Sentences with phrase «teaching and research focus»

Her teaching and research focus on the negative effects of present - day injustices.

His teaching and research focus on the use of emerging technologies and processes to make legal work more efficient and effective.

Her teaching and research focus on property, land use, urban development, local government law, and education policy.

Not exact matches

Dr. Piwowar was an assistant professor of finance at Iowa State University where he focused his research on market microstructure and taught undergraduate and graduate courses in corporate finance and investments.

In addition to his teaching of undergraduate and MBA courses, his research focuses on youth entrepreneurship.

Pressed by organizations such as Focus on the Family and the Family Research Council, as well as by the emphatic teaching of the Catholic Church, millions of Americans have been caught up in the effort to restore «the traditional family.»

The chatter around a poll released Wednesday by the Public Religion Research Institute and the Religion News Service will likely focus on the findings highlighted in their news release: 82 % of Americans surveyed believe that bin Laden distorted the teachings of Islam to suit his own purposes; 65 % believe the al Qaeda leader is rotting in hell; and 62 % think it is wrong to celebrate the death of another human being.

He teaches at Trinity Western University, and his research is focused on the genetics of pattern formation and signaling.

Her research and teaching focuses on theology, spiritual formation and leadership.

One is that most teaching and learning theories are based on the research and theory of modern psychology, which has not been focused primarily on complex forms of communication and reception.

The 2011 recipient was Karen Schmidt, a professor in the Department of Animal Sciences and Industry at Kansas State University, Schmidt's teaching responsibilities include Fundamentals of Milk Processing, Food Product Evaluation, Dairy Foods Processing and Technology and Quality Assurance of Food Products, and her research program focuses on processing and quality of dairy and non-dairy foods.

Activities include research, publications, events, teaching, consultations, and projects focused on social progress and sustainability.

Sarah is a frequent speaker and guest lecturer, and her research focuses on teaching play, social skills and language to children through video modeling.

For 45 years, her research, practice, teaching and publications have focused on research in children's adjustment to divorce, custody and access issues, divorce and custody mediation, applications of child development research to custody and parenting plans, and Parenting Coordination.

UCU general secretary Sally Hunt said such courses will be «starved of funds» and warned that higher education was about to enter an era «in which many arts - based and teaching - focused institutions, which rely on public funding far more than the larger research - intensive universities, will face an uncertain future».

This action cuts back to the modern - day Westminster office, and swaps between this and enjoyable classroom antics as Sam attempts to do focus group - style research by teaching some pleasingly irreverent pupils in a school each week.

Compared to the research - only focus of a traditional postdoctoral fellowship, SPIRE emphasizes the attainment of cutting - edge pedagogical skills (the art of teaching), professional development, and competitive research training.

I've focused almost entirely on research and teaching and let many of the other details of academic life — optional dinners, receptions, and evening lectures — pass me by.

Throughout several question - and - answer sessions, participants raised concerns that the report focused too much on teaching the trainees and not on teaching the old guard already ensconced in the scientific research establishment.

Coss, who taught drawing classes early in his academic career and whose previous research focused on art and human evolution, used photos and film to study the strokes of charcoal drawings and engravings of animals made by human artists 28,000 to 32,000 years ago in the Chauvet - Pont - d'Arc Cave in southern France.

That, says Lucy Wenham, formerly an Imperial College physicist and now a secondary maths teacher in central London, is the difference between research and teaching: In teaching, the students — not the subject — are the main focus.

«These faculty are typically not on the tenure track and focus on teaching, not on research.

- Negotiated teaching and committee - work reductions for the first year or two so that you can focus on establishing your research program.

Focus on your most important two or three examples of proposed research projects and innovative teaching plans such as developing novel courses.

She became a professor at Cornell University in 2003 and teaches a class on international agriculture and rural development, while focusing her research on understanding how plants defend themselves against pathogen attack.

But you will benefit from teaching experience and training even if you intend to pursue a career that's more focused on research.

Now an assistant professor in the Division of Math, Science, and Technology at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Muñoz is working to adapt his research to the constraints of a teaching - focused institution.

The Guardian «s compilers focus more on satisfaction and teaching, and exclude research quality.

Businesses in the public and private sectors teach people to recognize phishing, but those efforts often fail or don't work for very long because the training ignores users» habits and instead focuses exclusively on how users process information, says Vishwanath, whose latest research on email habits and phishing outcomes is published in the Journal of Computer - Mediated Communication.

And most teaching postdocs agree that it's important to remain at least partially focused on research in order to remain competitive in the job market.

The efforts have been consistent with the land - grant university concept: integration of research, teaching, and extension / outreach into a comprehensive effort that is focused on developing real - world applications.

Ms. Levine made a brief analysis of the current state of research in Spain, and among other things, she said that, «The [Spanish] universities are saturated with civil servants whose focus is on teaching rather than original research.»

But if we look further, the latest analyses show that between 2000 and 2008 more than 60 percent of scientific production in Spain was carried out in universities (2), despite the fact that their professors are ``... civil servants whose focus is on teaching rather than original research».

Professors tend to stay put at this highly ranked liberal arts college of science, engineering, and mathematics, where the focus is on teaching and student - faculty research is an integral part of the curriculum.

«I'm really excited by teaching and I didn't want to be in a job that totally focused on research,» says Susanne Bockholt, research associate at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

«Although the initial research focused on biology classes, the DART method can be applied in almost any teaching situation,» said Melinda Owens, postdoctoral scholar and lecturer at SF State, one of three lead authors on the paper.

We summarize the literature on the early — unschooled — development of scientific thinking, and then focus on recent research on how best to teach science to children from preschool to middle school.

In addition to its focus on new and innovative research topics carried out in international collaboration, the Department of Physics is characterized by dedicated teaching that provides an outstanding education for young scientists.

However, our research is clear that reading instruction that focuses on teaching the relationship between spelling and sound is most effective.

His current scientific research and teaching are focused on the effects of multiphase processes in the Earth system, climate, life & public health (http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=czxG87cAAAAJ&hl=en; http://www.researcherid.com/rid/A-6263-2010).

An endowed professorship is considered the highest honor in academic medicine and recognizes extraordinary talent in research, clinical care and teaching, and it provides solid and sustaining funding to an accomplished faculty member to support his or her continued focus on radiation oncology research and its clinical translation.

Highlights the best in teaching and cutting - edge research, and focuses on interdisciplinary work.

It covers not only biology, physics and chemistry, but also earth sciences, engineering and medicine, highlighting the best in teaching and cutting - edge research, and focusing on interdisciplinary work.

Though most have doctorate degrees in their chosen fields, and many completed postdoctoral training, their laudable choice to focus on teaching in the community college environment means they may have fewer chances to connect with the research world they once trained in.

He has a long - term interest in teaching mathematical skills to physical science students and established the PRiSM group, which focuses on pedagogical research within the faculty.

His research focused on various cancers and the genetics of inherited diseases, where he directed the Clinical Cytogenetic and Molecular Diagnostics Laboratories, and where he taught numerous courses in the School of Medicine.

More generally his research and teaching focuses on the interplay between society and environment.

Our strong Geography offering is focused around an interdisciplinary approach and research - led teaching.

Sean Buchner, PT, DPT, is currently completing his neurologic residency through Texas State University Department of Physical Therapy and St. David's Medical Center, with a trifold focus of: patient care; teaching at a tertiary level; and completing research in the neurologic field.

The festival coincides with our Spring Break, and the course I would like to teach would be about emerging trends in digital filmmaking, interactive media and distribution outlets, and a week - long trip to SXSW would be the centerpiece of the semester, around which students would focus their research.