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Past Faculty Research Talks
CPES Presentations June 2019
David Reyes, Nursing and Healthcare Leadership
Listening to Community Voices in East Tacoma
Chris Beasley, SIAS, Social, Behavioral and Human Sciences
Self-Transformation through Humanities in Prison
Itziri Moreno Villamar, SIAS, Culture, Arts and Communication
The P'urhépecha Language Workshop
Chris Schell, SIAS, Science and Mathematics
Lights, Cameras, Action: Using Wildlife Cameras to Assess ALN influences Mammalian Communities
Rachel Hershberg and Vanessa deVeritch Woodside, SIAS
Detention Displacement and Integration of Immigrants and Refugees in the South Sound
Yan Bai and D.C. Grant, School of Engineering and Technology
Collaborative Design of Cybersecurity Curricula for K12 Classrooms
Margo Bergman, Milgard School of Business
An Economic Impact Analysis of Private Business in The Tacoma Tideflats
Winter (FEB) 2019 Publish and Flourish
Theda Braddock, SIAS, Sciences and Mathematics
Wetlands: An Introduction
David Coon, SIAS, Culture, Arts, and Communication
Turning the Page: Storytelling as Activism in Queer Film and Media
Kim Davenport, SIAS, Culture, Arts, and Communication
Tacoma’s Lincoln District
Sarah Hampson, SIAS, Politics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs
Mothers, Military and Society
Ellen Moore, SIAS, Culture, Arts, and Communication
Journalism, Politics, and the DAPL: Standing Rock and the Framing of Injustice
Jill Purdy, Milgard School of Business
Collaborating for Our Future: Multistakeholder Partnerships for Solving Complex Problems
Fall (Nov) 2018 UW Tacoma Internal Royalty Research Fund Lightning Round
Barb Toews, Social Work and Criminal Justice
Understanding Correctional Staff Perceptions of the Work Environment
Marc Nahmani, SIAS, Science and Mathematics
Uncovering Thalamocortical Axonal Structure and Function Relationships for Stroke
Sarah Hampson, SIAS, Politics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs
Mobilizing Title IX
Fall (Nov) 2018 Global Projects Lightning Talks
This event highlighted the global impact UW Tacoma faculty’s scholarship and teaching. We heard from six UWT faculty about their engagement across the globe. Entire Playlist
Mark Pendras, Urban Studies
Regional Second Cities Project Goes Global
Orlando Baiocchi, School of Engineering and Technology
Wireless Sensor Network and Energy Harvesting
Sally Deck, Milgard School of Business
Renaissance Thinking for Contemporary Leadership
Jewel Castro, SIAS,Culture, Arts, and Communication
When Indigenous Music Meets the Visual Arts
Beverly Naidus, SIAS, Culture, Arts and Communication
We Almost Didn't Make It
Amos Nascimento, SIAS, Politics, Philosophy and Public Affairs
Creating an International Interdisciplinary Research Cluster
Spring (May) 2018 Faculty Lightning Round: Research with Undergraduates
Faculty Lightning Talks highlight the diversity of scholarship underway at UW Tacoma. In spring 2018, the Office of Research hosted 4 faculty members for fast-paced presentations about their current work that engages undergraduate researchers. Entire Playlist
Belinda Louie, School of Education
The Impact of Teachers' (KAL) on English Language Learners Language Focus and Use
Anderson Nascimento, Institute of Technology
Harvesting the Power of Big Data while Preserving Privacy
Emma Rose with Fadumo Abdirahman, Soobin Kim and Christina Nelson, SIAS, Culture, Arts, and Comm.
