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Political Science

Dr. James W. Stoutenborough

Assistant Professor of Political Science

Dr. Stoutenborough is available for Zoom presentations

 

Specialties:

  • American Politics and Policy
  • Environmental Politics and Policy
  • Energy Politics and Policy
  • US State Politics and Policy
  • Quantitative Research Methods
  • Public Opinion & Survey Methodology

Presentations:

Calling Baloney (or BS)! Spotting and Debunking the Improper Use of Big Data and Statistics in the Real World

Believe It or Not, but We are All Environmentalists!

Politics and Film: Identifying Political Themes in Non-Political Movies

 

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Kellee Kirkpatrick

Dr. Kellee J. Kirkpatrick

Assistant Professor of Political Science

Dr. Kirkpatrick is available for Zoom and in-person presentations.

Specialties:

  • American Politics
  • Public Policy
  • Women and Politics
  • Media and Politics
  • Health Policy

Presentations:

Playing Politics: A Simulation of a Day in the Life as a Member of Congress

Presidential Power: What the Constitution Says, What We Expect, What We Get

The Politics of the Scope of Conflict: Why Do We Care About Some Issues and Not Others?

 

 

Dr. Ines Jindra

BASW Program Director/Assistant Professor of Social Work

Dr. Jindra is available for Zoom and in-person presentations.

Specialties:

  • Narrative Biographical Interviews
  • Homelessness and Poverty
  • Faith-Based Organizations
  • Religion
  • Spirituality

Presentation:

Homelessness: What contributes to homelessness in the United States?

Dr. Darci M. Graves

Assistant Professor, Director of Gender and Sexuality Studies, Co-Director of the Master of Social Work Program

Dr. Graves is available for Zoom and in-person presentations.

Specialties:

  • Anti-poverty Social Work Practice
  • Social Policies on Poverty and Homelessness
  • U.S. Gun Culture
  • Qualitative and Arts-Informed Research Methods

Dr. Fredi Geisler

MSW Program Director/Assistant Professor of Social Work

Dr.  Geisler is available for Zoom presentations.

 

Specialties:

  • Mental Wellness and Flourishing in College
  • What Does a Social Worker Do?
  • Advocating for Vulnerable Citizens

Dr. James Skidmore

Associate Professor of Philosophy; Department Vice Chair; Director of Philosophy

Dr. Skidmore is available for Zoom and in-person presentations.

Specialties:

  • Ethical Theory
  • Applied Ethics
  • Political Philosophy
  • Philosophy of Law
Professor & Director, James M. & Sharon E. Rupp Debate Society Sarah Partlow Lefevre.

Dr. Sarah Partlow Lefevre

Professor & Director, James M. & Sharon E. Rupp Debate Society

Dr. Partlow Lefevre is available for Zoom and in-person presentations.

Specialties: 

  • Research Skills and Using Evidence
  • Argumentation & Civic Participation
  • Debate Drills

Presentations:

How to Not Waste Your Time on the Internet

Putting the Civility in Civil Discourse

You’ve Gotta Train like a Tiger to Break like a Bengal!

Dr. Marie Stango

Assistant Professor - 18th- and 19th-Century U.S.; Women, Gender, and Sexuality; African American and African Diaspora studies

Dr. Stango is available for Zoom and in-person presentations.

Specialties:

  • Slavery & Emancipation
  • 19th Century Atlantic World
  • US History

 

Presentations: 

Antislavery, Abolition, and Colonization: or, Why the United States had a Colony in West Africa

The Age of American Revolutions

Women's Suffrage in the United States

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Dr. Donna Lybecker

Professor of International Relations, Environmental Politics, and Comparative Politics

Dr. Lybecker is available for Zoom and in-person presentations.

Presentation:

Borders: People and Politics