The Department of History is excited to welcome professor Amy Murrell Taylor to its faculty!
Professor Taylor joins us this fall to study the history of the American South in the emancipation era, during and after the Civil War. Her research explores how the war and the end of slavery transformed southern society, culture, and identity.
The Department of Mathematics is excited to welcome professor Bert Guillou to its faculty!
Professor Guillou joins us this fall researching topology, the mathematical study of surfaces. He is interested in homotopy theory, the study of "transforming" one surface or shape into another, a field with applications in quantum physics, robotics, and even molecular biology.
The study of selected topics in the learning area with emphasis on the recent experimental and theoretical literature. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits. Prereq: Consent of instructor.
The Division of Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Media is excited to welcome professor Brian McNely to its faculty!
Professor McNely joins us this fall studying how people work and interact. He researches professional writing in digital environments, tracing the writing that people do in order to find out how they get things done, how they make meaning from the work they do, and how they share that meaning with others.
The Department of Psychology is excited to welcome professor Michelle Martel to its faculty!
Professor Martel joins us this fall studying preschool and childhood Disruptive Behavior Disorders (DBD) and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Her research looks to find developmental pathways to DBD and ADHD by studying not only early markers and traits, but also biological and environmental factors.
The Department of History is excited to welcome professor Scott Taylor to its faculty!
Professor Taylor joins us this fall researching the history of early modern Europe, especially Spain. Currently, he is working on a book on the beginnings of modern addiction, examining how western Europeans experienced "soft drugs" like sugar, tobacco, chocolate, coffee, tea, distilled spirits, and opium.
Richard Hudson
"The logic of Default Inheritance in Word Grammar" Defaults in Morphological Theory Workshop University of Kentucky May 21-22, 2012
Nik Gisbourne
"Word Grammar and New Morphology" Defaults in Morphological Theory Workshop University of Kentucky May 21-22, 2012
Central KY Move to Amend presents
WHO: David Cobb (Lawyer, Democracy Activist)
WHAT: talk & discussion, “End Corporate Rule”
WHEN: 7:00 p.m. Thurs., Aug. 30, 2012
WHERE: Old Student Center Theater, University of Kentucky
Event is co-sponsored by UK American Studies and UK Political Science.
FOR MORE ON DAVID COBB & HIS NATIONAL TOUR go to http://movetoamend.org/events/lexington-ky-move-amend-barnstorming-tour-david-cobb
ABOUT MOVE TO AMEND: Central KY Move to Amend (CKYMTA) is one of more than 130 affiliates of the national Move to Amend organization working to build grassroots support for a Constitutional amendment saying:
CKYMTA works to educate citizens about the undue influence of wealth and corporations—through activities, public events, and seeking resolutions supporting an amendment from local governments. We are preparing to petition the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Govt to pass such a resolution.
CKYMTA CONTACT: Joy Arnold (859-846-5085 CONTACT: Joy Arnold (859-846-5085
http://movetoamend.org/ky-lexington http://movetoamend.org/ky-lexington
