College News

Elena Passarello, photo by Ivy Ceballo ‘14

The Norwich University Writers Series, sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts and the Department of English and Communications, hosted their first reading in late February. Elena Passarello read from her new book, Let Me Clear My Throat, to a packed Multipurpose Room. Over 70 people listened to Elena read and talk about writing. Afterwards, many of the audience members hung around to enjoy cheese and crackers, wine and beer, and great conversation. Two upcoming readings are scheduled. Science fiction writer, James Patrick Kelly, will give a reading March 27^th at 4:30 in the Multipurpose Room. Major Jackson, an award winning poet, will give a reading April 17^th at 7:00 in the Multipurpose Room.

Inspired by the national Favorite Poem Project, created by Robert Pinskey, the 39th Poet Laureate of the United States, students in Composition & Literature II film various members of the Norwich community discussing and reciting their favorite poem.  All explain something of themselves and their interests as well as their first encounter with a poem that matters and has had influence. The videos are developed by first studying drama and the ways that playwrights and, ultimately, producers convey point- of- view through production. Students then create storyboards, constructing plot by crafting their subject into individual frames as well as integrating a script. By completion the Norwich University Favorite Poem Project harkens back to Pinskey’s, “celebrating, documenting, and encouraging poetry’s role in American’s lives.” The poems can be found at http://voices.norwich.edu/patriciaferreira/sample-page/nu-favorite-poem-project-2/the-poems.  

The College of Liberal Arts sponsored a lunchtime concert in the White Chapel on February 5. Vermont Symphony musicians Sofia Kirsch, violinist and John Dunlop, principal cellist, joined Elizabeth Reid, violinist and Alison Cerutti, pianist and adjunct faculty member. Music on the program included the Bucolics of Lutoslawski and Brahms piano Quartet in G minor. Op 25. The Norwich University Classical Concert Series has previously hosted performances by Sylvia Parker, Karen Kevra, Elisabeth LeBlanc and the Heritage Brass. In April Diane Huling will perform at the White Chapel on the new Steinway Grand piano which was donated by Donal Richmond ’53. All concerts are free and open to the public.

The College also hosted a Northfield Youth Talent Showcase on March 3, featuring vocal and instrumental performances by members of the Northfield community, with a special performance by the Norwich University Pipe Band.

Colin McCaffrey teaching Pro Tools to Dong Bin Kim ’15, photo by Prof. Bill Estill

The Communications Program held professional workshops in Prof. Bill Estill’s TV Lab to learn two new programs, Pro Tools with Colin McCaffrey and Adobe After Effects with Andrew Wilson.

On February 28 Criminal Justice Prof.David Orrick wrote  from Chengdu, China that four intrepid Norwich students (left to right) Will Torres ‘14, (Dr. Orrick), Matt Koser ‘14, Victoria Bishop ‘15, and Emmanuel Aurigue ‘14, have completed the first rotation of spring semester classes at the Chengdu Center for Study Abroad at Sichuan University. As should be expected of Norwich people, travel changes such as delayed flights, missed connections, and unplanned layovers in Beijing have not deterred this group from a smooth acclimatization process. The spring weather has been splendid and the cherry blossoms are in bloom. The program, which held its inaugural courses this semester, is under the auspices of G-MEO and Norwich University is a principal partner. Chengdu is a 2,300 year old city is China’s major city in the Southwest and a text book example of the country’s new economic energy. For more information about the Chengdu American Center for Study Abroad Program go to: http://www.gmeochina.com/programs-and-services/american-centers/chengdu-center/

                US District Court, photo by Prof. David Orrick               

VT Superior Court, photo by Kate Flanagan ‘14

Prof. Anne Buttimer’s two sections of CJ310 The Courts, accompanied by Prof. David Orrick, braved frigid and windy conditions on Feb. 7 to travel to U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont (Burlington), to observe a Motion to Suppress hearing before U.S. District Court William Sessions.   Judge Sessions conducted a personal Q & A with students after the two-plus hour long hearing, and said he hadn’t seen this many uniforms since his days at Fort Benning.  

The visitors were pleasantly surprised to be greeted by former VSP Executive Major John Filipek, father of Mike Filipeck ‘09 (CJ major and basketball captain). Major Filipeck, now in retirement, is part of the security team at the US Court House. Court personnel thanked Prof Buttimer for the professional conduct and appearance of the students, and invited them back next spring.  

The Courts classes went to Vermont Superior Court Criminal Division in Burlington on Feb. 19 to view arraignments and sentencing hearings as part of their comparative study of state and federal courts in Vermont.

