Mr. Bond

Assistant Professor of English

"Amphilanthus to Pamphilia: William Herbert, Mary Wroth, and Penshurst Mount"

Ms. Carlson

Associate Professor of Art History

01-JUN-2012: Dazzling and Deceiving: Reflections in the Nineteenth-Century Department Store

Mr. Parks

Professor of Mathematics

Introduction to Optimization

This text for an upper level course introduces linear, non-linear, and convex optimization for students of advanced mathematics. Linear programs, the simplex algorithm, duality, perturbation theory. For each of the three major topics, the underlying theory is covered in detail, including the theory of the multivariate derivative, a general implicit curve theorem, the Lagrange multipliers and the Kuhn-Tucker conditions. There are many exercises, involving both hand computation and theorem proving and numerical problems done on a spreadsheet program. Emphasis on application problems throughout.

Mr. Peterson

Professor of German

"Turkish for Beginners: Teaching Cosmopolitanism to Germans" in Turkish German Cinema in the New Millenium: Sites, Sounds, and Screens, Sabine Hake and Barbara Mennel eds.pp. 96-108.

This chapter argues that Germans need to see integration as a two-way street; they need to integrate as much as the migrants in their midst. The chapter analyzes a TV program involving a Turkish German blended family to show what it is trying to teach Germans about multi-culturalism and cosmopolitanism.

Mr. Turner

Lecturer of Music

"The Sweet Volcano" (compact disc) on Icker Records

"The Sweet Volcano" features cellist Matt Turner and pianist Greg Pagel improvising pieces influenced by contemporary classical music. Their recording has received rave reviews including reviews in The Strad and STRINGS magazine.