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Professor Ramsay Liem (Psychology) is Project Director of the upcoming exhibit Still Present Pasts, Korean Americans and the “Forgotten War.” This multimedia exhibition, created by ten Korean American artists and historians, features video, installation and performance art in conversation with the first systematically recorded oral histories of Korean American war survivors and their families, many of whom are from the Greater Boston area. Exhibit details
Professor Zhifeng Ren (Physics) has been named Fellow of American Physical Society, an honor given to APS members who have made advances in knowledge through original research and publication, have been innovative in applying physics to science and technology, or have made significant contributions to the teaching of physics. The Physics Department now counts four APS Fellows on its faculty, with Ren joining Professor Michael Naughton, Distinguished Research Professor Gabor Kalman, and Rourke Professor Kevin Bedell. The Chemistry Department claims two, Professor John Fourkas and Professor Paul Davidovits, both elected in the Society’s Chemical Physics Division.
Associate Professor Grant Balkema (Biology), who died at his Higgins Hall office on Thanksgiving Eve, is remembered for his dedication to science and his students. Eulogy by Professor Anthony Annunziato | more
Elizabeth O’Day ´06 has been selected to participate in the Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society German Exchange Program in Berlin, Germany. Professor Evan Kantrowitz (Chemistry) stated, “This exchange involves a week in Germany and the opportunity to present a poster at the Euroregionale Conference in April, as well as the Undergraduate Symposium of the ACS in the Spring. It is a fantastic opportunity for Liz and she very much deserves the award.”
Professor Paul Mariani (English) dedicates his poem Hopkins in Ireland to the Jesuit Community at Boston College. America Magazine
Professor David Burgess (Biology) has been awarded Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society, and publisher of the journal Science. Burgess was bestowed this prestigious honor in recognition of his distinguished contributions to the field of cell biology and for studies on cytokinesis and how cells change form as controlled by the cytoskeleton, research which aids in the understanding of human diseases. more
Professor Juliet Schor (Sociology) was interviewed on 60 Minutes regarding the viral marketing to tween girls—the use of slumber parties to market to kids, and also in-school marketing.
The New York Times has credited Professor Paul Lewis (English) with “One of the Best Ideas of 2004” for his op ed pieces about “the blue states” becoming part of Canada. NY Times—Neo-Secessionism
Lecturer Bonnie Rudner (English) published an anecdote titled “A midnight caper” in the 11/26 edition of The Boston Globe.
Professor and A&S Associate Dean Clare Dunsford Stephen Pfohl (Sociology) gave lectures at the Pacific Centre for Technology and Culture at the University of Victoria, British Columbia. Pfohl presented “Data Banked Bodies: New Global Technologies of Power,” and Dunsford presented “Mutants and Wild Types: My Sequence, Myself” from her book-in-progress. lecture video
Conductor Max Hobart’s Civic Symphony Orchestra presented a world premiere by Professor Thomas Oboe Lee (Music). Boston Herald | Boston Globe
Professor Juliet Schor (Sociology) writes about consumer materialism and its affect on today’s youth. Boston College Magazine
“The Art of the Job Talk,” written by Associate Professor Marilyn Johnson (History), is an insightful article about ‘job talk’ and the weight it holds during the on-campus interview process. Perspectives Online
Professors Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair (Fine Arts), along with Walter Denny (Professor, U of MA, Amherst) have reached an agreement to collaborate on the distribution through ARTstor of up to 25,000 high quality digital images of the art and architecture of Islam from the personal archives of this team of leading scholar photographers. more
Professor John Fourkas (Chemistry) and Professor Michael Naughton (Physics), along with two researchers from BU, have succeeded in building micro-structures on a human hair—a scientific first. Connections | Discover Magazine | ScienCentralNews
“Symphony No. 6: The Penobscot River,” composed by Professor Thomas Oboe Lee (Music), was performed by The Bangor Symphony Orchestra, and choral and dance groups in celebration of Bangor’s roots on the Penobscot River. The concert marked the first time ever Lee’s symphony was heard in public. Bangor Daily News
