Spring Research Colloquium
Providing a venue for presenting international- and global-related research, the Center for International Studies invites faculty members and advanced students to present their scholarly work as part of its Spring Research Colloquium, a series of one-hour academic talks for a broad and interdisciplinary audience.
Presentations focus on recent publications or current research with time for Q&A. Those working on collaborative and interdisciplinary projects are strongly encouraged to participate, but any international- and global-related research presentation is very welcome.
An annual call for participation will be distributed widely each fall. Please contact international.studies@ohio.edu
for more information.
Spring 2021-2022 Presentations
February 1, 2022
Dr. Jane Ferguson, Fuller Visiting Professor in SE Asian Studies
Repossessing Shanland: Insurgency, Rock Nostalgia and a Nation-State Deferred
February 15, 2022
Dr. Emilia Alonso-Sameño, Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies & Director of the Institute of the Empirical Study of Language
The Pragmatics of Greeting and Welcoming in Online Foreign-Language Environments
Watch Dr. Alonso-Sameño's presentation
March 1, 2022
Julio Beltrán, Latin American Studies MA Student
Embodied Stories: An Ethnography About Capoeira in Quito, Ecuador
Watch Julio Beltrán's presentation
March 15, 2022
Dr. Saumya Pant, Director of Communication and Development Studies
Jorge Castillo-Castro, Director of Operations and Communication, Tropical Herping
Megan Westervelt, MFA Candidate, Communication Media Arts
Performing Stories of Resistance and Transformation: Theater of the Oppressed as a Method for Building Capacity and Indigenous Leadership in Amazonian Ecuador
Spring 2020-2021 Presentations
February 16, 2021
Dr. Mario Grijalva, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
The Healthy Living Initiative: Twelve Years and Going Strong
Watch Dr. Grijalva's presentation
March 2, 2021
Dr. Thomas Smucker, Geography and Dr. Martin Oulu, Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi
Foundations for Convergence: Sub-national Collaboration at the Nexus of Climate-Change Adaptation, Disaster-Risk Reduction, and Land Restoration under Multi-level Governance in Kenya
Watch Dr. Smucker and Dr. Oulu's presentation
March 16, 2021
Dr. Mariana Dantas, History
Researching the Black Experience in Colonial Latin America: Enslaved Women and Understandings of Freedom
March 30, 2021
Dr. Garrett Field, School of Interdisciplinary Arts and School of Music
Prose, Prosody, Praise Song: Three Translations of Prophetic Biography in the Maldive Islands
Watch Dr. Field's presentation
Tuesday, April 6
Student Research Presentations I
Katie Gardner, Communication and Development Studies
Dear Appalachia: Stories of Resilience and Resistance
Valeria Garrido, Latin American Studies
Perceptions of Traditional Medicine in Ecuador
George Ofori-Atta, African Studies
Media and Democracy: A Comparative Critical Discourse Analysis of Peacefmonline.com and Ghanaweb.com Coverage of The Final Ruling on Ghana’s 2012 Presidential Election Petition
Faith Otchere, Communication and Development Studies
Media Representation of the Experiences of Trafficked Women in Ghana: An Exploratory Study
Watch the April 6th presentations
Tuesday, April 13
Dr. Christopher Thompson, Linguistics
Bōsai ([Tsunami] Disaster Prevention) Tourism in Tarō, Japan: Ten Years After the Disaster in March 2011
Watch the Dr. Christopher Thompson's presentation
Tuesday, April 20
Student Research Presentations II
Ama Boatemaa Appiah Kubi, African Studies
Beyond Gender and Sex: Negotiating the Spaces of Policy Interventions and Leadership Commitment During a Pandemic in Ghana
Ruth Appiah Kubi, International Development Studies
African Immigrant Women's Experiences of Maternity Health Care Services in Columbus, Ohio
James Fisher, History
“It is not enough to proclaim it, we must put it into practice”: Feminist Discourse and Decolonization in Senegalese Artistic Production
Amal Shimir, International Development Studies
Demobilization, Disarmament and Reintegration (DDR) in Iraq, What Is Missing?