Ineke Justitz, associate professor of history, philosophy and religious studies, presented "The Child That Died: Medicine, Religion, and Civic Authority in Sixteenth-Century Naumburg," at the international conference of the Sixteenth Century Society held in October in Montreal, Canada. The presentation discussed the 1537 case of an infant's death due to a congenital malformation, and explored a 16th century understanding of the child's condition and the relationship between the medical, religious and civil authorities who debated the case in the days before the child died.
Karen P. Peirce, graduate writing coordinator in the Graduate School, presented “Discovering Ethos: Researching the Archival Record of a Mentor” at the Western States Rhetoric and Literacy Conference in Las Cruces, N.M. The conference was held in honor of Richard E. Young, a noted scholar in rhetoric whom Peirce studied with at Carnegie Mellon University.
Rajani Ganesh-Pillai, assistant professor of marketing, presented “The Consequence of Screening Strategies on Decision Accuracy: The Roles of Perceived Uncertainty and Consideration Set Size” at the Association for Consumer Research Conference in Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 7-8.