Associate Professor Alan Kafka’s (Geology and Geophysics) project titled, “The Boston College Educational Seismology Project: Inviting Students into the World of Science Research,” is a unique educational opportunity for high school and middle school students to track earthquakes happening around the world. Weston Town Crier | 9/28 California Earthquake
Assistant Professor Shana O. Kelley (Chemistry) has been named by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology magazine, Technology Review, to its list of the world’s 100 top young innovators. | BC Chronicle | more
A team consisting of Yang Wang (Ph.D. doctoral student in Physics), his advisor Professor Zhifeng Ren (Physics), Professor Krzysztof Kempa (Physics), Lab Director and Lecturer Andrzej Herczynski (Physics), Thomas Kempa ‘04 (Marshall Scholarship recipient), and colleagues at the Natick Army Laboratory have invented an antenna that captures visible light, similar to radio antennas capturing radio waves. Once properly developed, the device, made from tiny carbon nanotubes, might serve as the basis for an optical television or for converting solar energy into electricity. Nature | CNN | Reuters | Applied Physics | Physics Department
David Mehegan (Globe Staff Writer) gave an outstanding review to Associate Professor Elizabeth Graver's (English) third book, Awake, in The Boston Globe. The Chicago Tribune hailed Elizabeth Graver as “one of our finest writers on the grand drama of simply growing up.” powells.com | wbur.org | washingtonpost.com | BC Chronicle | bookreporter.com | here-now.org (audio review by Steven Almond [BC English faculty] / Here and Now book critic)
Monan Professor Lisa Cahill (Theology) wrote in America magazine, “Protection of prenatal life is only one part of Catholic bioethics. Catholics also have a responsibility to stress the importance of a more just distribution of health care resources because they are essential to the common good, nationally and worldwide.”
Associate Professor Joseph Tecce (Psychology) studied the presidential candidate’s nonverbal communication–eye blinking–and determined that “Kerry kept his cool better than Bush” during the first debate. Tecce's Unedited Report of First Debate | Boston Globe | London Times | NY Daily News | thestar online
Professor Peter Kreeft (Philosophy) participated in a panel discussion about “The Question of God: C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud.” WGBX
Professor Marc Landy (Political Science) was a guest on WCVB-TV's “Chronicle” for a presidential debate preview.
Professor Juliet Schor (Sociology) is commended for her latest book Born to Buy: The Commercialized Child and the New Consumer Culture. US News and World Report | Born to Buy | NPR | Detroit News | Atlantic Journal
For the fifth consecutive year Paul Schervish (Professor of Sociology and Director of Center on Wealth and Philanthropy) has been named to the NonProfit Times “Power and Influence Top 50.” NPT stated, “There is nobody better at studying the forms, trends, and motives surrounding the meaning and practice of care and giving in this age of affluence. Remember, it's not about you. It's about the donor.”
Professor Prasannan Parthasarathi (History) has been awarded a Senior Fellowship at MIT's Dibner Institute for the 2004/05 academic year. The Institute serves as an international center for advanced research in the history of science and technology. While at the Institute, Parthasarathi will be working on his upcoming book Technology, the State, and Economic Development in Eurasia, 1700-1900, which will explore how the presumed diverging economic organization, social structure, and cultural values affected the growth of technology in Europe and Asia during these two centuries. Parthasarathi is also the author of The Transition to a Colonial Economy: Weavers, Merchants and Kings in South India, 1720-1800.
The College of Arts and Sciences announces the appointment of two new Associate Deans, Dr. William Petri and Dr. Robert Scott, one a longtime Boston College faculty member and the other a newcomer to the University. more
The struggle within the Democratic Party, says Alan Wolfe (Professor/Director, Center for Religion and American Public Life), is over religion and the role it should play in public life. Boston Globe
Professor Paul Mariani (English) is featured as “Guest Writer” on the website Today in Literature, a calendar of stories about the great books, writers, and events in literary history.
