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Lightning Talks: Narrative Persuasion and COVID Research Affinity Group

Faculty Research Lightning Talks

Narrative Persuasion: How Exposure to Messages in Story Format Influences People’s Beliefs and Behaviors

The office of Research Development presents virtual faculty research lightning talks around the theme, Narrative Persuasion: How Exposure to Messages in Story Format Influences People’s Beliefs and Behaviors. Join us on Friday, September 10th at 12:00 p.m. to watch faculty members present a summary of their findings and future directions. Please complete the registration to receive a calendar invite with a zoom link.

Presenters and Topics

  1. Anne Hamby, Ph.D., Marketing
    Persuasive Storytelling in Marketing Communications
  2. Serena Morales, Ph.D., Curriculum, Instruction, & Foundational Studies
    A Climax for Everyone: How Plot-Based Problem-Finding Leads to Learning
  3. Tiffany Hitesman, M.A., English
    Connecting Students to Communities through Listening and Story (Co-presenter)
  4. Jill Heney, M.A., English
    Connecting Students to Communities through Listening and Story (Co-presenter)
  5. Krishna Pakala, Ph.D., Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering
    Self-storytelling -A Catalyst for Institutional and Community Transformation
  6. Jeff Lingwall, J.D., Ph.D., Management
    Causal Narratives and Constitutional Scrutiny
  7. Emily Wakild, Ph.D., History and Environmental Studies
    Narrating Extinction and Invasion in Patagonia

Download Printable Lightning Talks- Narrative Persuasion Flyer (PDF)

COVID Research Affinity Group

Managing Student Interactivity in Research and Creative Activity

Questions about conducting research and creative activity during COVID? The Office of Research Development will host and facilitate a series of brainstorming sessions.  The current COVID Landscape has brought a distinct set of challenges and nuances to research and creative activity of all kinds, and we think it will be beneficial to convene a Zoom session where you have the opportunity to talk with each other about interesting and novel ways you are managing these kinds of interactions in the lab, in the field, in the art studio, etc.  Guidance has been put out around masking, but in the absence of requirements for distance and/or density limits, what do these interactions look like?

The discussion will be informal and facilitated for ease of Zoom communication.

Those that are interested, please fill out this google form to indicate your interest by August 30th.  At that time, we will follow up with a doodle poll to best align days and times.

Let us know if you have any questions, and we hope to see you in the discussion!

Thank you,

Jana, Jessie, Casey, and Shalini