William Alfred Shack

2018 ◽  
pp. 27-36
Author(s):  
Dallas L. Browne
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Field Research ◽  
University Of California ◽  
University Of Illinois ◽  
Distinguished Career ◽  
The University

This chapter focuses on the life and accomplishments of Africanist anthropologist William Shack. Known to all as Shack, he had a career that included field research in Ethiopia and Swaziland, teaching in African universities as well as at the University of Illinois and the University of California, Berkeley. This chapter can offer hope and encouragement to graduate students of anthropology who may be in departments that are not as supportive or encouraging as they might wish, because William Shack faced major obstacles in completing his Ph.D. Despite the obstacles he faced, Shack went on to a distinguished career as an anthropologist and university administrator.

scholarly journals “Bee-Flower-People Relationships, Field Biologists, and Conservation in Northwest Urban Costa Rica and Beyond.”

Zoosymposia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-28
Author(s):  
G. W. FRANKIE ◽  
R. E. COVILLE ◽  
J. C. PAWELE ◽  
C. C. JADALLAH ◽  
S. B. VINSON ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Dry Forest ◽  
University Of California ◽  
Forest Region ◽  
Undisturbed Forest ◽  
The University

The forests of Costa Rica are rich in a wide variety of pollinator types and a very diverse flora that supports them.  Our research group from the University of California, Berkeley and Texas A & M University, College Station has been researching the ecology of one pollinator group, the bees, in the northwest Guanacaste dry forest region since 1969.  Much natural forest existed in this area when we first began the work.  But, many land use changes have occurred over the years to present day to the point that it is difficult to find tracts of undisturbed forest suitable for field research, especially those not affected by wildfires, which are now common.        Further, urban areas in the region continue to grow with increasing numbers of people populating the region.  In this paper we provide an overview of our past bee-flower work for a historical perspective, and then weave in people that have now become an obvious ecological component of current bee-flower relationships.  We also explore new questions that have become relevant through time, especially those related to researchers and potential conservation opportunities to share their stories with audiences that may extend their knowledge for practical use.  Finally, we propose that researchers plan to devote some of their precious time establishing relationships with people in conserving what is left of bee-flower relationships in urban environments in Guanacaste and beyond in the country.  Avenues for extending this knowledge are explored in this paper.

Graduate Students' Perceptions of Outstanding Graduate Advisor Characteristics

2007 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 28-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer L. Bloom ◽  
Amanda E. Propst Cuevas ◽  
James Warren Hall ◽  
Christopher V. Evans
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Student Success ◽  
Graduate Student ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Practice Theory ◽  
Research Practice ◽  
University Of Illinois ◽  
Graduate Student Success ◽  
The University

The advising literature confirms the graduate student–graduate advisor relationship as the most important factor in graduate student success. To better understand the characteristics of graduate advisors that students find most helpful, we conducted a grounded theory study with a constructivist design that involved a qualitative textual analysis of Outstanding Graduate Advisor of the Year Award nominations from MD-PhD students enrolled in the Medical Scholars Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Five major themes emerged from this analysis, and the results indicate that students perceive the following graduate-advisor characteristics to be most helpful: demonstrated care for students, accessibility, role models in professional and personal matters, individually tailored guidance, and proactive integration of students into the profession. Relative Emphasis: research, practice, theory

“Is It Labor or Is It Working Class?”: The Midwest Labor and Working-Class History Colloquium

2005 ◽  
Vol 67 ◽  
pp. 174-176
Author(s):  
Christopher D. Cantwell ◽  
Jeffrey Helgeson
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Working Class ◽  
Research Interest ◽  
Institutional Affiliation ◽  
Open Forum ◽  
University Of Illinois ◽  
Working Class History ◽  
Informal Setting ◽  
The University

On 17–18 April 2004, the Midwest Labor and Working-Class History Colloquium (MLWCH) met at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Formed in 1994, MLWCH is a consortium of graduate students and faculty connected to the Midwest either through research interest or institutional affiliation. MLWCH exists to foster scholarly exchange amongst the field's future and current practitioners, provide an informal setting for students to present and receive feedback on their research, and nurture the collegial relationships that are essential to the study of history. This year's colloquium brought together eighteen graduate students and featured three events: an open forum on the question “Is it Labor or Working-Class History?” two roundtable discussions on participants' research, and a faculty-led roundtable on professional development.

Women & Film

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-162
Author(s):  
Clarissa K. Jacob
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Feminist Perspective ◽  
University Of California ◽  
Feminist Politics ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Short Essay ◽  
The University

This short essay provides an introduction to the short-lived but influential magazine Women & Film, published in California between 1972 and 1975. Two graduate students, Siew-Hwa Beh (b. 1945) and Saundra Salyer (b. 1946), from the University of California, Los Angeles, and San Francisco State, respectively, were the founders of this pioneering publication devoted entirely to providing a feminist perspective on film. They set up the magazine in response to a collision between their radical leftist and feminist politics and their cinephilia. This essay contextualizes some examples, which are reproduced here, of the first issue's contents. It also sheds light on the eclectic and impassioned approach adopted by the magazine's editors and contributors, bolstered by accompanying excerpts and images.

