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Bangladesh a year and a half after the Rana Plaza disaster: joint liability and reforming the global garment industry

Prof. John Miller, Econ., discusses safety conditions following the tragic factory building collapse that killed 1139 Bangladeshi garment workers in 2013.

All together now: implementing and evaluating the Writer’s Workshop

Chera LaForge, Asst. Prof. Indiana Univ. East and Adam Irish, Mellon Post-Doc Teaching Fellow presents “…lessons learned from teaching experiments on adapting the Writer’s Workshop…

Context-specific approaches for image caption generation

Rebecca Mason, Brown/Wheaton Faculty Fellow in Math and Computer Science, presents the first Faculty Lunch Talk of Fall 2014 on Tuesday, September 30, 2014 at…

I’m just as German as Kafka: Contemporary authors and issues of inclusion in German literature

Please join Laura Bohn, Visiting Prof. of German as she presents the final Faculty Lunch Talk for Spring on Wed., April 30th at 12:30 pm…

Is this the end of the political world as we know it? Will the Republicans capture the U.S. Senate in the off-year elections?

Is this the end of the political world as we know it? Will the Republicans capture the U.S. Senate in the off-year elections?

Incorporating the Elisabeth Amen Nursery School into Your Curriculum

Looking for an engaging place for your students to conduct observation and research? Marge Werner, Director, Nursery School, presents the next Faculty Lunch Talk. Thurs.,…

Rethinking Primary Charisma: Shamanisms, Jazz Improvisation, and Ava-Guarani Leadership in Eastern Paraguay

Presented by Eric Michael Kelley, Visiting Instructor of Anthropology. All are welcome. Wed., April 2nd at 12:30 pm in PDR.

Obama, Foreign Policy, and the Discourse of Race: An Analysis of Dually Constructed Leadership

Please join us on Thur., March 27th at 12:30 pm in PDR for the next Faculty Lunch Talk. Read more…

Writing Research as Process: Designing Assignments to Enhance Exploration and Critical Thought

Molly McGillicuddy, Visiting Instructor of English discusses “scaffolding” of assignments in a way that validates and emphasizes the process. Thurs., March 20th at 12:30 pm.…

“Reading (and Writing) Toni Morrison’s HOME”

Assoc. Prof. of English Shawn Christian presents the next Faculty Lunch Talk on Tues., March 18th at 12:30 in PDR. All are welcome to attend.…

An Obeast Walks into a Museum:

The Politics of Fat Oppression, Performing the Other and Museum Display in Rachel Herrick’s Museum for Obeast Conservation Studies. Assist. Visiting Prof. of Art History…

A Businesswoman in 16th-Century Catalonia: Hipòlita Roís de Liori and the (Text)tile

Montse Pérez-Toribio, Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies presents her Faculty Lunch Talk on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014 at 12:30 pm in PDR.