Feb 13, 2008
Physical Geography of the Mississippi River System:
Big River Meets Bigger Glacier and Some Pesky Humans
Michael Konen, Ph.D., Iowa State University
Associate Professor, NIU Department of Geography
Feb 6, 2008
The Economics of Poor Health and Working
Virginia Wilcox-Gok, Ph.D., Washington University
Associate Professor, NIU Department of Economics
Jan 30, 2008
The Social and Economic Consequences of Globalization in Northern Illinois
Robert Gleeson, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University
Associate Director, NIU Regional Development Institute
Director, Center for Government Studies
Jan 23, 2008
An Anthropological and Local View of Our Midwestern Food System
Kendall Thu, Ph.D., University of Iowa
Associate Professor, NIU Department of Anthropology
Jody and Beth Osmund, Cedar Valley Sustainable Farm
Nov 7, 2007
Choosing a Pope: A Board Game Simulating Papal Elections
Stephen Haliczer, Ph.D.
Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus ,NIU Department of History
Oct 31, 2007
The Life of Early Medieval Women: From the Silence of the Sources
Valerie Garver, Ph.D
Assistant Professor, NIU Department of History
Oct 24, 2007
The Sources and National Security Implications of America’s Dependency on Foreign Oil
Christopher Jones, Ph.D.,
Chair and Associate Professor, NIU Department of Political Science
Oct 17, 2007
Financing and Delivery of Health Care for Seniors
James Ciesla, Ph.D.
Associate Professor,
Oct 10, 2007
Romance and Memory of the Civil War: The Death of ‘Latane’ in Verse and on Canvass
Bradley G,
Associate Dean,
Oct 3, 2007
Aquifers and Ground Water Resources of
Colin J. Booth, Ph.D. The
Professor, NIU Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences
Sept 26, 2007
The Resurgence of Cambodian Buddhism
Judy Ledgerwood, Ph.D. Cornell University
Associate Professor and Chair, NIU Department of Anthropology
Sept 19, 2007
Honey Bee Disease and the National Economy: Why You Never See Honey Bees in Your Garden Any More
Christopher Hubbard, Ph. D.
Associate Professor, NIU Department of Biological Sciences
August 1, 2007
Storytelling for Life
Peggy Sullivan, Ph.D., University of Chicago
Dean & Professor Emeritus, University Libraries & College of Professional Studies
July 25, 2007
Alternative Energy and Power Systems
Donald Zinger, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering
July 18, 2007
The Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project
Drew VandeCreek, Ph.D., University of Virginia
Director of Digital Projects, Founders Memorial Library
July 11, 2007
Double Standard, A Double Life, and the Double Helix: A Brief history of Women in Science
Lesley Rigg, Ph.D. University of Melbourne
Associate Professor, Department of Geography & Department of Biological Sciences
May 2
Language Diversity & Our Schools:
The Impact of Immigration on Teaching & Learning
Rick Orem, Ed.D., University of Georgia
Professor, NIU Department of Literacy Education
April 25
American Sign Language: The Language of Deaf Americans?
Nancy Castle, Ph.D., Northern Illinois University
Professor, NIU Department of Communicative Disorders
April 18
Challenges in the Global War on Terrorism
Christopher Jones, Ph.D., Syracuse University
Chair & Associate Professor, NIU Department of Political Science
April 11
Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang: James Bond and Cultural Politics
Christoph Lindner, Ph.D., University of Edinburgh
Assistant Professor, NIU Department of English
April 4
Native Soil: A History of the DeKalb County Farm Bureau
Eric Mogren, J.D., University of Colorado; Ph.D., University of Michigan
Associate Professor, NIU Department of History
March 28
Report From the Ends of the Earth: Drilling in the Antarctic
Ross Powell, Ph.D., Ohio State University
Professor, NIU Department of Geology & Environmental Geosciences
March 21
Elections & Voting: Report From the Frontlines
Sharon Holmes
DeKalb County Clerk & Recorder
March 14
Anti-Immigration Municipal Codes: A Fractured Legal Template
Guadalupe Luna, J.D., University of Minnesota
Professor, NIU College of Law
February 7, 2006
Contemporary Cuba
Sarah Blue, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, NIU Center for Latino and Latin American Studies
January 31, 2006
Origins of Monumental Architecture: Hawaii in the 13th Century
Michael Kolb, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Associate Professor, NIU Department of Anthropology
January 24, 2006
Hidden Faults Beneath Our Feet:
Illinois Earthquakes Past, Present and Future
Phil Carpenter, Ph.D., New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Professor, NIU Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences
January 17, 2006
The 2006 Congressional Elections Revisited
Matthew Streb, Ph.D., Indiana University
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Assistant Professor, NIU Department of Political Science
November 8, 2006
How Is the Constitution Relevant to Political Disagreement?
