Honors Colloquium and Events
The Honors Colloquia are a series of scholarly talks and presentations offered throughout the academic year. They provide a venue for Honors students and faculty to present their research, but also for the Honors program to bring speakers to campus from outside the university community.
Check out our Facebook page to see pictures of all of our events- https://www.facebook.com/pg/TAMUTHonorsProgram/photos/
You can also watch some of our recorded events on our Youtube channel- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiCqUgtlIU1muVtBpThDWLw?view_as=subscriber
2021-2022 Academic Year
(Contact Honors@tamut.edu for login information)
NOTE- All colloquiums are archived on our YouTube channel- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiCqUgtlIU1muVtBpThDWLw
September 16, 12:15-1:00 p.m. UC 217 and via Zoom (https://youtu.be/gRSsTHldY_E)
Dr. David Yells, “The Changing Landscape of Marijuana Laws: Promises and Perils”
Here is Dr. Yells' Powerpoint presentation- Yells- honorscannabis.pptx
September 23, 12:15-1:00 p.m. UC 210 and via Zoom
Dr. Rebeca Cooper, “Valid and Reliable Assessments” (https://youtu.be/CgNvC4T7gA8)
October 26, 12:15-1:00 p.m. UC 217 and via Zoom
Dr. Md. Nizam Uddin, “Atmospheric Water through Nanotechnology: Needs and Future Prospects”
November 9, 12:15-1:00 p.m. UC 217 and via Zoom
Brooklyn Bailey & Dr. Kevin Ells, “How broadcast media spins social media to further push agendas, and the generational biases that follow”
November 11, 12:15-1:00 p.m. UC 217 and via Zoom
Dr. Melinda Arnold, “Rethinking the Reentry Paradigm: A Blueprint for Action”
December 2, 12:00-1:00 p.m. via Zoom
Dr. Ben Neuman, "An update on SARS-CoV-2 variants and vaccines"
2020-2021 Academic Year
(Contact Honors@tamut.edu for login information)
NOTE- All colloquiums are archived on our YouTube channel- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiCqUgtlIU1muVtBpThDWLw
Fall 2020
September 29th via Zoom, 12:00-1:00 pm (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf8p_vkDKpo)
Dr. Kevin Ells, "Signs of Understanding: How American Semiotics Informs Everything from Cognition to Communication"
October 15th via Zoom, 12:00-1:00 pm (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD39yT_psw4)
Dr. Justin Trammell, "The Impact of Advanced Technologies on our Next Generation"
October 22nd via Zoom, 12:00-1:00 pm (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXROaYwkci8)
Dr. Abbie Strunc, “America’s Favorite Three Ring Circus: Electing a President”
November 5th via Zoom, 12:00-1:00 pm (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoDV3BpM8k8)
Dr. David Allard, “The 5 Techniques of Science Denial (FLICC)”
December 3rd via Zoom, 12:00-1:00 pm (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xReZG2DmezQ)
Dr. Ben Neuman, “Fighting SARS with Lasers”
January 28, 12:00-1:00 p.m. (Zoom)
Beverley Webb, Jenny Walker, and Nathan Riley, “The Educational Experiences of Underrepresented Groups”
February 12, 12:00-1:00 p.m. (Zoom)
Dr. Douglas Flowe (Washington University), “Uncontrollable Blackness: African-American Men and Criminality in Jim Crow New York”
(Co-sponsored by the Department of History and Political Science and the President’s Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion)
