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Department of Applied Communication Studies Welcomes Visiting Scholar

Department of Applied Communication Studies Welcomes Visiting Scholar

The SIUE Department of Applied Communication Studies is hosting Guosong Shao, PhD, associate dean of the College of Media and Communication at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, as a visiting scholar this school year.

Ragsdale Joins International Committee to Study Human Migration

Ragsdale Joins International Committee to Study Human Migration

When Corey Ragsdale, PhD, assistant professor in the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Department of Anthropology, learned about the newly developed Coalition for Archaeological Synthesis (CfAS) on human migration, he jumped at the chance to participate.

O’Brien Presents 2019 Going Lecture

O’Brien Presents 2019 Going Lecture

Jerry O’Brien, PhD, professor of social work, presented a thought-provoking look into the history of eugenics and how it relates to current and future genetic research and the social model of disability during the annual William and Margaret Going Endowed Professorship public lecture held on Nov. 12.

Making the Impossible Possible with Dr. Edward Ackad

Making the Impossible Possible with Dr. Edward Ackad

3-D printed Cytochrome P450
Venture down the stairs to the basement of Science East and you might bump into Dr. Edward Ackad, associate professor in the Department of Physics. Outside of teaching quantum mechanics, Ackad researches computational nanophotonics and biophysics. What is that, you might wonder? A quick search online will not turn up a whole […]

Women in Geospatial Technology Summit Co-hosted by Dr. Susan Hume

Women in Geospatial Technology Summit Co-hosted by Dr. Susan Hume

Over a hundred women gathered at the T-REX Innovation Conference Center in St. Louis, Missouri on June 27, 2019 for the St. Louis Regional Women in Geospatial Technology Summit.  The event was co-organized by SIUE Professor and Chair of the Department of Geography, Dr. Susan Hume and Mollie Webb, GIS Programmer/Instructor at Washington University and […]

Dr. Alicia Alexander Honored by Governor JB Pritzker

Dr. Alicia Alexander Honored by Governor JB Pritzker

“Support the Girls helps give women their dignity.”–Dr. Alicia Alexander
Governor JB Pritzker recently hosted a Women’s History Month celebration at the Capitol. The celebration honored the work of women leaders across the state. Among the state’s important leaders, Pritzker honored Dr. Alicia Alexander, professor in the Department of Applied Communication Studies at Southern Illinois University […]

Fulbright Specialist Mark Hildebrandt & Air Quality Monitoring

Fulbright Specialist Mark Hildebrandt & Air Quality Monitoring

“I want students to be able to look at data in real time to address ways in which to interact with each other–to do analyses so that they can begin to address climate change together.”–Dr. Mark Hildebrandt
Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Dr. Mark Hildebrandt, was recently hosted by […]

Confronting Black Terror with Dr. Tisha M. Brooks

Confronting Black Terror with Dr. Tisha M. Brooks

“To travel is to confront terror.”–Dr. Tisha M. Brooks
Assistant Professor of English, Dr. Tisha M. Brooks, recently gave a lecture as part of the Black Studies Lecture Series. The topic of her lecture was black mobility and terror in Jordan Peele’s film “Get Out.” An American satirical horror released in 2017, the film is about […]

Global Music Awards Winner, Marta Simidtchieva

Global Music Awards Winner, Marta Simidtchieva

“I am trying to establish a new curriculum that can incorporate something interesting while maintaining all of the features that students classically learn from.”–Dr. Marta Simidtchieva

Professor of Cello at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Dr. Marta Simidtchieva recently released a collection of Bulgarian compositions, winning a silver medal through the well-known international music competition, Global Music […]

Dr. Mark A. Poepsel's New Course on Communicating Science

Dr. Mark A. Poepsel’s New Course on Communicating Science

“A big part of our job as Mass Communications faculty at SIUE is to prepare students to communicate with one part of the public on behalf of another part, and in this case, it’s about science. The question is how do we better prepare students to do this?”—Dr. Mark A. Poepsel

Assistant Professor in the Department […]

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