January 15, 2015 | 10:00 – 11:30 AM  Senate Chamber (Room 3250), Third Floor of the JSU Student Center Co-sponsored by JSU ADVANCE, this workshop prepares faculty for third-year review by exploring expectations for faculty at the time of third-year review, evidence of satisfactory progress towards tenure, documentation of accomplishments in a dossier and the role...Read More

Thursday, December 4, 2014 | 10:00 – 11:30 AM  Room 3213, Third Floor of the JSU Student Center Co-sponsored by JSU ADVANCE, this workshop explains how faculty members can develop international professional reputations and establish and manage multi-institutional collaborations.  It will focus on network development via professional association memberships and international experiences; multi-institutional projects with...Read More

Dr. David Akombo and Prof. Andrew Lewis demonstrate elements of their research project, "Academic and Psychological Effects of Engaging Learners in Live Jazz Music Improvisation." (Dr. Taunjah Bell is a co-investigator.) This presentation was one of the Center's Brown Bag Research Talks featuring works-in-progress and recent research by Jackson State faculty members.Read More

Join us for an exploration of the intersectionality of sound, image and the act of drawing!  When does sound become noise or music?  How does image mediate our experience of sound?  How can we convey the act of drawing as a meditation and not simply a process?  Prof. Chung-Fan Chang, Dr. Ivan Elezovic and Prof....Read More

Thursday, November 13, 2014 | 10:00 – 11:30 AM JSU INNOVATE, First Floor of the H.T. Sampson Library Co-sponsored by the H.T. Sampson Library, this workshop explores the ways that intellectual property secures and encourages risk-taking and ingenuity in academia as well as innovation industries and creative industries. All faculty are encouraged to participate. This...Read More

Dr. David Akombo, assistant professor of music, presents "The Academic and Psychological Effects of Engaging Learners in Live Jazz Music Improvisation: The Case of Middle School Students," which was co-authored by Prof. Lewis and Dr. Bell. The talk will occur on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. in the Holden Reading Room on the...Read More

Thursday, October 30, 2014 | 10:00 – 11:30 AM Room 3213, Third Floor of the JSU Student Center Co-sponsored by JSU ADVANCE, this workshop explores the balancing of work imperatives and lifestyle choices; relative priorities for teaching, research and service appropriate to different stages of the professorial career; and strategies for tracking and managing time....Read More