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Winter 2012
Volume 2, Number 1
In This Issue
Psychology Department Chair Addresses Age-Old Question!
Health, Exercise & Sport Sciences Personnel Train Over 200 Ugandan Soccer Coaches with State Department Grant
Former Senator Krueger Brings World Experience to Classroom
New Faculty Spotlight: The College is Pleased to Introduce Several New Assistant Professors
A&S Faculty are Part of the Collaborative South Central Climate Science Consortium, and Are Determined to Make a Substantial Contribution to Climate Research
Alumni Spotlight: Gertrude and Lon Miller
“Twopeat!” Department of Biological Sciences Student Organization Receives Top Honors Two Years in a Row
Eye-Tracking Devices Help the Disabled Use Computers
A&S in the News
Students Win Big in State Writing Competition .
Professor Writes Most Downloaded Article
Chemistry Celebrates Opening of Renovated Room
Caveman Politics: Instincts Play Role in Our Decisions
How Sports Can Open Doors For Young Latinas
Red Planet Channels Likely Formed by Lava
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| Psychology Department Chair Addresses Age-Old Question! |
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| Dr. Lee Cohen gives advice about your New Year’s resolutions. |
Health, Exercise & Sport Sciences Personnel Train Over 200 Ugandan Soccer Coaches with State Department Grant |
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This past May, HESS Assistant Professor Jens Omli, TTU graduate student Lisa Berg and undergraduate student Michael Esch, and four additional instructors provided training for 200 Ugandan Soccer Coaches (114 men, 86 women) as part of the “International Sport Connection” program, which was funded by the SportsUnited Division of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. |
| Former U.S. Senator Krueger Brings World Experience to Classroom | |
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Visiting professor Robert Krueger is sharing his world-tested experiences as teacher, businessman and statesman with students during the 2011-2012 academic year |
| New Faculty Spotlight: The College is Pleased to Introduce Several New Assistant Professors | ||||
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| Dr. Emily Skidmore Department of History |
Dr. Manu Vimalassery Department of History |
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| Dr. Michael Jordan Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work |
Dr. Dustin Sweet Department of Geosciences |
Dr. Leif Ellingson Department of Mathematics and Statistics |
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| Dr. Michael Findlater Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry |
Dr. Carie Steele Department of Political Science |
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| A&S Faculty are Part of the Collaborative South Central Climate Science Consortium, and Are Determined to Make a Substantial Contribution to Climate Research |
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Texas Tech University will play a leadership role in a consortium of universities, tribal nations and regional partners that will make up the newly formed South-Central Climate Science Center. The center encompasses Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico and will partner with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to address regional climate change challenges. Pictured: Back row (left to right), Dr. Mark Wallace, Chair, Department of Natural Resources Management (wildlife habitat dynamics and land use patterns; Dr. Michael Farmer, Department of Agriculture & Applied Economics (environmental economics of water allocation and land use); Dr. Reynaldo Patino, Unit Leader of the Texas Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit (fisheries science and conservation biology); Dr. Tom Arsuffi, Director of the TTU-Llano River Fields Station (aquatic ecology, watershed dynamics). Front row, Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, Department of Political Science (downscale modeling of climate patterns); Dr. John Zak, Associate Dean for Research and Department of Biological Sciences (ecosystem ecology & soil microbial dynamics); Dr. Lou Densmore, Chair, Department of Biological Sciences (biodiversity and conservation of reptiles). Not pictured. Dr. Ken Rainwater, Director of the Water Resources Center (surface and groundwater hydrology); Dr. David Tissue, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of Western Sydney, and Department of Biological Sciences, (plant ecophysiology and climate response). |
Alumni Spotlight: Gertrude and Lon Miller |
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Gertrude (1965, B.S., Education; 1969, M.Ed., Counseling) and Lon Miller (1971, B.A., Philosophy; minor, English) attribute much of their professional success and global perspective to the gratifying educational experiences in the College of Arts and Sciences. A native of Odessa, Gertrude transferred from a hometown college to study education, which was then offered in the College of Arts and Sciences. |
| Pictured: Wendell Jeffries (A&S Development), Dr. Sam Dragga (Chairperson, Department of English), Gertrude Miller, Lon Miller, Amy Crumley (A&S Development) | |
| “Twopeat!” Department of Biological Sciences Student Organization Receives Top Honors Two Years in a Row | |
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For the second year in a row, the Department of Biological Sciences (DBS) graduate student organization TTUAB- Texas Tech University Association of Biologists, received the Texas Tech University Student Union and Activities award for “Organization of the Year.” This award comes on the heels of TTUAB’s hosting of the Second Annual TTABSS (Texas Tech Annual Biological Sciences Symposium), a regional showcase for research pertaining to biological sciences. CONTINUE READING |
| Pictured: Adam Ferguson, Jenny Strovas, Lizz Waring, Rita Magalhães | |
| Eye-Tracking Devices Help the Disabled Use Computers | |
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If necessity is the mother of invention, researchers at Texas Tech’s Usability Research Lab (URL) may have inadvertently given birth to twins. After several years of research, software writing and prototype creation, researchers have created a device that can track eye movement at a price-point far below the industry standard. But at the same time, the device can be used to help people with hand-mobility issues use their eyes to move a mouse around the screen. |