Faculty Research Club

The Faculty Research Club is intended to provide a social setting to stimulate interdisciplinary research collaborations, promote informal discussions about research and disseminate information about campus resources to faculty. To stimulate conversation, several faculty members will give a 5-minute summary of their research and opportunities for collaboration.

Each club meeting is open to all faculty at Texas Tech and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. Faculty members are welcome to invite post-doctoral scholars to help them develop research networks.

The Humanities Center hosted the February 22nd monthly gathering.  The event took place in the Level 5 Suite of the Texas Tech Club. The following faculty members gave presentations:

Dorothy Chansky. Professor in Theatre & Dance and the Director of the Texas Tech University Humanities Center. Dr. Chansky shared the Center's mission as well as current and future activities.

Ben Poole. Lecturer in the Department of History, is a specialist in the history of twentieth-century Europe as well as global history and popular culture. His current research explores how food helps construct national identities in the global age. Dr. Poole presented on "Food and Frenchness in the Global Age".

Lauren Miller Griffith. Assistant professor of ethnology with research focused on tourism, embodiment & performance in Latin America and the U.S. Dr. Griffith provided insights into "Longing & Belonging in Global Movement Communities".

Janis Elliot. Associate Professor of Art History, shared with the FRC an innovative and interactive approach to history in her discussion on "Sharing Medieval Naples via the Popwalk App."

To learn more about future Faculty Research Club previous presentations, please visit: Faculty Research Club.