April 29, 2008
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
GLBTA Resource Center honors activists
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and Cullyn Foxlee, a Port Angeles, Wash., high school student and activist, were honored during the sixth annual Richard L. Schlegel National Legion of Honor Awards, Apr. 15.
Sponsored by AU’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Ally Resource Center, the awards are presented to organizations or individuals who have exhibited outstanding leadership and commitment to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community.
Foxlee, a junior at Port Angeles High School, received the emerging activist award for work with the Port Angeles Gay-Straight Alliance. Foxlee has also lobbied Washington state representatives to pass safe schools legislation in support of LGBT students.
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force received the award for visionary leadership. Last year, the group formed United ENDA, a coalition of nearly 400 member organizations across the country in support of the full inclusion of gender identity protections. Staff members from the task force’s D.C. headquarters accepted the award on behalf of the organization.
The awards are named for Schlegel, an AU alumnus, who was a plaintiff in a case of employment discrimination that was appealed to the Supreme Court during the 1960s after he was fired from a federal government position. —AF
Honors/Awards/Appointments
Nanette Levinson, SIS: was elected chair of the Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet), a network of researchers from around the world and a range of disciplines who work on Internet governance issues, January 2008.
David Rosenbloom, SPA: named to the Editorial Board, International Journal of Management Studies and Research, University of Central Punjab.
Lectures/Presentations
Gordon Adams SIS: was a panelist and presenter on 10 panels, including panels on Iraq, the future of U.S. national security policy, and the current recession, at the 60th annual Conference on World Affairs, University of Colorado at Boulder, April.
Richard Benedetto, SOC and SPA: lectured on the 2008 presidential primaries at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School and its Newhouse School of Public Communications, April.
Todd Eisenstadt, SPA: “Indigenous Rights and Mexican Politics,” at the U.S. Department of State’s Foreign Service Institute, Arlington, Va., March.
Colman McCarthy, SIS: “Nonviolence in a Time of War,” Xavier University, March.
Caleen Sinnette Jennings, performing arts, CAS: moderated a panel at the Kennedy Center as part of “August Wilson’s Twentieth Century,” the one-month celebration of August Wilson and the first time that all the plays in his 10-play cycle have been done in one venue. Jennings’s 2001 interview with Wilson also is featured on the Kennedy Center Web site “Arts Edge,” April.
Judith Shapiro, SIS: “Environmental and Social Justice in the Lead-up to the Beijing Olympics,” University of Pennsylvania Law School, April.
Papers Presented
Shubha Pathak, philosophy and religion, CAS:: “Telling Stories about Storied Texts: Introducing Classics of Asian Religious Literature in English,” at the annual meeting of the Modern Language Association of America, Chicago, December.
Lucinda Peach, philosophy and religion, CAS: “The Prostitute Body in Cross-Cultural Context” at a conference entitled “The Body in South Asian Context,” at the University of Hawaii, Manao, April.
Emilio Viano, SPA: “Restorative Justice: Policy, Practice and Innovations in Corrections,” at the Caribbean Prison Reform Forum, San Juan, Puerto Rico, April.
Published Works
Joseph Graf, SOC: coauthored with Sean Aday, “Selective Attention to Online Political Information,” in the Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 52 (1), 2008.
Alan Kraut, history CAS: coedited with Elliot Barkan and Hasia Diner, From Arrival to Incorporation, Migrants to the U.S. in a Global Era, New York University Press, January 2008.
Christopher Palmer, SOC: wrote an article on environmental filmmaking for Washington Life magazine, April.
Susan Shepler, SIS: “‘Now di Pa de Pak for Go’: Young Sierra Leoneans’ Musical Interventions in Post-War Politics,” at the 2008 Pop Conference entitled “Shake, Rattle: Music, Conflict, and Change,” at the Experience Music Project, Seattle, April.
Andrew Yarrow, history, CAS: op-ed “Early retirement selfish, unpatriotic,” in the Baltimore Sun, April.
Media
Naomi Baron, language and foreign studies, CAS: was interviewed in the Economist’s “Special Report” on mobile technology, April.
Peter Chinloy, Kogod: was interviewed for the article “Renters can’t escape housing foreclosure crisis,” in USA Today, April.
Gisele Cloutier, Kogod: was interviewed for the article “Counselor coaches MBA grads about managing their careers,” in the Washington Business Journal, April.
Curtis Gans, director, Center for the Study of the American Electorate, and SPA: was interviewed for the article “Are King’s lessons living on? Local leader blames apathy for low black voter registration,” in the News-Journal (Delaware), April.
James Lee, SIS: was interviewed for the article “Community colleges lead online demand,” in the Washington Times, April.
Allan Lichtman, history, CAS: was interviewed for the article “Clinton campaign touts value of big-state victories; primary argument overlooks outcomes in general elections,” in the Wall Street Journal, March.
Michael McNair, director, Public Safety: was interviewed by WTTG, WAMU-FM’s Kojo Nnamdi Show, WTOP-FM, and APTV regarding enhancements to AU’s emergency system on the first anniversary of the Virginia Tech shootings, April.
Gemma Puglisi, SOC: was interviewed by CNN International regarding the Chinese government’s hiring of a PR firm to help them manage their image as they host the Olympics, April.
Jeffrey Schaler, SPA: was interviewed about addiction and mental illness and appeared in the first episode of the BBC (2) television series Am I Normal? The interview was reviewed in the Times (London) and the Telegraph (U.K.), April
Leonard Steinhorn, SOC: was interviewed for the article “Democratic candidates try to reach religious voters,” in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, April.
Robert Tobias, director, ISPPI, and SPA: was interviewed for the article “Union opposes nomination of Treasury official to IRS board,” regarding the qualifications of the administration’s nominee to replace Tobias on the IRS board, in Government Executive, April.
James Thurber, director, CCPS, and SPA: was interviewed for the article “McCain’s Years of Public Service Have Earned Him Enemies,” in U.S. News and World Report, March.
Donald Williamson, Kogod: was interviewed for the article “Owing feds some money is a good thing,” in newswise.com, April.
