The 2018-2019 Common Reader Book Talks
Join us for scholarly conversations centered around the University’s public affairs mission (Ethical Leadership, Community Engagement, and Cultural Competence) and theme of Unity in Community.
Lab Girl: by Hope Jahren
Hope Jahren is an American geochemist and geobiologist at the University of Oslo, known for her work using stable isotope analysis to analyze fossil forests dating to the Eocene. She has won many prestigious awards in the field, including the James B. Macelwane Medal of the American Geophysical Union. Her book Lab Girl (2016) has been applauded as both “a personal memoir and a paean to the natural world”, a literary fusion of memoir and science writing, and “a compellingly earthy narrative.”
Discussion Part 1
August 27, 2018
2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
Meyer Library Room 204
Discussion Part 2
September 12, 2018
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Meyer Library Room 204
Discussion Part 3
October 18, 2018
2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
Meyer Library Room 204
Purpose:
Provide a shared academic experience and create a sense of community among faculty and staff as well as to provide an introduction to scholarly life at Missouri State.
Goals:
To create a sense of community by increasing interdisciplinary thinking and dialogue among faculty and staff through shared academic and co-curricular experiences.
To promote a deeper understanding of the public affairs mission and it’s wider societal impact through critical analysis of a common reader.
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