You are invited to discover
some of the university’s most outstanding teachers and researchers
through the OU Speakers Service. Faculty
and staff speakers from a wide variety of disciplines donate their time to
share the educational resources available at the
For
information or to arrange for a speaker, contact Sonya Fallgatter,
OU Faculty Senate,
She can assist you in choosing a
speaker appropriate for your organization.
Every effort will be made to accommodate all requests. Please make your requests at least two weeks
in advance.
Dayle
Aldridge, Psychology/Organizational Dynamics (
Global Business Practices and Ethics: One Is Not the
Antithesis of the Other
Project Management and the Appropriate Application of
Intelligent Disobedience in Managing Risk
Emotional Intelligence in Organizations: Why
It’s a Most Important Learning Experience and How to Develop/Enhance EI in Organizations
Owen Anderson, Law:
Oil and Gas Law
Energy
Boris Apanasov, Mathematics:
Geometry and Cosmology: The Shape of Our Universe
Deke
The Weather and Climate of
Winds of Change: 10 Weather Events That Impacted
History in
The
Abimbola Asojo, Interior Design:
Cross-Cultural Design
Global Design Issues
Lynn Baker, Human Relations:
The Power of Storytelling for Leaders and Managers
Building Teams Within
Organizations
Coping With Difficult Folks
Fred Beard,
Journalism and Mass Communication:
Humor in Advertising: Revealing the Secrets of the
Silly Sell
Robert Brooks,
From Mounds to Mammoths
Spiro: Late Prehistoric Gateway or 15th-Century
Monastery?
Phillip
Chilson, Meteorology:
Understanding Weather Radar: Seeing the Atmosphere Through New Eyes
The Historical Development of Radar and How It Turned
the Tides of World War II
Exploring the World of Chaos: An Atmospheric
Perspective
Reid
Coffman, Landscape Architecture:
Can We Save the World With A Green Toupee? Using Green
Roofs for More Sustainable Cities
Linda Coldwell,
Behind the Scenes at the
Paleozoic
Joyce
Coleman, English:
“We’re Knights of the Round Table”:
King Arthur in Legend, Literature and Film
J.R.R. Tolkien’s Medieval Mythology
The Pleasures of
Randall Coyne, Law:
Keeping
Terrorism, Big Brother and the Patriot Act
The Shameful History of the American Prison System
Can We Afford the Luxury of Capital Punishment?
The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight: The
Timothy McVeigh Defense Team
Torture as a Weapon in the War Against
Terror
The Death Penalty in
The Importance of Grandparents
The Perils of Eyewitness Identification: Unreliable
and Damning Evidence
The Problem With Confessions:
Lies, Damned Lies and So-Called Confessions
Janet Croft,
University Libraries:
The Life of J.R.R. Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien and War: The World Wars and the War of the
Ring
Tolkien on Film Before
Tolkien and Shakespeare: Influences, Echoes, Revisions
Copyright Basics for Writers
Copyright Basics for Educators
Tolkien and Shakespeare: Influences, Echoes, Revisions
Bill Crynes, Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering (retired):
Outhouses: A Passing
FDR’s Outhouses: WPA, CCC and FSA
Robert Dauffenbach, Center for Economic and Management
Research:
The
Donn Edwards, Dance:
Ballet: Louis XIV to Balanchine
Wayne
Elisens, Botany and Microbiology:
Plant Use by the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache in the
Southern Plains
Debra Engel, University Libraries:
University Libraries
Books That Inspire
Michael Fain, Drama:
Before the Applause: The
Backstage World of the Theatre
David Fields, Pediatrics (
It’s Not the Fat That Makes You Fat
Let’s Chew the Fat
Navigating the Crazy World of Eating Out
Ola Fincke,
Zoology:
The Fact and Theory of Evolution: How It Affects Our
Lives Every Day
Jon Forman, Law:
Social Security Reform
Tax Policy
Retirement Policy in the 21st Century
Law and Economic Justice
Doug Gaffin, Zoology,
Scorpion Biology: Looking for Love in All the Dark
Places
Dan Gibbens, Law (retired):
Teaching Big Bang and the Bible in the Public Schools
Are We Still a Christian Nation?
M. Charles Gilbert, Geology and Geophysics (retired):
Are There Mountains in
Why the
What Is Beneath Your Feet in Your Town?
What Is the Inside of the Earth Like?
