2009-2010
Dr. Janusz Prajs - Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics: “The Nature of Mathematical Discovery” ABSTRACT(pdf)
2008-2009
Dr. Charles Postel - Assistant Professor, History Department: “The Populist Legacy in Light of the Financial Meltdown” ABSTRACT(pdf)
2007-2008
Joshua McKinney - Associate Professor, English: "Pen and Sword in Accord: a Poetics”" ABSTRACT (pdf)>
2006-2007
Ali Porbaha - Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering: "Innovative Technologies to Accelerate Geoconstruction" ABSTRACT (pdf)>
2005-2006
Ted Lascher - Professor, Public Policy and Administration. ABSTRACT (pdf)>
2004-2005
Craig Gallet - Assistant Professor, Economics: "The Efficacy of Public Policy: An Application to the Cigarette Industry"
2003-2004
Douglas Rice - Professor, English: "The Poetics of Reverie: Stains of Desire Marking Absence" ABSTRACT>
2002-2003
Cindy Colinge - Professor, Electrical and Electronic Engineering: "The Evolution of the Semiconductor Industry" and Kimo Ah Yun, Associate Professor, Communication Studies, "Using Organ Donation Research to Save Lives" ABSTRACT>
2001-2002
Randy L. Phelps - Associate Professor, Physics and Astronomy: "Astronomy from the Andes Mountains of Chile" ABSTRACT>
2000-2001
Robert Wassmer - Professor, Graduate Program in Public Policy and Administration: "An Economist's Perspective on Urban Sprawl in California" ABSTRACT>
1999-2000
Shirley Ann Wilson Moore - Professor, History: "Traditions From Home: Blues Clubs, Blues Music and the Black Community in Richmond, California" ABSTRACT>
1998-1999
Christopher J. Castaneda - History: "Gas Barons and Gas Dogs: Animating the History of an Invisible Fuel"
1997-1998
Laurel Zucker - Music: "Flute Talk: Musical Literacies"
1995-1996
Doraiswamy Ramachandran - Mathematics and Statistics: "Quest for Perfection or Search for Optimality: Duality Theory for Marginal Problems"
1994-1995
Arthur H. Williamson - History: "Images of Blood: Ethnic Identity and the Destruction of the Left in Europe and America, 1972-1992"
1993-1994
Troy Armstrong - Criminal Justice: "Prospects for Revitalizing Juvenile Justice in the 21st Century: The Role of Applied Research"
1992-1993
Tien-I Liu - Mechanical Engineering: "Intelligent Manufacturing: A Novel Way to Achieve World Class Manufacturing"
1991-1992
Rory Cooper - Electrical Engineering: "Persons with Disabilities: A Research Agenda"
1990-1991
Janelle Reinelt - Theatre Arts: "The Politics of Performance: Theatrical Representation as Social Practice"
1989-1990
Tony Platt - Social Work: "Racism in Academia: Lessons from the Life of E. Franklin Frazier"
