{"id":17137,"date":"2009-10-07T15:32:08","date_gmt":"2009-10-07T22:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=17137"},"modified":"2015-08-17T14:55:02","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T21:55:02","slug":"in-the-spotlight-oct-08-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-oct-08-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight: Oct. 07, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Kudos to these faculty, staff and students<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community?<\/p>\n<p>E-mail your announcements to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Inside@nau.edu\" target=\"_blank\">Inside@nau.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Faculty, staff, graduate students and 23 undergraduates from the School of Forestry attended the Society of American Foresters Convention in Orlando, Fla., last week. Forestry undergraduates in NAU\u2019s Student Chapter of the Society of American Foresters accepted the national Outstanding Student Chapter Award, and graduate student\u00a0<strong>Chris Sorensen<\/strong>won second place in the national student poster competition.\u201cDuring a job fair at the convention, two of our seniors were offered jobs right on the spot,\u201d said\u00a0<strong>Jim Allen<\/strong>, director for the school.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Department of Sociology and Social Work is hosting a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence this academic year.\u00a0<strong>Evan Te Ahu Poata-Smith<\/strong>\u00a0from Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand has a research background in indigenous (Maori) politics and society and New Zealand ethnic relations. His expertise also includes the study of popular culture and musicology.\u201cI was very happy to be selected for this exchange,\u201d Poata-Smith said. \u201cThis offers a fantastic opportunity not only\u00a0to learn from and engage with scholars working in the\u00a0areas of sociology, ethnic studies and indigenous\u00a0studies in the United States, but also\u00a0to significantly internationalize my own research\u00a0and teaching.\u201dThis semester, Poata-Smith is teaching two NAU courses: the graduate-level \u201cGlobal Race and Ethnic Relations,\u201d and the undergraduate-level \u201cSociology of Popular International Music.\u201d Paota-Smith also will teach two courses in sociology and ethnic studies during the spring semester.\n<p>\u201cWe are pleased and honored to be the host institution to a prolific young scholar such as Dr. Poata-Smith,\u201d said\u00a0<strong>Kooros Mahmoudi<\/strong>, chair of the Department of Sociology and Social Work. Mahmoudi credited\u00a0<strong>Michelle Harris<\/strong>, professor of ethnic studies and coordinator of the graduate program in sociology and social work, as being \u201cinstrumental in arranging for this prestigious exchange program.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dennis C. Tanner<\/strong>, professor of health sciences, was a guest speaker at the Oklahoma Speech and Hearing Association annual convention in Tulsa, Oct. 1 to 3. Tanner presented two seminars on legal aspects of the swallowing disorder, dysphagia. Drawing from his experience as an expert witness in seven dysphagia malpractice cases that resulted in death, he reviewed themes of the lawsuits: clinical competency, professional communication, bedside screenings, instrumental assessments and diet, and he provided suggestions for preventing future clinical tragedies.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jill Dubisch<\/strong>, a Regents&#8217; professor of anthropology, was the keynote speaker at the University of Michigan\u2019s eighth annual Platsis Symposium on the Greek Legacy: Honor &amp; Shame, held on Sept. 13. She presented &#8220;Towards a Poetics of Personhood: Beyond Honor and Shame.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-oct-08-2009\/\">Kudos to these faculty, staff and students Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community? E-mail your announcements to\u00a0Inside@nau.edu. Faculty, staff, graduate students and 23 undergraduates from the School of Forestry attended the Society of American Foresters Convention in Orlando, Fla., last week. 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