Ball State University Research

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Category: Faculty Highlights

  • Dr. Joseph Marchal brings his research to the classroom, connecting first century texts with 21st century issues.

    Thinking About the Past
    October 5, 2018 by

    The infectious worldview of this year’s outstanding research award recipient, Dr. Joseph Marchal With an almost old-fashioned finesse— wave-like hand gestures and an uneven baritone voice—Dr. Joseph Marchal, associate professor of religious studies,  introduces his academic scholarship with a simple description: “I live half my life in the first century and the other, in the […]

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  • Where are they now?
    October 1, 2017 by

    Dr. Stefania Aegisdottir appeared in our 2002 edition of Bene Facta magazine. She was profiled for her Distinguished Dissertation award for Icelanders’ and Americans’ Expectations about Counseling: Do Expectations Vary by Nationality, Sex, and Holland’s Typology? Aegisdottir worked at a local juvenile detention center for two years after earning her doctorate and then returned to […]

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  • Outstanding Creative Endeavor: Matt Mullins
    November 3, 2013 by

    Words leave an imprint on those who hear them. They become part of our makeup and influence how we see the world. Matt Mullins is leaving his imprint. Mullins, Ball State’s Outstanding Creative Endeavor awardee, finds inspiration all around him – from a friend’s anecdote about a trip to the park with his daughter to […]

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  • Outstanding Research of the Year: Tom Holtgraves
    November 2, 2013 by

    Social psychologist. Anthropologist. Linguist. Philosopher. Sociolinguist. Cognitive psychologist. Do these terms describe a specialized team of researchers or Ball State’s Researcher of the Year? Tom Holtgraves brings all of these skills to his research agenda. Most scholars carve out a niche, perhaps studying only one aspect of language. But Tom Holtgraves, professor in psychological sciences, […]

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  • Cathy Day: From the Circus to the Workshop
    November 1, 2013 by

    Cathy Day has been teaching creative writing at the college level since 1997, from Minnesota State University at Mankato, to the College of New Jersey, the University of Pittsburgh, and now to Ball State. Day’s published work includes her memoir, Comeback Season, and the novel The Circus in Winter as well as numerous short stories […]

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  • Preserving Indigenous Languages in Mexico
    November 8, 2012 by

    What is of human derivation, reflective of the richness of a culture, often elusive—not recorded, and according to the National Geographic Society’s Enduring Voices Project, disappearing at the rate of one every 14 days? The endangered languages of our planet. The survival of languages, which allow us rare and fragile glimpses into a culture, is dependent […]

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  • Outstanding Researcher: Holmes Finch
    November 6, 2012 by

    The 2012 Researcher of the Year is known campus wide as a statistical guru, but that was not his original career path. After earning a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of South Carolina in 1987, Holmes Finch soon discovered his real passion. Having enjoyed a statistics course as an undergraduate student, he switched his focus to […]

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