BSOS: e-News Fall 2004

Sharon Harley, interim chair of the African American Studies Department, has had her Ford Foundation-funded research seminar, "The Meanings and Representations of Work in the Lives of Women of Color," renewed.

This summer, the Department of Anthropology’s Center for Heritage Resource Studies will offer its first New Philadelphia (Illinois) Field School, sponsored by the National Science Foundation’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program. www.heritage.umd.edu

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has awarded the Center for Substance Abuse Research (CESAR) a grant worth nearly $100,000 to study what impact treatment has on people who have been charged with driving while impaired (DWI). www.cesar.umd.edu

Faculty in the Department of Geography began work this semester on 7 new research grants totaling more than $5 million. www.geog.umd.edu

Suheil Bushrui, Baha'i' Chair for World Peace, is the recipient of the 2003 Juliet Hollister Award "for exceptional service to interfaith understanding." www.bsos.umd.edu/dean/suheil_bushrui.html

Charles A. Cadwell, director and principal investigator of the Center for Institutional Reform and the Informal Sector (IRIS), is the recipient of the Distinguished International Service Award, presented by the university’s Office of International Programs to recognize significant contributions to the development of international programs at the university.
www.iris.umd.edu/aboutiris/viewstaff.asp?ID=6

“Stolen Dreams: The Reality of Ecstasy,”a 15-minute video produced by University Marketing for the Center for Substance Abuse Research (CESAR), is the winner of a 2003 Telly Award. The Telly Award is the premier award honoring outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs, as well as video and film productions. www.cesar.umd.edu

Department of Anthropology Chair Erve Chambers wins the prestigious Sol Tax Award.
www.bsos.umd.edu/dean/erve_chambers.html and www.sfaa.net/soltax/chambers.html

Economics professor Mark Duggan has been awarded a two-year Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship. www.bsos.umd.edu/econ/efaculty/profiles/duggan.html

Denise Gottfredson named a fellow of the Society of Experimental Criminology.
www.bsos.umd.edu/ccjs/faculty/gottfredson/index.html

Jonathan Wilkenfeld, director of the Center for International Development and Conflict Management in the Department of Government and Politics, is the recipient of the Distinguished Scholar Award from the Foreign Policy Analysis Section of the International Studies Association. He also received the Landmark Award from the Office of International Programs at the University of Maryland for exceptional long term achievements in support of international life at the university. www.bsos.umd.edu/gvpt/wilkenfeld

The Annie E. Casey Foundation will publish “An Asset-Based Community-Building Paradigm for Twenty-First Century Development” by Gar Alperovitz, the Lionel R. Bauman Professor of Political Economy. This is a specially commissioned report for the Foundation’s Over the Horizon Series on innovative new political-economic strategies for the coming decade. www.bsos.umd.edu/gvpt/alperovitz

The Wisdom of the Irish, compiled by Suheil Bushrui, Baha’i’ Chair fro World Peace, has been published by Oneworld Publications.

Anthropology chair Erve Chamber and professor Paul Shackel’s book, Places in Mind: Public Archaeology as Applied Anthropology, has been published by Routlege. www.bsos.umd.edu/anth/faculty/echambers and www.bsos.umd.edu/anth/faculty/pshackel

Anthropology professor Fatimah Jackson recently served on the Selection Committee for the King Fisal International Prize in Science and has been selected for Who's Who in Science Higher Education. www.bsos.umd.edu/anth/faculty/fjackson

Government and politics professor Karen Kaufmann’s book The Urban Voter: Group Conflict and Mayoral Voting Behavior in American Cities has been published by University of Michigan Press. www.bsos.umd.edu/gvpt/kaufmann

Criminology professor John Laub’s book, Shared Beginnings, Divergent Lives: Delinquent Boys to Age 70, has been published by Harvard University Press. www.bsos.umd.edu/ccjs/faculty/laub/index.html

Sociology professor David Segal recently received the Charles H. Coates commemorative award for significant contributions to military sociology and a citation from the Carmel (Israel) Institute for Social Studies for contributions to their research programs.
www.bsos.umd.edu/socy/faculty/dsegal.html

The Stakes: America and the Middle East, by Shibley Telhami, the Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development, has been selected as the university's First Year Book for the 2004 2005 academic year. www.bsos.umd.edu/sadat and www.firstyearbook.umd.edu

