| Honors/Awards/Appointments
Alan Kraut, history, CAS: awarded the 2005 Watson Davis and Helen Miles Davis Award by the History of Science Society for his book Goldberger’s War: The Life and Works of a Public Health Crusader, December. Lectures/Presentations
Caroline Cooper, Justice Programs Office and SPA: chaired the panel “The Role of Specialized Courts: Mental Health and Addiction,” 29th International Congress on Law and Mental Health, Universite Rene Descartes, Paris, France, July. Consuelo Hernandez, language and foreign studies, CAS: poetry marathon, Arlington Arts Center, and poetry reading, Department of Romance Languages, George Washington University, April 2005. Robert Kramer, SPA: speaker at the session “Action Learning: Solving Program Problems with an Innovative Approach,” at the conference “Program Management Summit” sponsored by the E-gov Institute, Washington, D.C., November. Jeffrey Schaler, SPA: keynote speaker at the opening of a museum in Los Angeles detailing psychiatric abuse over the centuries, December. Brian Yates, psychology, CAS: “Tell Us about Your Cost Study! Creating a Resource Database for Evaluators Measuring Costs as Well as Outcomes,” joint meeting of the American Evaluation Association and the Canadian Evaluation Society, Toronto, October. Papers Presented
Abdul Karim Bangura, Center for Global Peace, and SIS: “Gandhi’s Satyagraha: A Pragmatic Linguistic Analysis of Its Meanings,” Second Annual Gandhi Conference, Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, Memphis, October. Thomas Hertz, economics, CAS: “The Effect of Minimum Wages on the Employment and Earnings of South Africa’s Domestic Service Workers,” conference organized by the DPRU (Development Policy Research Unit of the University of Cape Town), TIPS (Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies), and UNU/WIDER (UN University and World Institute for Development Economics Research), Gauteng, South Africa, December. Published Works
Brock Brady, language and foreign studies, CAS: “Google Scholar,” in Essential Teacher, vol 4, December 2005. Jocelyn Johnston, SPA: coauthored “State Social Services Contracting: Exploring Determinants of Effective Contract Accountability,” Public Administration Review, 65, 4, July-August 2005. Katherine Kravetz, Washington Semester and SPA: “Undergraduates and Community-Based Research,” in the National Society for Experiential Education Quarterly, summer 2005. Julie Mertus, SIS: commentary, “The UN Drive to Reform: A Reply to Ian Williams,” Open Democracy, October. Jennifer Oetzel, Kogod: “Smaller May Be Beautiful but Is It More Risky? Assessing and Managing Political and Economic Risk in Costa Rica,” in International Business Review, 14. Louise Shelley, TraCCC and SPA: “Organized Crime Groups: ‘Uncivil Society,’” in Russian Civil Society: A Critical Assessment, M.E. Sharpe, 2006. Media
Akbar Ahmed, SIS: quoted by Knight Ridder on Secretary Rumsfeld’s remarks on the “new Islamic caliphate,” December. Philip Brenner, SIS: quoted by USA Today regarding Cuban immigrants, December. Maria Green Cowles, University Honors Program: interviewed by Swedish public television regarding friction in the transatlantic relationship, October. Curtis Gans, SPA: quoted by the Associated Press regarding the death of Eugene McCarthy, December. Edmund Ghareeb, SIS: quoted by the Boston Herald regarding Iraq’s election, December. Jane Hall, SOC: discussed the “War on Christmas” on Fox News Watch, which generated significant buzz around the internet including Media Matters, Media Bistro’s TV Newser, and Fox News.com, December.
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Robert Johnson, SPA: quoted by the Los Angeles Times regarding the death penalty, December. Clovis Maksoud, director, Center for the Global South, and SIS: quoted by Knight Ridder regarding the Middle East, December. Howard McCurdy, SPA: interviewed by CBC about space policy, December. Diane Orentlicher, WCL: interviewed by NPR’s All Things Considered regarding war crimes, December. Mark Posner, WCL: quoted by the Dallas Morning News regarding the Justice Department, December. Joshua Sarnoff, WCL: interviewed by WTTG Fox 5, regarding NTP v. RIM, the Blackberry patent case, December. Richard Semiatin, Washington Semester Program: quoted by Fox News regarding Congress, December. Judith Shapiro, SIS: interviewed on VOA radio (Mandarin) concerning gender inequality in the United States and China, December. James Thurber, director, CCPS, and SPA: quoted by the New York Times, Associated Press, NBC Nightly News, CBS Evening News, ABC Radio, and NPR regarding the possibility of White House indictments, October. Joseph Trotter, director, Justice Programs Office, and SPA: interviewed and quoted by the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Daily News, and the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin on the findings and recommendations of his report “Review of the Felony Case Process in Cook County (Chicago, Ill.) and Its Impact on the Jail Population,” September. Emilio Viano, SPA: interviewed on Radio Union (Venezuela) on the U.N. vote to lift the Cuban embargo; on Caracol Radio (Colombia) on Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s trip to Iraq and on demands that President Bush announce an Iraq exit strategy; on UNIVISION on terrorism tactics and operations in the world; on CNN on the Summit of the Americas in Argentina, on the rift between Mexico and Venezuela, on a press conference by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld on the mistreatment of prisoners in Iraq and on the trial of Saddam Hussein; on Radio Union (Venezuela) on the diplomatic disagreements between President Chavez of Venezuela and President Fox of Mexico; on Radio Netherlans on the U.S. policy and intervention in Iraq, November. Stephen Wermiel, WCL: quoted by the Associated Press regarding the nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, October. Paul Williams, WCL: guest on Fox News Sunday and on Fox News Channel regarding the Saddam Hussein trial, December.
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Abu-Nimer honored for peacebuilding efforts
Mohammed Abu-Nimer, director of the Peacebuilding and Development Institute, was honored by the American Psychological Association (APA) earlier this month for his contributions to the field of peace and conflict resolution.
The SIS professor received the Morton Deutsch Conflict Award, presented on behalf of the APA’s Peace Psychology Division, during the fourth annual ceremony on Jan. 19.
“Being honored with this award, as a scholar and practitioner of peacebuilding, is a great source of hope and encouragement,” said Abu-Nimer, above, with Linda Wolfe of the APA. “Like many of my colleagues in the field, I struggle to [remain] optimistic while working for a culture of peace and confronting the horrors and manifestations of violence on all levels.
“The award for me is an affirmation that our work and voice are heard and recognized by respected academics and practitioners,” he continued.
An expert in conflict resolution, community development, and peacebuilding, Abu-Nimer’s work has taken him to such conflict-ridden areas as Sri Lanka, Palestine, Israel, Bosnia, Sierra Leone, Guatemala, and northern Ireland.
In 2001, Abu-Nimer founded the Peacebuilding and Development Institute, which has since attracted more than 400 people from around the world to AU for a week of training, academic work, and networking. —AF |
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