Professor Paul Lewis (English) wrote in the Boston Globe that the ambivalence plaguing many Bush and Kerry supporters can be characterized as their Gollum mindset, in reference to the villainous character in J.R.R. Tolkien's “The Hobbit” and “Lord of the Rings” trilogy.
Associate Professor Carlo Rotella (English), author of Cut Time: An Education at the Fights discusses how boxing can prepare one for life's encounters. NECN (video player required) and Chronicle of Higher Education, where Gordon Marino described Cut Time as “One of the best boxing books ever written.”
Professor Maxim D. Shrayer (Slavic & Eastern Languages and English) has been named 2004-2005 Fellow in the Humanities by the Bogliasco Foundation. Shrayer also received a Bogliasco Foundation Fellowship, a two-month grant to do scholarly research at the Liguria Study Center on the Ligurian coast, east of Genoa. While at the Center, Shrayer plans to complete Anthology of Jewish-Russian Literature.
Assistant Professor Leslie Salzinger (Sociology) received Honorable Mention for “2004 Bryce Wood Book Award” of the Latin American Studies Association for her book Genders in Production: Making Workers in Mexico's Global Factories.
Assistant Professor Andrew Sofer (English) has received the Erika Mumford Prize for his poem on travel from The New England Poetry Club. In addition, his poetry manuscript The Whale Road has been named a semifinalist for the Kenyon Review First Book Prize.
Professor Solomon Friedberg and colleagues from Brown, Columbia, and Stanford Universities have been awarded grants from the National Science Foundation for a collaborative research project. The funding will support a joint effort to apply a concept called Multiple Dirichlet Series to analytic number theory, a central area of modern mathematics that is concerned with the properties of numbers, and is used in encryption and data-transmission algorithms. Friedberg stated, “It is a chance to develop a new line of research of great potential that could tell us new things about some long-standing problems in number theory.” more
Assistant Professor Pamela Lanutti (Communication) received the 2004 International Association for Relationship Research (IARR) Teaching Award, a biannual award given in recognition of accomplishments in teaching about personal relationships. Professor/Chairperson Dale Herbeck (Communication) nominated Lanutti and her students (past and present) wrote letters advocating the nomination. Herbeck stated, “The Communication Department is fortunate to have Dr. Lannutti. She is a superb scholar, a gifted teacher, and an exemplary colleague.”
Director Paul Schervish (Center on Wealth and Philanthropy, formerly named Social Welfare Research Institute) announced that The Boston Foundation has awarded them a grant to support their research project, "Geography and Generosity: The Boston Area and Beyond." The project will examine the generosity levels in Boston, Massachusetts and New England, regions often perceived as less charitable than other regions of the country, according to reports published during the past decade. The statistical analyses, directed by John Havens (Senior Research Associate) will offer an unbiased scientific assessment of how the reported findings were derived and whether the findings are valid. more
William Gamson (Sociology faculty member) and co-authors' book, Shaping Abortion Discourse: Democracy and the Public Sphere in Germany and the United States, was named Recipient of the ASA Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section Best Book Award.
Professor Diane Scott-Jones (Psychology) has been appointed Associate Editor of Psychological Bulletin, a bimonthly journal of evaluative and integrative research reviews and interpretations of issues in scientific psychology. Scott-Jones will begin her term this fall.
Assistant Professor Sarah Babb's (Sociology) book Managing Mexico: Economists from Nationalism to Neoliberalism has been named co-recipient of the 2004 Viviana Zelizer Prize for Best Book in Economic Sociology.
Assistant Professor Leslie Salzinger's (Sociology) book Genders in Production: Making Workers in Mexico's Global Factories was awarded Honorary Mention for the Sex and Gender Section's Best Book Award.
