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Alan Kraut, history, CAS: elected to the Hall of Fame by his undergraduate college, Hunter College of the City University of New York, for his outstanding scholarly achievements and public history activities. His name has been engraved on a plaque near the college’s entrance.

David Rosenbloom, SPA: awarded a guest professorship in public administration at Xibei Da Xue (Northwest) University in Xi’an, China. Guest professorships are continuing appointments as visiting faculty, enabling the professor to teach courses for credit. He holds the same appointment at Renmin (People’s) University, Beijing.

Lectures/Presentations
Philip Brenner, SIS: “Relevance of Cuban Missile Crisis Today,” U.S. Foreign Policy Colloquium, George Washington University, June.

Ethan Burger, SIS, WCL: “Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX): Implementation and Assessment,” Institute for Independent Auditors, National Press Club, Washington, D.C., April.

Arthur Freedman, director, AU/NTL MSOD Program: “Understanding and Managing Resistance to Change,” Estonian Business School, Tallin, Estonia, April.

Mary Garrard, professor emerita, art, CAS: “Artemisia’s Hand,” Carleton College, Northfield, Minn., April.

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

Naima Prevots, professor emerita, performing arts, CAS: lectured to teachers on e-learning in dance, Dance Library, Israel, May.

Published Works
Mounir Ibrahim, student, SIS: “Cairo's Changing Face,” International Affairs Forum, Center for International Relations, May.

Vladimir Kvint, Kogod:. “Critical Mass of Non-Freedom,” Business Contact magazine (Sofia, Bulgaria), February-April 2005.

Richard McCann, literature, CAS: his story “Crepe de Chine” appears in the spring 2005 issue of Ms. magazine.

Abdul Aziz Said, director, Center for Global Peace: editorial, “Beyond the Peace Roadmap: Challenges for Arab Leaders,” Al-Hayat newspaper, April.

Herman Schwartz, WCL: “Keep Hurdles for Judges High,” Baltimore Sun, and “Summary of Right Wing Justice,” ACS blog, May.

Emilio Viano, SPA: “Current Criminal Policy in the United States: New Priorities, Challenges, and Opportunities,” Pensamiento Penal y Criminologico, vol 5 , no. 9, Editorial Mediterranea, Argentina.

Patricia Wand, university librarian: “Inaccessible Information: A Strategic Solution,” American Libraries, May 2005.

Media
Patricia Aufderheide, SOC: quoted in a Knight Ridder article about PBS, June.

Abdul Karim Bangura, SIS: interviewed on Radio Pacifa, WPFW 89.3 FM, about the possibilities of one of four African cardinals becoming the next pope and the history of past African popes in the Roman Catholic Church, April.

Naomi Baron, language and foreign studies: CAS: quoted in a UPI article about Microsoft’s new operating system, June.

Jack Child, language and foreign studies, CAS: quoted in the Post-Standard, (Syracuse, N.Y.) on the arrival of penguins at the Syracuse Zoo, June.

Stephen Cohen, SIS: quoted in an Associated Press article on China’s
currency, June.

Randall Eliason, WCL: interviewed by NBC Nightly News regarding the Supreme Court’s refusal to hear the CIA leak case and the prospects for Time and New York Times’ reporters to serve jail time, June.

Camille Franklin, Career Center: discussed the job market for graduates on The Kojo Nnamdi Show, WAMU, June.

Louis Goodman, dean, SIS: quoted in an Associated Press article about the Hispanic population, June.

Claudio Grossman, dean, WCL: interviewed by CNN Espanol about Pinochet; interviewed by NBC and by Telemundo on the General Assembly of the OAS, June.

Consuelo Hernandez, language and foreign studies, CAS: received a favorable review of her book Manual de peregrina in Letras Salvajes, no 4, 2004.

David Jaffe, WCL: quoted regarding WCL’s summer program in Turkey in the article “U.S. Students Get Training in Turkish Law,” TurkishPress.com, June.

Peter Kuznick, history, CAS: quoted by Scripps Howard regarding World War II, May.

Allan Lichtman, history, CAS: quoted by the Associated Press regarding the Senate filibuster, May.

Karen O’Connor, director, Women and Politics Institute, and SPA: quoted in a Los Angeles Times article about the Senate and abortion law, June.

Gemma Puglisi, SOC: guest on The O’Reilly Factor to discuss a new book about Senator Hillary Clinton, June.

Jamin Raskin, WCL: quoted in the article “Conservative Ire Could Aid Gonzales in High Court Bid,” Wall Street Journal and HispanicBusiness.com, June.

David Rodier, philosophy and religion, CAS: interviewed by Austrian Broadcasting Corporation on the Evangelical movement in the United States, June.

Alicia Shepard, SOC: wrote an article for the Washington Post Magazine on grade inflation, June.

James Thurber, director, CCPS, and SPA: quoted by the Washington Post regarding the Senate filibuster; also appeared on NBC’s Nightly News, ABC’s World News Tonight, and NBC’s Today Show to discuss the Senate filibuster and the nuclear option, May.

John Watson, SOC: commented on the revelation of Mark Felt as Deep Throat, WRC News 4, June.

Stephen Wermiel, WCL: quoted on the NBC’s Nightly News on the revelation of Mark Felt as Deep Throat, June.

Joan Williams, WCL: quoted in a article about fatherhood in the Baltimore Sun, June.

Paul Williams, WCL: interviewed by Fox News Channel regarding the Saddam Hussein trial, June.

Richard Wilson, WCL: guest on Here and Now, WPUR Boston, an NPR station, regarding Canadian detainee Omar Khadr and his family, June.

Lewis Wolfson, SOC: quoted by the Spanish news agency EFE about John Bolton and President Bush, June.

Photo by Jeff Watts Humphrey legal scholars study at WCL Washington College of Law is again hosting a group of Hubert Humphrey Fellows, midcareer professionals selected to come to the United States for a year of specialized study and professional experience. While they are here to study the U.S. legal system, they also bring a wealth of experience to the law school, which is one of 15 host institutions this year. RELATED LINKS > Humphrey Fellowship Program > Washington College of Law Among this year’s Humphrey Fellows (shown from left) are Geraldine Chin of Cameroon, a trainer of peace and justice workers who plans to study how the United States fights corruption. Tashi Chhozom is the first woman to serve as a district judge in Bhutan, where she has taken an interest in women’s issues and juvenile justice. Irwin Robson is the manager of legal services for Cape Town, South Africa, while Sylvia Chirawu of Zimbabwe, a human rights researcher, plans to study U.S. law as it relates to domestic violence. Brazilian judge Alceu Mauricio is interested in the role of the judiciary in protecting human rights. Byungsik Jung of South Korea’s Ministry of Finance and Economy will be studying trade law. Ababu Namwamba is a top public interest lawyer in Kenya, while Patricia Plasencia is a lawyer and a captain in the Peruvian air force. Kumuthini Renganathan Silva plans to study human rights law as it could apply to the conflict in her country of Sri Lanka. The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program is part of the Fulbright educational exchange program of the U.S. Department of State. This is the fourth year for the law school. Other AU schools have also hosted Humphrey fellows. —SA