Faculty led International Activities

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Faculty-led International Activities

Below is a list of CAS faculty-led activities that regularly take place in 24 countries. Please note that not all activities are reported here.

Anthropology Department

Faculty Member(s)	.Program/Activity	Institution	City	Country
Cairo, Aminata	Ethnographic Field School (ANTH 473) - 6 credit course, 5 weeks in Suriname	Community Organizations & Anton de Kom University of Surimane	Paramaribo	Suriname
Lutz, Nancy	Pilot visit relating to research site evaluation	Volunteers in Asia (NGO)	Various	Myanmar
Rehg, Jennifer	Professional invited presentation at the symposium "La Primatologia en el Peru"	Yunkawasi, Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Mayor de San Marcos, German Primatological Center	Lima	Peru
	Professional poster presentation at International Primatological Society Congress	International Primatological Society	Cancun	Mexico
	Research (sabbatical and on-going): behavior and ecology of callitrichid primates (Saguinus fuscicollis, Saguinus imperator, and Callimico goeldii)	Asociacion para la Conservacion de la Cuenca Amazonica (ACCA), Conservation International (CI), Asociacion Ecologia y Medio Ambiente del Tahuamanu (ECOMATH)	Madre de Dios	Peru
Willmott, Cory	Study artifacts at the Musee du Quai Branly with Canadian Colleagues	GRASAC, Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada)	Paris	France
	Ethnographic/historical research in PR China	OCPP (Old China Photo Project), Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada)	Beijing, Chengdu and other cities in Sichuan Province	China
	Presented paper at Minzu University Museum Studies Program	Minzu University	Beijing	China
	Researched artifacts at the Canadian Museum of Civilization	Canadian Museum of Civilization	Ottawa	Canada
	Created and implemented method of online collaboration with Old China Photo Project colleagues (informal group)	n/a	On-line	China, Australia, Canada
	Presented paper at the Native American Art Studies Association Meetings	Native American Art Studies Association	Ottawa	Canada
	Research at the Archives of Ontario and the United Church of Canada Archives	United Church of Canada, Archives of Ontario	Toronto	Canada
	Presented Paper at Rupert's Land Colloquium	Centre for Rupert's Land Studies	Winnipeg	Canada
	Studied artifacts at the Detroit Institute of Arts and Missouri History Museum with Canadian colleagues	Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Art and Culture (GRASAC), Carleton University	Ottawa	Canada

Art & Design

Faculty Member(s)	Program/Activity	Institution	City	Country
Barrow, Jane	Proposed workshop and exhibit by artist Gonzalo Jose Jove Cusicanqui (Gonz) Opening, March 21, 2013	San Pedro Estudios & Southern Illinois University Edwardsville	La Paz	Bolivia
Brown, Steven	Summer Study Abroad in Ireland 2008, 2010 (Photography)	Burren College of Art	County Clair	Ireland
DenHouter, John	Summer Study Abroad in Ireland 2008 (Painting)	Burren College of Art	County Clair	Ireland
Sutters, Justin	Presentation: "Visual Narratives: Mapping Place/Practicing Space" joint venture stemming from collaborations with two Brazilian Fulbright scholars. (fall 2012)	Brazilian National Art Education Association Conference	Sao Paulo	Brazil
	Presentation: '''Taking Place/Mapping Space: How pre-service art education students see, document, and represent foreign space'' (translation), joint venture stemming from collaborations with two Brazilian Fulbright scholars. (fall 2012)	Brazilian National Art Education Association Conference	Sao Paulo	Brazil
	Working towards potential exchange opportunities with three professors. (fall 2012)	Federal Universities of Pernambuco (UFG)	Recife	Brazil

Biological Sciences

Faculty Member(s)	Program/Activity	Institution	City	Country
Minchin, Peter	Collaborative research with Dr. Jari Oksanen on the development of multivariate analytical methods in ecology	University of Oulu	Oulo	Finland

