University of Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences

In his new book, Race, Rhetoric, and Technology: Searching for Higher Ground, Adam J. Banks, an associate professor in the Division of Writing, Rhetoric, and Digitial Media (WRD), explores issues of race in ways which intersect both academic and community engagement and blur the lines between boundaries of classroom and civic spaces. Banks discusses his recent publication and the broad spectrum of interests--ranging from black theology to music like Parliament Funkadelic--which influence his work.

This podcast was produced by Christina Buckner.

Solar energy has been around for a while now, but John Anthony, Michel Jabbour and Chi-Sing Man are part of a team that was recently awarded a National Science Foundation grant to develop new ways to catch and convert light to electricity. Anthony, a professor in the Department of Chemistry, describes the project, and his collaboration with mathematicians Jabbour and Man.

This podcast was produced by Cheyenne Hohman.

Christia Brown, a professor in the Department of Psychology, focuses on childhood psychology, specifically looking at gender and ethnic discrimination among children. Brown and her team work within Fayette County Schools to gather information about the sources of discrimination--sources which are often difficult to pin down.

This podcast was produced by Cheyenne Hohman.

Bill Endres, a professor in the Department of English and a specialist in visual rhetoric at UK, has been involved in the process of preserving and digitizing an illuminated manuscript known as the St. Chad Gospels. The manuscript dates back to the 8th century and has miraculously survived the English Civil War and numerous Anglo-Saxon and Viking raids. Using digital technology, Endres worked with the UK VisCenter to make scans and take multi-spectral images of the pages in hopes of recovering worn or erased Old Welsh writing in the margins.

This podcast was produced by Cheyenne Hohman.

Bourbon is a Kentucky tradition and Alan Fryar, a hydrogeologist and a professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, explains the relationships between Kentucky limestone, ground water systems and bourbon.

This podcast was produced by Cheyenne Hohman.

Richard Milich, a professor in the Department of Psychology here at UK, has been doing research on ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) for decades to learn how ADHD affects learning. With support from a colleague and a new grant, Milich hopes to continue to help ADHD children improve their reading comprehension skills.

This podcast was produced by Cheyenne Hohman.

Denise Ho, assistant professor of history and historian of modern China, recently interviewed guest lecturer Eugene Wang, Abbey Aldrich Rockefeller Professor of Asian Art at Harvard University, who came to UK as part of the Year of China Initiative. Professor Wang discusses contemporary Chinese artists diverging from China’s national narrative in the wake of the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake.

This podcast was produced by Cheyenne Hohman.

Laura Garrison was one of a group of students that went to Shanghai University with professor Matt Wells over the summer of 2011. She told us about the skill of her Chinese language teacher during the immersion-style classes, and the adventures she had during her free time in China.

This podcast was produced by Cheyenne Hohman.

During the 2011-2012 school year, A&S will be focusing on China in its Passport to the World program. In a recent StoryCorps interview, Dean Mark Kornbluh discusses the reasons for focusing on China.

Hallie Decker, a junior majoring in Chinese and International Studies, will be studying for a year at Shanghai University from August 2011-August 2012. During her year there, she'll be blogging about her adventures at Hallie In Chinese.

This podcast was produced by Cheyenne Hohman.