Interesting interview on NPR with Adele Diamond, a cognitive developmental neuroscientist

People might be interested in this interview, which appeared on NPR's Speaking of Faith.  Dr. Diamond discusses how her research shows how activities like play, music, and sports are vital for cognitive development.  An interesting discussion, especially when things like music and play and art are being reduced or eliminated from schools for the sake of standardized tests.

The website for the program and a link to the interview can be found at:
http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/2009/learning-doing-being/

Happy Thanksgiving

Have a nice holiday next week everyone.  I'll be out of town until the 3rd and Alan is also out for a few weeks.

But don't worry!  I will have email, just not regularly.  If you need anything immediately, contact our new administrative assistant Amberly Warnke at 257-2626.  She will find someone to help you, if she can't.

You might want to stop by and say hi to Amberly anyway.  We're very glad to have her around!

And for those students who haven't chosen your major professor yet...here's something courtesy of Dana Malone:  http://komplexify.com/epsilon/2009/05/20/thesis-advice/

Cheers,

Jane

Kudos to Leslie

Congratulations to Leslie Woltenberg (HIED now SHED) on her appointment as Director of UK's Visitor Center.  Woo Hoo!


If anyone wants a tour of campus...now we know who to call!  http://www.uky.edu/CampusTour/

Call for Instructors

Call for Instructors
EDOL 698 Supervised Student Teaching
EDOL 699 Practicum

Spring 2010
In Kentucky, Tennessee, Illinois, Ohio, Arkansas, North Carolina, South Carolina

Job Description:

Instructors will teach the course to one or more teacher candidates using the pre-written course website and forms. Instructors will chat with students once per week, manage and grade assignments, and perform face-to-face observations. Teacher of record is Dr. Melissa Gibson – all paperwork will be turned in to her.

Instructor Criteria:
Masters degree or above
At least 4 years teaching experience on professional certificate in area
of certification
Mentoring / Supervision of teachers experience
Willing to be KTIP trained (video)
Available during the day to do observations on site
Willing to travel up to one hour from home if necessary
Comfortable using email and online chat
Meticulous with paperwork and grades

Compensation:
$600 per student teacher (travel expenses included in this amount)
$440 per practicum teacher (travel expenses included in this amount)
If you are interested, please send a resume and contact information to Dr. Melissa R. Gibson, Melissa.gibson@ucumberlands.edu


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Dr. Melissa R. Gibson
Associate Professor, Education
University of the Cumberlands
7792 College Station Drive
Williamsburg, KY 40769
Office: 606-539-4302
Fax: 606-539-4014
e-mail: melissa.gibson@ucumberlands.edu

Special International Interdisciplinary Course

From: Ferrier, Walter J
Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 11:58 AM
Cc: Kornbluh, Mark; Blackwell, Jeannine
Subject: *** Special Gatton College Interdisciplinary Course ***

Greetings:

I would like to announce a unique opportunity for select students across the University to “participate” in a special section of MGT 499 (Strategic Management for Global Scholars) for Spring 2010 featuring Dr. Abdul Kalam, 11th President of India. Dr. Kalam will serve as a visiting professor/instructor for this course April 5-16, 2010.

The overarching topic of this course is: Global Entrepreneurship as a Pathway to Prosperous, Happy, and Peaceful Societies. It should be noted that I define “entrepreneurship” quite broadly – i.e., bold, paradigm-shifting, frame-breaking, etc. – which might characterize not only a new product, but also a new social policy movement, a new trade agreement, a new healthcare program, a new agricultural initiative, a new educational program, a new energy technology/investment, a new non-profit/non-governmental organization, etc. Further, although Dr. Kalam will be the visiting instructor, the course material and student projects need not be restricted to India; projects can indeed extend to other regions of the world that are faced with challenges similar to those of India.

I envision that “participation” will involve up to 50 undergraduate and graduate students from a wide variety of colleges and departments – e.g., Agriculture, Engineering, Political Science, Economic, Asia Studies, History, Geography, Latin American Studies, Patterson School, Martin School, College of Public Health, etc. – who can leverage President Kalam’s April 5-16 visit by linking an independent study course (or existing course) within the student’s “home” department or program conducted during the spring 2010 semester with this special section of MGT 499. To participate, students must be nominated by their department chair, dean, or program director.

Most sincerely,

Wally Ferrier

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Walter J. Ferrier, Ph.D.
Gatton Endowed Associate Professor
of Strategic Management
Gatton College of Business & Economics
University of Kentucky

Tel: 859-257-9326

For your Calendar

• Wednesday, November 11th:  The Making of the Documentary APPALACHIA
• Friday, November 20th:  Department of Anthropology Talk:  Modes of Immigrant Citizenship and Civic Engagement."

See below for more information...
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Film makers Ross Spears and Jamie Ross will be at UKY this Wednesday
11/11 to share the story of the making of their monumental four-part
documentary "APPALACHIA."