Jeremy Bailey (Ph.D. ´03) (Assistant Professor of Government at Eastern Washington University) has won the American Political Science Association's 2004 E. E. Schattschneider Award, a prestigious award given for the best doctoral dissertation completed and accepted during that year or the previous year in the field of American government. His Dissertation Committee consisted of (Dissertation Chair) Professor Marc Landy (Political Science), Professor Robert Faulkner (Political Science), and Associate Professor Dennis Hale (Political Science). A chapter from Bailey's dissertation “Democratic Energy: Thomas Jefferson and the Development of Presidential Power” will be published in the upcoming issue of Presidential Studies Quarterly. Bailey is currently writing a book on Thomas Jefferson's transformation of the presidency.
Vanderslice Professor T. Ross Kelly (Chemistry), the first scientist to be voted Teacher of the Year at Boston College by the students of Phi Beta Kappa, was interviewed in the July 2nd Watertown Tab.
Kay Schlozman, Professor, J. Joseph Moakley Chair, Political Science, has been selected to receive the 2004 Rowman & Littlefield Award for Innovative Teaching of Political Science. This prestigious award is given to deserving political scientists in recognition of their creativity and imagination in developing effective new approaches to teaching in the discipline. Sandy Maisel, selection committee chairperson stated, “We were most impressed with your Rights in Conflict, most especially because of the way it solved two pressing departmental problems—teaching of writing and teaching of teaching. And we also think that your leadership of the course presents a model that others of our generation could well follow.”
During an interview with the Boston Globe, Steven Almond calculated he has at least 50 pounds of candy stashed throughout his home, and it keeps getting replenished thanks to his book, Candyfreak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America. boston.com
Associate Professor Carlo Rotella (English), author of Cut Time: An Education at the Fights, talked about “the connections between boxing and college, scholarly life and real life,” during a July 11 interview with the Boston Globe.
A one-day Symposium on Frontiers in Organic Chemistry was held in the Merkert Chemistry Center to honor Professor Lawrence T. Scott (Chemistry) on the occasion of his 60th birthday. more
Professor Ellen Winner (Psychology) has been awarded a two-year grant from the International Foundation for Music Research (IFMR), which will allow her to carry out a longitudinal study of the effects of music training on children's brain development and on their spatial and mathematical reasoning. In addition, Professor Winner's article, Art History Can Trade Insights With The Sciences appeared in the July 2nd issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Assistant Professor Linda Tropp (Psychology) has been elected to the Governing Council of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI), an international group of over 3500 psychologists, allied scientists, students, and others who share a common interest in research on the psychological aspects of important social issues. more
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Professor Lawrence Scott (Chemistry) an additional 4 years funding to support his research, “Methods for the Chemical Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes.”
Since February 2002, Associate Professor Eric Strauss and graduate student Jonathan Way have been conducting “The Urban Coyote Study,” a research project of the Boston College Urban Ecology Institute, to gain an understanding of the hunting, mating, and general habits of coyotes. Revere High School students have been assisting in the research project. Boston Globe
Steven Almond (English Faculty member) appeared on Chronicle series "Sweet Tooth," where he discussed his "Sweet Obsession" and latest book, Candyfreak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America. more
Adam Birnbaum ´01 (Honors Program) has been named the 2004 Cole Porter Fellow of the American Pianists Association, after competing with five other jazz pianists over a two-day period, in the sixth American Jazz Piano Competition. While attending BC, Birnbaum studied composition with Professor Thomas Oboe Lee (Music). Birnbaum's senior thesis analyzed the “Development of the Jazz Piano Solo Through the 20th Century From Jelly Roll Morton to Herbie Hancock.” Indystar.com
Vanderslice Professor T. Ross Kelly (Chemistry) has been voted Teacher of the Year at Boston College by the students of Phi Beta Kappa. Kelly, the first scientist to be awarded this distinction, was described as an “engaging teacher whose motivational skills and real-world demonstrations made the most challenging of subjects captivating.” Kelly was honored at the Academic Honor Society's Induction Ceremonies on May 23. BC Chronicle | Boston Globe
Professor Thomas Chiles (Biology) and colleagues at BU Medical Center have received a 4.65 million dollar project grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to research a type of white blood cells called B-1a cells, which, if overproduced, can lead to serious diseases, including leukemia. This distinguished grant will enable BC and BU to establish a large, long-term, collaborative project on an important medical problem. more | Medical News Today
Professor John Fourkas (Chemistry) and colleagues have discovered a way to build microscopic structures on tiny biological materials using a technique called multiphoton-absorption photopolymerization (MAP), a revelation that could eventually be used to build structures on skin, blood vessels, and even in individual cells. BetterHumans | United Press International | Innovations Report | Science Daily | Biocompare
Associate Professor Carlo Rotella (English) was awarded a Fellowship from the George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation, one of 12 recipients from among 314 scholars and independent writers nominated by administrative officers of colleges, universities, and cultural institutions throughout the country. The Fellowship represents the field of Creative Writing including Fiction, Poetry, Short Stories, Essays, and Creative Non-Fiction. Rotella was selected for his creative non-fiction, Playing in Time: A Suite of Musical Lives.
