Engaged Scholarship: Models of Integrating Research, Teaching and Community Engagement

GE-Dialogue – Engaged Scholarship: Models of integrating research, teaching and community engagement
Prof. Janel Curry, Fulbright Scholar at CityU
Prof. Martha Carothers, Fulbright Scholar at CityU
Prof. Richard Mack, Fulbright Scholar at PolyU
Date: 19 Mar 2012 (Monday)
Time: 12:30 pm – 2:15 pm (light lunch from 12:30-12:45pm)
Venue: ACC209, Jockey Club Academic Community Centre, Baptisty University Road Campus
Abstract
Speaker Biography

Prof. Janel Curry
Visiting Fulbright Scholar
City University of Hong Kong
Professor of Geography
Calvin College in Michigan
Prof. Janel Curry has a Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Minnesota. She has served as Dean for Research and Scholarship for nine years at Calvin College and is presently Professor of Geography at Calvin College and holds the Byker Chair in Perspectives on Political, Social, and Economic Thought. She served as a GE Fulbright scholar in Hong Kong in 2010 at CityU and is back for another term as part of the Fulbright GE team.
Visiting Fulbright Scholar
City University of Hong Kong
Former Associate Director
Undergraduate Studies
University of Delaware
Prof. Richard S. Mack
Visiting Fulbright Scholar
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Emeritus Professor in Economics
Central Washington University
Professor Richard Mack, Fulbright Scholar at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University for the 2011-12 academic year, was Dean of Graduate Studies and Research and taught at CWU’s Department of economics for 36 years, including over 100 courses in GE. He has also taught in CWU’s Environmental Studies, Resource Management, and Douglas Honors College programs, as well as visiting gigs at Janus Panonius University in Hungary, Dublin City University, Ireland, and in several London programs. Prof. Mack has undergone a number of rebirths in the economics field. Trained at Dartmouth College and Colorado State University as in International Economics and Regional Economics, many of his publications are in journals specializing in Regional Development, Energy Economics, Resource Use, Public Utilities, History of Thought, as well as the economies of Ireland, the EU, and China.