Topic: Conference
Animal law experts from around the world convene at law school
Close to 250 animal law experts and advocates from around the world convened at Lewis & Clark Law School on Oct. 17-19 for the 16th Annual Animal Law Conference to discuss the interconnections between animal law and a broad array of issues such as religion, farming, environmentalism, and homeland security. The event was sponsored by the Center for Animal Law Studies in collaboration with the Animal League Defense Fund.
Mark Hawthorne, animal rights advocate, blogger, and author of Striking at the Roots: A Practical Guide to Animal Activism, writes: The panel that made the biggest impression on me had to do with the state of animal law in China, which is to say none at all. Presented by Paul Littlefair of RSPCA International and Amanda Whitfort, who teaches law at the University of Hong Kong, the session covered the legal and cultural hurdles animal advocates must overcome in Asia….
Linda Christensen speaks at Northwest conference for K-12 teachers
Linda Christensen, director of the Oregon Writing Project:
In October, Christensen will speak at the First Annual Northwest Conference on Teaching for Social Justice in Seattle. This conference brings together K-12 teachers, student teachers, teacher educators, and parent activists to participate in workshops and discussions centered around Rethinking Schools magazines and books. Christensen’s talk, titled The Power of Language in School, will provide stories and examples from her 30 years of teaching in the classroom.
Biochemist Janis Lochner presents at Gordon Research Conference
Janis Lochner, Dr. Robert B. Pamplin, Jr., professor of science:
In July, Lochner, a professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, gave an invited talk at the Gordon Research Conference on Proprotein Processing Trafficking and Secretion, hosted at Colby-Sawyer College in New London, New Hampshire. The Gordon Research Conferences are a series of international scientific conferences that have a 75-year history and “provide an international forum for the presentation and discussion of frontier research in the biological, chemical, and physical sciences, and their related technologies.”
Lochner’s presentation, titled “Neuromodulators Associated with Synaptic Plasticity are Copackaged and Cotransported to Synaptic Sites in Hippocampal Neurons,” was part of a series emphasizing innovative and interdisciplinary research in the cellular and molecular events of the secretory pathway.
Professor of French Nicole Aas-Rouxparis and student present at international conference
Nicole Aas-Rouxparis, professor of French:
In July, Aas-Rouxparis and Krista Sarin CAS ‘08 co-presented a paper titled “Identity, Commitment or Nomadism in Assia Djebar’s La Disparition de la langue française” at the International Congress of Francophone Studies held in Limoges, France.
Their paper topic was based on the theme from Aas-Rouxparis’ French 450 spring 2008 seminar, “Identity and Commitment in French/Francophone Literature,” and analyzed Algerian author Assia Djebar’s 2004 novel, “La Disparition de la langue francaise.”
Sarin will spend the next year in Lille, France as a Language Assistant before moving on to graduate school.
Mike Sexton, dean of admissions, elected college delegate for PNACAC
Mike Sexton, dean of admissions for Lewis & Clark College, has been elected to the Executive Board of the Pacific Northwest Association for College Admission Counseling (PNACAC) as a college delegate. He will represent the regional association at the national (NACAC) conferences for the next three years.
Lewis & Clark hosts American Physical Society conference
In May, Lewis & Clark hosted the 10th Annual Meeting of the Northwest Section of the American Physical Society (APS). Thomas Olsen, associate professor of physics, served as local organizing chair and host of this conference. Olsen gave a presentation titled “Characterization and Control of Chaos” and was elected secretary-treasurer of the APS Northwest Section by members.
President Thomas Hochstettler opened the conference with remarks on science research and teaching in the context of the liberal arts. Dean of the College Julio de Paula opened the final day of the conference with a review of the history of science research at Lewis & Clark. Professor of Physics Herschel Snodgrass presented his paper titled “Large-Scale Convection and the Solar Activity Cycle.”
Graduating senior Christina Ketchum shared her paper on “Correlating Vertical Velocities of Ionized Interstellar Medium To Star Formation Rates In Nearby Face-On Spiral Galaxies,” which was a collaborative effort with Associate Professor of Physics Stephen Tufte. Tufte chaired the sessions on astrophysics and biophysics with Professor of Physics Bethe Scalettar. Scalettar presented a paper at the session titled “Elucidating Molecular Events Underlying Learning with Fluorescence Microscopy,” the product of joint research undertaken with graduating senior Mariya Chavarha and Janis Lochner, Dr. Robert B. Pamplin, Jr. Professor of Science. Graduating senior Adam Kowalski and junior Shelley Zhao each presented a poster at the APS conference.
Assistant Professor Kimberly Campbell discusses how to engage adolescent readers
Kimberly Campbell, assistant professor of language arts:
In April, Campbell served as a keynote speaker at the the Kansas Reading Association conference in Junction City, Kansas. Campbell’s presentation was titled “Less is More: Using Short Texts in Support of Adolescent Readers.”
In May, Campbell presented “Less is More: The Power of Essays to Engage Adolescent Readers” with Janet Allen and three YA authors at the International Reading Conference.
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