Teachers As Scholars

Examples of Seminars Offered

The Process of Scientific Discovery

Russell Hulse, Principal Research Physicist, Plasma Physics Laboratory [Nobel Laureate]
Princeton University

Understanding Religious Violence and Terrorism

Cynthia Mahmood, Associate Professor of Anthropology/Kroc Institute Senior Fellow
University of Notre Dame

Mathematics in History

David Saltman, Mildred Caldwell, and Baine Perkins Kerr Professor of Mathematics
University of Texas-Austin

Bringing The Scarlet Letter to Life

Sarah Fenton, Lecturer and Assistant Chair in History
Northwestern University (for the University of Illinois-Chicago and the Newberry Library)

Ethics and Contemporary Life

John Riker, Professor of Philosophy
Colorado College

Bang! Toot! and Twang! The Physics of Music

Sam Matteson, Professor of Physics
Baylor University (for the University of North Texas)

Slavery in History and Memory

Ira Berlin, Distinguished University Professor of History
University of Maryland

Controversial Images: Telling the History of Modern Science

Andrea Woody, Associate Professor of Philosophy
University of Washington

Moby Dick: Before and After 9/11

David Blake, Associate Professor of English
The College of New Jersey

The Modern Civil Rights Movement and the Modernization of American Justice, 1955-1965

Clement Alexander Price, Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor of History and Director of the Rutgers Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience
Rutgers University, Newark

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