"APPALACHIA provides a window onto the defining question of our age;
how to use the land to provide the needs of today and at the same time
preserve it for the future. The story of Appalachia is the story of
our struggle as a people to find our true and proper relationship to
the natural world." www.appalachiafilm.org

Please join us for their presentation and stay to celebrate their
accomplishments at a reception following the discussion.
Where: Patterson Office Tower, 18th Floor
When: Wednesday, November 11, 3 pm to 5 pm.
This event is co-sponsored by the Appalachian Center, the Appalachian
Studies program, Abercrombie Visiting Artists Endowment & UK Art
Department, and the Lexington Film League.

Here is what reviewers are saying about APPALACHIA:
Years in the making by filmmakers, Jamie Ross and Ross Spears,
APPALACHIA: A History of Mountains and People transcends the usual
media portraits of poverty, pity, depravity and the picturesque in
America's most misunderstood and maligned region, and delivers a
breathtaking view of Appalachia's extraordinary role in shaping our
country...[I]t couldn't be more timely. A breakthrough journey! –Jeff
Biggers, The Huffington Post.

APPALACHIA could be the beginning of a cure for society's malignant
attitude about the region. An engrossing and beautifully filmed and
illustrated series APPALACHIA is both a paean to and an investigation
of the world's oldest mountains. It gives first billing to the
mountains themselves—the "soul and spine" of a people as diverse as
any, but bound by a heart tug for "home" that's all about being an
underdog who knows a superior beauty. --Diana Nelson Jones,
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

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The Department of Anthropology is pleased to announce a talk by
Caroline B. Brettell, who will be speaking about her work with Asian
Indians in Dallas in a talk called, "Modes of Immigrant Citizenship
and Civic Engagement."

The talk will take place Friday, 20 November 2009 at 4:00 PM in Young
Library Auditorium. This is the second event in the Department of
Anthropology Colloquium Series. This presentation will draw on Dr.
Brettell's recent research on citizenship and civic engagement among
Asian Indians in Dallas. First emphasizing some theoretical issues and
then moving into ethnography, she will elaborate on how a communities
of practice model can be used to study contexts within which
participatory citizenship is learned.

Professor Brettell (Ph.D. Brown University, 1978) is a highly
accomplished scholar who has published numerous books and articles,
held a number of leadership positions in her institution and field,
and received many awards. Her research focuses on migration and
ethnicity, folk religion, and cross-cultural perspectives on gender.
See below for more detailed biographical information.
This colloquium is sponsored by the Department of Anthropology, the
International Studies Program, the Indian Studies Program, and the
College of Arts & Sciences.
All are welcome!
Please see attached for a flyer and two sample articles. Distribution
of this email, announcing the talk in classes, and posting of the
flyer is encouraged!
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Caroline Brettell joined the Southern Methodist University faculty in
1988 and since 2003 has held the title of Dedman Family Distinguished
Professor in the Department of Anthropology. In 2008 she was named a
University Distinguished Professor. She served as Chair of the
Department of Anthropology from 1994-2004. From 1989-1994 she served
as Director of Women's Studies at Southern Methodist University. She
was President of the Faculty Senate in AY 2001-2002 and a Member of
the SMU Board of Trustees. She has served on numerous Dedman College
and University Committees and from 2006-2006 served as Dean ad interim
of Dedman College.

Brettell is an internationally-known specialist on immigration. She is
the author of Men Who Migrate, Women Who Wait: Population and History
in a Portuguese Parish (1986), We Have Already Cried Many Tears: The
Stories of Three Portuguese Migrant Women (1982, 1995), and
Anthropology and Migration: Essays on Transnationalism, Ethnicity and
Identity (2003); co-author with Richard Brettell of Painters and
Peasants in the 19th Century (1983); editor of When The Read What We
Write: The Politics of Ethnography (1993), and Crossing
Borders/Constructing Boundaries: Race, Ethnicity and Immigration
(2006); co-editor of International Migration: The Female Experience
(1986), Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective (1993, 1997, 2001, 2005),
Gender and Health: An International Perspective (1996), Migration
Theory: Talking Across Disciplines (2000 and 2008), Citizenship,
Immigration and Belonging: Immigrants in Europe and the United States
(2008), and Twenty-First Century Gateways: Immigrant Incorporation in
Suburban America (2008). She is also the author of numerous book
chapters and articles.

In recent years, with funding from the National Science Foundation and
the Russell Sage Foundation, she has been engaged in research on new
immigration into the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. She has been
interested in aspects of economic, social and political incorporation.
She and anthropologist Deborah Reed-Danahay (co-PI on the Russell Sage
Foundation project) are currently completing a book comparing aspects
of civic engagement among Vietnamese and Asian Indian immigrants.
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