Archive for January 30th, 2011

Women's studies takes on social justice issues this spring

Women’s studies takes on social justice issues this spring

The range of topics for events being hosted by the Women Studies program this spring is diverse. With events that cover issues such as masculinity in American films to issues of environmental preservation, Linda Markowitz, director of women’s studies and professor of sociology and criminal justice studies, and other women’s studies faculty plan to educate […]

Hildebrandt, LaFond study Southwestern Illinois dialects

Hildebrandt, LaFond study Southwestern Illinois dialects

There are very few studies conducted in Southwestern Illinois when it comes to dialects. Professors at SIUE are changing that. Kristine Hildebrandt, assistant professor of English language and literature, and Larry LaFond, associate dean of SIUE’s College of Arts and Sciences and associate professor of English language and literature, are tackling the dialects with the help of undergraduate […]

Hsin-hsin Huang, assistant professor of social work, and Kristina Schiber, social work graduate student, role play a typical simulated client lab scenario.

Learning comes alive in simulated client labs

SIUE’s Department of Social Work may be one of the only social work departments in the country that offers students an opportunity to gain practical experience via simulated client labs, according to Larry Kreuger, department chair and professor of social work.
Hsin-hsin Huang, assistant professor of social work, and Kristina Schiber, social work graduate student, role […]

Poetry reading brings crowd to Morris University Center's bookstore

Poetry reading brings crowd to Morris University Center’s bookstore

Adrian Matejka, assistant professor of English language and literature, read poems from his collections in the Morris University Center bookstore Thursday, Jan. 27.  He read several poems from a collection entitled Mixology. He also read from a collection of poems about Jack Johnson, the first African-American heavyweight champion in 1908, 17 years after the Plessey […]

Grocery job helped science librarian find her way here

Grocery job helped science librarian find her way here

“I was working at a grocery store and realized that I liked public service, but I really didn’t care for selling lottery tickets,” said new Sciences and Health Sciences Librarian Jamie Conklin. “I thought about what I liked doing where I could also work with the public. I figured I liked reading, I liked information, […]

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