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Ethan Burger, SIS and WCL: appointed to the Rules of Professional Conduct Review Committee, D.C. Bar’s Board of Governors. Lectures/Presentations
Abdelilah Bouasria, PhD candidate, SPA: “The Islamic Discourses of September 11, 2001: a Discursive Analysis,” conference on terrorism, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, October. Brock Brady, language and foreign studies, CAS: “A Suprasegmental Approach to Teaching English,” “Designing Authentic, Motivating and Engaging Lessons in Secondary Education EFL Settings,” and “Bringing Teaching Values and Beliefs into Practice: Creating Classroom Culture,” English For Life Teacher Training Conference, Panama City, Panama, July. Donna Bain Butler, ILSP, WCL: copresented “English for Lawyers and for Economists,” Third Annual Symposium on Teaching and Learning Languages to Native-like Levels of Proficiency, cosponsored by the Coalition of Distinguished Language Centers and American Councils for International Education, October. Gail Short Hanson, vice president, Office of Campus Life: member of the faculty for the 2005 New Senior Student Affairs Officer Institute sponsored by NASPA—Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, Washington, D.C., October. Marwan Kraidy, SIS: “Media and Terrorism,” Social Science Research Council and United States Institute of Peace, October. Francis Zapatka, professor emeritus, literature, CAS: “An Introduction to the Poetry of Pope John Paul II,” St. Ann's Catholic Church, Washington, D.C., May. Media
Akbar Ahmed, SIS: interviewed by NPR’s All Things Considered, BBC World, and Philadelphia Talk Radio regarding the earthquake in Pakistan, October. Naomi Baron, language and foreign studies, CAS: featured in an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education on the impact of technology and contemporary pedagogical practices on educating undergraduates, October. Pamela Bridgewater, WCL: interviewed by the Washington Times regarding the investigations of Sen. Bill Frist, October. Daniel Dreisbach, SPA: interviewed by Gannett News Service regarding Harriet Miers’s nomination to the Supreme Court and her prospects for success, October. Randall Eliason, WCL: quoted in the National Law Journal in “Rove Assured Bush He Was Not Leaker”; interviewed on CNN’s Aaron Brown Show regarding the Karl Rove investigation, October. Christine Haight Farley, WCL: quoted in the American Bar Association Journal regarding copyrights, October. Claudio Grossman, dean, WCL: interviewed by the Wall Street Journal and Voice of America regarding a case against Cuba before the OAS Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and by CNN Spanish regarding the National Latino Law Students Association Conference, October. John Heywood, WCL: was a guest on the Dave Sturgeon Show, a daily show on a Canadian Radio station, regarding the Saddam Hussein trial, October. Jamin Raskin, WCL: coauthored an op-ed in Education Week on the inaugural Constitution Day, Sept. 17; quoted in the New York Times about the death of Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist; interviewed by ABC News about the Roberts hearings; and served as an ongoing commentator on the Roberts hearings on Pacifica Radio, NPR, the Mark Steiner Show, and Democracy Now with Amy Goodman, September. Ira Robbins, WCL: quoted in the Washington Post article “End of Trial Fails to End Uncertainty” about the legal proceedings in Virginia against Darrell Rice; interviewed by Gannett News Service regarding the process John Roberts will face before the Senate Judiciary Committee, September. Herman Schwartz, WCL: was interviewed by WRC NBC4 regarding Harriet Miers’s withdrawal from consideration for the Supreme Court, October. James Thurber, director, CCPS, and SPA: appeared on NBC Nightly News to discuss the politics surrounding hurricane relief, September. Emilio Viano, SPA: quoted by VOA regarding immigration, October. Stephen Wermiel, WCL: interviewed by radio talk show Right Talk on prospects for the Supreme Court, interviewed by NBC Nightly News, WUSA CBS-9, and WTTG Fox-5 about President Bush’s prospective nominee, July. Paul Williams, WCL: interviewed by Hearst-Argyle Television, Fox News Channel, and CNN and did an online discussion with Washingtonpost.com regarding Saddam Hussein’s trial, October. Papers Presented
Stephen Cohen, SIS: presented a paper on frictions in U.S.-China economic relations at the “Conference on the Rise of China and Its Implications,” Fudan University, Shanghai, October. Robert Goler, performing arts, CAS: presented a paper at the “NEA at 40: Cultural Policy and American Democracy” conference, LBJ Presidential Library, Austin, Texas; also led a delegation of seven graduate arts management students to the “Policy Summit on Culture: Student Summit,” part of the same conference, October. Charley Hardwick, professor emeritus, philosophy and religion, CAS: “The Question of Metaphysical Priority in Robert Corrington’s Ordinal Metaphysics vs. Physicalistic Naturalism,” meeting of the Highlands Institute of American Religious and Philosophical Thought, Highlands, N.Car., June. Julie Mertus, SIS: copresented “Women’s Connectivity Across Borders in a Time of Globalization and Democratization,” Women’s Worlds, Ninth International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women, Seoul, Korea, June. Published Works
Abdul Karim Bangura, SIS: “White Mexican Racism Rears Its Ugly Head Again” in Black Commentator Journal, Africa Dialogue Series, Politopics, Chicago Defender, Africa Meets Africa, Breaking News and Headlines, Mexico News, WBAI, BlackElectorate.com, AfricaSpeaks.com, and Etemeya Online, July. David Rosenbloom, SPA: “Taking Social Equity Seriously in MPA Education,” Journal of Public Affairs Education, vol 11, July 2005. Jurg Siegenthaler, professor emeritus, sociology, CAS: coauthored Goodbye to Complacency: Financial Literacy Education in the U.S. 2000–2005, Institute for Socio-Financial Studies, September.
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Gen. Kennedy reflects on distinguished army career
When General Claudia Kennedy joined the army in 1969, less than 1 percent of commissioned officers were women. Now, about 20 percent of army lieutenants are women—due, in large part, to Kennedy’s efforts.
The first woman three-star general in the army, Kennedy, who retired in 2000, made a career out of creating a more female-friendly force. She discussed her struggles and triumphs last Wednesday during a lecture sponsored by Kogod Women in Business.
“From day one in the army until my last day, I was on the receiving end of sexual harassment,” said Kennedy, who gained national recognition in 1999 for successfully blocking the promotion of another general who had harassed her three years earlier. Although she said harassment of both men and women is “chronic” in the military, she hopes the army’s emphasis on values and increased accountability will curb the occurrence of harassment—especially since “women are here to stay.”
“The fact of the matter is, the army can no longer stay fielded without women,” said Kennedy, author of the 2001 book Generally Speaking. “I foresee the total integration of forces, and that’s a good thing.
“Women not only see things differently from men, but they see different things. That only adds strength to an organization.”
Kennedy, who was also instrumental in creating better child care programs for military members, said she’s often asked what it was like to be a woman in the army—a question that always makes her chuckle.
“I tell them, ‘I’ve never been a man in the army, so I don’t know!’” —AF
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