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The Erika Fairchild Interdisciplinary Symposium Endowment Presents...
CHASS Energy Symposium
The Energy Situation, Public Deliberation and Social Innovation
Day 2 - Energy and Public Deliberation
Day 3 - Energy and Social Innovation
Part I
The Energy Situation
Wednesday, October 15th, 4-6 PM, 1911 Building
Dr. Robert Cox
Department of Communication Studies- UNC-CH
Dr. Cox is currently a professor of rhetorical studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His princpal research and teaching areas include rhetorical theory, the rhetoric of social movements (emphasis on environmental discourse); and research on the rhetorical and political agency of low-income citizens and communities of color as they participate in environmental and social justice decisions. Dr. Cox regularly teaches courses on Environmental Communication and the Public Sphere, Rhetoric and Social Theory, Contemporary Rhetorical Criticism, and Seminar in History of Rhetoric.
Dr. Nora Haenn
Interdisciplinary Studies / Sociology and Anthropology , NCSU
Dr. Haenn is currently an associate professor of Anthropology and International Studies at North Carolina State. She received her Ph.D. in anthropology from Indiana University then began her teaching career at Arizona State University. Dr. Haenn’s teaching and research explore questions of ecology, economic development, and social justice, particularly how those three points inter-mingle to foster environmental change. Through her training in cultural anthropology, she mainly uses qualitative methods to ask about the role of culture in environmental governance. However, Dr. Haenn is open to range in topic and method whether pushed by colleagues and their research innovations or by people and events taking place in southern Mexico.
Dr. Mark Johnson
Department of Materials Engineering; Director, Industry & Innovation Programs,
FREEDM Center (Future Renewable Electric Energy Delivery Management Systems), NCSU
Dr. Johnson is currently an associate professor of Materials Science and Engineering at North Carolina State, from where he also received his Ph.D. His research interests surround crystal growth and device fabrication of compound semiconductor materials with electronic and photonic application. Dr. Johnson is a member of the Photonics Lab and has primary responsibility and research interests relating to the epitaxial growth and fabrication of compound semiconductor materials and devices. Dr. Johnson has extensive experience in the MBE growth of semiconductor materials. Of particular note for this effort is his pioneering use of valved effusion sources for sulfur and selenium based II-VI materials. Prior to pursuing an academic career, Prof. Johnson was the first Product Manager for MBE Systems at EPI, now the world's premier manufacturer of MBE systems. Additionally, Prof. Johnson has experience with the MOCVD growth of III-Nitrides.