Three Cases: Immigration, the Iraq War and the Marriage Amendment
Gary Glenn, Ph.D., University of Chicago
Presedential Teaching Professor, Department of Political Science
November 1, 2006
Intersections of State and Federal Political Affairs
Kathryn Buettner, M.P.A., Northern Illinois University
Vice President and Executive Director, External Affairs and Economic Development
October 25, 2006
Soil Carbon, Agricultural Land-Use, and Global Change Relationships
Michael Konen, Ph.D., Iowa State University
Associate Professor, Department of Geography
October 18, 2006
Why Does Our Landscape Look So Monotonous?
Ann Sorensen, Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley
Director, Center for Agriculture in the Environment
October 11, 2006
Ancient Greek Influence on the American Founding Fathers
George Kourvetaris, Ph.D., Northwestern University
Professor, Department of Sociology
October 4, 2006
The Politics of Marbury v. Madison and the Lasting Legacy of Judicial Review
Artemus Ward, Ph.D., Maxwell School of Citizenship, Syracuse University
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
September 27, 2006
Huskie Core Values: Delivering a “World Class” Student-Athlete Experience
Carol Owens, Head Coach
Northern Illinois University Women’s Basketball
September 20, 2006
The World of Independent Filmmaking Up Close and Personal
Laura Vazquez, Ph.D., Northwestern University
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication
February 15, 2006
“Making Music History Style!”
E. Taylor Atkins, Sean Farrell, Jason Hawke, Beatrix Hoffman, Eric Jones, James Schmidt
Department of History, Professorial Band
February 8, 2006
“Barbarism Exposed: Journalism and Mormonism in the Late 1800s”
Walter Atkinson, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Department of Communication
February 1, 2006
“Pollution Under Your Feet: How Groundwater and Soil Influence Contamination”
Melissa Lenczewski, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences
January 25, 2006
“Autobiographical Memory”
John. Skowronski, Ph.D., Professor
Department of Psychology
November 9, 2005
“Government Information Policy: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly”
Earl Shumaker, M.S., Louisiana State University
Associate Professor and Head, Government Publications Department
Coordinator of the Branch Library System, University Libraries
November 2, 2005
“Of Windmills and Warriors: Spanish Politics and Character Through the Eyes of Don Quixote”
Carl Atlee, Ph.D., University of Arizona
Assistant Professor, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
October 26, 2005
“’I Have Created a Monster’: Genetic Explanations for Halloween’s Legendary Creatures”
Rick Johns, Ph.D., University of Oregon
Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
October 19, 2005
“First Amendment Center and Freedom of Information”
David Bennett, Executive Director, Illinois Press Association
Beth Bennett, Director of Legislative Affairs, Ilinois Press Association
October12, 2005
“Behind the China Gate: Teaching and Living in Contemporary China”
Kenton Clymer, Ph.D., University of Michigan
Chair, Department of History
October 5, 2005
“‘Acuity’: A Memory Enhancement Game for Seniors”
Alan Robinson, Ed.D., Northern Illinois University
Director, Outreach, College of Health and Human Sciences
September 28, 2005
“Critiquing a Presidential Speech”
Ferald Bryan, Ph.D., University of Missouri
Associate Professor, Department of Communication
September 21, 2005
“Using 4-D Confocal Microscopy to Study the Effect of Load on How Cells Build Skin, Cornea, Tendon and Bone”
Barbara Johnson-Wint, Ph.D., Michigan State University
Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
July 27, 2005
“From Polytheism to Monotheism in Ancient Greece”
Sharon Sytsma, Ph.D., Loyola University
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy
July 20, 2005
“For the Love of the Bard”
William Baker, Ph.D., University of London
Professor, Department of English, University Libraires
July 13, 2005
“An Open Forum with Mayor Frank VanBuer: The Past, Present, and Future of DeKalb, Illinois “
Frank VanBuer, Ph.D., University of Illinois
Mayor, City of DeKalb, Illinois
July 6, 2005
“Before the Land of Lincoln: Taming the Wild Prairie”
Drew VandeCreek, Ph.D., University of Virginia
Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project, and
Northern Illinois University Libraries Digitization Unit
May 11, 2005
“The NIU Forensics Team”
Judith Santacaterina
Director of Individual Events, NIU Forensics, Department of Communication
Advisor, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
May 4, 2005
“Heroines, Harlets, and Homebodies: Women in Popular Literature Collections at NIU”
Lynne Thomas, MLS, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana
Head of Rare Books and Special Collections, Founders Memorial Library
April 27, 2005
“The Changing Demographics of Northeastern Illinois”
Ruth Ann Tobias, ABD, Nothern Illinois University
Senior Research Associate, NIUCenter for Governmental Studies
April 20, 2005
“Albert Einstein and the World of Physics 2005”
David Hedin, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Physics
Patricia Sievert, Outreach Coordinator, Department of Physics
April 13, 2005
“The New Vietnam”
Clark Neher, Ph.D., University of California-Los Angeles
Adjunct Professor, Department of Political Science
Distinguished Presidential Teaching Professor
April 6, 2005
“Using Personal Resources to Keep in Charge of Your Life!”