NU students at UNH Law School with Mark Sullivan, photo by UNH VP Karen Borgstrom

Thirty-five students accompanied Professors Robin Weber and Anne Buttimer on a trip to University of New Hampshire Law School in Concord, NH on Feb. 15 to hear U.S. Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan speak about employment opportunities with federal law enforcement agencies.  Director Sullivan met personally with the students after his talk. Two N.U. alums, Kyle Rabadois ’10 and Jason Moore, ’11 were there and a successful day was had by all.

Dr. Saja Taal visited Norwich to share information and ideas with faculty and students on each other’s research and on research opportunities in The Gambia.  Dr. Taal has hosted Norwich students in The Gambia and they have been impressed with his wide-ranging knowledge, insights and contacts. On Mar. 4 he presented a lecture on “The Socio-Economic Causes of Violent Conflict in Africa” in the Kreitzberg Library Multipurpose Room.

 Konrad Ryushin Marchaj, the Abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery, gave a lecture on “Contemplation in Higher Education” on Feb. 28. The talk was of special interest to those at Norwich who have been involved with the Transcendental Meditation project over the last few years.

The Psychology Lunch Series continues at noon on Wednesdays this semester, featuring presentations by Senior Psychology majors of original research, the major component of their Senior Thesis. February presentations included: Lisa Belanger on “Perception of Attractiveness Based on Facial Expressions and Attire”, Seth Thomas on “Social Stigma: Perceptions of Facial Anomalies”, Christie Wells on “Resilience, Perceived Stress, and the Effect of Habitual Exercise”, Jillian Phillips on “Resilience and Exercise, How They Affect Our Emotions”, Shaylyn Quinn on “Rose Colored Glasses: Does Attractiveness Influence Severity of Crime by Jury Members? “ and Benjamin Richards on “Do Males Misperceive Female Friendliness?” These presentations are trial runs in preparation for the final exposition of their work at the Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences Symposium on April 27.

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Faculty Achievements

Department of History and Political Science

 Rowly Brucken

-gave a Charles A. Dana Category I Lecture titled “John Brown: 19^th Century Osama Bin Laden or George Washington? The Implications for Human Rights History” at the Kreitzberg Library on February 6.

 Yangmo Ku

 -presented a paper titled “The Emergence of Deng Xiaoping in North Korea & China in the Late 1970s versus North Korea in the Early 2010s,” at the 2013 Southern Political Science Association annual conference held in Orlando, Jan. 3-5.

 -as a faculty advisor, participated in the 2013 Harvard National Model United Nations Conference held in Boston with 20 Norwich student delegates representing South Korea ,Feb. 14-17. 

 Christine McCann

-presented a paper, “’Your Trials Have Not Been More than You Can Bear:’ Consolation and Advice from St. Jerome” at the Winter Meeting of the American Society of Church History in New Orleans on January 4.

 Ray Zirblis

 -participated in a panel discussion with two other historians following a screening of excerpts from the new PBS miniseries “The Abolitionists”. The screening and discussion took place on Feb. 5 at the Vermont History Center in Barre, in partnership with Vermont Public Television.

 School of Justice Studies and Sociology

 Penny Shtull

-served on the New England Association of Chiefs of Police Community Policing Award Committee, fall 2012.

-was interviewed by New England Network News (NECN), Boston on “What Motivates a Serial Killer”, December 2012.
-was interviewed by WCAX, Vermont. Broadcast entitled “Expert Analysis on Serial Killing Suspect Isreal Keyes”, December 2012.
Both news broadcasts were aired nationally and internationally (including Sweden & Canada).

 Aimee Vieira

 -gave an invited research presentation “Designing research on interpreters in non-permissive environments” at Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, AL Feb. 25.

 -was an invited respondent to a panel presentation during the annual meeting of the Society for Cross-Cultural Research Annual Meeting in Mobile AL. Her response was to the presentation “The Culture-Language Connection: Infusing Culture Content into Foreign Language Curriculum at the Air Force Culture & Language Center,” and it was delivered on Feb. 21.

 Department of English and Communications

F. Brett Cox

- his short story “The Amnesia Helmet” was published in January at Eclipse Online: http://www.nightshadebooks.com/2013/01/21/the-amnesia-helmet-by-f-brett-cox

Patti Ferreira

-gave a presentation on “Douglass, Ireland and the Great Famine” at the Frederick Douglass and Ireland conference sponsored by the St. John Fisher College Irish Studies Program in Rochester, NY on Feb. 22.

