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Invited Presentations
Keynote and Featured Addresses
- Keynote. Chu-Shikoku Meeting. American Literature Society of Japan. Matsue, Japan. 7.27.l979
- Keynote. Conference Interdisciplinary Baccalaureate Education. University of South Carolina. 3.7.l988
- Anniversary Address. 20th Anniversary of Watauga College. Department of Interdisciplinary Studies.
Appalachian State University Forum Series. l0.22.l992
- Plenary Address. Symposium on Interdisciplinarity. University of British Columbia. 3.6.1993
- Keynote. Minnesota State Universities Undergraduate Conference on Teaching. The Bush
Foundation. Minneapolis. 10.27.1994
- Keynote. Symposium on Interdisciplinarity. Pontificia Universidade Catolica
de Sao Paulo. Brazil. 5.6.1996
- Keynote. National Institute for Science Education. University of Wisconsin. 11.15.1996
- Green College Speaker in Residence and Keynote Address for Individual Interdisciplinary Graduate
Program University of British Columbia. 2.25-3.4.1998
- Keynote. Individual Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program. University of Missouri, Kansas City. 3.13.1998
- Keynote. Third International Conference. Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in the
Liberal Arts (Augustana College). Banff, Alberta. Canada. 5.7-10.1998
- Keynote. Department of Higher Education. State of Connecticut.12.17.1998
- Distinguished Lecturer. Center for General Ecology. University of Berne, Switzerland. 10. 21.1998
- Keynote Address: First Retreat for grant recipients in competition for Transdisciplinary
Tobacco Use Research Centers (National Institutes of Health). 12.17.1999
- Featured Lecture. “The Value of Interdisciplinarity and Liberal Studies in the Contemporary
University.” University of Michigan Dearborn. 14 October 2004.
- Keynote: Congress on Interdisciplinary Studies and Complexity. Universidad
Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. Mexico City. 10.11.2001
- Keynote. Seminar on Interdisciplinary Studies. Universidad Latina de America.
Morelia, Mexico. 10.19.2001
- Keynote. Bridging Research and Social Interest: Challenges of Evaluation in
Transdisciplinary Projects and Public Policy. UNESCO-MOST Regional School for
Latin America & Caribbean. Punta del Este, Uruguay 10.28.2003
- Keynote Bridging Disciplinary Divides: Understanding the Population/Environment Debate:
2004 Fenner Conference. Australian Academy of Science. Canberra. 5.24.2004
- Distinguished Lecturer. Graduate Humanities Program, Concordia University, Montreal. April 7, 2005.
- Distinguished Speaker. Center for the Scholarship of Teaching. Michigan State University. 9.29.2005.
- Featured Invited Speaker. “The Trend Toward Interdisciplinarity.” 50th anniversary of Harvey Mudd
College, “ The Future of Engineering, Science, and Mathematics,” Claremont, January 14, 2006.
- Keynote: “Negotiating Knowledge: The Epistemology of Interdisciplinary Research.” Royal
Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences conference on Interdisciplinary Research. Amsterdam. January 12, 2007.
- Keynote: “Innovative Evaluation Methods in the MIT Complex,” Royal Netherlands Academy of
Arts and Sciences symposium. Amsterdam. November 9, 2007.
On Teaching and Learning
- Speaker “Tsuushinkyoiku.” University of Michigan Program for All-Japan Association of Private
Universities Correspondence Education. Ann Arbor, Michigan. 10.l6.l980.
- Speaker (with Mary Lee Field) “Writing about Literature in Japan and America.”
CCCC in Dallas, Texas. 3.l98l. Published in revised form.
- Speaker “Teaching Abroad.” Annual meeting of the Michigan College English Association. Dearborn,
Michigan. 10.l6.l98l
- Co-chair, Speaker “Teaching Values.” Annual meeting of the Association for General and Liberal
Studies. Rochester, New York. 11.16.l98l
On Literary Studies
- Discussant Bibliography section. Annual meeting of the Midwest Modern Language Association.
St. Louis, Missouri. 10.l972
- Discussant English I section. Annual meeting of the Midwest Modern Language Association.
Chicago, Illinois. 11.l974
- Speaker “Satire in a New Key: The Lyrics of The Beggar’s Opera.” Annual meeting of The
Michigan Academy. East Lansing, Michigan. Spring l976. Published in revised form.
