2024-25 Great Lecture Series begins Sept. 20
Dr. Jill Stinson and Dr. Renee M.R. Moran will kick off the 2024-25 Great Lecture Series on Sept. 20.
Drs. Renee M.R. Moran and Jill Stinson will be the first two featured lecturers in East Tennessee State University’s 2024-25 Great Lecture Series.
This lecture series celebrates and showcases the work of faculty who have recently been promoted to full professor at ETSU. Faculty play an integral role in the mission of ETSU through their teaching, research and service, and this lecture series provides them an opportunity to share their work with the broader community.
Moran and Stinson will deliver their lectures at 2 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 20, in the East Tennessee Room on the second level of the D.P. Culp Student Center. It is free and open to the public.
Moran is a literacy professor and co-coordinator of the Master of Reading Program and the reading specialist graduate certificate in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Her lecture is titled “The North Star.”
She received her undergraduate degrees in English and elementary education from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, her master’s degree in curriculum from San Diego State University and a Ph.D. in teacher education with a focus on literacy from the University of Tennessee. She taught for a decade in the public schools of San Diego, California, and Asheville, North Carolina, in first and fifth grades and kindergarten. Her research interests include the impacts of educational policy on the daily lives of practicing teachers, especially related to literacy, teacher empowerment, and the intersection of science literacy integration and computation related to teacher autonomy.
Stinson’s talk is titled “Stranger Things: My Life in Forensic Psychology.” She is a licensed clinical psychologist and professor in the Department of Psychology. She holds a dual doctorate in clinical psychology and psychology, policy and law from the University of Arizona.
Prior to coming to ETSU, she was the sex offender treatment coordinator for Fulton State Hospital with the Missouri Department of Mental Health. Her research focuses on persons who commit sexual and violent offenses, specifically related to their experiences of serious mental illness, suicidality, personality disorders, self-regulatory problems and early childhood maltreatment.
The remaining Great Lectures of the 2024-25 academic year will be held Oct. 4 and 25, Nov. 22, Dec. 6, Feb. 7 and April 4.
For disability accommodations, call the ETSU Office of Disability Services at (423) 439-8346.
East Tennessee State University was founded in 1911 with a singular mission: to improve the quality of life for people in the region and beyond. Through its world-class health sciences programs and interprofessional approach to health care education, ETSU is a highly respected leader in rural health research and practices. The university also boasts nationally ranked programs in the arts, technology, computing, and media studies. ETSU serves approximately 14,000 students each year and is ranked among the top 10 percent of colleges in the nation for students graduating with the least amount of debt.
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