Academics & Research

Communications associate professor Michelle Ferrier hosted entrepreneurs from venture capital, accelerator and media startup firms in a roundtable discussion on teaching media entrepreneurship at the UNITY 2012 conference Aug. 2-3 in Las Vegas.

Jeff Clark, professor of mathematics and chair of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, presented at the Mathematical Association of America's MathFest on Aug. 3 in Madison, Wis.

Buffie Longmire-Avital, an assistant professor in psychology, presented her research poster titled "How Sociocultural Views Influence Perceptions of Sex Partner Availability for Black Women" at the annual conference for the American Psychological Association in Orlando, Fla., Aug. 2-5.

Jessica Gisclair, department chair and associate professor in the School of Communications, was a lead discussant on “Improving International Understanding through Transnational Benchmarking” at the Oxford Round Table at Harris Manchester College, Oxford, England, July 29 – Aug. 2.

Christina Benson, assistant professor of business law in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, has presented and published a paper addressing the extent to which the United Nations and international economic organizations are permitted to support substantial economic restructuring and reform in order to promote international trade and "rule of law" in post-conflict countries.