“Kids 2 Cents” is a volunteer weekly writing workshop founded by Assistant Professor Paula Mathieu (English), to give students enrolled in her Literatures of Homelessness course the opportunity to share their time and skills with school-aged children residing in family homeless shelters. Waltham Tribune
The Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society has selected Christopher Gilmore ´05 (Chemistry) to receive one of four Norris/Richards Summer Research Scholarships, awarded to undergraduates at New England colleges and universities. Gilmore, a research student in Professor Scott Miller's (Chemistry) laboratory, will work on his submitted research proposal this summer and during the next academic year. In addition, Gilmore will have the opportunity to publish a description of his research in a fall issue of the Nucleus, the news publication of the Northeastern Section.
During an interview with The Capital Times, Professor Juliet Schor shared her concern that, “Television encourages people to work harder so they'll have the money to buy what they're expected to have to look successful.” In her upcoming book, Born to Buy: Marketing and the Transformation of Childhood and Culture, Schor describes how, “This New Consumerism Era has had a devastating impact on our lifestyles and priorities.” Schor has also written two other best sellers, The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure and The Overspent American: Upscaling, Downshifting and the New Consumer.
Steven Almond (English Faculty member) takes readers down “sweet memory lane” with his book, Candyfreak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America. See Reviews Chicago Sun-Times | Boston Herald
Professor Thomas Seyfried (Biology), along with co-authors Blythe Shepard ´05 and Elizabeth Venit ´01, have been notified that their research paper, Oxygenation Prevents Sudden Death in Seizure Prone Mice, has been accepted for publication in Epilepsia, the Journal of the International League against Epilepsy, as well as the leading scientific and medical journal in Epilepsy research. A peer-reviewer for Epilepsia stated, “This is a very interesting paper on an important Neurological issue. It reports a dramatic increase in survival among mice experiencing audiogenic seizures, which in some strains, are often fatal. The increase in survival is produced by initiating seizures while animals are in an oxygen-rich environment, suggesting that fairly simple clinical protocols might reduce Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) incidence in people.”
Assistant Professor Timothy Crawford's (Political Science) book, Pivotal Deterrence: Third-Party Statecraft and the Pursuit of Peace, has won the 2003 Edgar S. Furniss Book Award. This illustrious award is given annually to an author whose first book makes an exceptional contribution to the study of national and international security.
Professor Maxim D. Shrayer (Slavic and Eastern Languages and English) and his father, David Shrayer-Petere were co-speakers at the 24th annual Brown/Providence Journal Public Affairs Conference on Sunday, April 25. The theme of this year's conference is the immigrant experience. Conference | Providence Journal
Professor Mark Reeder (Mathematics) finished 78th in the Boston Marathon (the 5th hottest day ever), 67th among the men and 7th in the Masters' category, with a time of 2 hours and 43 minutes. Professor Fabio Schiantarelli (Economics) ran his first Boston Marathon in a time of just over 4 hours.
