Liberal Arts Insider: September 2008

Zoltan Barany

Betsy Berry

Douglas Biow

Douglas Bruster

Cynthia Buckley

David Crew

Henry Dietz

Laurie Green

John Higley

Rolando Hinojosa-Smith

Julia Mickenburg

David Oshinsky

Jamie Pennebaker

The Department of History’s Institute for Historical Studies named five visiting research fellows for 2008-09: Nancy Appelbaum of Binghamton University, Ruben Flores of the University of Kansas, David Kinkela of SUNY-Fredonia, James Sweet of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Ebru Turan of Fordham University.

Zoltan Barany (Government) was named the Susan Louise Dyer Peace Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.

The following professors were named 2008 Raymond Dickson Centennial Endowed Teaching Fellows: Kristen Belgum (Germanic Studies), Henry Dietz (Government), Lauretta Reeves (Psychology), Charters Wynn (History) and Leo Zonn (Geography and the Environment).

Texas Blazers honored Betsy Berry (English) with a 2008 Faculty Excellence Award.

The College of Liberal Arts named Douglas Biow (French and Italian) the new director of the Center for European Studies. Maria Wade (Anthropology) will be associate director.

Douglas Bruster (English) delivered the address “Reading Shakespeare” at the Shakespeare Institute’s International Shakespeare Conference in Stratford-upon-Avon, England.

The National Council for East European and Eurasian Research appointed Cynthia Buckley (Sociology) to its board of directors.

Sally Clarke (History) and Bartholomew Sparrow (Government) will join the 2008-09 class of Woodrow Wilson Center fellows. Clarke will study “The Environment and Corporate Responsibility: Law, Science, and Economics at Environmental Defense, 1967-2000,” and Sparrow will research “Brent Scowcroft and the Struggle for the Soul of U.S. Foreign Policy.”

The Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost honored David Crew (History) with the 2007-08 Chancellor’s Council Outstanding Teaching Award.

The Catholic University of Lima, Peru recognized Henry Dietz (Government) at a symposium in June, for his four decades of research on Latin America and Peru.

Carolyn Eastman (History) earned a 2008-09 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for research on gender, print and printed images in the 18th-century Atlantic World.

Laurie Green (History) earned the 2008 Philip Taft Labor History Book Prize for “Battling the Plantation Mentality: Memphis and the Black Freedom Struggle” (2007), which the selection committee described as an original contribution to the labor historiography of race, gender and class.

Kenneth Greene’s (Government) book “Why Dominant Parties Lose” is the co-winner of the 2008 Best Book Award from the Comparative Democratization Section of the American Political Science Association.

Susan Heinzelman (English) will serve as interim director of the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies.

John Higley (Government) delivered a set of lectures at Comenius Univeristy in Bratislava, Slovakia, which were part of the university’s European Union Excellence Award.

Rolando Hinojosa-Smith (English) was the guest of honor at Seoul National University last spring when he spoke on his work in the Latin American studies program.

Julia Mickenberg (American Studies) earned the Children’s Literature Association Book Award for “Learning from the Left: Children’s Literature, the Cold War, and Radical Politics in the United States” (Oxford University Press, 2006).

Lisa Moore (English) was the commencement speaker at the university’s first annual Lavender Graduation, which honors graduating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and ally students, and their families and friends.

David Oshinsky (History) was inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Teachers in 2008. Comprised of only 5 percent of tenured faculty in the university, the academy provides leadership to improve the quality and depth of the undergraduate experience.

The Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost awarded the Dads' Association Centennial Teaching Fellowship to Jamie Pennebaker (Psychology).

The college named Domino Perez (English) associate director of the Center for Mexican American Studies.

The Department of Economics welcomes Marcin Peski (Economics) of the University of Chicago as a 2008-09 Harrington Fellow.

The Office of Graduate Studies honored Evelyn Porter (Sociology) with the 2008 Outstanding Graduate Coordinator Award.

The National Endowment for the Humanities named Guy Raffa’s (French and Italian) “Danteworlds” Web site as one of the best online resources for education in the humanities.

Elizabeth Richmond-Garza (English) earned the 2008 Piper Professor Award for teaching excellence. She is one of 15 recipients of the statewide award.

The National Association of Hispanic Journalists inducted Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez (Journalism and Center for Mexican American Studies) into its Hall of Fame.

The Iowa State University Department of English honored Clay Spinuzzi (Rhetoric and Writing) with a 2008 Alumni Recognition Award, which recognizes graduates who have distinguished themselves in their field.

Michael Stoff (History) will lead the nationally recognized Plan II Honors Program. The distinguished teaching professor has served as interim director since 2006.

The Center for African and African American Studies was renamed the John L. Warfield Center for African and African American Studies in honor of the late professor's legacy as an advocate for diversity and service as founder and director of the center.

Kenneth Young (Geography and the Environment) will serve a second year as program director of the Geography and Regional Science Program with the National Science Foundation.