Designing a Social Robot to Address Teen Stress
Rachel Hershberg with Sam Larsen and Sophiya Boguk, SIAS, Social, Behavorial and Human Sciences
Participatory Research with and by Students
Winter (February) 2018 Publish & Flourish
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Ji-Hyun Ahn, SIAS, Culture, Arts and Communication
Mixed-Race Politics and Neoliberal Multiculturalism in South Korean Media
Yonn Dierwechter, Urban Studies
Urban Sustainability through Smart Growth
Ingrid Walker, SIAS, Culture, Arts and Communication
High: Drugs, Desire & a Nation of Users
Mike Honey, SIAS, Social and Historical Studies
To The Promised Land
Ellen Moore, SIAS, Culture, Arts and Communication
Landscape and the Environment in Hollywood Film
John Bair, Institute of Technology
Seeking the Truth from Mobile Evidence
Fall (November) 2017 Faculty Research Lightning Round
Faculty Research Lightning Rounds highlight the diversity of scholarship underway at UW Tacoma. In fall 2017, the Office of Research hosted eight faculty members for fast-paced presentations about their current work. Entire Playlist
Marc Nahmani, SIAS, Sciences and Mathematics
Coming to our Senses: Heightening Plasticity to Improve Brain Function after Stroke
Jane Compson, SIAS, Politics, Philosophy and Public Affairs
Take CARE of Burnout: A Model for Increasing Well-Being and Resilience
Ji-Hyun Ahn, SIAS, Culture, Arts and Communication
Selling Aversion: Anti-Korean Sentiment and Rise of New Nationalism in East Asia
DC Grant, Institute of Technology
Distributed Detection and Response to Distributed Denial of Service Attacks
JaeRan Kim, Social Work and Criminal Justice
Adoptees as Parents: Korean American Adoptees Talk about Ethnicity, Race, and Adoption
Matt Tolentino, Institute of Technology
Intelligence at the Edge: Building Systems of Smart Devices to Save Lives
Haluk Demirkan, Milgard School of Business, Center for Business Analytics
How Organizations Use Smart Machines: Cognitive Computing Co-create Business Value
Anne Taufen Wessells, Urban Studies
UW Livable City Year - Connecting Students, Faculty, and Local Jurisdictions
Fall (November) 2017 Global Projects Lightning Round
This event highlighted the global impact of work conducted by UW Tacoma faculty and students. We heard from seven UWT faculty about their engagement in nine countries. Entire Playlist
Altaf Merchant, Milgard School of Business
Cross Cultural Examination of Ad-evoked Nostalgia
Weichao Yuwen, Nursing and Healthcare Leadership
The Impending Baby Boom in China
Peter Selkin, SIAS Sciences and Mathematics
Geosciences at Sea with the International Ocean Discovery Program
Katie Baird, SIAS Politics, Philosophy and Public Affairs
UW UiB Exchange
Chris Demaske, SIAS Culture, Arts and Communication
Journalism Without Borders
Anaid Yerena, Urban Studies
Urban Field Experience
Erica Cline, SIAS Science and Mathematics
Global Impact
Spring (June) 2017 - Faculty Research Lightning Rounds
Weichao Yuwen, Nursing and Healthcare Leadership
Sleep in Families of Young Children with a Chronic Condition
Mohamed Ali, Institute of Technology
A vision for Micro and Macro Location Services
John Finke, SIAS, Sciences and Mathematics
Improving Alzheimer’s Drug Delivery to the Brain
Edward Kolodziej, SIAS, Sciences and Mathematics
Detection and Evaluation of Organic Contaminant Flows
Anaid Yerena, Urban Studies
Low-income Housing and Green Building
Barb Toews, Social Work and Criminal Justice
Designing Justice: Engaging Victims and Offenders in the Design of Justice Buildings
Spring (April) 2017 Publish & Flourish
Nicole Blair, SIAS, Culture, Arts and Communication
Virginia Woolf and the Power of Story: A Literary Darwinist Reading of Six Novel
Elizabeth Bruch, SIAS, Politics, Philosophy and Public Affairs
Human Rights and Humanitarian Intervention: Law and Practice in the Field
Sarah Hampson, SIAS, Politics, Philosophy and Public Affairs
The Balance Gap: Working Mothers and the Limits of the Law
JM Miller, SIAS, Culture, Arts and Communication
Wilderness Lessons
Randy Nichols, SIAS, Culture, Arts and Communication
Inside the Video Game Industry: Game Developers Talk About the Business of Play
Fall (November 2016) Faculty Research Lightning Rounds
Erin Casey, Social Work and Criminal Justice
Getting Men in the room: Mobilizing men to prevent gender-based violence
Will McGuire, SIAS, Politics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs
Pollution Reduction and the 33/50 Program: Greenwashing or Good Policy?
David Reyes, Nursing and Healthcare Leadership
Addressing Equity & Food Justice in South Tacoma through Community-Based Participatory Research
Dan Shugar, SIAS Sciences and Mathematics
River Piracy and Drainage Basin Reorganization: Rerouting of Kaskawulsh Glacier Meltwater from the Bering Sea to the Gulf of Alaska
Jim Thatcher, Urban Studies
The Individual that Data Can See: The Logics and Limits of Spatial Big Data
Tracy Thompson, Milgard Business School
Constructing an Ecosystem for Socially Conscious Entrepreneurs
