FGCU Scholar Series

The FGCU Scholar Series provides a venue for faculty to present their research to both the FGCU campus and the SWFL community.

Want to know what the faculty are up to? The FGCU Scholar Series provides a forum to highlight the latest research of FGCU faculty across all disciplines. Hosted on the last Wednesday of each month, faculty discuss their recent work and collaborations, perspectives on their scholarly process and motivation toward the work, preliminary results, and future directions of their work.

The FGCU Scholar Series highlights four scholars each semester. If you are interested in being considered, please complete the interest form.

Fall 2023
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Due to Hurricane Idalia, Dr. Amir Neto’s talk entitled “Firm Mobility and Hurricanes: Evidence from Florida Gulf Coast University” will be rescheduled to the Spring semester (Wednesday, 27^th March).

September 27th

Dr. Rob Sillevis, "Unraveling the Mystery of Cervicogenic Headaches"

October 25^th

Dr. Hasan Aydin, "At Your Peril: Conducting Research in a Totalitarian Regime"

November 29^th

Dr. Fernando Gonzalez, "The Development of an Educational Software tool to Support Learning Introductory Robotics"
Spring 2023
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Jan. 25^th

Dr. Landon Frim, “The Humanity! Why the climate crisis needs a human frame”

Feb. 22^nd

Dr. Felix Jose, “Morphodynamic response of barrier islands to Hurricanes Irma & Ian”

March 29^th

Dr. Tom Cimarusti, “Recent discoveries among the Koreshan papers at FGCU”

April 19^th

Dr. Phil Allman, “Sea turtle conservation and research in West Africa: Identifying risks and exploring opportunities for sea turtle protection in Ghana”
Fall 2022
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31 August

Dr. Tunde Szecsi and Dr. Debra Giambo, “It is Social Justice: Scholarship about English Learners' Education and Language Maintenance”

28 September & 26 October

N/A due to Hurricane Ian

30 November

Dr. Derek Lura and Dr. Seneshaw Tsegaye, “Food Water & Energy: Engineering Precision Systems for a Sustainable Future”
Spring 2022
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26 January

Dr. Myra Mendible, "Storytelling and War: The Politics and Poetics of Veterans' Memoirs"

23 February

Dr. Annemarie Connor, Dr. Ann Tilman , Dr. Ellen Donald, "Community Autism Network at FGCU: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Autism Research"

30 March

Dr. Nicholas Wright, "The Quest to Improve Student Outcomes: Good Intentions, Successes, and Unintended Consequences"

27 April

Dr. Erik Insko, Dr. Katie Johnson, "Two Mathematicians Walk into a Bar: How We Use Games and Puzzles to Train the Next Generation of Problem Solvers"