Sociology Professor Diane Vaughan's analysis of the NASA space shuttle tragedies should reinforce to all social scientists that case studies can be invaluable. Vaughan, author of The Challenger Launch Decision, was an expert witness in the investigation of the Columbia disaster. BC Chronicle | Chronicle of Higher Education
Army 1st Lt. Kate Tooley ´01 has been decorated with the Bronze Star Medal, in recognition of her “leadership and unwavering commitment to soldiers and her initiative and courage in a hostile situation.” While attending BC on a Reserve Officer Training Corps Scholarship, Kate majored in Philosophy and played on the water polo team. New Bedford Standard-Times | Boston Herald
Assistant Professor Seth Jacobs (History) recently hosted his undergraduate history students in his Waban home for an enjoyable evening of dinner and relaxed conversation, encouraged by Dean Joseph Quinn's Faculty-Host Meals Program. Pleasant memories from Quinn's college years are the reason Quinn instituted the Program, created to foster relationships between professors and their students by providing an opportunity to socialize while sharing a meal, usually at the professor's home. The Program reimburses faculty members up to $150 per semester to host a dinner, and since its inception four years ago, it has expanded from 47 professors hosting 700 students to 172 professors hosting 2,850 students. Boston Globe
The Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities (MFH) has awarded a grant to BC for implementation of the “Still Present Pasts” exhibit, planned for 2005. Professor Ramsay Liem (Psychology) is Project Director and will research and edit all oral histories to be included in the “multi-media exhibit that explores the legacies of the Korean War and encourages reflection about the devastation of all wars.” Boston College Magazine Crossing Over
Assistant Professor Kevin Ohi (English) has accepted a Fellowship for next year at the National Humanities Center in North Carolina. This highly competitive year-long program offers up to 40 talented scholars, selected from around the world, the opportunity to work in a stimulating environment for the best new work in the humanities.
Thomas Kempa ´04 has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) award in Physical Chemistry, which provides a maximum tenure of 3 years, to be used over a 5 year period. Kempa is the son of Professor Krzysztof Kempa (Physics) and will be attending Cambridge University in the United Kingdom next year on a Marshall Scholarship. Additional NSF Awardees
Maxim D. Shrayer (Professor, Slavic and Eastern Languages and English) has been awarded a Bogliasco Foundation Fellowship, a two-month grant to do advanced creative work or scholarly research at the Liguria Study Center on the Ligurian coast, east of Genoa. The Program bestows about fifty grants yearly, based on demonstrated significant achievement in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.
Carlo Rotella (Associate Professor, English) has received The L. L. Winship/PEN New England Award for his latest outstanding book, “Cut Time: An Education at the Fights.” Established by the Boston Globe in 1975, the award is presented annually for the best book by a New England author or with a New England topic or setting. “Cut Time” is also in the final round for a Los Angeles Times Book Prize | Ringside@BC | BC Chronicle
Professor of Sociology Paul Schervish (Director, Social Welfare Research Institute) and John Havens' (Associate Director, Social Welfare Research Institute) report, “Millionaires and the Millennium” was examined by the Philadelphia Inquirer to explore the effect inter-generational conveyance of wealth will have on future generations.
Joseph Quinn (Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, and Professor of Economics) was a guest speaker on Talk of the Nation, March 4, 2004, for a discussion about “Retirees Returning to Work.”
Fine Arts Professor Jeffery Howe has created an extensive digital archive of American architecture with images of virtually everything Americans have lived or worshiped in. MetroWest News
University Librarian Jerome Yavarkovsky has been selected winner of the 2004 Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award from the American Library Association (ALA). The award, considered the most prestigious award for an academic library director, recognizes outstanding achievements by an academic librarian who has contributed significantly to improvements in the areas of library automation, library management, and/or library development and research.
Thomas Groome (Theology Professor) discussed his latest book, “What Makes Us Catholic” in a recent interview with National Catholic Reporter. Also, Groome was a guest speaker on Talk of the Nation to discuss the sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.
Gilda Morelli (Acting Associate Dean, A&S and Associate Professor, Psychology) and David Wilkie (Adjunct Assistant Professor, Psychology) have received a 5 year grant from the MacArthur Foundation. This distinguished grant will be used to research the effects of establishing national parks in Gabon on the lives of people living in or near the parks, as well as focus on family functioning before and after the parks are established.
