud | American Studies | Co-creation, Oral History, Gender, Race | |||
| Nikki Nollen | Preventative Medicine & Public Health | Tobacco Cessation | |||
| Sara Wilson | Mechanical Engineering / Bioengineering | Research Ethics and the National Academies Report | |||
| 4/19/19 | 55 | Knowledge Access & Production | Stacey Vanderhurst | Women Gender, and Sexuality Studies | Emcee |
| Brian Moss | KU Libraries | Educational Technology, Developing Countries | |||
| Emily Riley | Kansas African Studies Center | Moral Philosophy, Wolof, Senegal, Language | |||
| Karrie Shogren | Center on Developmental Disabilities / Special Education | Disability, Self-determination, Participatory research | |||
| Kris Krishtalka | Biodiversity Institute / Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | Quantum worlds; Biological Dark Matter | |||
| Joey Orr | Spencer Museum of Art / Visual Art | Artistic Research; Arts Integration | |||
| 9/6/19 | 56 | Care & Well - Being | Dave Tell | Communication Studies | Emcee |
| Hannah Park | Design/Center for Design Research | Mobile Outreach, Mental Health, Mental Wellness, College Mental Health | |||
| Michael Riquino | Social Welfare | Self-harm, Youth, Mindfulness, Mental Health | |||
| Elaina Sutley | Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering | Disasters, Recovery,Vulnerability, Social Equity | |||
| Jason Raibley | Philosophy | Well-being, Happiness, Autonomy, Agency | |||
| Steve Ilardi | Psychology | Depression, Treatment, Exercise, Nutrition, Sleep, Connection | |||
| 10/18/19 | 57 | Public Scholarship | Tamara Falicov | Film & Media Studies/Center of Latin American and Caribbean Studies | Emcee |
| Robert Hurst | Film & Media Studies | Immigration, Politics, Public Policy, Asylum, Rural America | |||
| Katie Batza // Nicole Reiz | Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies // 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 | |||
| 11/15/19 | 58 | Loss, Adaptation, Climate | Kate Meyer | Spencer Museum of Art | Emcee |
| Megan Kaminski | English | Plant Thinking, Poetics, Healing, Interdependence | |||
| Gina Westergard | Visual Art | Endangered Species, Grief, Memorial, Florida Panther | |||
| Amy Hansen | Civil, Environmental, & Evolutionary Biology/Biodiversity Institute | 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 | |||
| 12/6/19 | 59 | Across Borders | Brian Rosenblum | KU Libraries | Emcee |
| Maki Kaneko | Art History | Japanese American Art, Transpacific, Diaspora | |||
| Araceli Masterson - Algar | Spanish & Portugese | 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 | |||
| 2/7/20 | 60 | Queer Research | Nicholas Syrett | Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | Emcee |
| 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 | Hall Center for the Huamanities / History | Gender, Sexuality, Colonial America, Religious Culture | |||
| Benjamin Rosenthal | Visual Art | Queer Prosthetics, LGBTQ, Queer Art, Art and Technology | |||
| 9/18/20 | 61 | Care & Aging | Emily Ryan | The Commons | Emcee |
| 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 | |||
| 10/9/20 | 62 | Rural / Urban | Dave Tell | Communication Studies / Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities | Emcee |
| 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 | |||
| 10/23/20 | 63 | Gender & Representation | Katie Rhine | Geography & Atmospheric Science / African and African-American Studies | Emcee |
| 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 | Ceramics, Sculpture | |||
| Darci Fulcher | Theatre & Dance | Consensual Creation, Embodied Performance in Film & Theatre | |||
| 10/28/20 | 64 | Disability Studies | Dot Nary | Research and Training Center on Independent Living | |
| 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 | |||
| 3/5/21 | 65 | Blockchain - Opportunities & Applications | Clint Hurshman | Philosophy / Spencer Museum of Art | |
| Edmond Cheung | Business Analytics / KU Blockchain Institute | Technology, Research, Student Organization, Introduction to Blockchain, Education, Student Involvement | |||
| Rhett Phillips | Mechanical Engineering / KU Blockchain Institute/SELF Fellow | Blockchain in Decentralized Energy | |||
| Syed Abumusab | Philosophy | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial industry, Fiat currencies | |||
| Fernando Machado-Stredel | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology / KU Biodiversity Institute | Biodiversity Informatics, Museums, Scientific Collections, Taxonomy | |||
| Kati Ballentine | Business Marketing / French & Italian Studies / KU Blockchain Institute | Use Cases with Blockchain, Supply Chain Uses, Voting, Marketing | |||