International Conference Examines Threats to Lobster Population
When people think about the effects of climate change, they’re probably not immediately wondering how the world’s warming will affect the sea crustacean we know as the lobster. But that was a central concern for the keynote speakers and the researchers who presented at the 11th International Conference and Workshop on Lobster Biology and Management, […]
International Conference Focuses on Dickens’ Interdisciplinary Thinking
On July 14-16, Boston University College of General Studies hosted the 22nd Annual Dickens Symposium: Interdisciplinary Dickens, a gathering for scholars from across the world to present their research on the nineteenth century writer Charles Dickens. Over 70 scholars attended from nine countries. Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was not just a spinner of dramas and writer of […]
A Look at Undergraduate Research: Tragedy of the Commons & Climate Change
This post is part of a series that profiles the faculty-undergraduate research partnerships offered through the Center for Interdisciplinary Teaching & Learning. To learn more, please contact the Center at citl@bu.edu. CGS Social Sciences Lecturer R. Sam Deese is writing a book that tackles philosophical and political questions around climate change. CGS student Morgan Ashurian […]
Renstrom Publishes Chapter in Critical Insights: Isaac Asimov
CGS Lecturer of Rhetoric Joelle Renstrom recently published a chapter in Critical Insights; Isaac Asimov (Salem Press, 2017). As a researcher of science fiction and technology, Renstrom took a look at robot fiction in her Asimov chapter, “Morality in Asimov: Laws of Robotics vs. Laws of Humanics.” Renstrom’s chapter examines Asimov and the Frankenstein complex, or humans’ fear […]
A Look at Undergraduate Research: First Wives and Marriage in British Novels
This post is part of a series that profiles the faculty-undergraduate research partnerships offered through the Center for Interdisciplinary Teaching & Learning. To learn more, please contact the Center at citl@bu.edu. A married woman abandons her husband and child to elope with a suitor who jilts her. A woman suffers hallucinations after she is suspected […]
CGS Course Probes Economic Realities of Motherhood
Recently featured in the BU Today series “One Class One Day,” Dr. Lynn O’Brien Hallstein’s Cultural Constructions of Motherhood course helps students to realize motherhood’s ever increasing economic costs. Hallstein, associate professor of rhetoric at the College of General Studies, begins her discussion section with a reference to feminist Simone de Beauvoir, who wrote, “No […]
Q&A with Megan Sullivan: New Children’s Book on Parental Incarceration
Associate Dean Megan Sullivan has published a children’s book on parental incarceration: Clarissa’s Disappointment: And Resources for Families, Teachers and Counselors of Children of Incarcerated Parents. Drawing from the research she did for Parental Incarceration: Personal Accounts and Developmental Impact (co-edited with Denise Johnston and published by Routledge in 2016), Sullivan has written a book that highlights a child’s […]
A Look at Undergraduate Research: The Historic 1967 Pennant Win
This post is part of a series that profiles the faculty-undergraduate research partnerships offered to CGS students. In the 1967 baseball season, the Boston Red Sox bounced back from a ninth place finish the year before to win the American League pennant. The year was a turning point in Red Sox history—their first pennant since […]
CGS Professors Present at ALSCW Conference
Three College of General Studies professors made their way to Washington, DC for the Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers conference, which was held from October 27th – 30th at the Catholic University of America. The organization helps ensure that literature thrives in scholarly and creative environments. The conference features panels and seminars with […]
Sam Hammer’s Fulbright Journey Goes to Unexpected Places
When Sam Hammer went to Sri Lanka to do research for his Fulbright scholarship, his work took a surprising turn. Hammer and CGS professor Meg Tyler were one of 800 faculty nationwide to receive the coveted Fulbright award, which sponsors U.S. and foreign participants for international educational exchanges across disciplines. A cultural landscape ecologist and […]