Civil Rights, Free Speech, and War

2019 ◽  
pp. 32-37
Author(s):  
Michael V. Metz
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Free Speech ◽  
News Media ◽  
Democratic Society ◽  
University Of California ◽  
Student Newspaper ◽  
The University

By the middle of the decade, civil rights dominated the nation’s news media, but the war was escalating, and the student newspaper, the Daily Illini, was filled with stories of both. The paper introduced a different news theme when free-speech protests at the University of California at Berkeley made the headlines. Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) sponsored an event on the UI quad to debate the war, a fraternity sponsored a blood drive for the soldiers, and graduate students Vincent Wu and Vern Fein recall their experiences surrounding free speech, civil rights, and early antiwar activities.

C–H Functionalization: The Hatakeyama Synthesis of (–)-Kaitocephalin

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglass F. Taber
Keyword(s):  
University Of California ◽  
University Of Delaware ◽  
State University ◽  
Max Planck ◽  
Pennsylvania State University ◽  
University Of Illinois ◽  
University Of Houston ◽  
Hydride Abstraction ◽  
La Jolla ◽  
The University

John F. Hartwig of the University of California, Berkeley showed (Nature 2012, 483, 70) that intramolecular C–H silylation of 1 selectively gave, after oxidation and acetylation, the bis acetate 2. Gong Chen of Pennsylvania State University coupled (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 7313) 3 with 4 to give the ether 5. M. Christina White of the University of Illinois effected (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 9721) selective oxidation of the taxane derivative 6 to the lactone 7. Most of the work on C–H functionalization has focused on the formation of C–C, C–O, and C–N bonds. Donald A. Watson of the University of Delaware developed (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 3663) conditions for the complementary conversion of an alkene 8 to the allyl silane 9, a powerful and versatile nucleophile. Kilian Muniz of ICIQ Tarragona oxidized (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 7242) the enyne 10 selectively to the amine 11. Phil S. Baran of Scripps/La Jolla devised (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 2547) a protocol for the OH-directed amination of 12 to 13. Professor White developed (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 2036) a related OH-directed amination of 14 to 15 that proceeded with retention of absolute configuration. Tom G. Driver of the University of Illinois, Chicago showed (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 7262) that the aryl azide 16 could be cyclized directly to the amine, which was protected to give 17. As illustrated by the conversion of 18 to 20 devised (Adv. Synth. Catal. 2012, 354, 701) by Martin Klussmann of the Max-Planck-Institut, Mülheim, C–H functionalization can be accomplished by hydride abstraction followed by coupling of the resulting carbocation with a nucleophile. Olafs Daugulis of the University of Houston used (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 5188) a Pd catalyst to couple 21 with 22 to give 23 with high diastereocontrol. Yoshiji Takemoto of Kyoto University cyclized (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 2763) the chloroformate 24 directly to the oxindole 25.

C–H Functionalization: The Maimone Synthesis of Podophyllotoxin

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglass F. Taber
Keyword(s):  
University Of California ◽  
University Of Illinois ◽  
Methyl Group ◽  
Du Bois ◽  
Princeton University ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
Rh Catalyst ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
La Jolla ◽  
The University

Matthias Beller of the Universität Rostock developed (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 6477) a Rh catalyst for the acceptorless dehydrogenation of an alkane 1 to the alkene 2. Bhisma K. Patel of the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati effected (Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 3086) oxidation of cyclohexane 3 and 4 to form the allylic benzoate 5. Justin Du Bois of Stanford University devised (Chem. Sci. 2014, 5, 656) an organocatalyst that mediated the hydroxylation of 6 to 7. Vladimir Gevorgyan of the University of Illinois, Chicago hydrosilylated (Nature Chem. 2014, 6, 122) 8 to give an intermediate that, after Ir-catalyzed intramolecular C–H functionalization followed by oxidation, was converted to the diacetate 9. Sukbok Chang of KAIST used (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 4141) the methoxime of 10 to direct selective amination of the adjacent methyl group, leading to 11. John F. Hartwig of the University of California, Berkeley effected (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 2555) diastereoselective Cu-catalyzed amination of 12 with 13 to make 14. David W. C. MacMillan of Princeton University accomplished (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 6858) β-alkylation of the aldehyde 15 with acrylonitrile 16 to give 17. Yunyang Wei of the Nanjing University of Science and Technology alkenylated (Chem. Sci. 2014, 5, 2379) cyclohexane 3 with the styrene 18, leading to 19. Bin Wu of the Kunming Institute of Botany described (Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 480) the Pd-mediated cyclization of 20 to 21. Similar results using Cu catalysis were reported (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 3496, 3706) by Yoichiro Kuninobu and Motomu Kanai of the University of Tokyo and by Haibo Ge of IUPUI. Jin-Quan Yu of Scripps La Jolla constructed (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 5267) the lactam 24 by γ-alkenyl­ation of the amide 22 with 23, followed by cyclization. Philippe Dauban of CNRS Gif-sur-Yvette prepared (Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2014, 66) the useful crystalline chiron 27 by asymmetric amination of the enol triflate 26 with 25. Matthew J. Gaunt of the University of Cambridge showed (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 8851) that the phenylative cyclization of 28 with 29 to 30 proceeded with near-perfect retention of absolute configuration.