On Interdisciplinary History, Theory, and Practice
- Conductor of Seminar “Interdisciplinary Discourse: The Languages and Interlanguages of
Interdisciplinarity.” Annual meeting of the Association for Integrative Studies. Ramapo, New
Jersey. 4.l6.l983
- Speaker “Interdisciplinary Discourse: Models for Making Connections.” National
conference on Writing in the Humanities. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 6.l9.l983
- Speaker “Words and Pictures.” Annual meeting of the Association for General and
Liberal Studies. Lexington, Kentucky. 11.l0.l983
- Convener Plenary sessions. Annual meeting of the Association for Integrative Studies.
Oxford, Ohio. 2.5.l984
- Speaker “The University and Society: Interdisciplinary Mission-Oriented Research and Ethnic,
Minority Studies.” Joint meeting of the Association for Integrative Studies and the Association
for General and Liberal Studies. San Francisco, California. 10.25-27.1984
- Speaker “Thematic and Interdisciplinary Curricula.” Bowling Green State University.
Bowling Green, Ohio. 3.29.l985
- Co-Presenter (with Ernest Lynton). “Imagining the Whole: From Instrumental to Synoptic
Definitions of Interdisciplinarity.” Annual meeting of the Association for
Integrative Studies. Richmond, Kentucky. 10.l9.l985
- Co-speaker (with Alan Porter) “Preconditions for Interdisciplinary Research.” Speaker: “The
Interdisciplinary Process.” 4th International Conference of INTERSTUDY. Minneapolis,
Minnesota. 8.25-28. l986. Published in revised form.
- Co-conductor of plenary session “Establishing a Research Perspective for Evaluating
Interdisciplinary Outcomes.” Annual meeting of Association for Integrative
Studies. Bowling Green, Ohio. 11.l5.l986
- Speaker “Defining Interdisciplinarity.” Annual meeting of Association for Integrative Studies.
Pennsylvania State University. 11.7.l987
- Speaker “Defining Interdisciplinarity II.” Annual meeting of Association for Integrative Studies.
Arlington, Texas. 10.2l.l988
- Speaker “TEXT/CONTEXT: A Rhetoric of Integration in the Human Sciences.” International
symposium on The Rhetoric of the Human Sciences. College Park, Maryland. 4.l. l989.
Presented in a revised version at annual meeting of the Association for Integrative Studies.
Rohnert Park, California. 10.ll. l989. Published in revised form.
- Speaker “Across the Boundaries.” Symposium on Disciplinarity: Formations,
Rhetorics, Histories. GRIP. Minneapolis, Minnesota. 4.23.l989. Published in revised form.
- Speaker “Culture and Text, Discipline and Criticism.” International symposium on Writing the Social
Text. College Park, Maryland. 11.l989
- Discussant Interdisciplinary Symposium on Substance Abuse. College of Nursing.
Wayne State University. Detroit, Michigan. 4.7.l993
- Speaker “Stories of Interdisciplinary Research.” Conference on Narrative in the Human Science.
Project for the Rhetoric of Inquiry. Iowa City, Iowa. 7.8.1990
- Featured Book Author Conversation with the Author: Interdisciplinarity: History, Theory, and
Practice. Association for Integrative Studies. Manchester, New Hampshire. 11.2.l990
- Speaker “Literature and ...: Disciplinary Relations in the Modern University.” Conference on
Interdisciplinarity: Science, Literature, and the University. Bloomington, Indiana. 2.8.l99l
- Speaker and Moderator “Interdisciplinary Centers. Annual meeting of the Association for
Integrative Studies. St. Paul, Minnesota. 10.l99l
- Speaker “Interdisciplinary Learning.” Faculty Center for Instructional Effectiveness. Eastern
Michigan University. Ypsilanti, Michigan. 11.l9.l99l
- Speaker “The Challenge of Interdisciplinary Collaboration within the University.”
Developmental Disabilities Institute. Wayne State University. Detroit, Michigan. 12.6.199l
- Speaker “Crossdisciplinarity: Forms and Criteria.” Special session on
Crossdisciplinarity. Annual meeting of the Modern Language Association. San
Francisco, California. 12.28.l99l
- Speaker, Organizer: “Crossing the Boundaries of Industry, Government, and the University.”
Conference on Academic Knowledge and Political Power. College Park, MD. 11.20.l992
- Speaker and Organizer "Changing Institutional Climates." Annual meeting of the
Association for Integrative Studies. Detroit, Michigan. 10.9.l993
- Speaker "Across Disciplines, Across Studies." Annual meeting of the American Studies Association.
Boston, Massachusetts. 11.7.l993
- Invited Scholar's Remarks. Conference on Interdisciplinary Education. Evergreen State College.
