No matter how near or far you live from campus, our virtual events keep you connected to our community. Tune in live or watch pre-recorded faculty research talks and presentations that will foster your love of life-long learning. Plus, follow and engage with us on social media. We’ll share the latest news from around the Dimple as you share your experiences from around the world. The experiences may be virtual, but the connections are real.
Faculty Research Talks and Virtual Presentations
Past Presentations
Jay Goodman Political Series: 2024 U.S. Presidential Election
Presenter: Ted Nesi ’07, Politics Editor for WPRI-TV and Visiting Professor of English
Abbey Lincoln’s Spiritual Roots
Presenter: Ada McKenzie Thomas, Assistant Professor of English
Invisible Invaders: The Impact of Non-Indigenous Parasites on Global Shellfish Aquaculture
Presenter: Andrew Davinack, Assistant Professor of Biology
Cuisine and Cultural Appropriation: The Case of Palestinian and Israeli Food Tourism
Presenter: Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus, Professor of Religion
Want your child to be a strong reader? Prioritize social-emotional learning
Presenter: Alessandra Ward, Assistant Professor of Education
Resources can be found here
Celebrating Wheaton Women Virtual Panel
Moderated by: Katelyn Brewer ’07
Featuring: Jennifer Chase-Corwin ’97, S’00, Ryann Galloway Tacha ’07, and Caitly Reynoso ’19
Marriage as a Path to Freedom for Enslaved Women in the Early Middle Ages
Presenter: Sarah Christensen, Brown/Wheaton Faculty Fellow, History Department
View the presentation slides
Artificial Intelligence in our world: chatGPT and more…
Presenter: Mark LeBlanc, Chair, Computer Science
Leveraging Collective Doubt for Collaborative Learning
Presenter: Sara Donaldson, Assistant Professor of Education
Damages Denied: The Impact of ERISA’s Statutory Design on Patients’ Access to Health Care
Presenter: Miranda Yaver, Assistant. Professor of Political Science
Effectiveness of Flipped Classroom Format in Quantitative and Non-Quantitative Business Courses – A Meta-Analysis
Presenter: Leanna Lawter, Associate Professor of Business & Management
Healing Dakota: A Story of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Working Dogs
Presenter: Kathy Morgan, Associate Professor of Psychology
Rationing By Inconvenience: The Scope and Impact of Health Coverage Denials in the U.S. (video)
Presenter: Miranda Yaver, Assistant Professor of Political Science
The Sands of Iceland Meet the Snows of Enceladus: The (literal) pit falls of planetary science. (video)
Presenter: Geoff Collins, Professor of Geology and Emily Martin, ’06, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Discussing Chat GPT: Questions and Possibilities for Our Writing Futures (video)
Presenter: Lisa Lebduska, Professor of English, Director of College Writing
View the Questions and Possibilities for our Writing Futures Powerpoint
Writing in Exile: A Medieval’s Mother’s Manifesto (video)
Presenter: Dana M. Polanichka, Associate Professor of History
Learning Behind the Prison Walls: Wheaton’s First Inside-Out Course (video)
Presenter: Karen McCormack, Professor of Sociology and Christina Riggs Romaine, Associate Professor of Psychology
Race Talk During the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election: Emerging Adults’ Critical Consciousness and Racial Identity in Context (video)
Presenter: Ursula Moffitt, Assistant Professor of Psychology
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