Roger Volkema has the leverage

AnewAU surges forward with renewed energy

Bob Woodward: Government secrecy is threat to democracy

SIS building leaps zoning hurdle, moves closer to reality

Center for Social Media workshop offers filmmakers engagement tools

Resident faculty program adds second professor

Legal scholars debate merits of Alito nomination at WCL lunchtime forum

Comforting monsters

Honors/Awards/Appointments
Naomi Baron, language and foreign studies, CAS: invited to join the editorial board of The Mobile Communication Research Annual, a new series to be published by Transaction Books.

Patrice Johnson, graduate student, SIS: was the runner-up for the Isaacs Best Graduate Student Paper Award for “The Israeli Wall in Palestine: A Balanced Perspective and Suggestions for Peace,” Association of Third World Studies 23rd Annual Meeting, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The essay will be published in Globalization, Privatization and Neo-Liberalism in the Contemporary Third World.

Lectures/Presentations
Caroline Cooper, Justice Programs Office and SPA: panel member, “Discriminatory Policies Applied to Persons with Drug Addictions,” National Association of Drug Court Professionals, Orlando, Fla., June, and the New England Association of Drug Court Professionals, Boston, September.

Maria Green Cowles, University Honors Program: “L’ERT (European Round Table of Industrialists): Les Grands Industriels et la Promotion du Grand Marché Européen,” at “Milieux Économiques et Integration Européenne au XXe Siècle,” Ministry of Economics, Finance, and Industry, Paris, December.

Consuelo Hernandez, language and Foreign Studies, CAS: poetry reading, Festival Internacional de Poesía de Medellin, June-July 2005.

Katherine Kravetz, Washington Semester and SPA: “Community Transformation and Career Choices: A Career Exercise,” International Conference on Practice-Oriented Education, Northeastern University, June.

Julie Mertus, SIS: “The New U.S. Foreign Policy on Human Rights,” Whittier School of Law, Los Angeles, October.

Joseph Trotter, director, Justice Programs Office, and SPA: member of the plenary panel “Evolving Profession of the Pretrial Services Officer,” National Association of Pretrial Services Agencies (NAPSA) Annual Conference, Houston, October.

Brian Yates, psychology, CAS: discussant, “Tricks of the Trade for Conducting Cost-inclusive Analyses and for Deciding Not to,” and “Costs, Outcomes, Economics, and Health Services,” and “Models and Methods: Costs and Benefits in Public and Private Sectors,” joint meeting of the American Evaluation Association and the Canadian Evaluation Society, Toronto, October.

Published Works
Jocelyn Johnston, SPA coauthored “The Challenges of Contracting and Accountability Across the Federal System: From Ambulances to Space Shuttles,” Publius: The Journal of Federalism, 34,3, summer 2004.

Rodger Streitmatter, SOC: “The Oliver Sipple Story: A Case Study in Homophobia,” in News and Sexuality: Media Portraits of Diversity, SAGE, November.

John Watson, SOC: “Publications of a Dangerous Tendency,” in News and Sexuality: Media Portraits of Diversity, SAGE, November.

June Willenz, sociology, CAS: “Rape in War: Realities and Remedies,” in Military Missions and Their Implications Reconsidered: The Aftermath of September 11th, Elsevier Science, 2005.

Media
Akbar Ahmed, SIS: quoted by ABC News regarding the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden, January.

Anthony Ahrens, psychology, CAS: quoted by the Washington Post regarding a study on happiness, January.

Abdul Karim Bangura, SIS: interviewed by Voice of America International about the new Iraqi constitution and prospects for peace, August.

Matt Centrowitz, cross country coach, athletics: and his daughter were featured in an Annapolis Capital article because they are the first father-daughter duo to win NCAA cross country titles, January.

Mark Cody, wrestling head coach, athletics, and wrestlers Jordan Lipp and Jasen Borshoff: took part in a WRC NBC 4 “Wednesday's Child” segment teaching a local foster child, who was a wrestling fan, some moves and techniques, December.

Robert Dinerstein, WCL: interviewed on whether a restaurant is permitted to administer a pre-interview test to prospective entry-level employees, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January.

Kathleen Duignan, National Institute of Military Justice, WCL: interviewed regarding the Abu Ghraib courts-martial, KTSA San Antonio, January.

Randall Eliason, WCL: interviewed by CNN regarding the Abramoff public corruption investigation, December.

Gene Fidell, National Institute of Military Justice, WCL: interviewed on various topics, including the cases in Guantanamo, the Abu Ghraib courts-martial (Gen. Miller case), and the National Guardsman who have sued the government by CNN, NBC News, Christian Science Monitor, LA Daily Journal, Baltimore Sun, Washington Post, Libération (French publication), Canal Plus (French TV network), and the Associated Press, January.

Amanda Frost, WCL: testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the confirmation hearings for Judge Samuel Alito, January.

Curtis Gans, SPA: quoted by the Seattle Times regarding voting patterns, January.

Allan Kraut, history, CAS: quoted by Knight Ridder regarding immigration populations, December.

William LeoGrande, dean, SPA: quoted by the Washington Examiner regarding Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s low-cost fuel offer, January.

Allan Lichtman, history, CAS: quoted in an Associated Press article on how textbooks are framing President Clinton’s term in office, January.

Jeffrey Lubbers, WCL: quoted in the article “Finding a Way to Better Guidance” about the policy statements of the Office of Management and Budget that interpret their rules and expectations for compliance, Washington Post, December.

Kojo Nnamdi, WAMU: profiled in the Washington Examiner, December.

Jamin Raskin, WCL: interviewed by France2 TV about an issue of separation of church and state, December.

Jeffrey Reiman, philosophy and religion, CAS: quoted by the Washington Examiner regarding the death penalty, January.

James Thurber, director, CCPS, and SPA: quoted by Agence France-Presse regarding the Alito nomination, November.

Emilio Viano, SPA: interviewed by CNN, Univision and Radio Union regarding terrorism and the Iraq War, December.

Stephen Wermiel, WCL: interviewed by NBC News in San Francisco regarding Harriet Miers’s withdrawal from consideration for the Supreme Court, October.

Donald Zauderer, SPA: interviewed on the subject of incivility in the workplace, Business Digest, a French journal.

Photo by Jeff Watts Chilean economist praises new president’s commitment to gender equality RELATED LINK > School of International Service With the recent election of Chile’s first female president, Michelle Bachelet, the country is breaking away from its political past and working toward a more equitable society, according to Chilean economist Irene Klinger, above, who lectured last Wednesday at SIS. Klinger, director of external relations and communications for the Organization of American States, addressed a standing-room-only crowd as part of the popular Dean’s International Issues Forum. Bachelet’s election “reflects how far Chile has evolved in the last 15 years,” said Klinger, who noted that only 4 percent of senators are women, and divorce was only introduced last year. “This is truly a male-dominated society.” Bachelet, a separated mother of three, who speaks six languages, campaigned to continue Chile’s free market policies, while increasing social programs to close the gap—one of the largest in the world—between the rich and the poor. She’s also vowed to give women and indigenous people a greater voice. “She’s keen on bringing in fresh blood and new ideas,” said Klinger. Bachelet also kept her campaign promise by appointing 10 men and 10 women to her cabinet, and naming three women to key posts, including chief of staff. Bachelet’s administration, Klinger said, is “paving the way for a new wave of equal opportunity in Chile.” —AF