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Baker University's dedicated faculty
and staff are active in their professional
organizations and communities.
Roger Boyd, director of natural areas and
professor emeritus of biology, on Oct. 10
at Ottawa (Kan.) High School presented
on the Baker Wetlands, the impact of the
South Lawrence Trafficway and how the
mitigation project will benefit the habitat
and its visitors in the future.
Marc Childress, professor and director of
Ed.D. in instructional design and technology, spoke in November at the International
Conference of Educational Technology:
Innovative Learning Environments for
Authentic Education at Seoul National University in Seoul, South Korea. He also was
in Daejeon, South Korea, to meet with the
president and provost of Mokwon University for a Baker-Mokwon memorandum of
understanding agreement. Later that day,
he gave a lecture to the Mokwon School of
Education.
Alan Grant, professor of business and
economics, had an article "Concealed
Carry in the Show-Me State: Do Voters in
Favor of Right-to-Carry Legislation End
Up Packing Heat?" published in Social
Science Quarterly.
Donald Hatcher, professor of philosophy,
had his paper "Should Religious Beliefs Be
Exempt from the Duty to Think Critically?"
published in the Spring 2014 Volume 29,
No. 1 edition of INQUIRY: Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum. A copy of the
paper is available for anyone who might be
interested.
Lowell Jacobsen, Elizabeth Rhodes
professor of international business, was
the guest editor of the January issue of
Managerial & Decision Economics. The
special issue, "Coase and the Theory of
the Firm," features contributions from six of
the finest industrial organization economists in the world. Jacobsen also served
on a screening committee for Fulbright
Scholars undertaking graduate work in the
United Kingdom.
Lisa Jackson, an adjunct violin and viola
instructor, joined the Kansas City Symphony to perform in October the national
anthem before the sixth game of the World
Series at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas
City, Mo.
Ellen Lind, adjunct music instructor,
performed Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto
with the Topeka Symphony Orchestra
on Feb. 14 at White Concert Hall on the
Washburn University campus in Topeka.
Mircea Martin, associate professor of
mathematics, gave a 50-minute lecture
during the Oct. 17-21 Workshop on Integral
Transforms, Boundary Values, and Generalized Functions, organized by the Center
of Excellence for Complex and Hypercomplex Analysis at Chapman University
in California. His lecture was titled "Spin
Operator Theory." During the summer,
Martin attended scientific meetings, where
he gave lectures related to his research
projects. At the Great Plains Operator
Theory Symposium, supported by the
National Science Foundation, in Manhattan, Kan., Martin joined mathematicians
from across the world. He gave a talk titled
"Weitzenböck and Kodaira Identities in
Economics professor releases book
Alan Grant is putting the fun in economics.
The Baker University business and economics professor recently had his book "Economic Analysis of
Social Issues" published. Nearly 20,000 books have been printed, including several copies distributed to
professors nationwide. The book also is available in e-text form.
"The book is fun for students - or at least more fun than existing texts," Grant says. "That's in part because it's written very conversationally with a few graphs, minimal jargon and a few puns thrown in. Each
chapter has a role-playing simulation students can participate in. Students really seem to like participating in these simulations, even when the simulated outcome is disastrous."
The book has been on the market for only a couple of months. One major college plans to include the
book in an economics course this fall, and other colleges have expressed an interest. Also, three schools
are using page proofs in classes this spring.
"With any luck, there will be enough interest to get me to a second edition," Grant notes.
The professor's next project? He and a co-author will begin work this spring on "The Economics of Seinfeld," which connects economic principles with situations found in the classic comedy.
Now that should be fun.
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Baker Proud Spring 2015
Campus News
Alumni Faculty
Thirst for Knowledge
Mungano Momentum
Alumni Notes
Finding His Calling
Let Thy Praises Ring
Vietnam Documentary
Alumni Weekend
Prison Fellowship
Anatomy of a Student
100th Doctoral Graduate
Sports Highlights
Event Calendar
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