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, these talks are aimed toward faculty, staff, and students alike. Talks include recent work and collaborations, perspectives on the scholarly process and motivation toward the work, preliminary results, and the future direction of the research.

Join us in person from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm in the Wilson G. Bradshaw Library by the Data Visualization Wall area on the first floor, or join us online by using the links listed below.

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

Spring 2024
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January 31^th

Dr. Terry Leary, Dr. Senthil B. Girimurugan, "One’s Propensity to Serially Kill: A Behavioral and Statistical Perspective"

Watch the January talk here.

February 28^th

Dr. Anna Koufakou, "Decoding Emotions in Human-Written Language: AI and Machine Learning Explorations"

Watch the February talk here.

March 27^th

Dr. Amir B. Ferreira Neto, "Firm Mobility and Hurricanes: Evidence from Florida"

Watch the March talk here.

April 24^th

Dr. Arnab Dutta Roy, "The Postcolonial Bildungsroman: Re-thinking Narratives of Youth and Coming of Age from the Global South"

Watch the April talk here.
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” has been rescheduled to the Spring semester (Wednesday, 27^th March).

September 27^th

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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August 31^st

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

September 28^th & October 26^th

N/A due to Hurricane Ian

November 30^th

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

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

February 23^th

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

March 30^th

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

April 27^th

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"