HYSA STEM Lecture Series

Every year, Mrs. Toupin puts together a lecture series of three or four ASU professors to speak to students during an evening lecture series.

The first of these speakers has been scheduled for Friday, September 8th, from 6-8pm. The official flyer can be viewed here.

If you have any questions, please contacted Mrs. Toupin directly.

Additional Lecturer information:

Friday, Sept. 8th- Anne Stone- Genetic Anthropologist, Associate Director of ASU’s Center for Evolution & Medicine (CEM), Director of the Center for Bioarchaeological Research and Professor in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change (SHESC): Fulbright Fellow (1992-93) and a Kavli Scholar (2007), (2011) elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, (2016) elected into the National Academy of Science

Friday, Nov 3rd- Jacob Kashiwagi- Industrial Engineer, and construction specialist, program manager at PBSRG and a lecturer at ASU. He is the developer of the no-influence leadership theory, the theoretical basis for the Performance Information Procurement System (PIPS) model. Jacob is also the lead researcher for the information environment model implemented at United States Army Medical Command. Currently working with the State of Oklahoma, Alaska, and Idaho, and is also the lead for ASU Network, Helpdesk, and TV projects. 

Friday, Dec 8th- Beverly Brandt- A professor emerita in The Design School at ASU, where she has taught courses on design history, theory, and criticism since 1987. Her recent monograph, The Craftsman and The Critic: Defining Usefulness and Beauty in Arts and Crafts-Era Boston, was dubbed one of the “50 must- have, must-read books” on architecture and design by Canada’s International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers. An expert on the history of interior architecture, furniture, decorative arts, and textiles, Dr. Brandt also paints watercolor journals and publishes short essays and memoirs about life in Northwestern Lower Michigan. She has published extensively on the Arts & Crafts movement, and is branching into creative writing. Her work has been featured in the Bay View Literary Magazine and the Bear River Review. She is just finishing the first of a series of murder mysteries, starring Professor Ferradeen Warde, who is also a design historian.