During the Spring '05 semester, there will be a number of events focused around intellectual discovery within interdisciplinary themes of research, scholarship and creative activities. These events are intended to facilitate interactions between colleagues beyond traditional administrative structures.
The following themes have been identified by the Council on Scientific Research and an ad hoc committee on Cultural Life.
In each area, a key person is identified to facilitate an interdisciplinary discussion along with the coordination and assistance of CAFE. If you are interested in one or more areas, please contact CAFE Director, Lauren Bruce at aflkb@uaa.alaska.edu.
The interdisciplinary themes and their facilitators are:
I. Education (Dr. Letitia Fickel)
Pedagogy, Teacher Preparation, Alaska Native Education, Distance Education, Undergraduate Research, Education Policy
II. Environment and Natural Resources (Dr. Jeff Welker)
Contaminants, Ecology and Ecosystem Studies, Human Ecology, Environmental Ethics, Environmental Engineering, Conservation Biology, Environmental Economics, Environmental Policy, Geo Hazards
III. Regional Engineering (Dr. Craig Woolard)
Cold Regions Engineering, Earthquake Engineering, Rural Systems Engineering, Project Management
IV. Health Sciences (Dr. Dennis Valenzeno)
Behavioral Health and Addiction, Biomedicine, Nursing Science, Telemedicine, Rural and Frontier Health, Gerontology, Nutrition, Disabilities
Health Subcommittees:
- Emergency and Bioterrorism (Sally Mead)
- Brain Behavior (Dr. Bernie Segal)
- Gerontology (Dr. Rosellen Rosich)
- Telemedicine (Dr. Brian Saylor)
- Resilience (Carl Hild)
- Alaska Native Traditional Healing (Carl Hild)
V. Logistics (Dr. Oliver Hedgepeth)
Supply Chain Management, RF Tag Applications
VI. Urban Ecology (Dr. Robert Langworthy)
Justice, Public Safety, Public Health and Health Systems, Community Building
VII. Economics and Business Enterprise (Dr. Scott Goldsmith)
Experimental Economics, Economic Development, Alaska and Regional Economics, Sustainability
VIII. Complex Systems (Dr. Jim Liszka)
Complex Systems Theory, Agent-based Modeling and Simulation, Interdisciplinary Applications, Advanced Computational Methods, Social Science Modeling, Ecological Modeling
IX. Transportation (Dean Rob Lang)
Aviation Weather, Flight and Tower Simulation, Intermodal Transportation, Transportation Engineering, Transportation Economics
X. International Studies and Globalization (Dean Tom Case)
Arctic Studies, Pacific Rim Studies, Circumpolar Studies, Canadian Studies, Russian Far East Studies
XI. Cultural Life (Dr. Steve Langdon)
Artistic Expression, Narrative, Citizenship, Alaska History
XII. Alaska Ethnic and Minority Groups (Dr. Brian Saylor)
Indigenous Cultures, Multiculturalism, Alaska Native Studies
Last update on June 25, 2007
