Mini University
2009 Class Listing
- The Arts
- Business and Technology
- Domestic Issues
- Health, Fitness, and Leisure
- Human Growth and Development
- Humanities
- International
- Science
* = Limited Enrollment Class
THE ARTS
* 20-20 Photographic Vision: A Workshop in Photography
Claude Cookman, Journalism
75 Years of Theatre at IU
Keith and Marian Michael, Theatre & Drama
A Morning Gala: Performers and Performances
Peter Jacobi, Journalism
Jazz Greats of Indianapolis: Past and Present
David Baker, Music
* African Art in Early 20th Century Paris
Diane Pelrine, Art Museum
All Night Strut
George Pinney, Theatre & Drama
* Behind the Scenes: A New Magic Flute
David Higgins, Music
Contemporary American Ceramic Art: Pillars to the Field
Malcolm Smith, Fine Arts
* Contemporary Artists’ Books at the Fine Arts Library
Tony White, Libraries - Fine Arts
Creative Attachments: Artists’ Parents and Siblings
Heidi Gealt, Art Museum
It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t Got That Swing: The Rhythms of Jazz
Patrick Harbison, Music
Matters of Conscience: Three Contemporary American Dance Companies
Anya Royce, Anthropology
Mini University Choir: Continuing a Tradition
James Mumford, African Arts Institute
Moving with History: The Legacy of Martha Graham
Selene Carter, Kinesiology
* Painting Conservation at IU
Margaret Contompasis, Art Museum
Senior Cords: An Indiana Tradition
Kathleen Rowald, Apparel Merchandising & Interior Design
Twelve Labors of Hercules: A Life’s Project
Rudy Pozzatti, Fine Arts
* = Limited Enrollment Class
BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY
Communicating Effectively Across Cultures
Roberto Garcia, Business
* Down Memory Lane: Manage Your Digital Photos with Google Picasa
Carol Rhodes, Information Technology Services
Economists Anonymous: A 12-Step Program for a Disheartened Profession
Morton Marcus, Business
Entrepreneurship in Tough Economic Times
Mark Long, Business
Hedge Funds: Good or Bad in Today’s Market
Veronika Pool, Business
Ignorance as an Asset
David Rubinstein, Business
Is There Global Growth? Is the Engine of China Now a Caboose?—Emerging Markets or Not!
Greg Kitzmiller, Business
Making Your Messages Stick
Timothy Baldwin, Business
Predictable Surprises
Michael Metzger, Business
* Stepping Up to Microsoft Office 2007 and Its Changes
Thomas Mason, Information Technology Services
The "Net Generation": Changing the Way We Learn
Amy Kinser, Business
The Auto Industry in Crisis-Management and Unions in a Global Economy
Peter Seybold, Labor Studies
The Collapsing Housing Market
Jeffrey Fisher, Business
The Dark Side of Finance
Utpal Bhattacharya, Business
The Economic Pearl Harbor
Lawrence Davidson, Business
Women, Business, and the Myth of Equality
Carolyn Wiethoff, Business
* = Limited Enrollment Class
DOMESTIC ISSUES
You and Me Together: New Media, New Citizens, New President
Hans Peter Ibold, Journalism
Famous and Imaginative Con Games by Spies, Crooks, and Authors
Gene Coyle, Public & Environmental Affairs
From Hattie McDaniel to Michelle Obama: (Re)-Imagining Black Women in America
Yvette Alex-Assensoh, Political Science
Hate Thy Neighbor: The Persistence of Racism in American Housing
Jeannine Bell, Law
How Policing in America Has Changed Since 9/11
Bill Head, Criminal Justice
In God We Trust?: Religious Expression and the First Amendment
Daniel Conkle, Law
The Pros and Cons of Government Outsourcing
Sergio Fernandez, Public & Environmental Affairs
The Economic Situation: How Bad Will It Get?
Bill Witte, Economics
The Economy: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going
Mary Frances McCourt, Treasurer, Indiana University
The Future of the Supreme Court
Beth Cate, University Counsel
The Impact of Race and Gender on News Coverage of Political Candidates
Lesa Hatley Major, Journalism
The Prospects for Bush’s Faith-Based Initiatives in the Obama Administration
Michael McGinnis, Political Science
New Directions: The Obama Presidency
Marjorie Hershey, Political Science
From Rush Limbaugh to Keith Olberman: Is it Time to Bring Back the Fairness Doctrine?
Perry Metz, Radio and TV Services and Herbery Terry, Domestic
* = Limited Enrollment Class
HEALTH, FITNESS AND LEISURE
Achieving a Healthy Sexuality: Overcoming Barriers in an Ambivalent Society
William Yarber, Applied Health Science
* Hypertension and Salt Intake: Shirking the Shaker is NOT Enough
Alyce Fly, Applied Health Science
Lifestyles and Genetics: What You Can Do to Reduce Your Risk of Cancer
Catherine Sherwood-Laughlin, Applied Health Science
Protecting Children (and Grandchildren) from the Effects of Divorce
Robert Billingham, Applied Health Science
The Control of Human Balance and How to Improve It
David Koceja, Kinesiology
* The Gardens of Roberto Burle Marx as Recreated at Hilltop Gardens
Greg Speichert, Hilltop Gardens
* Tour the Living Lab: A House of the Future
Lesa Lorenzen-Huber, Applied Health Science
What Really Determines Our Health and What Can We Do About It?