C-N Ring Construction: The Synthesis of Decursivine by Mascal and by Jia

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglass F. Taber
Keyword(s):  
Pyridinium Salt ◽  
University Of California ◽  
Reductive Coupling ◽  
University Of Arkansas ◽  
Santa Barbara ◽  
University Of Illinois ◽  
Enantiomerically Pure ◽  
Du Bois ◽  
Duke University ◽  
The University

Barry M. Trost and Justin Du Bois of Stanford University described (Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 3336) the cyclization of 1 to the activated aziridine 2. Liming Zhang of the University of California, Santa Barbara, rearranged (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 3236) the propergylic amine 3 to the azetidinone 4 by N-H insertion of an intermediate Au carbene. Xiao Zheng and Pei-Qiang Huang of Xiamen University effected (J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76, 4952) reductive coupling of 6 with 7 to deliver the ester 8 . Eiji Tayama of Niigata University found (Tetrahedron Lett. 2011, 52, 1819) that 9 could be alkenylated with 10 with substantial retention of absolute configuration. Duncan J. Wardrop of the University of Illinois at Chicago, en route to a synthesis of (-)-swainsonine, observed (Org. Lett. 2011 , 13, 2376) high diastereocontrol in the cyclization of 12 to 13. Iain Coldham of the University of Sheffield also observed (J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76, 2360) substantial diastereoselection in the cyclization of 14 to 15. Robert E. Gawley of the University of Arkansas established (Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 394) that exposure of metalated 16 to just 5 mol % of a chiral ligand was sufficient to enable enantioselective coupling, to deliver 17. Christian Nadeau of Merck Frosst effected (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 2878) enantioselective addition to the pyridinium salt 19 to give 20. Jiyong Hong of Duke University observed (Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 796) that enantiomerically pure 21 cyclized to the cis diastereomer of 22. With the Hayashi catalyst, cyclization could be driven toward the trans diastereomer, 22, enabling the synthesis of (+)-myrtine. Dawei Ma of the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry found (Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 1602) that the Hayashi catalyst also directed the relative and absolute outcome in the addition of 24 to 23 , to give the piperidine 25. Donn G. Wishka of Pfizer/Groton devised (J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76, 1937) a practical route to the cis-substituted azepane 27, by Beckmann rearrangement of the enantiomerically pure 26 followed by reduction and oxidative cleavage.

Building and Unbuilding a Comics Canon

PMLA ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 134 (3) ◽  
pp. 614-619
Author(s):  
Andrew Hoberek
Keyword(s):  
Community Colleges ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Tenure Track ◽  
Good Sense ◽  
University Of Illinois ◽  
Past Work ◽  
Four Year Institutions ◽  
The University

The inaugural conference of the comics studies society, held in August 2018 at the University of Illinois, Urbana, was the most professionally diverse conference I've ever attended. There were presentations by tenure-track faculty members, non-tenuretrack faculty members, graduate students, and independent scholars; by people from four-year institutions, community colleges, and high schools; by literary critics, art historians, media scholars, research librarians, and working artists. Everywhere one felt the energy of a new field of study coming together, of institutionalization in a good sense: the gathering of past work to create a critical canon, the debate over methodology, the effort to establish priorities for moving forward as a discipline. he emotional palette that this event produced, at least for me, was an odd combination of excitement and melancholy—melancholy because, at a moment when traditional humanistic disciplines are having their support cut, it's hard to imagine a new ield getting anything like the resources or hires it needs to survive, let alone thrive.

From Graduate Practicum to Activist Research Collective

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (137) ◽  
pp. 141-156
Author(s):  
Michael De Anda Muñiz ◽  
Janaé Bonsu ◽  
Lydia Dana ◽  
Sangeetha Ravichandran ◽  
Haley Volpintesta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Research Group ◽  
Power Dynamics ◽  
Roundtable Discussion ◽  
Community Partners ◽  
University Of Illinois ◽  
Graduate Research ◽  
The University ◽  
Research Collective

Abstract The Policing in Chicago Research Group (PCRG) is an activist research collective composed of faculty and graduate students at the University of Illinois at Chicago. We conduct useful and accessible research on policing in support of campaigns organized by abolitionist social movements in Chicago. Beginning as a two-semester graduate research practicum, the PCRG has transitioned to an activist research collective. In this roundtable discussion, six members of the PCRG and four of our community partners reflect on the project’s challenges and successes. We consider the pedagogical power and limitations of an activist research practicum, the power dynamics within the research group and between the PCRG and our community partners, and the ability of the PCRG to remain accountable to our partners and the communities they represent.

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