NU360 Speaker Night
Nipissing University faculty members and postdoctoral researchers are exploring diverse questions across all fields of study, and we're excited to share their findings with the wider community. NU360 is an event that highlights the variety and innovation of Nipissing's research, offering a dynamic and engaging experience for all.
This year's line-up includes:
Sarah Winters | English
Resisting Evil in The Chronicles of Narnia and Harry Potter
Focusing on The Chronicles of Narnia and Harry Potter, this talk will explore what evil looks like in these series (the devil, the Nazis) and what ways to resist evil are offered to readers, both those who believe in good and evil as religious realities, and those who do not.
Alison Schinkel-Ivy | Kinesiology
‘70 is the new 30’: Exploring biomechanical changes across adulthood
Dr. Schinkel-Ivy’s work focuses on how movement changes across adulthood, particularly for older adults. This talk will highlight how examining the relationships between different biomechanical aspects of everyday tasks may reveal movement declines and strategies for compensation in older adults.
Andrew Weeks | Psychology
Tackling Addiction: Supporting frontline clinicians with insights from the lab
While the basic brain mechanisms of addiction are now well understood, research related to the specific nature of these brain processes continues to evolve. This talk aims to summarize some of the neuroscientific research Dr. Weeks’s lab has worked on in recent years along with his involvement in an important community-based project related to capacity building around concurrent mental health disorders involving substance misuse.
Morris Komakech | Nursing
Cross-Border Activities in Uganda: Global Health Security and Equity Implications
By visiting several border points and settlements around Uganda, Dr. Komakech assessed the country’s cross-border activities as they relate to Uganda’s potential to prevent, detect, respond to, and mitigate risks of future outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics. This talk will highlight challenges that low-income countries like Uganda may face in handling future pandemics and global emergencies.
Nathan Kozuskanich | History
Lawyers, Guns, and Money (and Historians)
On March 15, 2023, The New York Times reported that “gun historians across the country are in demand like never before.” Over the past year and a half Dr. Kozuskanich has served as a consultant and expert witness for the Attorney General's Office (Washington D.C.) as it faces challenges to its firearms laws. His presentation will explain the role that history has played in the debate over the Second Amendment, and how it is shaping modern jurisprudence.