Please see below for seminars/forums that the BHRI has co-hosted with various departments, institutes and initiatives at Kent State as well as with our partner institutions.

Past Events:

Co-hosted Seminars/Forums 2022-2023

April 24-25, 2023

Music as a Multi-Sensory Experience

Understanding What Really Happens in Steve Reich's "Drumming"

Using Musical Knowledge to Improve Medical Device Sounds

Michael R. Schutz, Ph.D., University Scholar and Professor of Music Cognition/Percussion, McMaster University

Co-hosted with the Hugh A. Glauser School of Music

Co-hosted Seminars/Forums 2020-2021

September 10, 2020

Mentoring Our Students (and Ourselves) in a Global Crisis - A Mental Bandwidth Perspective
Tina Bhargava, PhD, Department of Social and Behavioral Science, Kent State University

Co-hosted with Healthy Communities Research Initiative

October 22, 2020

The Science of Mindfulness and Meditation - An invitation to the practice
Mary Ann Raghanti, PhD, Department of Anthropology, Kent State University
Melissa Celko, Kent State of Wellness, Kent State University

Co-hosted with Healthy Communities Research Initiative

February 11, 2021

Initial and Sustained Psychological Distress During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Joel Hughes, PhD, Professor of Psychological Sciences, Kent State University

Co-hosted with Healthy Communities Research Initiative

March 11, 2021

The initial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on physical activity, sedentary behavior, and bodyweight across a university campus
Jacob Barkley, PhD, Professor of Exercise Science, School of Health Sciences, Kent State University

Co-hosted with Healthy Communities Research Initiative

Co-hosted Seminars 2019-2020

September 20, 2019

Insulin, fertility, and the brain
Jennifer Hill, PhD, University of Toledo

Co-hosted with the Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University

November 22, 2019

Jack Sprat and His Wife: Disordered Eating and the Continuum from Anorexia through Obesity
Stephen Sondike, MD, Akron Children's Hospital

Co-hosted with the Department of Psychological Sciences, Kent State University

December 5, 2019

How Science can Help: Fostering Connection in a Fractured World
Jamil Zaki, PhD, Stanford University and Mary Dozier, PhD, University of Delaware

Co-hosted with the Department of Psychological Sciences, Kent State University

January 22, 2020

Tinkering in the Lab
John Bickle, PhD, Departments of Philosophy and Psychology, Mississippi State University, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomical Sciences, University of Mississippi Medical Center

Co-hosted with the Department of Philosophy, Kent State University