10.30-11.1.1997.
- Speaker "Interdisciplinarity in Higher Education: Changing Institutional Climates." Faculty Center for
Instructional Effectiveness. Eastern Michigan University. Ypsilanti, Michigan. 3.l.l994
- Speaker “Interdisciplinarity.” College of Nursing. Wayne State University. Detroit. 3.24.l993
- Speaker: "Universities, Disciplines, and Interdisciplinarity." Annual meeting of the American
Association of Higher Education. Chicago, Illinois. 3.25.l994. Published in revised form.
- Plenary Speaker: "Boundary as Object/Concept/Rhetoric/Epistemology." GRIP Symposium on
Knowledges. Minneapolis, Minnesota. 4.l6.l994
- Author-Discussant: (with David Shumway) of Knowledges: Historical and Critical Studies of
Disciplinarity and manuscript on "Interdisciplinary Criteria." Association for Integrative Studies.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 11.29-30. l994
- Plenary Speaker: "Toward a Conceptual Vocabulary of Hybrid Identity." Symposium on Knowledge and Identity. GRIP. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 4.14.1996
- Conversation with Editor and Author (of) Interdisciplinary Studies Today. Annual meeting
of the Association of Integrative Studies. Ypsilanti, Michigan 3.10.1996
- Contributor and Discussant: "A Provocation in the Humanities." 10.5.1996.
- Speaker: "Coherence and Connectedness in the Curriculum," and "The Asheville
Institute." Association of American Colleges & Universities. Atlanta. l.17-18.1997.
- Invited Scholar's Remarks. Conference on Interdisciplinary Education. Evergreen State College.
10.30-11.1.1997.
- Conversation with the Author of Crossing Boundaries and Pre-Conference plenary presentation on
Interdisciplinarity. Annual meeting of AIS. Detroit, Michigan.10. 8-9.1998.
- Speaker. Sessions on teaching music and on interdisciplinary education across K-16.
Association of Integrative Studies annual meeting. Napierville, IL. 9.30-10.3.99.
- ISP Colloquium Series Speaker. “Transdisciplinary Problem Solving.”1.26.2000.
- Invited Lecturer: MacArthur Workshop on “Academic Knowledge, Social Activism, and Public Policy Formation.” University of Minnesota. 9.24.01.
- Invited Speaker: “Forms of Interdisciplinarity.” New Directions in Geosciences and
Humanities.” Biosphere II, Arizona. 3.23.02.
- Invited Speaker: “Interdisciplinarity: Research Process and Institutionalization.” New
Directions in Geosciences and Humanities Project. Colorado School of Mines; 9.26.02.
- Invited Speaker in President’s Commission on the Status of Women Career
Development series: “How to Get Your Book Published.” 11 February 2003
- Host of “Book Conversation” with Carol Geary Schneider (10 October) and Designer and Host
of two-part sessions “Interdisciplinary Education K-16” (11 October) at annual
meeting of Association for Integrative Studies conference. Detroit, 2003.
- Brown Bag Talk on “Interdisciplinarity, Humanities , and Culture: The Changing American
Academy.” Humanities Center. Wayne State University. 5 February 2004.
- Invited Speaker. Convocation on Facilitating Interdisciplinary Research. National Academies of
Science. Washington, D.C. 29-30 January 2004.
- Invited Expert on Interdisciplinarity. Dean’s Retreat. Central Michigan University, June 6, 2005.
- Invited Commentator: “Quality Assessment in Interdisciplinary Research and Education” at American
Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D.C. February 8, 2006.
- Featured Author: "Book Conversation: Humanities, Culture, and Interdisciplinarity." Association for
Integrative Studies, Emory University. Atlanta, GA. October 5, 2006.
- Featured Speaker: ""State of the Art Review of Transdisciplinary Collaboration in Scientific
Research: An International Perspective." National Cancer Institute conference on The Science of
Team Science. 30 October 2006. Bethesda, Maryland.
- Invited Expert on interdisciplinarity and sustainability. Going Global Working Session II. MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 8-19 July 2007.
- Invited Expert Participant. Symposium on “Women, Minorities, and Interdisciplinarity.” Columbia
University. 12-13 November 2007.
- Invited Expert on Interdisciplinarity. BIRCWH Scholars. University of Michigan. 4 December 2007.
