It’s experiential learning at its finest. Students in the History of Natural Disasters (HIS 385/ENV 385) class have found themselves in the midst of a current and evolving case study with the coronavirus pandemic. “Instead of just reading about history, we feel we need to study how our community is dealing with disaster right now,” […]
A paper about small biopreservative sugars by Christina Othon, associate professor of physics, Julia Goeks ’21 of Lake Forest, Illinois, and coauthors has been published by ACS Publications. Othon also presented on the work during an invited talk in July at the fifth International Frontiers in Water Biophysics Conference in Erice, Italy. Goeks presented the […]
A career goal of working in community outreach for a professional sports organization inspired the senior seminar research of Eric Fels ’19 of Hubertus, Wisconsin. Fels, who had a double major in exercise science-sports management and history and a minor in economics, examined the impact community outreach programs of National Basketball Association (NBA) teams has […]
“Feminist Epistemology: Knowing Through Stories” was presented by Morgan Makar ’19 of Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, as part of her Department of Philosophy senior seminar course. Makar had a double major in business management and philosophy and a minor in criminal justice. Her research was inspired by her own personal experience being a woman studying philosophy, […]
Justin Filter ’19 of Janesville, Wisconsin, and Shelbi Buettner ’19 of Dane, Wisconsin, presented at the National Undergraduate Honors Conference in Communication at Depauw University April 4-6. Buettner, a double major in communication and business management, presented “Redefining Gender Roles: The Defense of All Things Feminine.” Filter, a double major in communication and history, presented […]
Ripon College’s Senior Showcase, a campus-wide celebration of excellence, will be held Tuesday, April 23, starting at 6:30 p.m. Graduating seniors will demonstrate their dedication and passion in their major areas of study by offering research and poster presentations as a culmination of their scholarly and artistic work at Ripon College. The showcase will take […]
Jacqueline Clark, professor of sociology, had guest blogs published recently in Sociological Images. “Hidden Black History in Appalachia” was published Feb. 20. It addresses the lack of documentation on the history of African-Americans in the Appalachian region, which risks losing that history. “Slavery in Appalachia – The Hidden History” was published March 22. Clark writes […]
President Zach Messitte was featured in a television interview, “Zach Messitte and The New York Times,” which aired Feb. 27 on Dinamo TV in Italy. Messitte is on sabbatical during the spring semester and is living in Italy to research a book about Americans playing basketball in the Italian professional league. He discussed work he […]
Brian Smith, professor of religion and chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion, and three students presented at the Midwest American Academy of Religion annual meeting March 2 at Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana. Smith presented “Religions and the Environment: Motivators for Change?” Mark Krause ’19 of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, presented “Causes of the […]
The supportive community, student-professor relationships and dance team drew Chelsea Grahn Andrews ’15 to Ripon College. Andrews, of Maryville, Illinois, says, “Suddenly, I was surrounded by admission counselors, students and faculty who were so invested in helping me navigate the college search and understanding what I really wanted to get out of my college experience. […]
An interest in immigration and its historical reasons in the United States inspired the senior seminar research project of Emma Lemke ’19 of Hilbert, Wisconsin. Lemke is a double major in history and global studies. Her research presentation, “The Impact of Immigration and Racism on the Future of American Identity,” was inspired by a class […]
Sam Sondalle ’11 of New Haven, Connecticut, has a significant publication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The paper, “Fanconi anemia protein FANCI functions in ribosome biogenesis,” was published Jan. 28. Sondalle is the first author. Several medical news outlets picked up on the research, including medicalxpress.com, healthcanal.com and Yale News, which […]
Working as an undergraduate research assistant in Associate Professor in Psychology Kristine Kovack-Lesh’s Infant Cognition Lab laid the foundation for the senior seminar research project of Rebecca Leuenberger ’19 of Racine, Wisconsin. Leuenberger is a psychobiology major. Her research presentation is titled “Selective Attention and Feedback Performance: Does Feedback Actually Help?” Selective attention is the […]
The iconic image of World War II-era Rosie the Riveter was the basis of a senior seminar research project by Madeline Hantzsch ’19 of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Hantzsch, who is majoring in studio art and minoring in psychology, examined Norman Rockwell’s depiction of Rosie the Riveter and the influence that went into the historical piece’s dynamic […]
A lifelong love of animals and biology is now a budding research opportunity for Mica Rivera ’21 of River Falls, Wisconsin. For two semesters, the psychobiology major has been working with Assistant Professor of Psychology Julia Meyers-Manor to research cognitive behavior in mammals, rats in particular. The rat lab opened in spring 2018 at Ripon […]
Mathematics is the foundation for the strong relationship between Mitra Kermani ’20 of Louisville, Colorado, and Andrea Young, associate professor of mathematical sciences and acting vice president and dean of faculty. In a predominantly male field, these two have bonded over being women in mathematics. “I met (Andrea Young) during my junior year of high […]
Savannah White ’19 of Carol Stream, Illinois, and Diana Meredith ’20 of Los Altos, California, recently presented “The Effects of Social Media Framing on Self-Esteem” in the annual Ripon College Senior Psychology Research Symposium. Participants in the pair’s study first were separated by males and females. One potential condition saw images presented with the Instagram […]
Brooklyn Landgraf ’21 of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and Dakota Marlega ’21 of Waupaca, Wisconsin, presented papers at the Streamlines undergraduate humanities conference Nov. 10. The conference was held at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa. The papers both related to Don Quixote. The English translation of Landgraf’s paper is “Skepticism: The search for the truth in Don […]
Kim Frisque ’19 of Menominee, Michigan, was selected as a fellow for the Graduate School Exploration Fellowship for the summer of 2018. The program provides research experiences at leading universities to undergraduate minority and other under-represented students who are a part of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest. Frisque is majoring in religion and history […]
Memuna Khan, associate professor of biology and chair of the Department of Biology, was featured in an article, “Eastern bluebirds find a home at UW-Oshkosh,” published July 26, 2018, in UW-Oshkosh Today. Khan, who studies Eastern bluebirds with her students at Ripon College, visited a nest box on the Oshkosh university campus recently and banded […]
Matt Knoester, associate professor of educational studies, was honored in the 2018 Emerald Literati Awards. His article, “Why do young adults vote at low rates? Implications for education,” was published in Social Studies Research and Practice and was selected by the awards editorial team as Highly Commended. The article can be read here. Also, Beyond […]