CFI On Campus (GVSU): Presentation by Barbara Oakley
Tuesday, February 12, 2008, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Grand Valley State University, Cook-Dewitt Auditorium, Allendale, MI, View Map
Presented by Barbara Oakley, Ph.D., P.E., Associate Professor of Engineering, Oakland University
Description
Join us for a presentation with Barbara Oakley on her book "Evil Genes: Why Rome Fell, Hitler Rose, Enron Failed and My Sister Stole My Mother's Boyfriend." After the presentation there will be time for questions and discussion.
About the Speaker
Barbara Oakley is an associate professor of engineering at Oakland University in Michigan. Her work focuses on the complex relationship between neurocircuitry and social behavior. Among her varied experiences, she has worked for several years as a Russian translator on Soviet trawlers in the Bering Sea during the height of the Cold War; she met her husband while working as a radio operator at the South Pole station in Antarctica; and she has gone from private to regular Army Captain in the U.S. military. Oakley is a recent vice president of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, the world’s largest bioengineering society, as well as a fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering. Her books include Hair of the Dog: Tales from Aboard a Russian Trawler (WSU Press, 1996), Evil Genes: Why Rome Fell, Hitler Rose, Enron Failed, and My Sister Stole My Mother’s Boyfriend (Prometheus Books, 2007), Career Development in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (co-edited, Springer, 2008), and the forthcoming Cold-Blooded Kindness (Prometheus Books, March, 2011).
Additional Details
Students from other area campuses are invited to attend.
Cost: None
Contact: Andrew Struve, , 616-447-1424
