FYS Descriptions

All seminars are scheduled Tuesday/Thursday 9:30-10:50 a.m. unless otherwise indicated.

1. From “Downtown Abbey” to “Love Actually”: The Dynamics of British Culture
   Ahmet Atay, Department of Communication
   Monday/Wednesday/Friday: 12:00pm - 12:50pm
2. Coming of Age at the End of the World
   Katharine Beutner, Department of English
3. Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
   Paul Bonvallet, Department of Chemistry
4. Literature and Place: Writing the Land Around Us
   Daniel Bourne, Department of English
5. Artificial Life: Frankenstein Meets Watson
   Denise Byrnes, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
   Monday/Wednesday/Friday: 12:00pm - 12:50pm
6. The Silk Road: Religions, Empires, and Globalization in the Ancient World
   Lisa Crothers, Department of Religious Studies
   Monday/Wednesday/Friday: 12:00pm - 12:50pm
7. Journeys in the French-Speaking Caribbean
   Harry Gamble, Department of French
8. Solitude, Silence, and Human Flourishing
   Mark Graham, Department of Religious Studies
   Monday/Wednesday/Friday: 8:00am - 8:50am
9. To Infinity and Beyond
   James Hartman, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
   Monday/Wednesday/Friday: 2:00pm - 2:50pm
10. The Games People Play: A Study of Board, Card, Dice, and Video Games
    Michelle Johnson, Department of Communication
    Monday/Wednesday/Friday: 12:00pm - 12:50pm
11. Extreme Politics: Fringe Groups and Their Impact on the Modern World
    P. Nick Kardulias, Program in Archaeology
12. Powering our Future
    Karen Lewis, Department of Physics
13. Exiles and Emigres
    Marina Mangubi, Department of Art and Art History
14. Insane Angels, Insolvent Tramps, and Prophetic Loafers
    Lee McBride, Department of Philosophy
15. Mirror on Modernity: Growing Up Amish in the 21st Century
    David McConnell, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
16. Sounds Other: Listening for Difference in American History
    Rob Maclean, Department of English
17. Occupy Who?! Analyzing Indignation and Revolution in a Time of Crisis
    Philip Mellizo, Department of Economics
18. The Art of Childhood: The Fairy Tales, Books, and Movies We Think We Know
    Kara Morrow, Department of Art and Art History
19. Human Rights in Theatre and Performance
    Jimmy Noriega, Department of Theatre and Dance
20. A Town, a Team, and a Dream: High School Athletics and Small-Town America
    R. Drew Pasteur, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
    Monday/Wednesday/Friday: 12:00pm - 12:50pm
21. “Hit Me with Music:” Protest and Popular Recordings
    Charles Peterson, Department of Africana Studies
22. The Art of Love
    Peter Pozefsky, Department of History
23. Vampire Squids, Tea Parties, and the 99%: The 2008 Financial Crisis in American Culture
    Jeff Roche, Department of History
24. Questions of Identity through World Music
    Denise Rotavera-Krain, Department of Music and First-Year Seminar Staff
25. Plato, Aristotle, Serena, and Messi?” Philosophical Perspectives on Sports
    Elizabeth Schiltz, Department of Philosophy
26. Behind the Headlines: Scientific Research and Regulations
    Sarah Schmidtke Sobeck, Department of Chemistry
    Monday/Wednesday/Friday: 12:00pm - 12:50pm
27. Living Downstream, Walking Upstream
    Melissa Schultz, Department of Chemistry
28. The Witness in History
    Greg Shaya, Department of History
29. Art to Art, Text to Text: Rewriting Literature on Film
    Debra Shostak, Department of English
30. The Nature of Nature
    Laura Sirot, Department of Biology
31. Beauty and the Sacred: Understanding Islamic Cultures through the Arts
    Kara Skora, Department of Religious Studies and First-Year Seminar Staff
32. An Intimate Portrait of Your Lunch: biological, ecological, and environmental aspects of food production
    Stephanie Strand, Department of Biology
33. You Are What You Speak: Language, Culture, and Social Identity
    Diane Uber, Department of Spanish
    Monday/Wednesday/Friday: 12:00pm - 12:50pm
34. Economics and Science Fiction
    Lisa Verdon, Department of Economics
    Monday/Wednesday/Friday: 12:00pm - 12:50pm
35. From Hot Coffee to Murder: Going Inside the American Legal System
    Mark Weaver and Douglas Drushal, Department of Political Science
36. When the School Bell Rings: A Critical Analysis of the American School Experience
    Megan Wereley, Department of Education
37. 200 Years of Agriculture, Energy, and Environmental Change in Wayne County, Ohio
    Greg Wiles, Department of Geology
    Monday/Wednesday/Friday: 8:00am - 8:50am
38. Portraits of Courage: The Cost of Conscience
    Thomas Wood, Department of Music

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