Archive of presenters to UMARC:

• Identity in Online Social Context: Mapping Community Connections Surrounding R/Bisexuality on Reddit, James Cook, Associate Professor of Sociology, November 14, 2024

• Conceptual Neighborhoods – A Future Step for Spatio-temporal Decision Support Systems, Matt Dube, Associate Professor of Data Science, October 17, 2024

• The effects of human interaction on Canada jay (Perisoreus canadensis) behavior and nest predation, Jennifer Long and Marielle Postava-Davignon, Assistant Professors of Biology, September 24, 2024

• Pivot for Funding and Professional Development, Veronica Nargi, UMA Learning Experience Design Librarian, April 22, 2024

• Engaged learning during distraction: A case study of successful working moms in distance education, Anne Fensie, UMA Lecturer II, Teri St. Pierre, UMPI Director of Early College Education, and Jennifer Jain, UM Interdisciplinary Doctoral Student, February 29, 2024

Archive of presenters to the Research and Pedagogy Colloquium Series:

2017-2018:

• “Not in My Backyard!” — Human Trafficking in Maine: Jessica Sidelinger, first-year Justice Studies student; Sharon Sawyer, Assistant Professor of Justice Studies

• The Experience of Homelessness in Hawai’i: Krissy Gleason, Visiting Professor of Community Psychology

• The Case for Graph-Partitioning Algorithms as an Additional Redistricting Constraint for State and/or Federal Legislative Districts: Matt Dube, Assistant Professor of Computer Information Systems

2016-2017:

• Worming Around with Cognitive Enhancers (and Human Aging Implications): Amber Howard, Assistant Professor of Biology

• An Objective Mathematical Approach to the Identification of Potential Gerrymanders: Matt Dube, Assistant Professor of Computer Information Systems

• All Cannabis is Medicinal: Understanding the Body’s Endocannabinoid System and how ‘Marijuana’ Heals: Carey Clark, Associate Professor of Nursing

• Third Woman, Third Wheel: Gender and Translation in Natalie Clifford Barney’s Women Lovers, or The Third Woman: Chelsea Ray, Associate Professor of French and Comparative Literature

• Enhancing Pedagogy and Research with Pre-attentive Attributes: Matt Dube, Assistant Professor of Computer Information Systems

• Book Talk: Finally, A Song from Silence: Kati Corlew, Assistant Professor of Psychology

• Supreme Court Preview and Review: Jim Melcher, Professor of Political Science, University of Maine at Farmington

• Psychology of Climate Change: Kati Corlew, Assistant Professor of Psychology

• Strategies to Improve Student Participation in Online Discussions: Tim Surrette, Assistant Professor of Education

• Alligators in the Parlor: Visual Technologies, Circulation, and Disruption: Elizabeth Powers, Assistant Professor of English

• Cross-border Parental Abduction and The Problem of Domestic Violence: Sharon Sawyer, Assistant Professor of Justice Studies

2015-2016:

• Faculty Panel: Research Across the Disciplines II: Timothy Surrette, Amber Howard, and Sharon McMahon-Sawyer

• Interdisciplinary Therapies: Kati Corlew, Jen Mascaro, Ellen Taylor, and Tamara Hunt

• Disaster, Climate Change, Food, Ecology and Dystopia: Kati Corlew, Sandra Haggard, Colleen Coffey, and Sarah Hentges

• History, Rhetoric, and Texts: Rob Kellerman, Tom McCord, and Elizabeth Powers

• Yoga: Theory, Practice, Application, and Expression: Carey Clark, Nicole Caruso, Kati Corlew, and Sarah Hentges

• Compute This: Math, Science, Complexity and Art: Lester French, Larry Whitsel, Rick Nelson, and Lynn Twitchell

• Wham, Bang, Pow! Graphic Novels and Intersectionality: Lisa Botshon, Peter Precourt, and Kati Corle

• Examination of Interdisciplinary Disciplines Sarah Hentges

• Social Science Panel on Interdisciplinarity: Kati Corlew, Ken Elliot, Lorien Lake-Corral and Charles Waugh

• Faculty Panel: Research Across the Disciplines I; Lisa Botshon, Professor of English; Rosie Curtis, Lecturer in Architecture; James Cook, Assistant Professor of Social Science; Peter Milligan, Professor of Biology; Carey Clark, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Moderator

• Humanities Panel on Interdisciplinarity: Sarah Hentges, Jeff Sychterz, Kay Retzlaff, Rob Kellerman, and Ellen Taylor

• High and Low: Steel Sheds, Steel Towers and the Rise of Modernism: Amy Hinkley, Assistant Professor of Architecture; Eric Stark, Associate Professor of Architecture

• Online Education in the Year 2030: A Look Forward: James Cook, Assistant Professor of Social Science

• Assessing Information Literacy: Looking Back and Moving Forward; Jodi Williams, Associate Professor of Information & Library Services; Ben Treat, Director of Library Services; Hirosuke Honda, Director of Assessment

• How Many People Are You? Shaping Your Day for Success: Steve Moro and Jon Potter, Adjunct Faculty in Communication

• Housing Discrimination in Maine: Audit Studies and the Importance of Social Research to Social Justice: Jill Hunter, Pine Tree Legal Assistance

2014-2015

• Tales for the Trustee Professorship and Sabbatical: Social Practice, Studio Practice, the Collaborative Process and the Gift of Time: Peter Precourt, Associate Professor of Art