March 18, 12:00-1:00 p.m. (Zoom)
Dr. Greg Hogan, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
“It’s a TRAP….the Capture of Guest Molecules Within a Hydrogen-Bonded Metal-Organic Framework”
(Co-Sponsored by the Texas Beta Alpha Chapter of the Alpha Chi National Honor Society)
March 25, 7:00-8:30 p.m. (Zoom)
Roundtable Discussion on Substance Abuse in the Ark-La-Tex
April 8, 12:00-1:00 p.m. (Zoom)
Anil Pournouri & Dr. Tom Morrissey, “If 2020 Was a Painting” (Honors Student Project)
April 13, 12:00-1:00 p.m. (Zoom)
Dr. Jan Murdock & Dr. Frank Mullins, “Autism: What it is and what you should know”
April 22, 12:00-1:00 p.m. (Zoom)
Mukunzi Irumva & Dr. Dana Leighton, “A Multi-Site, International Collaborative Study of the Hostile Priming Effect” (Honors Student Project)
2019-2020 Academic Year
Fall 2019
September 12th, 2:30-3:30, University Center Room 217
Dr. Brian Matthews, Jamie Daigle, Dr. Kim Murray, & Dr. Joy Cooper
“Overview of Leader-Member Exchange: Analyzing the Mediating Effects of Social Exchange Theory and Motivation Sources to Re-categorize Out-Group Members to In-Group Status”
October 2nd, 6:00-7:00, University Center Room 210
(co-sponsored by the Red River Center for Regional History & Culture)
Dr. Jaime Cantrell
"The South & Sexuality: Queer ArkLaTex Regional Oral History Narrative in the Graduate Classroom"
October 8th, 12:15-1:00, University Center Room 210
Dr. Brian Matthews and Honors student Vallerie Klingbeil
“An exploration of leader-member exchange: How can leaders turn isolation into inclusion?”
October 24th, 12:00-1:00, University Center Room 216
Dr. Jan Murdock and Dr. Frank Mullins
“Student Perceptions about Neurodiversity”
November 5th, 12:00-1:00, University Center Room 210
Dr. Joy Goldstein
“How to disagree: Incommensurability and open-mindedness across political divides”
November 12th, 12:00-1:00, University Center Room 210
Dr. Drew Morton
“‘We Don’t Really Talk About This. Look, I’m a Comic Book.’: The Fantabulous Emancipation of Stylistic Remediation in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Legion.”
November 21st, Noon-1:00, University Center Room 210
Dr. David Allard
“The Climate Reality Project”
December 3rd, Noon-1:00, University Center Room 210
Dr. Ben Neuman
“Using Viruses to Make Better Bananas, Bananas to Fight Viruses, & Viruses to Keep Horse Chestnuts from Extinction”
SPRING 2020
January 30th, 12:00-1:00, University Center Room 210
Dr. WaiYuen Chan, “SIMIODE Challenge Using Differential Equations Modeling”
February 18th, 12:00-1:00, University Center Room 210
Dr. Heather McKnight, “Coming out of the Shadows: Shedding light on workplace violence”
April 1st- Via Zoom (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyPsFZkLXcg&t=97s)
Dr. Ben Neuman, “The Coronavirus and You! (But hopefully not you)”
April 23rd- Via Zoom
Dr. Tom Jordan, “Gunsmoke: The Cultural Divide on Guns on Campus”
2018-2019 Academic Year
FALL 2018
September 19th: Dr. Dana Leighton
"The Revolution Begins Here: Undergraduate Researchers as Open Science Revolutionaries"
October 2nd: Dr. Oscar Alzate
"The OMICS View of Humans"
October 24th: Dr. Greg Hogan
"Are Hydrogen Bonded Metal-Organic Frameworks Selective in Their Intercalative Method?"