The Scientific and Encyclopedic Publishing House in Bucharest, Romania will publish the volume "Communism, Postcommunism, Democracy: Ion Iliescu in Dialogue with Vladimir Tismaneanu." Professor Tismaneanu is a faculty member in the Department of Government and Politics. www.bsos.umd.edu/gvpt/tismaneanu

Government and politics professor Fred Alford is the new president of the Political Psychology Section of the American Political Science Association. www.bsos.umd.edu/gvpt/alford

Suzanne Bianchi, sociology professor and director of the Maryland Population Research Center, becomes co-editor of the journal Demography (with Ken Hill of Johns Hopkins). She also begins a three-year term on the Board of Overseers for the General Social Survey of the National Opinion Research Center. www.bsos.umd.edu/socy/faculty/sbianchi.html

Janet Chernela begins a term on the American Anthropological Association’s new Commission on Indigenous Issues. www.bsos.umd.edu/anth/faculty/jchernela

Anthropology professor Judith Freidenberg becomes president of the Washington Association of Professional Anthropologists. www.bsos.umd.edu/anth/faculty/jfreidenberg

Government and politics professor Virginia Haufler begins a term on the Executive Committee of the International Studies Association. www.bsos.umd.edu/gvpt/haufler

Dean Edward Montgomery is serving on the Committee of Visitors for the National Science Foundation. www.bsos.umd.edu/dean/staff_bios/montgomery.html

Criminology professor Ray Paternoster is now the editor of Criminology.
www.bsos.umd.edu/ccjs/faculty/paternoster/index.html

Government and politics professor Margaret Pearson joined the editorial board of Problems of Post-Communism. www.bsos.umd.edu/gvpt/pearson

Government and politics professor Fred Alford will spoke about Emmanual Levinas at a conference in London devoted to the author’s work. Levinas is the topic of Alford’s most recently published book. www.bsos.umd.edu/gvpt/alford

Government and politics professor Charles Butterworth presented a paper on Conservatism, Society, and Politics at a conference sponsored by the ruling party of Turkey. The conference is in Istanbul and attended by the Turkish Prime Minister.
www.bsos.umd.edu/gvpt/butterworth

Sociology professor John Iceland was the keynote speaker at a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services conference on "Connecting the Community: Learning from the Past – Informing the Future: 21st Century Solutions for Addressing Poverty." His speech was titled "New Faces of Poverty." www.bsos.umd.edu/socy/faculty/jiceland.html

Criminology professor John Laub spoke at the Royal Institution in London’s West End. The topic was “Turning Lives Around: Boys in Trouble and How They Age.” www.bsos.umd.edu/ccjs/faculty/laub/index.html

Harriet Presser, Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Sociology, presented a paper and participate in a special symposium for the press on her recent book, Working in a 24/7 Economy: Challenges for American Families, at a conference in Geldern, Germany. www.bsos.umd.edu/socy/faculty/hpresser.html

Government and politics professor Eric Uslaner lectured on trust and social capital in Europe and Asia for the United States Information Agency. www.bsos.umd.edu/gvpt/uslaner

African American studies professor Francille Rusan Wilson, in her role as distinguished lecturer for the Organization of American Historians, will give the Benjamin L. Hooks lecture at the University of Memphis and the senior honors lecture at Destin University in Florida.
www.bsos.umd.edu/aasp/f_wilson.htm

Sharon Harley accepts position as acting chair of the African American Studies Department.
www.bsos.umd.edu/aasp/harley.htm

A Psychology Department Alumni Network has been established. If you are a psychology graduate who would like to be in touch with other department alumni or serve as a professional email contact for current psychology students, please sign up for the Psychology Alumni Network. Go to www.bsos.umd.edu/psyc/undergraduate/Alumni/survey.html.

William E. Kirwan, chancellor of the University System of Maryland and former president of the University of Maryland College Park, delivered the Baha’i’ Chair for World Peace Tenth Annual Lecture on Wednesday, April 14th. The title of his speech was “The Baha’i’ Chair for World Peace and the Value of Values.” www.cidcm.umd.edu/bahaichair/frameset.html

On Wednesday, March 17th, Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland and former U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, delivered the annual Sadat Lecture. The lecture was held in the Dekelboum Concert Hall of the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center on campus, where Mrs. Robinson spoke on “The Journey to Peace: Finding Ourselves in the Other,” to a near capacity crowd of about 1,000 people. www.bsos.umd.edu/sadat/robinsonspeech.htm

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