“The Gesture of Thinking:” What Undergraduate Research in the Humanities and Sciences Can Learn from the Performing Arts
Presentation Type
Keynote
Location
Student Union, Key West Ballroom
Start Date
26-9-2008 1:30 PM
End Date
26-9-2008 2:45 PM
Description/Abstract
JENNIFER BLACKMER is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre & Dance at Ball State University where she teaches playwriting, script analysis, theatre history and directing. Her most recent play The Human Faustus Project explores the ethics of genetic selection and manipulation. This work was written in collaboration with fifteen undergraduates at the Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry. It premiered at Ball State in November 2007. Jennifer Blackmer will discuss her work with undergraduate researchers, highlighting The Human Faustus Project during the seminar at UCF. For her complete profile please visit www.researchsymposium.ucf.edu/bio.php .
“The Gesture of Thinking:” What Undergraduate Research in the Humanities and Sciences Can Learn from the Performing Arts
Student Union, Key West Ballroom
JENNIFER BLACKMER is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre & Dance at Ball State University where she teaches playwriting, script analysis, theatre history and directing. Her most recent play The Human Faustus Project explores the ethics of genetic selection and manipulation. This work was written in collaboration with fifteen undergraduates at the Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry. It premiered at Ball State in November 2007. Jennifer Blackmer will discuss her work with undergraduate researchers, highlighting The Human Faustus Project during the seminar at UCF. For her complete profile please visit www.researchsymposium.ucf.edu/bio.php .