Professor Lawrence Scott (Chemistry) has been appointed a member on the Editorial Board of the International Scientific Journal “Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds.” Professor, Chairperson David McFadden (Chemistry) stated, “Congratulations to Larry on receiving this highly visible mark of recognition of his professional stature and of BC's role in the advancement of chemistry, internationally.”
Professor, Chairperson John Michalczyk (Fine Arts) and Adjunct Associate Professor Philip Cunningham (Theology) discuss the controversy surrounding Mel Gibson’s upcoming film, “The Passion of the Christ” in the Boston Globe. Listen to Cunningham discuss the play on NPR's talk radio station The Connection. Also read Michalczyk's 2/22 interview with the Boston Globe.
Assistant Professor Sarah Babb (Sociology) has been selected co-recipient of the Myrra Komarovsky Book Award for her book, “Managing Mexico: Economists from Nationalism to Neoliberalism.” Professor, Chairperson Stephen Pfohl (Sociology) stated, “We are delighted to have Assistant Professor Babb on our faculty and very pleased that her terrific book was chosen for this year's Myrra Komarovsky Book Award.”
Professor Michael Keith (Communication) will receive the 2004 IBS College Radio Award in acknowledgment of his longtime service and contribution to college radio, student achievement, and development. Keith, credited as one of the nation's leading scholars on electronic media, has written a series of books examing the nation's use of airwaves by groups with strong social, political, ideological messages, and agendas.
The Journal of Economic Education has announced the “Top 800 Academic Economists,” a prestigious recognition given to Economists based on their publications during 1990-2000. Two BC Economics Professors have placed in the top 100 — Arthur Lewbel #30 and Uzi Segal #98, in addition to four placing in the top 500 Peter Ireland, Richard Arnott, Peter Gottschalk, and James Anderson. Economics Professor, Chairperson Marvin Kraus stated, “BC's Economics Department is one of only ten in the world to have at least two of its faculty rank in the top 100.”
Adjunct Assistant Professor Patricia Riggin (Theater) has been named a recipient of a Kennedy Center Medallion by the American College Theater Festival. This prestigious award was given in recognition of Riggin's service as chair of the ACTF for their annual playwriting competitions and her adjudicating productions throughout New England. Associate Professor/Chairperson Stuart Hecht (Theater) stated, “This wonderful, special achievement recognizes Professor Riggin's hard work and many contributions to ACTF over the past six years.”
History Associate Professor Marilynn Johnson’s latest book, Street Justice: A History of Police Violence in New York City, has received exceptional reviews. The New York Times wrote, “The book takes on the formidable and sensitive subject of police brutality and largely conquers it, thanks to indefatigable research and a rigorous, unblinking analysis.” Boston Globe
Professor Peter Ireland (Economics) has been appointed Coeditor of the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, an outlet for publication of research concerning all theoretical and empirical aspects of economic dynamics and control, as well as the development and use of computational methods in economics and finance.
NASA has designated January 29, a day to remember the victims of the space shuttle tragedies: Columbia, Challenger, and Apollo I. And as the first anniversary of the Columbia disaster approaches, Professor Diane Vaughan (Sociology), author of “The Challenger Launch Decision,” and an expert witness in the investigation of the Columbia disaster, tells the Associated Press that it's an encouraging sign to see NASA seeking outside help to achieve cultural change.
Professor David Northrup (History) will serve as President of The World History Association for 2004/05. The WHA promotes activities that increase awareness of world history, understanding among and between peoples, and global consciousness, with a primary mission of assisting teachers of world history at all academic levels.
Professor Lisa Feldman Barrett has been elected a Fellow of the American Psychological Society. In addition to Barrett, other BC faculty previously selected for this honor include Michael A. Smyer and James Russell.
The University of Rhode Island has selected Adjunct Associate Professor Michael Keith (Communication) to receive the 2004 Alumni Association's Achievement Award for the Humanities.