Carl Bleyle

Professor of music

“I would teach a class in Florentine Renaissance humanism because so many of our ideas were formed in that period. It was a period that emphasized the individualism, beauty and uniqueness of human beings — when science and humanities were uniform — when there was no division between the two areas. Beauty was sought in every endeavor, in every area.”

Kenneth Koehler

Professor of statistics

“I would teach statistics for journalists because there are so many things they report on such as health risks, and the numbers they report on are not precise. They are estimated numbers with some random error and journalists don’t appreciate that the numbers are not absolute precise quantities that need to be interpreted.

“The snowballing effect is that the number gets reported as an absolute number when there may be a range of values. It should be reported with some level of uncertainty.

“I would like to teach this class so journalists have a better understanding of science and how data are collected. I think that would be healthy.”

Charles Mulford

Professor of sociology

“Intro. to sociology at Iowa State University. It’s beginning to be a habit because I’ve been teaching it since 1959. I teach graduate level courses and lower level courses and I have the most fun with Intro. to Sociology 134.”

Nelle Hutter

Adjunct instructor of French

“I direct the Regents’ Summer Study Abroad Program in France. I’d like to teach a study abroad course for people going to France. I think that would be lots of fun because I am a strong advocate of study abroad. If you study French but don’t use the language, then you’ve missed a large part of the fun.

“The students going abroad are eager to go and learn, so helping them is always fun.

“They have a course like this through the study abroad office and I’d like to be involved with it. I have an idea of the kind of problems students can run into while they are abroad.”

Tony Pometto

Associate professor of food science and human nutrition

“Oh, wow. Industrial/fermentation microbiology and more … I like it; it’s my passion. This subject is one of the components in our food biotechnology classes. There is an artsy part to it because anytime I get a chance to build something, it’s fun. It’s also one of the hottest growing industries in the U.S.”

John Even

Professor of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering

“I am teaching a course in industrial engineering systems and I really enjoy it. It’s a graduate class and I would like to move some of the content to the undergraduate level.

“Another area that is of some interest is a class on how to develop communication across disciplines. I see this as some problem. We have difficulty getting together with other areas of study, specifically the arts and sciences — technology. How do we meaningfully communicate and bridge the technical with the humanities and the arts across these lines?”