Diversity in Action: Bridging Research and Practice Seminar Series
The world is becoming increasingly multicultural by the day and the University of Missouri is no exception. We, at institutions of higher education around the world, have the unique responsibility and opportunity to contribute to a better understanding of the complexity of human experiences and integrate our academic research with the world of policy and action. This series of research-based seminars is designed to inform and engage scholars, students, and practitioners of diversity-related research at Mizzou.
The seminars' format typically consists of a 40-minute presentation and a 20-minute question and answer session which offers presenters and participants an opportunity to exchange ideas. We hope this conversation will stimulate new research directions and identify practical applications.
Fall Semester 2011 Series
- Discriminatory Housing Advertisements Online: The Lessons of Craigslist
Rigel C. Oliveri, associate professor
School of Law
Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011
Noon to 1 p.m., S206 Memorial Union - Helping Poor Families and Disadvantaged Workers: Toward an Understanding of Available Options
Peter Mueser, professor
Dept. of Economics
Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011
Noon to 1 p.m., S206 Memorial Union - The Role of Culture in Coping with Life's Challenges: An Act-in-Context
Puncky Heppner, professor
Dept. of Educational, School and Counseling Psychology
Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011
Noon to 1 p.m., S206 Memorial Union - TOPIC: Multiculturalism in a U.S. University Classroom
Srirupa Prasad, assistant professor
Dept. of Sociology
Friday Dec. 2, 2011
Noon to 1 p.m., S206 Memorial Union
Spring Semester 2012 Series
- Chinese Beauty Pageants: Can the Heteronormative Also Be Queer?
Mignonette M. Chiu, postdoctoral fellow
Department of Women's and Gender Studies
Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012
Noon to 1 p.m., S206 Memorial Union - TOPIC: Human Sex Differences and Social Competition
David Geary, professor
Department of Psychological Sciences
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Noon to 1 p.m., S206 Memorial Union - TOPIC: Hindu and Muslim Culture in South Asia
Michael Bednar, assistant professor
Department of History
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Noon to 1 p.m., S206 Memorial Union - Two Diverse Applications of Electronic Performance Support Systems (EPSS) in Education: (1) Learning Skills Instruction and (2) Intercultural Sensitivity Training
Gail Fitzgerald, professor
Thitinun Boonseng, doctoral candidate
School of Information Science & Learning Technologies
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Noon to 1 p.m., S206 Memorial Union
See list of past Diversity in Action seminars.
Please contact diversity@missouri.edu for more information.