• Let’s Talk Turkey: Peter Milligan, Associate Professor of Biology

• Teaching and Living Internationally: Chelsea Ray, Assistant Professor of French and Comparative Literature

• Open Maine: Making Politics Social: James Cook, Assistant Professor of Social Science

• Separating Words From Thought: Spoken and Written English, Varied Perspectives — A Roundtable Discussion: Michelle Lisi, Director of University College Virtual Academic Writing Lab and Tutoring (VAWLT) Project

• The Cultural Impacts of Climate Change: Dr. Kati Corlew, Assistant Professor of Social Science

• Why Americans are Not Bilingual: Yarissa Ortiz-Vidal, Adjunct Professor of Spanish

• To Stay Here and Die Here For My Country: Climate Change in Tuvalu: Dr. Kati Corlew,

• Adult Development and Higher Education: The Unstated Curriculum: Chip Curry, Student

• Women and Fitness in American Culture: Sarah Hentges, Assistant Professor of American Studies

• The Price of Complacency and the Strength of Will: John G. Shattuck, Adjunct Professor of Mental Health and Human Services

• Teaching and Living Internationally: Tom Giordano, Ellen Taylor, Lisa Botshon, Mary Lewis Davitt, and Chelsea Ray

2013-2014

• Sci-Fi Live: From William Gibson to Ray Kurzweil: Mojca Krevel, Professor of English, University of Ljubljana

• We Can Get There From Here: Designing Online Interaction: Mina Matthews and B.J. Kitchin, University College E-Learning Specialists

• Women and Fitness in American Culture: Assistant Professor of American Studies Sarah Hentges

• Why Americans are Not Bilingual: Yarissa Ortiz-Vidal, Adjunct Professor of Spanish

• The State of Academic Integrity at UMA: Laura Rodas, Coordinator of Community Standards and Mediation

• Poetry, the Iraq War, and the Legacy of Trauma: Jeff Sychterz, Assistant Professor of English

• Orientalism: West Meets the Middle East: David Farmer, Adjunct Professor of Art

• Six Great Ideas in Computer Science: Mark Goodridge, Adjunct Professor of Computer Science

• Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies: What’s in a Name?: Sarah Hentges, Kay Retzlaff, and Jeff Sychterz

• She Blinded Me with Science! The Case for Information Literacy in Our Classrooms: Assistant Professor of Information and Library Services Vincent Livoti

• Roundtable Discussion: Putting Ideas into Action — Civic Engagement: Val Marsh, Coordinator of Civic Engagement

• Roundtable Discussion: Distance Education: The Challenges and Triumphs: B.J. Kitchin, eLearning Specialist II

• Showtime! Using Drama, Speech, and Debate in the Workplace: Adjunct Professors Steve Moro and Jon Potter

2012-2013

• French in Maine: A Community-Based Approach: Assistant Professor of French and Comparative Literature Chelsea Ray

• Presidential Mini-Grant Research: a Student Symposium: Assistant Professor of Mental Health and Human Services Terry Adams

• Alcohol, War, and Automobiles: Constructing Masculinity and Navigating Power in Mad Men: Assistant Professor of English Jeff Sychterz and Adjunct Instructor of Interpersonal

• The Psychoneuroimmunology of Mind-Body Healing: Assistant Professor of Nursing Carey Clark

• Optimism, Pessimism and Locus of Control: How Do They Affect Your Academics?: Professor of Psychology Charlie Grunder

• Mouths and Minds Wide Open: The State of Maine & Oral Cancer: Assistant Professor of Dental Health Danielle Furgeson and Clinical Teacher Nancy Foster

• Housing Discrimination and Fair Housing Tests in Maine: Elyse Apantaku, Pine Tree Legal Foundation

• Should Caffeine Be Limited to Adults Only?: Assistant Professor of Mental Health and Human Services Kim Lane

• Science Denial, a Threatening Social Phenomenon: Reality and Response: Adjunct Professor Philip Gerard

• A 15th-Century Life of St. Cuthbert: or, Why Read Medieval Saints’ Lives?: Associate Professor of English Robert Kellerman

• From Shebeens to the Governorship: How the Irish ‘Made It’ in Belfast, Maine: Associate Professor of English Kay Retzlaff

• Matters in Maine: Measuring Individual Health, Well-Being, and Life Satisfaction: Assistant Professor of Social Science Catherine Turcotte

• Nurses’ Experiences of the Practice of the Peerspirit Circle Model from a Gadamerian Philosophical Hermeneutic Perspective: Assistant Professor of Nursing Kristen Lombard

• Wild Blue Yonder: How Bangor, Maine, Decided to Reinvent a Neighborhood, an Air Base, and its Downtown: Lecturer in Liberal Studies Tom McCord

• Culturally-Appropriate Care: What The Youth are Saying: Adjunct Professor Kathleen Fox

• Carol Dweck’s Mindsets: A Workshop for Faculty and Students on Expanding our Potential: Associate Professor of Mathematics Christine LeGore

• American Fitness from Jane Fonda to Wii Fit: Critical and Creative Explorations of Women, Exercise, and Transformation: Assistant Professor of American Studies Sarah Hentges

• Publics and Places: An Architecture of Democracy: Associate Professor of Philosophy Greg Fahy