Nicole
Giuliano:
The Basics of Weather
Severe Weather Safety
The Reality of Storm Chasing
Michael
Givel, Political Science:
Paul Goodey, Mathematics:
Probability Is Probably Not What You Think It Is
Probability and Pi: Forensic Mathematics
Chaos and Fractals
Michelle
Grunsted, Marketing:
Teaching Real World Business Experience: IBC a Win-Win
Experience
Suliman
Hawamdeh, Library and Information Studies (
Personal Knowledge Management: Keeping Up With Your
Kid on the Web
Katherine Hirschfeld, Anthropology:
Raul Castro and
Smuggler’s Blues: A
Tour Through the Underworld of Old Havana
Michael Moore and the
Mythology of Cuban Health Care
Karen Holp, KGOU Radio:
Public Radio in
Promoting Your Nonprofit
Stamatios
Kartalopoulos, Electrical and Computer Engineering/TCOM
(
The World’s Knowledge in One
Second? What Is It With Optical
Networks?
Free-Space Optical Communications: How Are They
Deployed Quickly in Disaster Areas?
Cyber-Attacks: A New Silent War
In Search of the “Holy Grail” in Secure
Optical Networks
Beam Me Up Scotty … Is Teleportation Real?
James Kenderdine, Marketing (retired):
What Does It Mean When a Firm Becomes “Market
Driven”?
Re-Engineering American Business: What Does It Really
Mean?
Is There Life After Wal-Mart/Home
Depot/Toys ’R Us?: A Guide to Retail Survival in
the 2000s
What Happened to American Business? How Could We Win
the Cold War and Lose the Economic War?
Why “Good People” Make “Bad
Decisions”: A New Look at Business Ethics
How Is the Internet Changing the Way We Do Business?
Drew Kershen, Law:
The Impact of Technology on
Law: Intellectual Property Rights in Living Matter
Kevin Kloesel, Atmospheric
and Geographic Sciences:
Weather Forecasting
Weather Hazards
Severe Weather Safety
Decision Making in Weather-Impacted Situations
The
C. Thomas Knotts, Architectural and Engineering
Services (retired):
The
Peter Krug, Law:
Use of International Sources
of Law and Foreign Judicial Decisions in
Islamic Law and
International Human Rights Standards
Glen Krutz, Political Science:
Strategic Planning for Organizations
It’s Not Just “The Bill on Capitol Hill”: How Policy Is Really Made in the U.S. Congress
The Bad and Good of Government Budget Deficits
Purposes of Political Parties in America: Elections and Governance
Mary Linn, Anthropology,
The Importance of Language
Diversity in the
Sharing the Word:
Endangered Languages: What
Does It Mean to Lose a Language?
John Lovett, University Libraries (Western History
Collections):
Two Centuries of Photography in
Kerry Magruder, University Libraries (History of
Science Collections):
Treasures of the History of Science Collections
Treasures of the Bizzell
Bible Collection
Early Printed Herbals in the History of Science
Collections
Life and Works of Galileo: A Guided Tour of the
History of Science Collections
Life and Works of Copernicus: A Guided Tour of the
History of Science Collections
The History of Science and the Star of
Life and Works of Charles Darwin: A Guided Tour of the
History of Science Collections
Treasures From the History of
Medicine in the History of Science Collections
Charles Mankin,
Humans’ Role in Global
Warming
Edmund Marek, Instructional Leadership and Academic
Curriculum:
Science and Faith – the Great Matter:
Discussions From an
Alberto Mata, Human Relations:
The Military Family Coping
With Stress and Separations
FEMA: A Need for Community-Based
Approach With Grassroots Leadership
Volunteerism: From Self Help
to Voluntary Action Organizations
Gangs, Drugs and Violence
Servant Leadership
Gary McManus,
The Dust Bowl: Lessons
Learned … and Lost
Global Climate Change and
the Implications for
Emily Meazell, Law:
Law and Science: The
Strengths and Weaknesses of Courts When It Comes to Science
Andrea Melvin,
What’s the Weather Out There? Ask the
Participating in the
Why Scientists Must Be Active in Professional
Development Courses for Teachers
Getting Ready for Disaster: Families Prepare
Elementary
Elementary
Elementary
Elementary
Elementary
Claude Miller, Communication:
Emotion and Communication: Feeling and Thinking and
the Role of Emotion in Guiding Human Behavior
Gregory Miller, Political Science:
The Many Causes of Terrorism
The Best Methods for States to Deal With
Terrorism
The Nature of Tactical or Structural Change in
Terrorist Groups
The Benefits of a Country’s Reputation in
International Relations
Julie
Miller-Cribbs, Social Work (
Social Work: A Noble Profession
Moving Beyond Stereotypes: What Do Social Workers Do
and How Can They Help Me?
