Diversity in Action: Bridging Research and Practice

Reflections in the Water: Kiowa Stories, Geographies, and New Traditions in the Ever-Changing World

Mark H. Palmer, assistant professor, Dept. of Geography

The world is becoming increasingly multicultural by the day and the University of Missouri is no exception. We, at institutions of higher education around the world, have the unique responsibility and opportunity to contribute to a better understanding of the complexity of human experiences and integrate our academic research with the world of policy and action. This series of research-based seminars is designed to inform and engage scholars, students, and practitioners of diversity-related research at Mizzou.

The seminars' format typically consists of a 40-minute presentation and a 20-minute Q&A session. The Q&A sessions offer presenters and participants an opportunity to exchange ideas which we hope will stimulate new research directions and identify practical applications.

Fall Semester 2009 Series

• Universal Values? Not According to the Facts!
  Peter M. Gardner, professor emeritus, Dept. of Anthropology,
  Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2009
  Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
  Location: Memorial Union, S206
• Reassessing Madison’s Diversity Hypothesis: The Case of Same-Sex Marriage
  Sean C. Nicholson-Crotty, associate professor, Dept. of Political Science,
  Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2009
  Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
  Location: Memorial Union, S206
• What Does Math Have To Do with a Community Divided? A Case Study
  Robin Mabry Hubbard, doctoral candidate, Dept. of Rural Sociology,
  Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2009
  Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
  Location: Memorial Union, S206
• Reflections in the Water: Kiowa Stories, Geographies, and New Traditions in the Ever-Changing World
  Mark H. Palmer, assistant professor, Dept. of Geography
  Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2009
  Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
  Location: Memorial Union, S206

Spring Semester 2010 Series

• Title: TBD (topic: social equality, digital divide)
  Colleen Heflin, assistant professor, Harry S. Truman School of Public Affairs
  Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2010
  Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
  Location: Memorial Union, S206
• Title: TBD (topic: Japanese religions)
  Edward Drott (TENTATIVE), assistant professor, Dept. of Religious Studies
  Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2010
  Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
  Location: Memorial Union, S206
• Title: TBD (topic: law & African Americans)
  David Mitchell, associate professor, School of Law
  Date: Wednesday, April 14, 2010
  Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
  Location: Memorial Union, S206
• The Experimental Learning Program in Mexico: Culture Family Values, Agriculture & Migration
  Christiane Quinn, coordinator, Cambio Center
  Date: Wednesday, May 5, 2010
  Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
  Location: Memorial Union, S206

Spring Semester 2009 Series

• "Crime, Conventional Wisdom, and the Court: The Judicial System's Response to Selected Offenses involving Enslaved Children"
  Wilma King, Arvarh E Strickland Distinguished professor and interim director, Black Studies Program and Department of History,
  Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2009
  Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
  Location: Memorial Union, S207
  
• Post-Apocalypse, Sci-Fi, and Black Film
  Anand Prahlad, professor, Department of English,
  Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2009
  Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
  Location: Memorial Union, S207
  
• Maternal Intrusiveness during Play with Toddlers and Young Children
  Jean Ispa, professor and co-chair, Department of Human Development and Family Studies,
  Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2009
  Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
  Location: Memorial Union, S207
  
• “Indians Watching Indians on TV”: Representing Native American Spectatorship on Film
  Joanna Hearne, assistant professor, Department of English,
  Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2009
  Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
  Location: Memorial Union, S207
  

Fall Semester 2008 Series

• "White Nationalism"
  Larry Brown, assistant professor, Geography Department,
  Date: Tuesday, September 09, 2008
  Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
  Location: Memorial Union, N234
  
• Gender Role Attitudes: What's Happened Over the Last Two Decades?
  Joan Hermsen, associate professor, Department of Sociology,
  Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2008
  Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
  Location: Memorial Union, S204
  
• Cultural hybridity through Afro-Latin American Religions
  Juanamaria Cordones-Cook, associate professor, Department of Romance Languages and Literature,
  Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2008
  Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
  Location: Memorial Union, S207
  
• West African Women Prophets
  Robert Baum, associate professor, Department of Religious Studies,
  Date: December 10, 2008
  Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
  Location: Memorial Union, S207
  

Winter Semester 2008 Series

• Dr. Stephen C. Jeanetta,
  State Specialist, Community Development
  February 5, 12 noon - 1:30 pm (Memorial Union N208)
• Dr. Rita Cavigioli,
  State Specialist, Community Development
  March 4, 12:30 - 1:30 pm (Memorial Union N208)
• Dr. Karen Sunday Cockrell, Ph.D. and Katie Piacentini, Doctoral Student,,
  Department of Educational, Leadership, and Policy Analysis
  April 2, 12:00 - 1:30 pm (Memorial Union N222/223)
• Dr. Marvin L. Overby Professor
  Political Science
  April 30, 12:00 - 1:30 pm (Memorial Union S203)

Fall Semester 2007 Series

• Dr. Peeter Tammeveski,
  Visiting Assistant Professor - Educational, School, & Counseling Psychology and Women's & Gender Studies
  October 11, 1:15 pm - 2:30 pm (Memorial Union S107)
• Dr. David L. Brunsma,
  Associate Professor of Sociology and Black Studies Department of Sociology, Black Studies Program, Member of Sociologists Without Borders, Race and Ethnicity Section Editor, Sociology Compass
  November 1, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm (Memorial Union N222/223)
• Dr. Michael C. Lambert,
  Millsap Professor and Licensed Psychologist Department of Human Development and Family Studies and Adjunct Professor Department of Psychological Sciences
  December 6, 12:00 - 1:15 pm (Memorial Union S304)

Please contact diversity-at-missouri-dot-edu for more information.