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Theme: Movement

This event occurred on
October 27, 2017
6:00pm - 9:30pm MDT
(UTC -6hrs)
Logan, Utah
United States

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Daines Concert Hall
Old Main 4030
Logan, Utah, 84322
United States
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Speakers

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Britany Chamberlain

Aerospace Engineering Master's Candidate
Britany Chamberlain is graduate student at Utah State University working on her master’s degree in aerospace engineering. She earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering with an aerospace emphasis and minor in business from USU in 2015. As a NASA Space Technology Research Fellow, her primary research is on hybrid rocket propulsion applications for small satellites. When she graduates, she wants to be involved in making space tourism a reality. Britany is a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Society of Women Engineers. She loves being involved in these organizations because they’ve given her opportunities to meet an endless stream of interesting people and to learn more than she could ever get from a classroom.

Camille Litalien

Dancer and Yoga Student
Camille’s work as a dancer and student of Yoga deeply informs her current research process in the field of ‘Embodied Learning’. Heavily rooted in a sensuous exploration of early embryological development, her explorations of somatic patterning serve as a stepping stone to develop embodied self-knowledge. More than an objectified research, her work rather lives in a continuous process of exploration, within the somatic field of human consciousness.

Curt Radford

Former College Football Player
Curt Radford grew up in the beautiful state of Idaho. He played many sports but excelled in football, track and skiing. He has always been an expert fisherman and loves every activity that allows him to enjoy being outdoors. He was awarded a full ride football scholarship to Utah State University where he studied physical education and history. He then received a graduate degree in Deaf Education and a doctorate degree in Deaf Studies/Deaf Education. He currently teaches American Sign Language, Deaf Culture, and during the summer he teaches Curriculum Development at Gallaudet University. Curt developed, coordinated, and supervised the on-line ASL program for Utah State University. Curt has achieved all of this and more and is Deaf. Curt is an exceptional ASL teacher and is passionate about improving the lives of Deaf children through the use of ASL in their education. He has traveled all over the country speaking about and teaching ASL.

Edd Hammill

Professor + Conservationist
Edd Hammill studies conservation decisions, including how to deal with risks that can impede management actions. He is currently working with the United Nations Great Ape Research Partnership to understand how the risk of armed conflict can be used to guide great ape conservation.

Jason Spelbring

Actor, Director & Educator
Jason Spelbring is an actor, director and educator. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre Arts at Utah State University – Caine College of the Arts. Jason is a proud graduate of the two-year professional actor training program at The Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts (PCPA). He holds his Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Acting from Webster University’s Conservatory of Theatre Arts and his Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Acting from the University of California, Irvine. Some of Jason’s theatre credits include Juliet in the UK Premiere of Joe Calarco’s Shakespeare’s R&J, Arts Theatre, West End, London. Other Credits: Bath Shakespeare Festival, PCPA/Theaterfest, Centerpoint Theatre, Kentucky Shakespeare Festival, Shakespeare East – Boston, Great River Shakespeare Festival, Musical Theatre West – Long Beach, and six seasons at the Tony Award winning Utah Shakespeare Festival.

Jennifer Sinor

English Professor
In fourth grade, Jennifer chose to sell her own poetry for the class assignment on market economics. She experienced zero success, while her classmate hawking rock candy couldn’t keep the coins inside his pocket. Undeterred by this early lesson in the arts and solvency, Jennifer became a writer who told stories for a living. She is the author of a memoir, Ordinary Trauma, and a collection of lyric essays, Letters Like the Day: On Reading Georgia O’Keeffe, and now encourages others to pursue their hearts. Jennifer lives with her husband, poet Michael Sowder, and her two sons at the foot of the Bear River Range in northern Utah. A professor of English, she teaches the joy that comes from a well-rendered line to students at Utah State University.

Marissa Vigneault

Art Historian
Marissa Vigneault was born and raised in the Northeast, not far from New York City, which allowed for ample exposure to art museums and galleries at an early age. After trying to be a painter, but never quite succeeding, she turned her attention to writing about art, at which she is way more adept. Marissa teaches classes in modern and contemporary art at Utah State University, where she works with the Honors’ Program, serves on the advisory board of the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, and loves to engage in a good studio critique with undergraduate and graduate students. She is secretly happy that her colleagues in Art + Design do not ask her to critique their work, as that could get messy. Marissa is the author of numerous articles and catalogue entries, and is currently working on a book about Hannah Wilke and Marcel Duchamp. She has presented her research on performance art and feminism at national and international conferences.

Pamela Martin

University Librarian
In our current society, information moves more quickly than ever before. In such an environment, every bit of information fights for your attention. Currently, this fight has led to a proliferation of “bad” information – fake news, propaganda and disinformation. This clickbait is created to manipulate you, to generate revenue, and, sometimes, to spur action. How do we navigate this confusing new world? The answer is both simple and complex, and, in many cases, librarians are leading the way. Pamela Martin hails from Memphis, TN, where she worked in bookstores before she realized it’s more fun to give books away for free. Possibly the loudest librarian in the history of the profession, Pamela attended graduate school at University of Tennessee and came to USU in 2004. She served as President of the Utah Library Association in 2015 and enjoys helping people navigate the ever-evolving information landscape.

Sammy Brue

Musician

Stephanie Borrie

Speech-Language Pathologist
Stephanie Borrie is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education at Utah State University. She holds a Ph.D. in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Prior to her research career, Stephanie worked as a Speech-Language Pathologist with adults with neurological disease or disorder (e.g., Parkinson’s disease, stroke, brain injury). Her research, strongly motivated by her clinical practice and her love of conversation, focuses on how neurogenic speech disorders impact human interaction. This work emphasizes the role of rhythm in communication and draws from a breadth of disciplines including speech science, cognitive science, psychology, sociolinguistics, and tools from the field of engineering.

Organizing team

Jeff
Broadbent

Organizer

Anna
McEntire

Logan, UT, United States
Co-organizer