African-American Reunions: Cauldrons of Capital
Advocating for the Ones We Love: Strategies for
Navigating Through Policy and Procedures to Get What You Need
Health Policy: The Basics
Poverty and the Family
Kimball
Milton, Physics and Astronomy:
Nuclear Power: Part of the Response to Global Warming?
Mini-Nukes, WMD,
Proliferation and Missile Defense
Science vs. Religion: A Physicist Looks at Faith
What Will the Large Hadron Collider Tell Us About the Structure of the Universe?
John Mulvihill, Pediatrics (
What’s New in Genetics?
Genomics, Gene Therapy and Molecular Medicine: Hype or
Reality?
Gene Testing
Do a Gene Test! What’s Your Medical Family
History?
Cloning: Pros and Cons
Family Cancer: Why? What to
Do
The Joys and Duties of Lifelong Mentoring
Henry Neeman, Computer Science:
Supercomputing in Plain English
Allison Palmer, Art:
Religious Art of the Italian Renaissance
Terry Patterson, Architecture:
15 Years Building My Own House: How My Wife Has
Suffered
Paul Philp, Geology and
Geophysics:
Environmental Forensics or
CSI Without the Violence
Kathleen Rager, Educational Leadership and Policy
Studies (Limited Availability):
Emotional Intelligence: The Key to Success?
You’re Smarter Than You
Think You Are
Six Strategies for Improving Learning and Remembering
Joanna Rapf,
English:
Screwball Comedy Senior Style: An Angry Old Woman
Waiting for God
Watching Contentment: Perspectives on Comic Romance
and Age
What My Father Bequeathed to Me: The Heritage of the
Movie History, Fact and Fallacy: The Case of M-G-M
The Eloquence of Silence: Film Comedy Before Sound
Carl Rath, Music:
The Beatles and Their Cultural Influence:
Pt. 1: Early Beatles (1962-1963)
Pt. 2:
The Beatles Are Coming (1964-1965)
Pt.
3: Experiments in Rock (1966-1967)
Pt.
4: Across the Universe (The Beatles in
Pt.
5: …and in the End… (1969)
Shad Satterthwaite, Political Science:
Military Operations in
Lessons From
The Road to the White House
Ingo Schlupp, Zoology:
Ecology, Evolution and
Behavior of a Unisexual Fish, the Amazon Molly
A Life in Darkness:
Surprising Findings From a Cave-Living Fish
Robert Smith, Law (retired):
Last Hurrah of the James-Younger Gang
Bloody Day at
When Bank Robbery Was in Flower:
Forgotten War:
Wild West: Outlaws and the Law in
World War I: The Angels of
Binil Starly, Industrial Engineering:
Engineering Living Tissue
Systems: Design and Manufacturing Challenges at Multiple Dimensional Scales
Mike Strauss, Physics and Astronomy:
The Origin, Structure and Fate of the Universe
Money for Nothing: Should Tax Money Fund Basic
Research?
Religious and Philosophical Implications of the Big
Bang
Katerina
Tsetsura, Journalism and Mass Communication:
What Do Those PR People Actually Do? Breaking
Stereotypes About Public Relations Education and
Practice
Media Bribery: An International Problem
“So, Is It Really Cold in
What Do Russians and Americans Have in Common? Living
in “the Heart of
Linda Wallace, Botany and
Microbiology:
Global Warming Research at OU:
What Does It Mean to You?
OU’s Newest Field Station, Kessler Farm Field Laboratory
Biofuels: A Double-Edged Sword
Jerome Weber, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies:
The Changing Nature of American Higher Education
Intercollegiate Athletics Today: Current Issues and
Proposed Solutions
Arctic Adventures: Or, How I Got My Feet Wet Studying
Arctic Pond Life
The
Victor Koshkin Youritzin,
Art:
19th-Century American Painting
Degas: His Artistic Genius
French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Painting
How to Judge Art