Each year the College of Liberal Arts hosts a free speakers series: the Fall Colloquia. These lectures spotlight the personal research of faculty in their field.

Melissa Stacer, assistant professor of criminal justice, is the the showcase director of the colloquia for the second year in a row.

“Most students see us as teachers,” Stacer said. “It’s a nice way for us to illustrate our research, highlighting the different kinds of things we do.”

Stacer contacted three professors with different, interesting research to present at the colloquia.

“I tried to get a nice cross section of departments to highlight different areas,” Stacer said.

It’s interesting to show the faculty doing something else, she said.

The colloquia series is on Fridays, usually starting at 3:30 p.m., but will fluctuate according to the professor’s research.

“Some presenters have received research awards in the past in the College of Liberal Arts,” Stacer said. “They’re presenting on their research.”

David Black kicks off the colloquia with the showing of his documentary “In Harmony’s Way: The battle to save a bridge.”

“It’s pretty much a history of the entire bridge and how it got started,” Black said. “Also, how it was managed and the current situation, which is closed.”

The assistant professor of radio and television began this documentary in 2007, but recently finished.

“This is a documentary that I produced,” he said. “I started in 2007 and finished in 2012.”

The documentary details the new harmony bridge, and the different aspects surrounding the closed bridge like ownership, and its potential future.

The second speaker comes from the English department.

Amy Montz, assistant professor of English, will present a paper from her personal research about what suffragette is and what it means to women’s history.

“I work with 19th and 20th century women’s fight for the vote,” Montz said. “I’ve also worked at the suffragette archives at the London museum.”

A lot of conversation about early feminism is about the incarcerated suffragette body, the body in need, the body that’s powerless and hunger striking, she said.

The final presenter will speak on corporate social responsibility.

Yoon Joo Lee, assistant professor of advertising, conducted research on how different groups like whites and Asian Americans and how they deal with ethnic identity and materialism in a corporate world.

“My research area is how corporations communicate their corporate social responsibility initiatives,” Lee said.

This event is open to the community, not just students and faculty.
David Black: 3:30 p.m. Sept. 13, in Forum I
Amy Montz: 3:30 p.m. Oct. 18, in Kleymeyer Hall
Yoon Joo Lee: 3:30 p.m. Nov. 15, in Kleymeyer Hall