The University of Kansas

Faculty Speakers Bureau
Strong Hall, 1450 Jayhawk Blvd., Room 33, Lawrence, KS 66045 (785) 864-5169 email:govern@ku.edu

Issues in Education-(Birth - College)

Initial contact should be with the Speakers Bureau Office (785) 864-5169, govern@ku.edu, not the individual faculty member.

 

John Colombo, professor, colombo@ku.edu

  • Behavior and brain development in infancy and early childhood
  • Basic mental abilities of human infants
  • Attention in children: some myths and realities

Robert Harrington, professor,

  • Managing children and adolescents with angry and defiant behaviors
  • Creating safe schools building plans

Joseph Heppert, professor, jehppert@ku.edu

  • Science education at KU: The next twenty years
  • New challenges in K-12: Mathematics and science education
  • How can we prepare children for a technology-intensive future?
  • Bridging the "gap" between science and education

Dennis Karpowitz, associate professor, dkarpowitz@ku.edu

  • Teaching children universal values


Tom Mulinazzi, chair, tomm@ku.edu

  • Why aren't our children graduating in four years?
  • Why you shouldn't’t drink and drive or Why that parked car just jumped out at you
Bozenna Pasik-Duncan, professor, bozenna@ku.edu
  • Teaching in Another Culture; Diversity in a classroom and international learning experience
  • Partnership in Math, Science and Technology between K-12 and college, success stories
  • Cross boundaries research, teaching and learning : Math, science, and engineering
  • Research experiences for math, science and engineering undergraduates, success stories
Lisa Wolf-Wendel, associate professor,lwolf@ku.edu
  • How to help students develop in college
  • How to diversify your faculty
  • How to choose the right college to meet your needs

 

 

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