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Jerry Shannon, "Stimulus or Stigma? Examining the expansion of Georgia's SNAP retailers during the Great Recession."

Jerry Shannon is an assistant professor in the department of geography and the College of Family and Consumer Sciences at the University of Georgia. He is a geographer studying how to make urban neighborhoods and food systems healthier and more equitable. Dr. Shannon’s broad interests are in urban development and inequality, geographic information systems, political geography, and place effects on health. More specifically,…


Mark Berg, “The Cultural Context of Adolescent Sexual Behavior: Anderson’s Player Hypothesis Revisited."

Mark Berg is an assistant professor in the department of sociology at the University of Iowa. Berg’s research interests primarily include criminology, interpersonal violence, the mobilization of law, and the social context of adolescent development. He is currently investigating the situational characteristics of disputes as part of a project funded by the National Institute of Justice (U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC).


Tim Gill, "The Venezuelan Government and the Global Field: The Legislative Battle over Foreign Funding for NGOs."

Tim Gill is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Georgia. His areas of interest include political sociology, global/transnational sociology, and sociological theory. He is currently completing his dissertation on US democracy assistance programs in Venezuela under the Chávez Administration, and how the Venezuelan government has challenged them.


Tara Sutton, “Mechanisms that Link Childhood Economic Disadvantage to Intimate Partner Aggression: An Extension of the Family Stress Model.”

Tara Sutton is a doctoral candidate in the department of sociology at the University of Georgia. Her areas of interest are family and deviance and  her research addresses the influence of individual, family and community factors on adjustment problems during adolescence and emerging adulthood.  She is currently working on projects that that link social contexts and family of origin experiences to outcomes such as delinquency,…


"Crash and Burn: Interactions between forest disturbance from wind and fire"

Jeff Cannon presents this exit seminar. His research interests include: unraveling the complex ways in which common forest disturbances (such as wind damage and fire) can interactively influence forest regeneration. Currently, my research focuses on how wind damage can alter the amount and type of forest fuels which can lead to dramatic changes in fire behavior. I am also monitoring whether the combination of wind and fire disturbances can alter…


“Small RNA-producing genes in plants: Improved methods and novel discoveries”

Michael Axtell, Penn State department of biology, presents this lecture. His research interests are listed as follows: We are biologists who use diverse plant species to study a class of genes that produce small RNAs. Small RNAs went largely undetected until around the turn of the century. We now know that they are critical components of gene expression in nearly all eukaryotic organisms. These small RNAs are functionally united in that they all…


"Local adaptation in the context of climate change"

Jill Anderson, UGA department of genetics, presents this lecture. Her research interests include: Our lab also investigates seed dispersal by frugivorous fish in tropical South America. Seed dispersal is a critical stage in the life history of plants. It determines the initial pattern of juvenile distribution, and influences community dynamics, species diversity and gene flow among populations. One major group of vertebrates has been largely…


"CRISPR for Populus: lignin biosynthesis revisited"

Chung-Jui Tsai, UGA department of genetics, presents this lecture. Her website states: I am a plant biologist with a special passion for large organisms - trees! Trees are 'large' not merely by their physical or genome size, but primarily by their longevity. Longevity depends on a perennial growth habit, which can mean added functionalities for genes, proteins and metabolites compared to herbaceous annuals. The quest for 'what makes a tree a…


"Gene by environment interaction and the evolutionary genomics of environmental response in plants"

Dave Des Marais, Harvard, presents this lecture. From his website: I study the diversity of life at many different scales. Like most of us, I am amazed by the visual diversity of plant life. But I am also fascinated by the diversity of genes, proteins, and other molecules which give rise to the beautiful plants that surround us. My research addresses how molecular processes shape organismal diversity, and how these processes evolve within and…


"Range-wide studies of genetic and transcriptomic diversity in sunflower"

Edward McAssey presents a seminar. Hosted by: John M. Burke. His research focus is plant evolutionary genetics and genomics. More specifically, studying the genetic basis of evolutionary divergence within the sunflower family (i.e., the Compositae or the Asteraceae). He also maintains an interest in the ecological and evolutionary impact of transgene escape from genetically modified crops into their wild relatives.


How does plant immunity restrict bacterial virulence?

