Campus and community news for the week of April 6, 2012.

On Monday, Kathleen Weaver, associate professor of biology, gave a lecture in the Presidents Dining Room on her ongoing research of fish in the West Indies and toxins found in snails.

Elizabeth Zwerling, associate professor of journalism at the University of La Verne spoke about the “Ethics (and the Lack of Ethics) in Electronic Media” in the  faculty lecture series Monday in the President’s Dining Room.

Teri McMurty-Chubb, associate professor of law, gave her lecture, “Toward a Disciplinary Pedagogy for Legal Education” on Monday at the Faculty Lecture Series.

Rocio Rosales, assistant professor of psychology, spoke on Monday in the President’s Dining Room about Mexican American college students and integrating culture for equal education opportunities.

The faculty lecture series on Monday featured Associate Professor of Marketing Jeanny Liu discussing student perception of professors’ “hotness“ in determining expertise, motivations, learning outcomes, and course satisfaction.

Bill Cook, professor of English, discussed the research he gathered about the works of American fiction writer Nathaniel Hawthorne, and how Hawthorne contributed to the creation of the American short story, during his faculty lecture on Monday.

Gabriela Capraroiu, associate professor of Spanish, discussed her current research translating Maria Teresa Leon’s travel memoir on communist Romania during her faculty lecture on Monday.

Ashley Lipson, professor of law, spoke about how mathematical and scientific evidence is presented in court and also how it can be altered to provide different perspectives.

Christine Broussard, professor of biology, gave a faculty lecture titled “An Investigation of Non-genomic Effects of Selected Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals.”