Chemistry Department

Faculty Member(s)	Program/Activity	Institution	City	Country
De Meo, Cristina	Host for Sabbatical in 2011, collaboration with Dr.Angelo Spadaro.	University of Catania	Catania	Italy
Lu, Yun	Hosted Pref.Tuoping Hu, a visiting scholar for 5 months, visited his lab, have anongoing collaborative research project.	North China University	Shanxi	China
Lu, Yun	Hosted the visit by Prof. Xiaoqing Zhu, visited this lab many times, continuing collaboration wit this group.	Nankai University	Tianjin	China
Shaw, Mike	Host for sabbatical in 2009, continuing collaboration with Drs.David and Pym Harding. 1 paper published (2012) from this activity.	Wailailak University	The Sala District	Thailand
Shaw, Mike	Co-organizer for symposium at 2014 Canadian Society for Chemistry Meeting in Vancouver to honor the career of Dr.Peter Legzdins. Dr.Kevin Smith is local contact, Dr.George Richter Addo, Chair of Chemistry at U of OK is other organizer.	University of British Columbia	Okanagan	Canada

English Language & Literature Department

Faculty Member(s)	Program/Activity	Institution	City	Country
Gurfinkel, Helena	Co-Editor Journal, A Journal of Turn-of-the-Century Theatre	St.Mary's College	London	England
Johnson, Matthew S.S.	Reviews Eitor for the Journal of Gaming and Virtual Worlds	University of Wales	Several campuses	Wales
Hardman, Joel; Skoblow, Jeffrey; Larry LaFond	Faculty exchange (loose and informal connection)	University of Lledia	Lleida	Spain
LaFond, Larry	TESL International Practicum	ITESM	Cuernavaca	Mexico
Ruff, Nancy	Study Abroad	SIUE Carbondale and Greece	Several locations	Greece
Ruff, Nancy & Ozcam, Tim (Marketing Research, School of Business)	Study Abroad	Ege University	Izmir	Turkey

Foreign Languages & Literature Department

Faculty Member(s)	Program/Activity	Institution	City	Country
Carruthers, Heidy	Spanish Summer Program	University of Havana	Havana	Cuba
Florido, Joaquin	Spanish Summer Program	CEA	Seville	Spain
Lavallee, Tom	Summer Program	Xiamen University	Xiamen	China
Mann, Debbie	Faculty/student Exchange Program	Univeresite Catholique de L'Ouest	Angers	France
Mann, Debbie	Faculty/Student Exchange Program	Universite Laval	Quebec	Canada
Rocha, Carolina	Summer Program	Universidad de Belgrano	Buenos Aires	Argentina
Romero, Ana	Spanish Summer Program	Univeristy of Havana	Havana	Cuba
Sedycias, Joao	Spanish Summer Program	University of Havana	Havana	Cuba
Sedycias, Joao	Faculty/student Exchange Program	Federal University of Pernambuco	Recife	Brazil

Geography

Faculty Member(s)	Program/Activity	Institution	City	Country
Grossman, Michael	Host for part of sabbatical Fall 2012 and ongoing research as visiting researcher 2010- present	Seikei University Faculty of Economics (working with Dr. Masumi Zaiki)	Musashino City, Tokyo	Japan
Grossman, Michael	Visiting Researcher Fellowship, September 2012	Seikei University Center for Asian and Pacific Studies (CAPS)	Musashino City, Tokyo	Japan
Hildebrandt, Mark	Collaborative research project on the Asian Brown Cloud and Global Climate Change	United States Educational Foundation- Pakistan (Executive Director Grace Clark) and Quaid-i-Azam University	Islamabad	Pakistan
Hu, Shunfu	Hosted the visit by Profs. Youpeng Xu and Jinkang Du, and Associate Dean Lifeng Zhang; continuing research collaboration.	Nanjing University	Nanjing	China
	Associate Editor: Journal of Emerging Trends in Computing and Information Sciences	University of Quebec at Chicoutimi	Quebee	Canada
	Faculty exchange (loose and informal connection)	Tribhuvan University	Kathmandu	Nepal

