September 28, 2005

Liberal Arts highlights work in behavioral sciences, humanities

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Three fellows from Purdue University's College of Liberal Arts' faculty development centers will discuss their research during an Oct. 5 symposium.

The presentations, which are free and open to the public, begin at 3:30 p.m. in Purdue Memorial Union's Lafayette Room.

The presentations feature representatives from the Humanistic Studies Center and the Center for Behavioral and Social Sciences. The presenters and their topics are:

• Kevin Anderson, associate professor of political science and fellow in the Center for Humanistic Studies, "Multicultural Marx: Writing the Edges of Globalization."

• Evelyn Blackwood, associate professor of anthropology and fellow in the Center for Humanistic Studies, "Gender Transgression and Islamic Modernity in Colonial Indonesia."

• Susan Swithers, associate professor of psychological sciences and fellow in the Center for Behavioral and Social Sciences, "Hunger, Eating and the Developing Nervous System."

The centers fund fellows for one semester so they can focus on research specific to the area.

The Center for Behavioral and Social Sciences supports work in social and behavioral sciences in human or animal populations. Fellows in the Humanistic Studies Center pursue scholarly projects in areas such as language, literature, history, philosophy, religion, ethics and rhetoric. Two other centers – the Center for Undergraduate Instructional Excellence and the Center for Artistic Endeavors – support undergraduate teaching by allowing faculty to pursue research that is focused on teaching and creative projects of an artistic nature, respectively.

Writer: Amy Patterson Neubert, (765) 494-9723, apatterson@purdue.edu

Source: Joan Marshall, associate dean for the College of Liberal Arts, (765) 494-3666, jmarshall@cla.purdue.edu

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