Mini University
2007 Class Listing
- The Arts
- Business and Technology
- Domestic Issues
- Health, Fitness, and Leisure
- Human Growth and Development
- Humanities
- International Issues
- Science
* = Limited Enrollment Class
THE ARTS
* A Building Lives: Behind the Scenes at I.M. Pei’s
Art Museum
Linda Baden, IU Art Museum
* A New Adventure in Creativity
Rudy Pozzatti, Fine Arts
* Behind the Scenes at the IU Opera
Robert O’Hearn, Music
Behind the Scenes of Pump Boys and Dinettes
George Pinney, Theatre & Drama
* Exploring the South Pacific at the IU Art Museum
Diane Pelrine, IU Art Museum
Exploring Shakespeare's Text through Structure and Movement: A Practical Workshop
Nancy Lipschultz, Theatre & Drama
Fan-tasia: Fans in Fashion
Kathleen Rowold & Kelly Richardson, Apparel Merchandising & Interior
Design
Great Partnerships and the Art of the Pas de Deux
Anya Royce Peterson, Anthropology
I.M. Pei’s Masterwork: The IU Art Museum Celebrates 25 Years
Heidi Gealt, IU Art Museum
Indiana Stone Carver: 200th Anniversary
of Thomas R. Reding
Keith Buckley, Law
* Inconvenient Stories: Portraits of Vietnam War Veterans
Jeffrey Wolin, Fine Arts
Jazz: What’s Behind the Music?
Patrick Harbison, Music
Mini University Choir:
Building a Performance
James Mumford, African American Arts Institute
Running the Gauntlet: From the Movie in My Mind to the Movie
on the Screen
Angelo Pizzo, Screenwriter
The Figure in Art History — and Hoagy Carmichael
Michael McAuley, The Hoagy Landmark Project
* The Glory of Nature: Landscape Painting from the IU Art
Museum Collection
Ed Maxedon, IU Art Museum
The Grand Journey That Is Music
Peter Jacobi, Journalism
BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY
A Second Renaissance Driven by Technology: Informatics
Mehmet Dalkilic, Informatics
Building Trusted Computing Systems
Raquel Hill, Informatics
* Correcting and Managing Digital Photographs on the Computer
with Adobe Photoshop Elements
Carol Rhodes, Information Technology
* Create a Web Page
Chris Payne, Information Technology
Economic Stories Your Grandchildren Should Know
Morton Marcus, Business
Hot Spots: Emerging Global Markets
Greg Kitzmiller, Business
Let’s Go on an E-mail Diet
Martin Siegel, Informatics/Education
Mission Fields: Regulating Religion in
the Workplace
Jamie Prenkert, Business Law
No Joke: The Daily Show as a Source of Political Information
Julia Fox, Telecommunications
The Psychology of Persuasion: How to Get Your Way
in Work and Life
Timothy Baldwin, Business
Why Don’t They Show More Respect: Understanding Generational
Differences
Carolyn Wiethoff, Business
DOMESTIC ISSUES
Afghanistan: A Work in Progress. My
Year as a U.S. Army Embedded Trainer with the Afghanistan National
Army
Kirk White, IU Director of Community Relations
Blogging and the Future of Journalism
Amy Reynolds, Journalism
Can Social Security Survive the Baby Boom?
Bill Witte, Economics
Explaining the Durable Racial Divide in American Education
Pamela Walters, Sociology
FDR’s Private Spies and the Intelligence Failure of
Pearl Harbor
Gene Coyle, Arts & Sciences
God and Government: What the Law Has to Say about the Separation — or
Not — of Church and State
Beth Ellen Cate, University Counsel
Grandparents’ Rights to Custody and Visitation
Aviva Orenstein, Law
Media Images and Election Outcomes: The Visual Portrayal
of Presidential Candidates on the Evening News, 1992-2004
Erik Bucy, Telecommunications
Mexican Immigration to the United States: Policy & Human
Experience
Peter Guardino, History
New Urbanism, Old Cities
Eric Sandweiss, History
The Changing Role of Policing Since 9/11: How Much Freedom
Are We Willing To Give Up to Feel Safe?
