Dr. Robert Fox began studying parenting shortly after his first child was born. This evolved into working with families in poverty and then for families of young children with mental health issues. In 2003, he founded the Behavior Clinic in partnership with Penfield Children’s Center, a community-based, Birth-to-Three agency. The professor emeritus in the College of Education discusses the importance and legacy of his work with Provost Dan Myers.

During the past 40 years, Dr. Fox developed the research and applied foundation of the Early Pathways Program to specifically address the mental health needs of very young children. Learn more at http://www.earlypathways.com

While growing up, Dr. John Borg experimented by launching rockets. Today he's still researching the effects of explosions and collisions. His specialty lies in shock physics, the research of understanding how material responds under extreme conditions. The professor of mechanical engineering has studied the implications for subjects as diverse as earthquakes and the knuckleball.

Episode 14 of Illuminating Intellect

Hosted by Dan Myers, Marquette University Provost

Produced by Tim Cigelske, Director of Social Media

Dr. SuJean Choi studies how different parts of the brain tell us to keep eating even when we're full, which includes more than 300 distinct human motivations to eat.

Dr. Choi is the recipient of both the Rev. John P. Raynor, S.J., Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence, and the Way Klingler Fellowship Award — $50,000 for three years — which she will use to learn how we can regulate the need to fuel our bodies versus the desire to eat for potentially unhealthy reasons.

In addition to her scholarly work, Dr. Choi talks about playing competitive Ultimate Frisbee for 25 years and her black belt in Tae Kwon Do.

Episode 13 of Illuminating Intellect

Hosted by Dan Myers, Marquette University Provost

Produced by Tim Cigelske, Director of Social Media

Dr. Jenn Finn discusses parallels between ancient tourist traps and modern theme parks, why she earned two PhDs and how ancient history lessons such as the fall of Rome are relevant today.

She's accomplished an extraordinary amount in the past year. In addition to winning an Olympic-distance triathlon after donating a kidney to her father, the history professor in the Way Klingler College of Arts and Sciences was also awarded Way Klingler Young Scholar Award this spring.

Hosted by Dan Myers, Marquette University Provost

Produced by Tim Cigelske, Director of Social Media

Dr. Sandra Hunter specializes in studying muscle fatigability and endurance performance. She has published research on age differences between the sexes among elite marathon runners that has been written about in Runner's World, the New York Times and many other publications.

Further reading: https://medium.com/research-at-marquette/does-the-marathon-have-a-glass-ceiling-3224d8c87079

Shion Guha can deadlift 500 pounds, speak Elvish and analyze the ethics of criminal sentencing algorithms. Provost Dan Myers talks LOTR, Cambridge Analytica and more with the assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science at Marquette University.

Law Professor Andrea Schneider discusses myths and realities around gender and negotiation and how to make systems of work fairer.

Dr. Lisa Edwards, professor of education and director of the Counselor Education program, talks to the Provost about her work with undocumented mothers dealing with postpartum depression and her blog, www.hopefulmama.com, that offers "mommy-inspired and science-informed strategies for well-being."

April is Autism Awareness Month, and in this episode of Illuminating Intellect, Dr. Norah Johnson, associate professor of nursing, talks to the Provost about her research into health care for people who are on the autism spectrum, as well as her interests in running and the theater.

In this episode of "Illuminating Intellect," Dr. Jennifer Evans, assistant professor of biomedical sciences in the College of Health Sciences, talks with the provost about soccer, circadian rhythms and seasonal affective disorder.