- Invited Expert on Interdisciplinarity. Address: “Methodologies and Academic Discourse:
Conversations Across the Disciplines” and Best Practices: Workshop: Interdisciplinary Course
Development, Teaching and Pedagogy, Student Learning, and Assessment.” New York City
College of Technology. Brooklyn, NY. 6 February 2009.
- Invited Speaker: “Exploring Boundary Crossing in New Understanding of Cultural Objects: Digital
Partnerships for Engaged Learning/Engaging Boundaries of Words, Images and Cultural
Codes.” Annual Meeting of Association for Integrative Studies. Springfield, Illinois.
24 October 2008.
- Invited Speaker and Seminar Participant: “Reconceptualizing Interdisciplinarity through
Refigurations of the Spaces of Inquiry.” Athabasca University Centre for Integrated Studies
Conference on “The Scope of Interdisciplinarity.” Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. 8 November 2008.
On Digital Humanities
- Co-presenter with NEH-grant team: Poster Session and Technology Demos on “Lessons Learned
for Teaching with Technology in Humanities and Social Sciences.” HASTAC III Conference
on “Traversing Digital Boundaries.” Urbana-Champaign, IL. 21 April 2009.
- Co-presenter with NEH-grant team: “The WSU Digital Leaning and Development Sandbox.”
EDUCAUSE. Midwest Conference. Chicago, IL. 25 March 2009.
- Invited Speaker: “The Digital Humanities Turn: From Page to Screen.” Session on New Subjects
in and Beyond the Classroom. Modern Language Conference. San Francisco, CA.
27 December 2008.
- Invited Speaker: “Digital Partnerships for Engaged Learning” at the national meeting of the
Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes. March 15, 2008.
International Presentations
- "Holism, Postmodernism, and Interdisciplinarity." Conference on Worldviews. Free University of
Brussels. Brussels, Belgium. 4.1.l990. Published in revised form.
- "The Interdisciplinary Concept: Past, Present, and Future." OECD international meeting on
“Inter-Disciplinarity Revisited." Linköping, Sweden. 10.10.l984. Published in revised form.
- “IDR in the Future.” Fifth International Conference on Interdisciplinary Research.”
INTERSTUDY. Manchester School of Business. Manchester, England. 7.l5.l988.
Published in revised form.
- "Notes toward a Social Epistemology of Transdisciplinarity." UNESCO lst World Congress on
Transdisciplinarity. Setubal, Portugal. 11.l994. Published.
- "Interdisciplinary Teaching Practices: Didactics and Theory." At national congress of
teachers VIII ENDIPE. 5.9.1996. Florianopolis, Brazil.
- The Landscape of Knowledge and the Interdisciplinary Question in Science." Symposium on
interdisciplinarity in science. University of British Columbia. 3.1996.
- (with Gordon Vars) “Interdisciplinary Curriculum Integration and the Needs of Teachers
in K-12 and College: Perspectives from the United States.” International
Congress on Educational Research. Sherbrooke, Canada. 6. 26-30. 2000.
- Chair of Implementation session and Co-Chair of Mutual Learning session on Theory
and Method at international conference on “Joint Problem-Solving among
Science, Technology, and Society.” Zurich, Switzerland. 2.27-1.1.2000.
- "Estrategias Pedagogicas y Curriculares Interdisciplinares; Teorica y Metodologica en el Campo de la Interdisciplina." Seminario Internacional: Dialogos Sobre la Interdisciplina Observatoire des Reformes Universitaires (ORUS), Guadalajara, Mexico. 9.27.2004.
- “Can Interdisciplinarity in Research Be Measured?” The Academy of Finland. Helsinki. 15 February
2005. In conjunction with the Annual Meeting of Finnish Society of Science and Technology
Studies. Subject of interview in The Academy of Finland newsletter A PROPOS: Riitta
Tirronen, (2005). "Tieteidenvalisen tutkimuksen arviointia kehitettava" ("Assessment of
interdisciplinary research needs to be developed"), A propos, No. 2, June, pp. 18-19.
(available in print and at www.aka.fi > Publications)
- Guest Lecturer. Environmental Protection Laboratory. Helsinki Institute of Technology. Espoo,
Finland 16 February 2005.
Invited Seminars, Lectures, and Guest Events in Last Five Years
- Invited Guest to meet with research team and teacher seminar. Project Zero. Graduate School
of Education. Harvard University. Cambridge. 4.8-10.2004
- Member of Research Site team. National Science Foundation funded “Cities and Rivers” workshop
series in St. Petersburg, Russia (June 2004)
- Featured Interview. AP Central Newsletter 2004. “Interdisciplinarity in K-16. College Board
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