Brian Kvitko, from the department of plant pathology at University of Georgia, will present the following: Plants encode large sets of cell surface pattern recognition receptors that are able to detect “non-self” microbe-associated molecular patterns (MAMPs) such as bacterial flagellin. In Arabidopsis thaliana the bacterial flagellin epitope flg22 is a potent elicitor of the Pattern-Triggered-Immunity (PTI) response which converts the leaf…


Regulation of Clostridium difficile virulence factors by the second messenger cyclic diguanylate

Rita Tamayo, from the department of microbiology and immunology at UNC School of Medicine, will present a lecture on the following: Clostridium difficile causes antibiotic-associated diarrhea in humans, with approximately 250,000 cases and 14,000 deaths per year in the U.S. alone. A Gram-positive obligate anaerobe, the formation of metabolically dormant, oxygen‐resistant endospores allows transmission between hosts. Once in the anaerobic large…


Cell-cell recognition by the polymorphic myxobacterial TraA receptor leads to beneficial and adversarial interactions

Daniel Wall, from the department of molecular biology at the University of Wyoming, will present this lecture: Cooperative behavior among individuals often involves resource sharing which in turn provides fitness advantages to the community. Myxobacteria are a microbial example where individuals share their resources to build cooperative multicellular communities, as exemplified by fruiting body development. In the case of Myxococcus xanthus,…


"Isa Genzken: Geometries of Lived Perspective"

"Isa Genzken: Geometries of Lived Perspective," Lisa Lee, an assistant professor of art history at Emory University. Lee will discusses German artist Genzken, whose large wooden sculptures challenge the understanding of line and surface. Between 1976 and 1985, the Genzken produced a series of floor-skimming wood sculptures that rigorously elaborate the stereometric forms of the ellipsoid and the hyperboloid. Yet rather than illustrate…


Henry Louis Gates Jr: "Genealogy, Genetics and Race"

Henry Louis Gates Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University, will present "Genealogy, Genetics and Race" as the 2015 Peabody-Smithgall Lecture. Gates, a celebrated scholar and Peabody winner, has created 13 documentary films and authored 16 books and scores of articles.  Presented by the Peabody Awards and sponsored by the Morton…


Deborah Lipstadt: "The Holocaust: An American Understanding 1945-2015"

Deborah Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies at Emory University presents "The Holocaust: An American Understanding 1945-2015" Lipstadt was appointed by Presidents Clinton and Obama to successive terms on the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council. A BBC film adaptation of her 2006 book, "History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier," is currently in development. Sponsored by the Office of the…


Georges C. Benjamin: "Becoming the Healthiest Nation: A Public Health Approach"

Georges C. Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, presents "Becoming the Healthiest Nation: A Public Health Approach" as the College of Public Health's 10th Anniversary Lecture. Benjamin is one of the nation's most influential physician leaders and leads the American Public Health Association's push to make America the healthiest nation in one generation. This lecture is part of the UGA fall Signature…


Daniel P. Amos: "The Mason Public Leadership Lecture"

Daniel P. Amos, chairman and CEO of Aflac and A.D. "Pete" Correll, chairman emeritus, Georgia-Pacific, will present this year's Mason Public Leadership Lecture. Amos, who earned his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from UGA in 1973, has served as CEO of Aflac since 1990 and chairman since 2001. Correll, who earned his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from UGA in 1963, retired as CEO of Georgia-Pacific and has dedicated…


Jack Rakove: "What did the Constitution Originally Mean?: Two Interpretations"

Jack Rakove, the William Robertson Coe Professor of History and American Studies and professor of political science and law at Stanford University, will present this lecture as part of Constitution Day at UGA. Rakove is author and editor of several books related to the founding of America, including "Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution." Sponsored by the School of Public and International Affairs and the Law…


Bob Inglis: "The Climate Conscience of a Conservative"

Inglis is a former South Carolina congressman and co-founder of the Energy and Enterprise Initiative, which promotes free-enterprise solutions to climate challenges. Sponsored by the Division of Biological Sciences, College of Engineering, College of Public Health, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, Georgia Initiative for Climate and Society, Odum School of Ecology and the School of Public and International Affairs. Part of the University of…


Allinger Lecture: Adventures with Carbohydrates

Prof. Geert-Jan Boons, of the UGA Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, will present "Adventures with Carbohydrates" as part of the chemistry department colloquia.


"I Am Trayvon Martin: Hoodies Up—How One Case Changed a Nation and Ignited the World."

The University of Georgia Institute for African American Studies will present "I Am Trayvon Martin: Hoodies Up—How One Case Changed a Nation and Ignited the World." The lecture by UGA alumna and civil rights advocate Jasmine Rand will be Sept. 10 at 5 p.m. in the UGA Chapel. Founder of Rand Law LLC and an adjunct professor at the University of Miami School of Law, Rand is a practicing attorney and international legal analyst known for her…


Undergraduates' Solutions to Problems about Key Concepts in Biology

Dr. Paula Lemons, University of Georgia, presents this lecture.


Virulence Determinants of Toxoplasma gondii: Of Mice and Men

Dr. David Sibley, from Washington University School of Medicine, presents this lecture.


Frontiers in Biochemistry: Biofuels and Biomaterials

A lecture on the future of biofuels and biomaterials. 
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