Domino Perez

Guy Raffa

Elizabeth Richmond-Garza

Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez

Bartholomew Sparrow

Clay Spinuzzi

Michael Stoff

Maria Wade

John L. Warfield

Charters Wynn

Kenneth Young

Leo Zonn

• John Beavers (Linguistics) was quoted in the May 18 “On Language” column in New York Times Magazine.
• Numerous media outlets reviewed and spotlighted Sam Gosling’s (Psychology) book “Snoop: What Your Stuff Says about You” throughout the summer, including The Washington Post, USA Today, Newsweek, Nightline, The Daily Mail, Psychology Today and New Scientist.
• The New York Times reviewed Paul Woodruff’s (Philosophy) book "The Necessity of Theater: The Art of Watching and Being Watched" June 1.
• The New Yorker featured a selection of Milton books to mark the writer’s 400th birthday, including “The Complete Poetry and Essential Prose,” edited by John Rumrich  (English) June 2.
• In a June 6 article in Slate Magazine, Daniel Hamermesh (Economics) discussed racial discrimination in the NBA.
• USA Today tapped Kelly Raley’s (Sociology) expertise on non-marital cohabitation for a June 8 story.
• U.S. News & World Report quoted H.W. Brands (History) in a June 27 story about the American Revolution.
• The Washington Post, Associated Press and States News Service featured obituaries about John Dulles (Latin American Studies) June 28-30.
• Art Markman (Psychology) joined Psychology Today as a featured blogger. Read his blog “Ulterior Motives” at http://blogs.psychologytoday.com/blog/ulterior-motives.
• Numerous media outlets tapped Bruce Buchanan's (Government) expertise for stories about the presidential election and party conventions, including The Christian Science Monitor, The Globe and Mail, The Star-Ledger, Associated Press, USA Today and Houston Chronicle.
• Aaron Rochlen’s (Psychology) research on stay-at-home fathers was featured in The Boston Globe, McClatchy Tribune Regional News and The Star-Ledger in June.
    
  Numerous media outlets tapped Daron Shaw’s (Government) political expertise for election stories, including The Washington Times, Houston Chronicle and Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
• Jeffrey Tulis (Government) provided expertise on presidential rhetoric in a June 30 article in the Washington Post.
• Fox News featured David Buss’s (Psychology) expertise in a July 15 story about love at first sight.
• Jamie Pennebaker (Psychology) examined the consequences of venting after a tragedy in a July 23 story in The Los Angeles Times. 
• Jason Casellas (Government) commented on the Hispanic backing of the Democratic Party in a July 25 story in the Houston Chronicle.
• The Chicago Sun Times featured Thomas Garza’s (Slavic Languages and Literature) vampire expertise in a July 27 story about the “Twilight” book series.
• Foreign Policy magazine featured an article on the Olympics by John Hoberman (Germanic Studies) in the July/August 2008 issue.
• Mia Carter (English) was an invited panelist for TPMCafe’s book club discussion of Joseph O’Neill’s novel, “Netherland” in August.
• The July/August issue of Austin Woman Magazine featured Juliet Walker’s (History) work with the Center for Black Business History.
• Kim Fromme’s (Psychology) research on binge-drinking behavior was featured in an Aug. 28 USA Today story, and in a “back-to-school health hazards” segment on ABC’s Good Morning America.

“On Scandal: Moral Disturbances in Society, Politics, and Art” by Ari Adut (Sociology). Cambridge University Press, Aug. 2008.

“Gendering Urban Space in the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa” edited by Kamran Ali (Anthropology) and Martina Rieker. Palgrave Macmillan, May 2008.

“Migration, Homeland, and Belonging in Eurasia” edited by Cynthia Buckley (Sociology). Woodrow Wilson Center Press, Sept. 2008.

“Circus Queen and Tinker Bell: The Memoir of Tiny Kline” by Janet Davis (American Studies). University of Illinois Press, June 2008.

“Writing Greek Law” by Michael Gagarin (Classics). Cambridge University Press, June 2008.

“The Predator State: How Conservatives Abandoned the Free Market and Why Liberals Should Too” by James Galbraith (Government). Free Press, Aug. 2008.

“Topographies of Class: Modern Architecture and Mass Society in Weimar Berlin” by Sabine Hake (Germanic Studies). University of Michigan Press, Aug. 2008.

“Picturing Indians: Photographic Encounters and Tourist Fantasies in H.H. Bennett’s Wisconsin Dells” by Steven Hoelscher (American Studies). University of Wisconsin Press, Sept. 2008.

“Quests: Design, Theory, and History in Games and Narratives” Jeff Howard (English). A K Peters Ltd., Feb. 2008.

“Picturing Russia: Explorations in Visual Culture” by Valerie Kivelson and Joan Neuberger (History). Yale University Press, April 2008.

“There Was a Woman: La Llorona from Folklore to Popular Culture” by Domino Perez (English). University of Texas Press, July 2008.

“Network: Theorizing Knowledge Work in Telecommunications” by Clay Spinuzzi (Rhetoric and Writing). Cambridge University Press, 2008.

“The Moral Mirror of Roman Art” by Rabun Taylor (Classics).  Cambridge University Press, May 2008.

“Party Polarization in Congress” by Sean Theriault (Government). Cambridge University Press, Aug. 2008.

“Governance in the Americas: Decentralization, Democracy, and Subnational Government in Brazil, Mexico and the USA” by Robert Wilson, Peter Ward (Sociology), Peter Spink and Victoria Rodriquez. University of Notre Dame Press, March 2008.

“The Necessity of Theater: The Art of Watching and Being Watched” by Paul Woodruff (Philosophy). Oxford University Press, April 2008.

John W.F. Dulles

John W. F. Dulles, professor of American and Latin American studies at The University of Texas at Austin, died June 23 at the age of 95. The son of former Secretary of State John Foster Dulles taught at the university for 45 years. Dulles was a noted scholar of the history of Brazil and an affiliate of the Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies. He authored 12 books on the political history of Brazil during the 20th century, including "Resisting Brazil's Military Regime," "Brazilian Communism," "Castello Branco, The Making of a Brazilian President," "Anarchists and Communists in Brazil" and "Unrest in Brazil." He also studied Mexico and wrote "Yesterday in Mexico: A Chronicle of the Revolution, 1919-1936."