William Head, Criminal Justice
The Identity Theft Hoax
Fred Cate, Law
The Rehnquist Court and the Roberts Court
Joseph Hoffman, Law
Wedlock and Deadlock: Gay Marriage, Cultural Conflict, and the
Lessons of History
Colin Johnson, Gender Studies
Whatever Happened to the Republican Revolution? And
Onward to 2008
Marjorie Hershey, Political Science
HEALTH, FITNESS AND LEISURE
Human Balance: Practical Concerns as We Age
David Koceja, Kinesiology
Patient Safety in Hospitals: What Every Patient Should Know
Marcia Laux, Nursing
Prevention Is the Cure
Mohammad Torabi, Applied Health Science
Stop Asthma by Changing Your Diet
Timothy Mickleborough, Kinesiology
Target Fitness: Functional Exercise for Adults
Carol Kennedy-Armbruster, Kinesiology
The Fountain of Youth, Ponce de Leon, Exercise and Aging
Joel Stager, Kinesiology
The Problem: It’s Your Speech; Not My Hearing
Nicholas Hipskind, Speech & Hearing Sciences
* You Are What You Eat: Using the Computer to Evaluate Your
Diet
Alyce Fly, Applied Health Science
HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
Ethical Explorations Through Storytelling
Donna Eder, Sociology
Living and Learning: Keys to Happiness in Later Life
Frank DiSilvestro, Continuing Studies
Psychology and the Law: What Can Legal Doctrine Learn from
Psychology
Theory and Research
Jim Sherman, Psychology
Stress and the Brain
Cara Wellman, Psychology
Stress, Communication, Humor, and Happiness
Jim Weigand, Continuing Studies
Students and Today’s Internet: Emerging First Amendment
Issues in Our Public Schools
Suzanne Eckes, Education
HUMANITIES
A Backward Glance: The Poetry of James Whitcomb Riley
Kim Manlove, State of Indiana
America Seen Through Foreign Eyes
Aurelian Craiutu, Political Science
Bringing the Boys Home from Iraq, 400 B.C.: Xenophon’s
Anabasis
Timothy Long, Classical Studies
Inverted "Worlds" in Shakespeare's Comedies
Ray Smith, Education
Dying for God: A History of the Phenomenon of Suicide Bombing
Kevin Jaques, Religious Studies
From Lexington and Concord to 9/11: Memorial Culture in
the United States, an Illustrated Lecture
Edward Linenthal, Journal of American History
* From Tangrams to Rubik’s Cube: A History of Mechanical
Puzzles
Jillian Hinchliffe, Lilly Library
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Louis Agassiz: Rediscovering
the 19th Century
Christoph Irmscher, English
* IU Past and Present: Historical Slideshow and Walking
Tour
Phillip Bantin, Libraries/Archives
Live Your Best Oprah: Studying an American Icon
Kathryn Lofton, Religious Studies
Recording Your Family’s History
Barbara Truesdell, Center for Study of History & Memory
Religion, Ethics, and Designer Babies
Lisa Sideris, Religious Studies
Rhetorical Refusals: The Art of Defying Audiences’ Expectations
John Schilb, English
Self-Help Books: Why Americans Keep Reading Them
Sandra Dolby, Folklore
Stories: What They Do, How They Do It, and Why They Matter
Raymond Hedin, English
The Jesus Birth Stories in Matthew and Luke:
History and the Individual
Ken Gros Louis, Chancellor IU Bloomington
* The Small World of Miniature Books
Rebecca Cape, Lilly Library
Yanks Overseas: The World War II Experience
James Madison, History
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
Cuba: Portrait and Projection
Russell Salmon, Spanish & Portuguese
Darfur: Genocide and Responsibility
Jacob Bielasiak, Political Science
India’s Cultural Exports: From Buddhism
to Bhangra
Michael Dodson, History
Is Iraq Another Vietnam?
Nick Cullather, History
Islam and the Horn of Africa: New Front in the “War
on Terrorism”
John Hanson, History
Popular Culture in Apartheid South Africa
Marissa Moorman, History
Promise and Peril in an Information Age
Bill McGregor, Public & Environmental Affairs
Russian Politics as Political Theater: Putin’s Move
from Leading Man to Wily Producer
Regina Smyth, Political Science
September 11 and the Abandonment of Diplomacy
Herbert Terry, Telecommunications
The Challenges of a Growing European Union
Maria Bucur-Deckard, History
The Fall of Communism and the Rise of Crime in Russia
William Pridemore, Criminal Justice
SCIENCE
Alzheimer’s Disease: A Look at Our Most Common Form
of Dementia
Martin Ronan, Medical Sciences
* Biodiversity in Bloomington: A Walk in the IU Preserve
Keith Clay, Biology
Embryonal Stem Cells: Yes, No, or “Who Knows?”
George Malacinski, Biology
Hedge Funds, Lotteries, and Online Poker: America’s
Love Affair with Gambling
Joseph Stampfli, Mathematics
Hubble’s Top Ten
Catherine Pilachowski, Astronomy
Lucy’s Baby: 3.3 Million-Year-Old Skeleton Reveals
the Course of Human Evolution
Kevin Hunt, Anthropology
Moral and Policy Issues in Dealing with Dementia
David Smith, Poynter Center/Religious Studies
New Beginnings, New Relationships
Lesa Lorenzen-Huber, Center on Aging and Aged; Catherine Sherwood-Puzzelo, Applied
Health Science
Our Energy Future — Myth and Reality
Brian Keith, Geological Survey
Red Wine, Dark Chocolate, and So Much More: Do They Really
Make a Difference?
Bruce Martin, Medical Sciences
* The Kinsey Institute: 60 Years and Going Strong
Jennifer Bass and Catherine Johnson-Roehr, Kinsey Institute
The Leading Causes of Blindness in the Aging Population
Victor Malinovsky, Optometry
World Food Productions: Challenges and Options
Albert Ruesink, Biology
* Limited Enrollment Class
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