Judith Hertz, Ph. D., RN, University of Texas-Austin
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
2002-2004 John A. Hartford Foundation Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity Post Doctoral Scholar
March 30, 2005
“Paul Douglas and Post World War II Liberalism”
Roger Biles, Ph.D., University of Illinois-Chicago
Visiting Professor, East Carolina University
Department of History
March 23, 2005
“John Gray is from Mars: Popular Advice vs. Gender Communication Research”
Lois Self, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Chair, Associate Professor, Department of Communication
February 9, 2005
“The Poetry of Love”
Stephen Franklin, Ph.D., Northern Illinois University
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of English
Feburary 2, 2005
“Treasures of Mexico”
Michael Gonzales, Ph. D., University of California-Berkley
Director, Center for Latino and Latin American Studies
Presidential Research Professor, Department of History
January 26, 2005
“NIU Center for Burma Studies”
Catherine Raymond, Ph. D., La Sorbonne, Paris, France
Director, Center for Burma Studies
January 19, 2005
“Lost in Translation? Issues in Translating American, German, and French Films”
Katharina Barbe, Ph.D., Rice University
Associate Professor, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
November 11, 2004
“The 2004 Presidential and Congressional Elections”
Gary Glenn, Ph.D., University of Chicago
Presidential Teaching Professor, Professor, Department of Political Science
November 3, 2004
“Life in a Mega-Science Experiment”
Gerald C. Blazey, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Co-Director, Northern Illinois Center for Accelerator and Detector Development
Distinguished Research Professor, Associate Professor, Department of Physics
October 27, 2004
“Perceptions and Misperceptions of Egypt and the Arab World”
Hanan Hegazi, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
Visiting Scholar, Women’s Studies
October 20, 2004
“The Acoustics of Music”
Thomas Rossing, Ph.D., Iowa State University
Distinguished Research Professor, Professor, Department of Physics
October 13, 2004
“Film and Literature”
Robert Self, Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Professor, Department of English
October 6, 2004
“NIU Huskies Basketball”
Rob Judson, NIU Head Men’s Basketball Coach
September 29, 2004
“The History of Medicare”
Beatrix Hoffman, Ph.D., Rutgers University
Associate Professor, Department of History
September 22, 2004
“NIU Regional History Center”
Glen Gildemeister, Ph.D., Northern Illinois University
Director, NIU Regional History Center, University Archivist
July 28, 2004
“NIU Huskies Football”
Joe Novak, NIU Head Football Coach, NIU Athletics
July 21, 2004
“The History of Blues Music as an Expression of Black Culture”
Brian Thornton, Ph.D., Department of Communication
July 14, 2004
“The Red Planet’s River Valleys”
Wei Luo, Ph.D., Department of Geography
May 5, 2004
“Four Arguments in the Intelligent Design Debate”
Larry Arnhart, Ph.D., Department of Political Science
April 28, 2004
“Henry D. Thoreau at NIU”
Elizabeth Hall Witherell, Ph.D., Editor-in-Chief, The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau Project, University Libraries
April 21, 2004
“NIU’s Anthropology Museum”
Ann Wright-Parsons, M.A., Director, Anthropology Museum, Department of Anthropology
April 14, 2004
“Immigration, Religion, Gender, Marriage, and Sex in Early America”
Aaron Fogleman, Ph.D., Department of History
April 7, 2004
“Do Good Looks Win Votes?”
James N. Schubert, Ph.D., Department of Political Science
March 31, 2004
“The Prairie Parkway Project”
John Lewis, Ph.D., Center for Governmental Studies
March 24, 2004
“NIU’s Center for Black Studies”
LaVerne Gyant, Ed.D., Director, Center for Black Studies
March 17, 2004
“As She Likes It: Shakespeare’s Surprising Women”
Alexandra Bennett, Ph.D., Department of English
February 4, 2004
“The Arab Israeli Conflict”
Tomis Kapitan, Ph.D., Department of Philosophy
January 28, 2004
“The Case of Michael Moore: Politics Enters Entertainment”
Jeffrey Chown, Ph.D., Department of Communication
January 21, 2004
“Sports and Race”
Stanley Arnold, Ph.D., Department of History
November 5, 2003
“Blue Nippon: Authenticating Jazz in Japan”
E. Taylor Atkins, Ph.D., Department of History
October 29, 2003
“DNA Analysis and Genetic Engineering”
Patricia S. Vary, Ph.D., Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
October 22, 2003
“Reading the Family Dance”
John V. Knapp, Ph.D., Department of English
October 15, 2003
“Modern Unitarianism: Heresy Trials, Historical Amnesia, and the American Religious Milieu”
Jerome D. Bowers II, Ph.D., Coordinator, History and Social Sciences Secondary Teacher Certification, Department of History
October 8, 2003
“Wet Dogs and Gushing Oranges: Winespeak for a New Millennium”
Sean N. Shesgreen, Ph.D., Distinguished Research Professor, Department of English
October 1, 2003
“Print and Broadcast Media in the Middle East”
Orayb Najjar, Ph.D., Department of Communication