November 12th: Dr. Drew McKevitt (Louisiana Tech University)
"Consuming Japan: Popular Culture and the Globalizing of 1980s America"
December 6th, 2018: Dr. Ben Neuman
“A look at the biological machinery inside Influenza, king of viruses”
SPRING 2019
February 12th, 2019: Dr. Andrew McGregor
"Trouble with The Mann: Jack Johnson, White Hopes, and the First Black Heavyweight Champion"
February 26th, 2019: Kenny Irizarry
"3D Printers for Rapid Prototyping"
March 13th, 2019: Dr. Jaime Cantrell
"Coming Out and Tutor Text Performance in Jane Chambers' Lesbi-Dramas"
March 26th, 2019: Jamie Daigle
"How Artificial Intelligence Benefits Supply Chain Management"
April 22, 2019: Dr. Del Doughty
“Boring By Design: An Epic Dodge of Anything That Matters”
April 30th, 2019: Dr. Ram Neupane
“Modeling Pinyon-Juniper Dispersal in the Real Landscapes”
SUMMER 2019
June 12, 2019: Rein Johnson (Honors program alum)
"Why a "Somewhat Asexual" Daryl Dixon is Not Enough: The Importance of Labels in Queer Media"
2017-2018 Academic Year
FALL 2017
October 18, 2017: Alisa Robinson and Lara Jolley (Honors program students- Biology)
"Raising Chickens without Shells"
October 24, 2017: Dr. Jan Murdock, Assistant Professor of Special Education
"Making All Students Our Students"
November 15, 2017: Dr. David Yells, Provost and Vice-President for Academic Affairs
"The Opidemic: Local and National Issues"
November 30, 2017: Dr. John Oxford, Assistant Professor of Psychology (Southern Arkansas University)
"Evolutionary and social neuroendocrinology of human competition"
December 5, 2017: Dr. Ben Neuman, Associate Professor of Biology
"Viruses are All Around You"
SPRING 2018
February 6, 2018: Wai Yen Chan, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
"Modeling Annuities by Mathematical Equations"
March 1, 2018: Dr. Doris Davis, Emeritus Regents Professor of English
"The Science of Music"
April 18, 2018: Dr. Jon Grahe, Professor of Psychology (Pacific Lutheran University)
"Authentic Research Projects Benefit Students, Faculty, and Science"
April 24, 2018: Samantha Gallegos (Honors student- History/English)
"King Arthur, Merlin, and the Reductio Ad Absurdum: The Search for King Arthur in History, Myth, and Legend"
April 25, 2018: Dr. Angela Sikorski, Associate Professor of Psychology
"The Psychology of Trauma"
2016-2017 Academic Year
FALL 2016
October 4, 2016: Dr. Richard Parsons, Assistant Professor of Economics and Finance
"The Power of Economic Incentives in Shaping Our History"
October 13, 2016: Amanda Nix (Honors Program Student EC-6) and Kristen Childress (Honors Program Student EC-6)
"Deepening Our Understanding of Educational Standards Through Collaboration of Pre-Service Teachers and the Discovery Place Museum (Texarkana)"
November 7, 2016: Rein Johnson (Honors Program Student- History/English)
SPRING 2017
January 26, 2017: Dr. Craig M Nakashian, Associate Professor of History
"A NEW KIND OF MONSTER....PART MONK, PART KNIGHT: Warrior Clerics in Medieval Europe" (Click here to view the presentation)
February 9, 2017: Dr. Rebecca Martindale, Assistant Professor of Instructional Technology
"SKETCHNOTING: A Visual Approach to Note Taking"
March 7, 2017: Dr. Doris Davis, Regents Professor of English
"Male Composers-Female Muse"
April 4, 2017: Rein Johnson (Honors Program Student- History/English)
"Death, Duality, and Deconstruction: The Lively Lyrics of Conor Oberst"
April 11, 2017: Dr. Greg Hogan, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
"The Intercalation and Molecular Transport of Guest Molecules into Hydrogen-Bonded Metal-Organic Frameworks"
3rd Annual HONORS PROGRAM SHOWCASE
April 27, 2017
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Click here to view video of Honors Program project by Lara Jolley and Alisa Robinson: Who came first? The chicken or the cup? The video documents a process to use artificial egg shells to cultivate chicken and duck embryos. | |
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Allison Johnson holds her original art that illustrates her Honors Program project theme: Applying art to the study of the Oxford English Dictionary and early use of language related to Zombies. | |
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Lindley Harris, a student in the Early Childhood to grade 6 teacher preparation program created an original children's book demonstrating the process for becoming a teacher that can be used in elementary classrooms.
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Amanda Nix and Kristen Childress worked with Discovery Place Children's Museum to align the museum's children's activities and stations to the state education standards for Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana.
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