As Far As The Eye Can See: The Promises And Perils Of Research And Scholarship In The Twenty-First Century

Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 2
Title - Full......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Epigraph......Page 8
Contents......Page 10
Foreword - Mary Sue Coleman......Page 14
Acknowledgments......Page 18
Introduction - Daniel A. Reed......Page 20
Part 1. The Role of the University......Page 24
Campus as Incubator: How Colleges and Universities Promote Success for Students and Society - Cassie L. Barnhardt and Nicholas A. Bowman......Page 26
Big Ideas: The Role of Interdisciplinary Teaching at a Research University - Cornelia Lang and Andrew Forbes......Page 33
Higher Education Institutions as a Fertile Environment for Interdisciplinary Research That Can Solve Complex Biological Problems - Aliasger K. Salem......Page 38
Stronger Together: How Public-Private Partnerships Strengthen Scientific Literacy - Maurine Neiman and Emily Schoerning......Page 41
Part 2. The Arts......Page 48
Backing History: Iowa’s Role in Protecting the United States’ Founding Documents - Tim Barrett......Page 50
Art on the Edge: Pushing the Boundaries of Imagination and Creativity - Joyce Tsai and Jennifer Buckley......Page 55
The Museum of Today and Tomorrow: Opportunities and Innovation in Art and Education - Kimberly Musial Datchuk......Page 62
The History of Grace: How Dance Shapes, and Is Shaped by, the World - Rebekah J. Kowal......Page 67
The Life of Discovery - Christopher Merrill......Page 76
Part 3. Reading, Speech, and Language......Page 82
Strong Girls Read Strong Books: Developing Reading Self-Efficacy and Critical Social Awareness in an Afterschool - Book Club - Renita R. Schmidt and Amanda Haertling Thein......Page 84
Fostering Collaboration among Reading Researchers, Policymakers, and Educators: The Iowa Reading Research Center - Deborah K. Reed......Page 89
Hearing Lost Voices: Researching Women in Elocution - Marian Wilson Kimber......Page 93
Why We Prank: Lessons Learned at Stuttering Camp - Patricia Zebrowski......Page 99
Education in a Multilingual Society: Supporting Bilingual Students - David Cassels Johnson and Lia Plakans......Page 104
Part 4. Health and Environment......Page 110
Filling the Knowledge Gap through Clinical Trials - Christopher S. Coffey and Dixie Ecklund......Page 112
Becoming “Wellderly”: Hopes and Risks of Superaged Societies - Bernd Fritzsch, Gerald Jogerst, and Ryan Carnahan......Page 117
Know It or Not: Public Health Research Has Transformed Your Life - Corinne Peek-Asa and Edith Parker......Page 128
Iowa’s Role in the Genetics Revolution - Roger A. Williamson and Jeffrey C. Murray......Page 134
Ticking Time Bomb: People, Animals, and the Effect of Antibiotics on Health and the Environment - Marin Schweizer, Christine Petersen, Kurayi Mahachi, and Kelly Baker......Page 141
Wrapping Our Hands, Hearts, and Heads around a Forest Half a World Away - H. S. Udaykumar and Meena Khandelwal......Page 149
A Hard Rain: How the Flood of 2008 Transformed IIHR - Larry Weber......Page 157
Part 5. Community......Page 162
As Far as the Ear Can Hear: Choral Singing in Prisons Grows a Community of Caring - Mary L. Cohen......Page 164
Faith and Friction: Why Studying Religion, Migration, and Work in the Heartland Matters - Kristy Na bhan-Warren......Page 172
“How Are You Going to Keep Them Down on the Farm after They’ve Seen Iowa City?”: Making Public Research Universities Relevant to the Rural Midwest - Charles Connerly......Page 178
Building Partnerships for Sustainable and Healthy Rural Communities - Brandi Janssen......Page 183
Contributors......Page 190