"A Story to Tell"

As we sat in the well lit classroom you could see still see the exhaustion on the women’s face that was responsible for putting together the Cultural Fair each year. I laughed because I finally got a chance to get the interview I had been trying to get all week. “I’m a busy woman” Lisa stated and I replied with, I understand.

Lisa Schreiber does more than coordinate the Cultural Fair though, this past year she was given the prestigious Richardson Professorship which allows professors to research proposals while giving them the funding and time that they need to complete their dissertation.

Lisa chose the subject of Holistic medicines. She said, “I chose this because no one else was doing research on it at the time.” And that she had “a problem that regular medicine couldn’t help.”

Holistic medicines could be any form of medicines that are used to heal people without the use of drugs. For example visiting the chiropractor or attending yoga classes. Some even believe laughter is a type of holistic medicine

Her proposal was a request for funding to support an ethnographic study of communicative behavior between holistic health care practitioners and their clients. She did all of her work locally between the Blair and Omaha area.

Lisa was also the first female in the Communication department’s history to be given this award. She was also promoted to Associate Professor, and said she was very grateful because anytime your efforts are recognized by your peers it makes you feel good.”

Lisa also wanted to point out how doing research helps, not only in her work but also as a teacher.” “it helps me doing my classes”.