Past Events
Below are highlights and quick links to the hub pages for earlier Joy of Learning events! We also have a complete list of prior Joy of Learning faculty presenters.
- 2023
Operation Launch Point: Providing Students a Platform to Reach New Heights
A Cognitive Science Reminder to be Mindful of Your Mind
Tweeting Through Disasters: How Do Emojis Shape Communication on Twitter?
Thinking Outside the Classroom
A Personal Journey into the World of Machine Learning and AI
Making History Matter
Ultracold Atoms: The Coolest Stuff in the Universe
Bringing Everyone In: Meriam Library Beyond Books
The Impact of Undergraduate Research on Learning and Identity
- 2022
For individual presenter sessions, please click on the presenter's photo below.
2022 Faculty Presenters
Superheroes in Animal Nutrition
Pathways to Pleasure: The Neuroscience of Reward
What Your Professors Can't Teach You
From Hieroglyphs to Photographs: A Return to Visual Expression
Achieving Big Goals with Small Things
Empathy in Design
Organic Molecules for a Brighter Future
- 2021
For individual presenter sessions, please click on the presenter's photo below. To learn more about 2021's faculty, please visit our press release on Chico State Today.
2021 Faculty Presenters
What is Regenerative Agriculture? Carbon Farming and Building a Resilient Future
REACH For Others: Resilience through Connection
The Social Impacts of Information Technology
The Taste of Travel
Shattering Ceilings and Building Bridges: How to Thrive in Non-Traditional Careers
History Lessons: The Art of Facts
From the Lab Bench to the Field: Discovering an Academic Identity in Unexpected Places
- 2020
Check out the full broadcast! For individual presenter sessions, please click on their photo below.
2020 Faculty Presenters
I Care About Food Supply Chain Resilience,
and So Can You (Believe It or Not!)
Working Together to Address Homelessness
Who Am I and Who Will I Become? Using Brands
to Express Your Social Identity
Amplifying Voices in Our Community
Nuts and Bolts to “Building” a Better You
Is Dance a Sport or Artform?
It’s Not as Controversial as You Think
The Stream of Life: How Water Connects
Everything and Everyone on Earth
Building Community in the Classroom
- 2019
2019 Event Press Kit
2019 Presenters
Dr. David Alexander
Department of Mechanical Mechatronic Engineering and Sustainable Manufacturing
“Cooking with an Engineer”
Stephanie Bianco
Department of Nutrition and Food Science
“Bringing the Classroom into the Real World”
Dr. Elizabeth "Betsy" Boyd
College of Agriculture
“Let Your Taste Buds Taste Bugs!”
Dr. Brian Brazeal
Department of Anthropology
“Gems, Guns and Drugs: An Illegal Approach to Anthropological Research”
Drs. Jamie Gunderson and Aaron Koch
School of Education
“This is your Brain. This is your Brain on Stress”
Dr. Timothy Heinze
Department of Finance and Marketing
“Saving Society, One Sale at a Time”
Dr. Aydé Enríquez-Loya
Department of English
“Reclaiming the Horror of La Llorona:
How Storytelling Practices Create Meaning and Shape Reality”
- 2018
The complete video for the 2018 event can be seen on the Chico State Facebook page(opens in new window). A short highlight video among other promotional information is provided below.
2018 Event Press Kit
2018 Presenters
“Learn How to Love Physics in a Single Hammer Throw”
“By the Way, Martin Luther King, Jr. Was a Sociology Major”
“Growing Food Requires More Than Just Getting Your Hands Dirty”
“Strange Musings on Medieval Art: Do We Judge Them or Join Them?”
“First-Gen Student, Island Hopper, Coral Reef Rescuer”
“The Intersection Between Hip Hop and Sustainable Engineering”
“Unleashing Your Super Power, Your Own Voice”
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