Lloyd Kolbe, Applied Health Science* = Limited Enrollment Class
HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
Assisted Listening Devices for the Hard-of-Hearing and Their Families
Nicholas Hipskind, Speech & Hearing Sciences
Human Factors and the Aging Senses
James Craig, Psychology
Introduction to Qigong: Traditional Chinese Exercise
Betty J. Irvine, Fine Arts
Stress, Communication, Humor, and Happiness
Jim Weigand, Continuing Studies
The Importance of Lifelong Learning for Adults
Frank DiSilvestro, Continuing Studies
* = Limited Enrollment Class
HUMANITIES
A Backward Glance: The Poetry of James Whitcomb Riley
Kim Manlove, State of Indiana – Family and Social Services Administration
Before Edward R. Murrow: The Origins of Television News in America
Mike Conway, Journalism
* Darwin’s American Friend: Asa Gray
Christoph Irmscher, English
Early Modern Racism and Anti-Semitism (or Not?) in the Plays of Shakespeare
Raymond Smith, Education
Elvis, Bob Dylan, and the Cold War
John Bodnar, History
How to Tell a Story
Raymond Hedin, English
Lincoln’s Lessons for the Modern Presidency
Stephen Andrews, Journal of American History
Nuclear Weapons in American Culture
Edward Linenthal, History
* Once Upon a Time: The Evolution of Little Red Riding Hood
Rebecca Cape, Libraries-Lilly Library
Plautus’s Captives, an Ancient Roman Stalag 17
Tim Long, Classic Studies
Presidents and the Burdens of War: Lincoln and Roosevelt
James Madison, History
* Puzzles and American History: Products, Politics, and Propaganda
Jillian Hinchliffe, Libraries-Lilly Library
Religion and Sex in America
Sylvester Johnson, Religious Studies
Richard Pryor and (Re)Invention of American Comedy in the Post Civil Rights Era
Audrey McCluskey, African American Studies
Stranger Stop and Cast an Eye: Early Gravestone Carving Masters of Southern Indiana
Keith Buckley, Libraries-Law
The Illustrated Flowers of Evil: Text-Image Relations
Sonya Stephens, French & Italian
The Literary Hoax: Real Fakes and Inauthentic Others
Alyce Miller, English
* = Limited Enrollment Class
INTERNATIONAL
Chernobyl Forever: The Health and Cultural Fallout of a Nuclear Disaster
Sarah Phillips, Anthropology
Defiance: The Holocaust in the Soviet Union
Jeffrey Veidlinger, History
Giving Back to Africa: Investing in Congo’s Future
Ann Marie Thomson, Public & Environmental Affairs
The New Cold War: Russian Ambition and Europe’s Energy Security
Matthew Auer, Public & Environmental Affairs
Islam and the State in Central Asia
Ron Sela, Central Eurasian Studies
Strengthening Journalism and Building Democracy: 20 Years in South Asia
Jim Kelly, Journalism
Terrorism in South Asia
Sumit Ganguly, Political Science
Futures for U.S. - European Relations
Norman Furniss, Political Science
The Failure of U.S. and UN Policies in Post-Taliban Afghanistan: Could the Obama Administration Make a Difference? How?
Nazif Shahrani, Central Eurasian Studies
The Indian Diaspora: A View From Behind the Lens
Steven Raymer, Journalism
The Making of a Documentary: My Vietnam, Your Iraq
Ron Osgood, Telecommunications
Through the Looking Glass: Assessing Current and Future Affairs on the Korean Peninsula
Michael Robinson, East Asian Languages & Cultures
Update: An Insider’s Perspective on Iraq
Feisal Istrabadi, Law
Water Security in Santos, São Paulo, the Largest Port City in South America
Stephanie Kane, Criminal Justice
When the Walls Come Tumbling Down: Cross-Border Migration in the European Union
Patricia McManus, Sociology
* = Limited Enrollment Class
SCIENCE
Biological Predictors of Our Future on Earth
Albert Ruesink, Biology
Conscientious Objection in Medicine
David Smith, Religious Studies
Emerging Infections: What You Need to Know
Patricia Allen, Nursing
Keeping Our Skeleton Going: Maintaining Bone as We Age
Bruce Martin, Medical Sciences
* Limestone and Architecture Across Three Centuries at IU
Brian Keith, Geological Survey
* Natural Environments for Teaching and Research
Keith Clay, Biology
Not Dead Yet: Why the Neandertal Controversy Still Has a Pulse
Kevin Hunt, Anthropology
Old World Diseases in the Americas: The Plight of Native Americans Under European Conquest
Mark Braun, Medical Sciences
Oldest Fossils, Oldest Animals, and Geochronology
Abhijit Basu, Geological Sciences
RX for Watching Drug Ads on TV
Walter Gantz, Telecommunications
* Secrets of the Skulls: What the Human Skull Reveals About a Person Long After Death
Alison French Doubleday, Medical Sciences and Valerie O'Loughlin, Medical Sciences
* Sex & Presidential Politics: Selections from the Kinsey Institute Collection
Jennifer Bass, Kinsey Institute and Catherine Johnson-Roehr, Kinsey Institute
Star Cities of the Milky Way
Catherine Pilachowski, Astronomy
The Biology of Insects
Armin Moczek, Biology
Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On: Earthquakes in the Midwest
Michael Hamburger, Geological Sciences
"X" Marks the Spot: The Archaeology of Piracy
Charles Beeker, Recreation & Park Administration and Geoffrey Conrad, Mathers Museum
* = Limited Enrollment Class