Historical Studies Department

Faculty Member(s)	Program/Activity	Institution	City	Country
Frick, Caole	Study Abroad	Santa Reparata International School of Art - 2010 and 2012	Florence	Italy
Jordan, tom	Study Abroad	Insper Sao Paulo - 2009	Sao Paulo	Brazil
Miller, Jennifer	Study Abroad	Istanbul Technical University 2010	Istanbul	Turkey
Tamari, Steve	Study Abroad	Istanbul - Istanbul Technical University 2006	Istanbul	Turkey

Mass Communication Department

Faculty Member(s)	Program/Activity	Institution	City	Country
Ibroscheva, Elza	Advertising and Post-Socialist Femininity	Municipality Library	Bourgas	Bulgaria
Ibroscheva, Elza	Portrayals of Female Politicians in the Lebanese Media	n/a	Beirut	Lebanon
Yu, Jason	MC471 Special Topics in Mass Communications-International Advertising	Zhejian University	Hangzhou	China

Mathematics and Statistics

Faculty Member(s)	Program/Activity	Institution	City	Country
Jarosz, Krzysztof	Host for and collaborative research with senor Fullbright Scholar T.S.S.R.K. Rao	Indian Statistical Institute	Bangalore	India
	Member of organizing committee for Banach Algebras 2009 conference	Stefan Banach International Mathematical Center	Bedlewo	Poland
	Attended the Conference on Several Complex Variables	Jagiellonian University and Mathematical Institute of Polish Academy of Sciences	Krakow	Poland
Kieftenbeld, Vincent	Presented a paper at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association		Vancouver	Canada
Ledzewicz, Urszula	Collaborative research and presented a paper at the 3rd IEEE Conference on Systems and Control	Moscow University	Moscow	Russia
	Collaborative research and presented lectures	Institute of Medical Biomathematics and Tel Aviv University	Tel Aviv	Israel
	Speaker at 8th AIMS International Conference on Dynamical Systems, Differential Equations, and Applications		Dresden	Germany
	Speaker at 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control		Shanghai	China
	Collaborative research with Prof. Maurer (Germany) and conference presentation at 14th BFC Conference on Optimization	University of Munster	Munster	Germany, Belgium
	Supported Student travel to speak at the Mathematical Methods in Systems Biology conference	Tel-Aviv University	Tel Aviv	Israel
	co-organizer and speaker at 8th European Conference on Mathematical and Theoretical Biology	Society for Mathematical Biology	Krakow`	Poland
	Gave lectures at a workshop on Mathematical Oncology; New Challenges for Systems form Biomedicine	Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture	Erica	Italy
	Invited plenary speaker at the 15th Austrian-French-German Conference on Optimization	Univeriste Paul Sabatier	Toulouse	France
	Collaborative research and presentation of an invited plenary talk at the 11th International Conference on System Science and Stimulation in Engineering	World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society	Singapore City	Singapore
	Co-organizer of United States_South Africa Workshop on Mathematical Methods in Systems Biology	African Institute of Mathematical Sciences	Muizenber	South Africa
	Collaborative research, give a lecture, and promote SIUE Mathematics and Statistics graduate programs	African Institute of Mathematical Sciences	Muizenber	South Africa
	Invited plenary speaker at the 5th International Conference on High Performance Scientific Computing	Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology	Hanoi	Vietnam
	Collaborative research and member of PhD committee of student	Ecole Polytechnique and INRIA	Paris	France
	Collaborative research with Professor Andrazej Nowakowski	University of Lodz	Lodz	Poland
	Invited plenary speaker at the International Workshop on Mathematical Modeling of Biological Processes	Harbin Institute of Technology	Harbin	China
Leem, Koung Hee and Pelekanos, George	Presented a paper at the 7th ISAAC Congress Conference		London	England
Leem, Koung Hee and Pelekanos, George	Give a series of invited lectures at University of Piraeus	University of Piraeus	Piraeus	Greece
Lu, Chunqing	Presented a paper at the 14th Asian Technology Conference in Mathematics		Beijing	China
Lu, Chunqing	Presented a paper at the 4th IEEE Conference on Nonlinear Science and Complexity	Obuda University	Budapest	Hungary
Pelekanos, George	Collaborative research and gave a series of lectures	Yeungnam University	Seoul and Gyeongbuk	South Korea
Pelekanos, George	Spoke at Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium	Northwestern Polytechnical University	Xi'an	China
Sewell, Edward	To attend IIE 2010 annual meeting and receive the award for "Technical Innovation in Industrial Engineering"		Cancun	Mexico
Song, Myung Sin	Attended and spoke at the Summer School on New Trends and Directions in Harmonic Analysis, Fractional Operator Theory, and Image Analysis.	Technische Universitat Munchen	Inzell	Germany
Staples, G. Stacey	Invited research and invited professor	CNRS and Univeriste Henri Poincare	Nancy	France
	Presented a paper at the 30th Conference on Quantum Probability and Related Topics	Pontifica Universidad Catolica de Chile	Santiago	Chile
	Presented a paper at the conference on Applied Geometric Analysis in computer Science and Engineering	University of Amsterdam	Amsterdam	Netherlands
	Invited researcher	Charles Hermite Center and INRIA-Lorraine	Lorraine	France
	Invited plenary speaker at 9th International Conference on Clifford Algebras and Their Applications	Universitat Weimar	Wwimar	Germany
Traub, Cynthia	Presented two papers at the Canadian conference on Computational Geometry	Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island	Canada
Weyhaupt, Adam G.	Attended the "arbeitsgemeinschaft" mathematical research workshop on minimal surfaces	Mathematics Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach	Oberwolfach	Germany

