Advice from Professionals
How does a person go from being an English major to a Neuroscientist? What exactly does an Archaeologist do all day? In this section, you'll learn the answers to these questions through interviews with professionals from a variety of careers and fields.

Q&A with Dr. Judith Lauter


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Length: 11:16
Size: 99.3 MB

A second-generation Texan, Dr. Judith L. Lauter is professor and director of the Human Neuroscience Laboratory at Stephen F. Austin State University. She began her academic career as an English major and published poet, but her muse soon led her to study the human brain as a pathway for exploring the biological basis of human behavior. Her research on brain imaging at a number of universities around the country has focused on features that have fascinated artists as well as scientists for years, such as personality; individual differences in learning styles; and the propensity for disorders such as autism, hyperactivity, and mental problems including violence, dyslexia, and Alzheimer’s disease. She has worked with students from middle school through graduate school and adults, coordinated a series of public-information forums about the brain, and published and lectured widely, both in this country and abroad.

5 Questions from Dr. Victor Galan, Archaeologist


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Length: 2:15
Size: 25 MB


Victor Galan has worked in the contract archaeology field for over 10 years. He has experience in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississipi.


Wayne Heaton holds a degree in marine biology from Texas A&M University. He has worked at Moody Gardens in Galveston and the Aquarium Restaurants in Kemah and Houston, dealing and diving with everything from 12-inch sunfish to 12-foot sand tiger sharks. He is passionate about all things fishy and watery and is currently curator at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens, Texas.