Research Unplugged is series of dynamic and informal conversations intended to help students encounter the human side of scholarship and research. Aimed at a multi-disciplinary audience of undergraduate students, faculty use broad brush strokes to explore the narrative behind their research, to articulate the questions which drive them to know, to speak about how knowledge is generated in their field, and to offer what they believe will be their unique contribution.
All conversations begin at 2pm in the UHP offices in Clark Hall. Light refreshments are provided. For more information, or to recommend faculty speakers, contact Aaron Stoller, Assistant Director, University Honors Program.
For Fall 2013, Research Unplugged welcomes the following faculty, staff and students:
- January 25: Dr. William Kimler, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor, History
- February 1: Shreye Saxena, UHP undergraduate student, Computer Engineering
- February 15: Topical conversation on “Income Inequality and Poverty in the US,” with Dr. Steve McDonald (Associate Professor, Sociology and Anthropology), Dr. David Zonderman (Professor, History) and Dr. Paul Williams (Professor, PCOM)
- Feburary 22: Dr. David Haase, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor, Physics
- March 15: Topical conversation on “The Politics of Gender and Sexuality,” with Dr. Heidi Grappendorf (Assistant Director of Leadership/Scholar in Residence at the NCSU Women’s Center), Dr. Karey Harwood (Associate Professor, Philosophy and Religious Studies), Dr. Sinikka Elliot (Assistant Professor, Sociology and Anthropology), and Dr. Maria Pramaggiore (Professor, English)
- March 22: Micah Khater, UHP undergraduate student, History
- April 5: Dr. Lori Foster Thompson, Professor, Industrial Organizational Psychology
- April 12: Brian Gaudio, UHP undergraduate student, Environmental Design in Architecture
- April 19: Dr. John Blondin, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor, Physics