Music

Faculty Member(s)	Program/Activity	Institution	City	Country
Knapp, Joel	Performance at Festival Internacional de Coros De Santiago De Cuba	The Institute of Music in Cuba	Santiago and Havana	Cuba
Smithiger, Daniel	Part of the "Panorama 2013 Festival"	University of the West Indies	Savanna/Port of Spain	Trinidad and Tobago
Korak, John	Performance at the International Trumpet Guild conference		Sydney	Australia
Truckenbrod, Emily	Performance at "orvieto Musica- The Art of Song Festival		Orvieto	Italy
Bell, John	Performance at World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE) conference	Chiayi City Municipal Cultural Center	Chiayi City	Taiwan
Knapp, Joel	Performance at Chapel of Notre-Dame-des-Victoires		Quebec	Canada
	Performance at Musee Quebecois de Culture Populaire		Trois Riviere	Canada
	Performance at Oratory of St. Montreal		Montreal	Canada
Bell, John	Marching in Okayama	City of Okayama	Okayama	Japan
Bell, John	Guest conductor	National University of Tainan	Tainan	Taiwan
Mishra, Micheal	Paper: "Schostakovich's 9th Symphony - The Original Version of Early 1945"	International Conference on Russian/Soviet Music- University of Durham	Durham	England
	Blue Danube International Opera Conducting Competition	Bulgarian State Opera	Burgas	Bulgaria
	Lecture - Shostakovich and the Eighth String quartet	Music Department, Channing School	London	England

Philosophy

Faculty Member(s)	Program/Activity	Institution	City	Country
Lueck, Bryan	Presentation at Kantian Ethics and The Moral Life Conference, Fall 2012.	Antwerp University	Antwerp	Belgium
Pearson, Chris	Presentation at International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social studies of Biology Conference, July 2009	Emmanuel College (University of Queensland)	St. Lucia, Queensland	Australia
	Presentation at European Philosophy of Science Association Conference, October 2011.	University of Athens	Athens	Greece
	Presentation at Naturalizing Religion Conference, July 2012		Kazimierz	Poland
	Presentation at International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology Conference, Summer 2013.	Universite Montpellier 3	Montepellier	France
Reiheld, Alison	Presentation at International Congress on Feminist Approaches to Bioethics Conference, August 2010.		Singapore	Singapore
Schunke, Matt	Presentation at Naturalizing Religion Conference, July 2012		Kazimierz	Poland
Ware, Robert	Presentation at World Council of Comparative Education Societies Conference, June 2010.		Istanbul	Turkey
Ware, Robert	Presentation at Political Studies Association conference 2011.		London	England

