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Great Conversations 2008 Abstracts

Dr. Robert Connolly
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Director
C.H. Nash Museum—Chucalissa
Preserving the Past for the Future

Dr. Hsiang-te Kung
Professor of Earth Sciences
Director
Confucius Institute and Asian Studies Program
Chinese Exchange

Dr. Beatrice Magnani and
Dr. Heather Deshon
Research Assistant Professors
Center for Earthquake Research and Information
A Whole 'Lotta Shakin'

Dr. Dan Baker
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Genetic Frontiers

Dr. Dipankar Dasgupta
Professor of Computer Science and Director, Center for Information Assurance
Safety in Cyberspace

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Dr. Stan Franklin
Professor of Computer Science
Co-Director of the Institute for Intelligent Systems and W. Harry Feinstone Interdisciplinary Research Professor
How Minds Work

Dr. Lynda Sagrestano
Associate Professor and Director
Center for Research on Women
and Ms. Deborah Clubb
Executive Director
Memphis Area Women's Council
Girl Power

Dr. David Dye
Associate Professor of Earth Sciences
Beyond the Veil

Dr. Lensyl Urbano
Assistant Professor of Earth Sciences
Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot!

Dr. Lorinda Cohoon
Assistant Professor of English
Illustration in the Golden Age of Children's Literature

Dr. Joshua Phillips
Assistant Professor of English
The Play's the Thing: Or is it?

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Dr. Cosetta Gaudenzi
Assistant Professor of Italian
Dante in English Culture

Dr. Charles Crawford
Professor of History
Uniquely Memphis

Dr. Arwin Smallwood
Associate Professor of History
Mapping Red, Black and White in America

Dr. David Patterson
Bornblum Chair of Excellence in Judaic Studies
A Genealogy of Jihadist Muslim Terrorism

Dr. Marian Levy
Associate Professor and Director of Public Health
Portion Distortion

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Dr. Sage Graham
Assistant Professor of English
Is there any House in the doctor?: Politeness in communication between medical caregivers

Dr.Laura Harris
Assistant Professor of Public and Non-Profit Administration
Memphis Neighborhoods

Dr. David Cox
Professor of Public and Non-Profit Administration
Special Assistant to the President
Living Green in Memphis

Tiny PepperIn 2002, the College of Arts and Sciences' Dean and his Advisory Board initiated the annual Great Conversations dinner in order to bring community guests together with award-winning research and teaching faculty for an evening of dining and conversation.

Tiny PepperOver the last six years, the event has gained popularity and prominence in the community among our alumni and friends. We invite you to join us and learn about the extraordinary research being conducted on campus in the College of Arts & Sciences.

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