Research projects

Goals of the Collaboratory include effectively communicating all kinds of research to a wider audience and promoting community engagement and awareness. Included below are examples of faculty and student research projects that have been shared with the general public through various digital formats.
Dr. Sheppard's History of Science Class

Dr. Sheppard's regularly offered course on the History of Science engages students with the digital humanities through a project where they must update a Wikipedia article with their own research. Dr. Sheppard talks about the results in the post linked below.
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Listen to Dr. Shannon Fogg Discuss her Recent Book

While the history of the Second World War and Jewish persecution in France has been widely studied, the return of survivors in the aftermath of deportation and genocide has not received sufficient attention. With Stealing Home: Looting, Restitution, and Reconstructing Jewish Lives in France, 1942-1947 (Oxford University Press, 2017), Shannon Fogg, Professor and Chair of the Department of History and Political Science at Missouri S&T, fills this void.
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History Extra Podcast - Everything you wanted to know about Vichy France

Dr. Shannon Fogg answers questions about life in France during the Second World War. Drawing on common search engine questions and questions posed by listeners on social media, the podcast explores politics, daily life, and individual responses to life during the Nazi Occupation.
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The “Connus à cette adresse” research collective

Dr. Shannon Fogg and scholars involved in “Known at this Address” met through a common research interest in the persecution of Jews during the Second World War. Through meetings and exchanges, the collective critically examines sources, methods, and approaches to studying anti-Jewish persecution.
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National D-Day Memorial Podcast

Dr. John McManus, Curators' Professor of History, hosts this podcast in cooperation with the National D-Day Memorial. The podcast offers in-depth interviews with leading military history authors, and particularly those who publish on topics related to WWII.
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The BioBuilder Podcast

Dr. Dave Westenberg attended one of BioBuilder’s earliest professional development workshops and immediately saw how the curriculum could create the kind of educational experiences he wanted for his students. He regularly leads workshops in pedagogy and synthetic biology through Missouri S&T and through the American Society for Microbiology. Check out this BioBuilder podcast episode featuring Dr. Westenberg.
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Under the Cortex Podcast

Dr. Amy Belfi from Missouri University of Science and Technology joined APS’s Ludmila Nunes to speak about her career as a neuroscientist studying music perception and cognition as well as how poetry and other forms of art can impact the brain and behavior.

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