Date: Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Location: Zoom
RSVP for the Zoom link 

Join the WSU Association for Faculty Women (AFW) and the Office of Research for a panel presentation of novel faculty research through the lens of their physical spaces and technology. Each faculty member will present a 7-minute presentation with a Q&A discussion to follow.

This year marks AFW’s 50th anniversary! We invite you to attend our many engaging programs and events, including this presentation. Please join us via Zoom on Wednesday, November 13, from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. RSVP for the zoom link.

The panel of scholars includes:

• Mandy Canales, Assistant Professor in Digital Technology and Culture (Tri-Cities). Canales is a writer, performer, and teaching artist with over 25 years of theatre experience, currently working in extended reality (XR). Her main focus is how comedy translates in the virtual space. The technologies used are both Quest and HTC Vive headsets, full body tracking, and Index high fidelity hand tracking for exploration.
• Georgina Cox, Assistant Professor in the School of Biological Sciences (Vancouver). Dr. Cox’s research interests broadly center on cardiovascular responses to physiological and abiotic stress. Cox’s approach to obtaining data blends the functional understanding that comes from basic comparative physiology with the fields of conservation, toxicology, and evolutionary biology.
• Poppy Gardiner, Post-Doctoral Research Associate in the Department of Translational Medicine and Physiology and The Sleep & Performance Research Center (Spokane Campus). Dr. Gardiner is a mixed-methods researcher studying the relationships between sleep quality and wellbeing, with a focus on clinical populations such as those with severe mental illness, brain injury, opioid use disorder, and neurodegenerative disease.
• Rachel Horowitz, Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology (Pullman). Dr. Horowitz is an anthropological archaeologist whose research focuses on using lithics, or stone tools, to understand past economies. Her research focuses in the Maya area (modern-day Mexico and Central America), but she has ongoing research interests in other areas of the word.
• Carolyn Ross, Professor in Food Science (Pullman), Director of WSU Sensory Science Center. Dr. Ross’ research program explores the theoretical basis underpinning the sensory perception (aural, oral, and tactile) of foods and beverages and correlates these attributes with quantifiable characteristics. She also studies the multifaceted nature of the eating experience across different populations, these being children with Down syndrome and older adults.

Please send your questions to Katie Forsythe, AFW president (katie.forsythe@wsu.edu), and Emily Brashear, Office of Research Faculty Research Development Specialist (emily.brashear@wsu.edu).