Research Profiles
Mechanisms of Defense—studies in plant communication and survival
Straightaway she sent up the harvest from the land with its rich clods of earth.
And all the wide earth with leaves and blossoms was laden.
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New Directions for Play Therapy Research
Dr. Dee Ray, Professor of Counseling and Higher Education, and Director of the Child and Family Resource Clinic, is recognized as a leading scholar in the field of child-centered play therapy, adult-child relationships, and counselor education. Her research focuses on the quantitative effectiveness of...
Gaps in the Record — the scholarship of gender, technology, and the arts
Art historian Jennifer Way examines the scholarship record of women artists using technology
“Geek Girl Boot Camp,” “Robotics for Girls,” and “IT Girls” are among the many programs offered to girls in Sciences, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics subjects, or STEM, that are increasingly becoming staple features in school curriculums and communities across the country. Research...
Natural History, African Knowledge, and Early Caribbean Literature
Kelly Wisecup is an Assistant Professor of English with a specialization in the literatures of colonial America and the Atlantic world, science and empire, and race in the early Americas. She is currently a fellow in residence at...
Mentoring for Excellence
As an undergraduate at UNT, Jody Huddleston (’10) found something strange in the HIV research she was conducting for Joseph Oppong’s medical geography class.
When she took her questions to Oppong, professor of geography, he says he thought to himself, “This is someone who will do fine work.”
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