Clarksville, TN – Dr. Stephen Truhon, associate professor of psychology, has been appointed a fellow in the 2013 Office of Naval Research Summer Faculty Research Program.
The program is a continuous 10-week on-site program with the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute at Patrick Air Force Base, FL. His work will end June 24th. «Read the rest of this article»
APSU Provost Lecture Series: Psychology professor to present session this week
April 3, 2013 |
Clarksville, TN – An Austin Peay State University psychology professor will present the next session of the Provost Lecture Series this week at APSU.
Dr. Stephen Truhon, professor of psychology, will present at 3:00pm, Thursday, April 4th in the Morgan University Center, Room 303. The title of his presentation is “Operational Stress Control in the U.S. Navy.”
All sessions of the Provost Lecture Series are free and open to the public. «Read the rest of this article»
New Austin Peay State University Program promotes stronger teaching for APSU Professors
December 17, 2012 |
Clarksville, TN – A group of seven Austin Peay State University faculty members recently completed a new program at the school aimed at promoting excellence in teaching.
The APSU Office of Academic Affairs, the Title III Center for Teaching and Learning and the APSU Center for Extended and Distance Education recently co-sponsored the Faculty Teaching Program, which solicited a diverse group of top applicants from throughout APSU’s different colleges and academic departments.
 APSU Faculty Teaching Program participants Dr. Karen Meisch, Dr. Emily Hanna Crane, Dr. Christine Mathenge, Dr. Stephen Truhon, Dr. Folashade Agusto, Dr. Jill Eichhorn and Dr. Thomas O’Conner. (Photo by Beth Liggett/APSU Staff)
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APSU Provost Lecture Series to discuss protein secondary structure prediction
November 28, 2012 |
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, TN – Protein secondary structure prediction from its amino acid sequence is a well studied computational problem in bioinformatics and data mining, and it is one that an Austin Peay State University computer science faculty member will discuss from his latest research as part of the next Provost Lecture Series at APSU.
Dr. Leong Lee, assistant professor in the APSU Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, will present at 3:00pm, Thursday, November 29th in the Morgan University Center, Room 303. All sessions of the Provost Lecture Series are free and open to the public. «Read the rest of this article»
APSU Employees share recent plaudits
November 25, 2012 |
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, TN – Faculty and staff members at Austin Peay State University recently announced publications or conferences attended as part of their professional and scholarly activities.
Dr. Gregg Steinberg, professor of health and human performance and a sports psychologist, is a regular contributor every Tuesday to the show “Talk of the TOUR” on the PGA Tour radio on XM/Sirius. «Read the rest of this article»
Austin Peay State University Provost Lecture Series to discuss Axis Prisoners of War (POWs)
November 15, 2012 |
Clarksville, TN – An Austin Peay State University history faculty member whose research focuses on prisoners of war (POW) will talk about the Axis POWs held in the U.S. during World War II as part of the next Provost Lecture Series at APSU.
Dr. Antonio Thompson, associate professor of history, will present at 3:00pm, Thursday, November 15th in the Morgan University Center, Room 303. All sessions of the Provost Lecture Series are free and open to the public. «Read the rest of this article»
Austin Peay Provost Lecture Series to focus on volcanic eruption
November 7, 2012 |
Clarksville, TN – An Austin Peay State University geologist whose expertise in volcanoes is well established in the field will share a three-dimensional analysis of the 1999 eruption of the Shishaldin Volcano in Alaska as part of the next Provost Lecture Series at APSU.
Dr. Lindsay Szramek, assistant professor of geosciences, will present “Three-Dimensional Analysis of Mafic Pumice from the 1999 sub-Plinian eruption of Shishaldin Volcano, Alaska” at 3:00pm, Thursday, November 8th in the Morgan University Center, Room 303. All sessions of the Provost Lecture Series are free and open to the public. «Read the rest of this article»
APSU Provost Lecture Series to feature interpretations of ‘The Wizard of Oz’
November 1, 2012 |
Clarksville, TN – For historians, “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” is a fairy tale that is much more than a children’s story. In fact, the tale carries varied perspectives of American culture and society at the turn of the century.
In 1964, Henry M. Littlefield argued that the “Wizard of Oz” was a populist parable where the Cowardly Lion represents William Jennings Bryan, The Tin Man symbolizes an industrialized worker, and the Scarecrow stands for the populist farmer. «Read the rest of this article»
Dorothy Dix Collection video to be featured at the next APSU Provost Lecture Series
October 16, 2012 |
Clarksville, TN – Video production about the comprehensive Dorothy Dix Collection at Austin Peay State University will be the next project presented at the Provost Lecture Series.
Kathy Heuston, associate professor of communication at APSU, and Inga Filippo, professor and instructional librarian at APSU, will share the video Heuston and her students created at 3:00pm, Thursday, October 18th in the Morgan University Center, Room 303. All sessions of the Provost Lecture Series are free and open to the public.
All sessions of the Provost Lecture Series also can be viewed in real time via online streaming at www.ustream.tv/channel.apsu. The sessions also are recorded and can be viewed later on APSU’s iTunes public site. «Read the rest of this article»
APSU Provost Lecture Series to discuss challenges in City Management
October 4, 2012 |
Clarksville, TN – An Austin Peay State University public management professor will discuss her book on the challenges experienced in city management as part of the next Provost Lecture Series.
Dr. Beck Starnes, associate professor of public management, will present at 3:00pm, Thursday, October 4th in the Morgan University Center, Room 303. All sessions of the Provost Lecture Series are free and open to the public. «Read the rest of this article»
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