Spotlight on Scholarship
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The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs invites you to our Fall 2025 SSU Spotlight on Scholarship lecture series. Spotlight on Scholarship is a campus-wide lecture series for faculty members to present their research, scholarly or creative activities to a wide audience. This is designed to elevate the work that faculty are doing at Sonoma State, foster collaboration and engage students.
For faculty members interested in presenting for future series, please email [email protected].
Fall 2025 Presentation Schedule
Mark Perri
Professor
Chemistry
ChemCompute: Providing Equal Access to Supercomputers for Education and Research
Date & Time: Thursday, September 4, 2025 @ Noon
Location: Stevenson Hall 1101
Kim Hester Williams
Professor
English & Ethnic Studies
"Decolonizing the ecoGothic: Nature and Dispossession - From Fear and Haunting to Escape and Return" (special issue of the Gothic Nature academic journal)
Date & Time: Thursday, September 18, 2025 @ Noon
Location: Stevenson Hall 1101
Alexis Boutin
Professor
Anthropology
Disability, Disease and Death in Early 20th Century California
Date & Time: Wednesday, October 8, 2025 @ Noon
Location: Stevenson Hall 1101
N. Sam Brannen
Professor
Mathematics & Statistics
Arabic Mathematics
Date & Time: Wednesday, October 22, 2025 @ Noon
Location: Stevenson Hall 1101
Damien Wilson
Hamel Family Faculty Chair of Wine Business
Predicting wine sales based on past behavior
Date & Time: Tuesday, October 28, 2025 @ Noon
Location: Stevenson Hall 1101
Sena Clara Creston
Assistant Professor
Art Studio
Plastescape: An interactive art installation
Date & Time: Wednesday, November 12, 2025 @ Noon
Location: Stevenson Hall 1101