Drs. Kaitlyn Selman and Justin Turner will deliver their talk, Razing the “House of Screams:” Teaching, Learning, and Living the Reparations Won Curriculum, as part of the African American Studies Fall Speaker Series. Selman and Turner will critically examine the Reparations Won: A Case Study in Police Torture, Racism, and the Movement for Justice in Chicago curriculum.
Topic: Research
Milner Library commemorates Open Access Week with celebration and events
The annual event aims to “inspire global momentum toward the open sharing of knowledge in order to address important social issues,” by drawing attention to the benefits of open access publishing, as well as the progress made and challenges to advancing open access.
Department of Sociology and Anthropology faculty publications and presentations 2023-2024
The Department of Sociology and Anthropology celebrates its faculty’s publications, presentations, and other creative works from 2023-2024.
CAS Distinguished Lecturer: Dr. Jeffrey Wagman
Dr. Jeff Wagman, 2024-25 CAS Distinguished Lecturer, will give his talk, “An Ecological Approach to Perception by Touch (from Head to Toe),” in the Circus Room, Bone Student Center, on Monday, October 21, at 3:30 p.m.
My “stay-bbatical”: sabbatical news from Dr. Gina L. Hunter
Dr. Gina L. Hunter reflects on her research, scholarship, and civic engagement during her sabbatical leave in the spring 2024 semester.
Dr. Anna Smith selected for the Emerald Literati Awards 2024 Outstanding Article award
The School of Teaching and Learning is proud to announce that Associate Professor Dr. Anna Smith’s co-authored article “Tinkering toward teacher learning: A case for critical playful literacies in teacher education” has been selected as the Emerald Literati Awards 2024 Outstanding Article for the journal English Teaching: Practice & Critique.
Junior biology student conducts cancer research at Johns Hopkins Hospital
Surrounded by scrub caps, lab coats, graph charts, and microscopes, Illinois State University junior biological science major Hope Omoniyi spent her summer researching pancreatic cancer at world-renowned Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.
Doctoral student strengthens Latinx community, advocates for Puerto Rican education
More than 3,200 miles away from her home in Puerto Rico, doctoral student Lourdes D. Concepción Cabán found a supportive Latinx community in Normal that she’s spent the past three years strengthening further.
Milner Library to host AI study skills workshop, October 21
Students can use this time with Milner librarians to learn about generative AI and a few specific tools they can use to help manage their time and get started with research projects.
Biology students experience international research through RISE Fellowship Grant
Illinois State University students Grady Jacobson and Charlie Jackson immersed themselves in innovative research in Germany during the summer through the RISE Fellowship program.