Research in the Liberal Arts
Because the College of Liberal Arts is so varied, from anthropology to music, our professors are always in the midst of interesting research, writing books and papers. Here's a sampling of projects.
Drawing Lessons from Environmental Policy and Practice in Asia
David Pietz, director of the Asia Program and the first Berry Family CLA Faculty Excellence Fellow, studies the North China Plain, where communist water management practices and policies will have a major effect on China's role in world markets and on security considerations.
Transforming Educational Experiences and Web Cultural Diversity
Working with the Center to Bridge the Digital Divide, Judy Meuth, clinical associate professor of women's studies, conducts research supported by the National Science Foundation aimed at ensuring American Indian students' readiness for higher education.
Reframing Disaster in Terms of Painting
Michelle Forsyth, associate professor of fine arts, uses the manual process of painting to counter apathetic forms of spectatorship fostered by quickly transmitted, high-resolution digital images. Disaster coverage in the media, violent video games, Web sites that display images of death, and television shows that rely on individual suffering for entertainment all serve as fuel for her work.
Victim Management in Large-scale Disasters
Steven Stehr, chair of the Department of Political Science, developed an interest in "low probability, high consequence" events early in his academic career and has focused much of his research on the political and organizational dynamics of disaster.
Regional Economic Growth and the Social Costs Associated with Growth
While a body of previous research has determined that Native Americans and other minority populations are often subjected to environmental inequalities as the result of economic and industrial activities, Gregory Hooks' research is the first to systematically examine the role of the military in the uneven distribution of military environmental hazards.
For more information about faculty members' research and teaching interests, see the departmental faculty listings.
Imagine being published as an undergrad
In addition to developing their own original research, undergraduate psychology majors often participate in faculty research. Several such students have been published as coauthors on their faculty mentors' research articles.
In 2008, senior Jennifer McWilliams and her mentor, Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe, published an article based on McWilliams' McNair Achievement Program project in the research journal Brain Injury.
Or presenting at your field's professional conference
With Dr. Ella Inglebret's guidance, Linsey Baker became the first undergraduate speech and hearing sciences student to present research at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association conference in more than a decade.
Life is good at WSU.
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