2017 Eminent Scholars Lecture Series The College of Engineering hosts an Eminent Scholars Lecture Series each spring on the Tampa campus. This lecture series brings prominent scholars and speakers in their field of expertise from universities across the country to stimulate the students toward thoughtful consideration of matters of great national and international significance.
Robin Coger, Ph.D.
Liesl Folks, Ph.D.
Dean of the College of Engineering,
Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied
North Carolina A&T State University
Sciences, University of Buffalo, SUNY
“Transforming Research: A Perspective”
“Growing Diversity and Inclusion in STEM Disciplines; What will it take?”
Louis Martin-Vega, Ph.D.
Darryll Pines, Ph.D.
Dean of Engineering,
Nairman Farvardin Professor and Dean,
North Carolina State University
A. James Clark School of Engineering
“Engineering Research and
University of Maryland College Park
Education; Past, Present and Future
“Evolving to a New Normal in Engineering
Perspectives”
Education”
Jonathan Cole Lecture
Presented by the College of Engineering and USF Health Jonathan Cole, Ph.D. John Mitchell Mason Professor of the University at Columbia University “Higher Education and Problems Facing American Research Universities” For fourteen years, from 1989 to 2003, he was Provost and Dean of Faculties of Columbia University—the second longest tenure as Provost in the University’s 258-year history. He has spent his academic career at Columbia. From 1987 to 1989 he was Vice President of Arts and Sciences. His scholarly work focused principally on the development of the sociology of science as a research specialty. In recent years, his scholarly attention focused on issues in higher education, particularly problems facing the great American research universities. Photo: Ryan Wakefield
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