Physics

Faculty Member(s)	Program/Activity	Institution	City	Country
Ackad, Edward	Research collaboration with Dr. Lora Ramunno	University of Ottawa	Ottawa Ontario	Canada
Garcia, Hernando	Research collaboration with Dr. Lucia Scaffardi and Dr. Daniel Schinca	Center for Photonic Research and Optics (CIOp)	La Plata	Argentina
	Research collaboration with Dr. Edgar Rueda	Universidad de Antioquia	Medellin	Colombia
	Supervisor for Ph.D. student Mr. Juan Serna	Universidad de Antioquia	Medellin	Colombia
Yousef, Mohammad	Beam Line Champion for macromolecular crystallography	Sesame: Synchrotron-Light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East	Allan	Jordan
Yousef, Mohammad	Research Collaboration with Dr. Salwa Sabet: Zoology Department Faculty of Science	Cairo University	Giza	Egypt

Department of Public Administration and Policy Analysis

Faculty Member(s)	Program/Activity	Institution	City	Country
T.R.Carr and Rochelle Henderson	Lectures and Presentations on Healthcare Policy	n/a	Samara	Russia
	Lectures and Presentations on Local Government and Freedom of the Press	St. Petersburg University	St. Petersburg	Russia
	Lectures on Healthcare Policy and the Electoral Process	n/a	Riga, Stockholm	Latvia and Sweden
T.R.Carr	Presentations on Aging Policies and Municipal Governments	n/a	Stuttgart	Germany
Julie Pietroburgo	visiting Fulbright Professor	Masaryak University	Brno	Czech Republic
	Guest Lecturer	Charles University	Prague	Czech Republic
	Guest Lecturer	University of Economics	Prague	Czech Republic
	Guest Lecturer	n/a	Ostrava	Czech Republic
	Czech Republic: Grant preparation for Collaborative effort	n/a	Brno	Czech Republic
	Czech Republic: Media interviews	n/a	Brno	Czech Republic
	Czech Republic: Presentation to NGO Directors	n/a	Brno	Czech Republic
Richard Bush	Conference	International Society for Third Sector (ISTR)	Siena	Italy
	Prospectus for Micronesian NGO training, capacity building, and educational program	College of the Marshall Islands	Marshall Islands	Micronesia
	ISTR Conference Panelist and paper presentation	International Society for Third Sector (ISTR)	Istanbul	Turkey
	IWork with universities and NGOs on training, capacity development, and education	Several	Several	Ghana and Argentina

Political Science Department

Faculty Member(s)	Program/Activity	Institution	City	Country
DeGarmo, Denise	Travel Study - Ireland	Seminars International/SIUE International Programs	Several locations	Ireland
DeGarmo, Denise	Research Activities	Applied Research Institute		Palestine
Rice, Laurie	Travel Study - Ireland	Seminars International/SIUE International Programs	Several locations	Ireland

Speech Communication Department

Faculty Member(s)	Program/Activity	Institution	City	Country
Nastasia, Sorin	International Public Relations (Travel Study)		Lyon and Bucharest	France and Romania

Social Work

Faculty Member(s)	Program/Activity	Institution	City	Country
Duckham, Bryan	Online "pen pal" communications with students in social work	University of Cumbria	Cumbria	England

Theater and Dance

Faculty Member(s)	Program/Activity	Institution	City	Country
Bentley, Kathryn	Du Theater Research	University of Suriname	Paramaribo	Suriname
Schmitz, Johanna	Conference presentation	American Society for Theater Research	Montreal and Quebec	Canada
	London Theater Study Abroad Program	n/a	London	England
	Research and consultancy	Rose Theater Trust	London	England
	Research and consultancy	Rose Theater Trust	London	England

Faculty-led International Activities

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