The MacEwan Faculty of Arts and Science Roadshow is an opportunity for you to invite MacEwan University professors into your classroom to give an interactive and entertaining presentation on their subject area.
Check back often for new topics and availability.
Anthropology
Climate, people and culture
Cynthia Zutter
Gender/ Culture/ Society
Cynthia Zutter
Forensic anthropology: the real CSI
Hugh McKenzie
Globalization and our daily life
Sen Lin
Government and our daily life
Sen Lin
Paleopathology and paleonutrition
How do anthropologists reconstruct diet and health of people living in the past, and why is this important for our own health and nutrition?
Hugh McKenzie
Peoples and places of the Arctic; past and present
Cynthia Zutter
Race and racism; history and context
Cynthia Zutter
Biological Sciences
Behavioural research methods for animals
Melike Schalomon
Consciousness altering drugs of abuse
Melike Schalomon
DNA extractions
Grade 12 (Bio 30) unit D on cell division, genetics and molecular biology
David McFayden
Experimental brain surgery techniques
Melike Schalomon
Hormones and sexual behaviour (Older students only)
Melike Schalomon
Hypnosis and near death experiences
Melike Schalomon
The Split Brain: When your right brain cannot talk to your left
Melike Schalomon
Chemistry
A series of demonstrations and discussions tailored to the needs and interests of the students and instructors. Possible topics include environmental chemistry, spectroscopy, thermochemistry, catalysis, etc.
Lucio Gelmini • Mark Tonge
Classics
The Art and Architecture of the Byzantine Empire
Benjamin Garstad
The Goddesses of the Ancient World
Benjamin Garstad
Economics
Globalization and Our Daily Life
Sen Lin
Government and Our Daily Life
Sen Lin
Engineering
High school math and physics for fun and profit
The journey of a simple Alberta-based concept to a multi-faceted sporting electronics industry.
Ken Fyfe
English
Demystifying the metaphor, with examples from Shakespeare
Michael O'Hea
History
Death by Nationalism: The Roots of the Sarajevo Assassination, 1914
Ian Armour
Bid for World Power? Germany & the Origins of the First World War
Ian Armour
Hitler Talks: The Language of Fascism
Ian Armour
Physical Education
Athletic Injuries
Dave Kato
Concussions
Dave Kato
Consciousness altering drugs of abuse
Melike Schalomon
Hormones and sexual behaviour (Older students only)
Melike Schalomon
Knot tying
Mark Lund
Outdoor Education
Mark Lund
Rehab for special populations (cardiac and pulmonary)
Dave Kato
Strength Training programming
Dave Kato
Political Science
Globalization and Our Daily Life
Sen Lin
Government and Our Daily Life
Sen Lin
Psychology
Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
(February Break Only)
Megan Easterbrook
Behavioural research methods for animals
Melike Schalomon
Consciousness altering drugs of abuse
Melike Schalomon
Experimental brain surgery techniques
Melike Schalomon
Hormones and sexual behaviour
(Older students only)
Melike Schalomon
Hypnosis and near death experiences
Melike Schalomon
The Split Brain: When your right brain cannot talk to your left
Melike Schalomon
Video Games: Brain Gain or Drain?
Jayne Gackenbach
Sociology
Getting to Know your not-so-local Carny
What is it really like to live and work in a carnival?
Fiona Angus
The High Price of Low Costs at Walmart
Is Walmart a good place to go shopping? Find out why Walmart is the world's largest corporation, and who is not getting rich by dealing with Walmart.
Fiona Angus
What It Means to be White: Exploring "White Privilege"
Fiona Angus
Women are from Venus and men are from Mars (or are they?)
Exploring masculinity and femininity. (Note: this would be highly interactive as I would be asking the students about what they consider to be appropriate male and female behaviour, abilities, homophobia, sexism, racism, etc.)
Fiona Angus
Why are some people rich and others really poor?
Why do some people seem to be enormously wealthy, while so many others struggle to make ends meet? Is it because some people are more hard-working than others, or could it be something else?
Fiona Angus
Zoology
Galapagos Islands
Mark Degner
Parasites (the Good, Bad and the Ugly)
Michael Stock
The Tropical Rainforest of the Amazon in Ecuador
Mark Degner
To book a Roadshow visit to your classroom, or for additional information, please contact:
Daniel Martiuk, Student Recruitment Advisor
780-497-4786 • recruitArtsSci@macewan.ca
You can also book your Roadshow visit online.