Daniel Lane

- attended the Brown Public Library reading by VT poet laureate Sydney Lea on Feb. 21.

Carl Martin

-his article “Bisclavret and the Subject of Torture” will be published in the journal Romanic Review within the year; Prof. Martin presented a version of this paper to the Norwich community as his Dana Category I Lecture in February 2012.

- In April will be presenting a paper on the Renaissance poet Thomas Wyatt entitled ” ‘Nor where I am not…’ Thomas Wyatt’s Broken Homes” at the 34th Annual Medieval & Renaissance Forum, Plymouth State University (NH).

 Kyle Pivetti

- gave a College of Liberal Arts Colloquium presentation, “Tongue-Tied: The Text as Violent Translation in The Spanish Tragedy,” on Feb. 12 in the Kreitzberg Library Multi-Purpose Room.  

Sean Prentiss

-his poem “Majestic Prayers of Bangor” was meshed with art by Kate Baird through the Broadsided organization: http://www.broadsidedpress.org/qa/2012/12dec.shtml

-gave a College of Liberal Arts Colloquium presentation, “Finding Abbey: A Journey Home”   on Mar. 5 in the Kreitzberg Library Multi-Purpose Room.

- had three essays accepted or published in Quarter After Eight, New Madrid Literary Journal, and Arts and Letters PRIME. He has also had three poems accepted in Camas: the Nature of the West, The Blue Hours Magazine, and The Meadow. And he has had five short stories accepted at Sou’wester, REAL: Regarding Arts and Letters and Riverlit.

Amy Woodbury Tease

- delivered a talk titled “Media Subjects, Mediated Texts” as part of the Charles A. Dana Category I Lecture Series on February 27th. Her lecture engaged Beckett’s Film and the electronic literature of Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries to invite questions about the confluence of media and art in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, the construction of the human as a media subject, and literary and visual texts as forms of mediated experience.

-will co-chair a roundtable on “Innovative Approaches to Student Resistance” with Dr, Kristina Atkins of Tufts University at the New England Modern Language Association (NEMLA) Conference in Boston in March. Her paper, “Resistance and Responsibility in the World Literature Classroom” will be part of this roundtable discussion.

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College News

The Norwich University Regimental Band, the country’s oldest collegiate band, was honored to perform in the 57^th Presidential Inaugural parade in Washington, DC on January 21. The 55-member band, led by Lt. Col. Todd Edwards, marched down Pennsylvania Avenue following the swearing in of President Barack Obama. This year 2,800 groups applied for entrance into the parade and a group was chosen to represent each of the 50 states with Norwich University representing the state of Vermont. The Regimental Band has performed at the Inaugurations of presidents John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush. A video and article about the band can be found here: http://www.wcax.com/story/20609210/norwich-band-prepares-to-play-for-president.

“The Face of American Leadership in the 21^st Century: A Conversation with Sarwar Kashmeri” is a series of talks that will be held on alternate Thursdays at noon during the spring semester. The first talk, “Iraq and Afghanistan: Leading from the Front” was held on Jan. 24, followed by “Libya: Leading from Behind” on Feb. 7. Other talks are scheduled for Feb. 27, Mar. 21, Apr. 4 & 18 and May 2. Mr. Kashmeri is a senior fellow at the Brent Scowcroft Center for International Security/Atlantic Council; Fellow, Foreign Policy Association. If you would like to receive reading materials, please email Mr. Kashmeri at sarwar@kashmeri.com. The series of colloquia is sponsored by the History and Political Science Department and the College of Liberal Arts.

 The “Expert Voices” series, hosted by the College of Liberal Arts Board of Fellows, will begin in February. Once a month, a member of the Board of Fellows will facilitate a conference call, webinar, or campus meeting with outside experts and students. The goal is to provide insights and examples that students may use in their professional and personal lives. Paul Magness ’95, the first “Expert Voice”, will present “Financial Intelligence 101” which will explore what every student should know about finances when they graduate. The moderator will be Jon Allen ’94, Chair of the College of Liberal Arts Board of Fellows. Check the Norwich Master Calendar at https://calendar.norwich.edu or the COLA Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/NORWICHCOLA for announcements about date and time.

The spring Todd Lecture Series has been announced and the College of Liberal Arts will present VADM John M. (Mike) McConnell on March 26 at 7 pm in Plumley. He is Vice Chairman at Booz Allen Hamilton which he joined after retiring from the Navy in 1996. In 2007 he left the firm to serve as the Director of National Intelligence, and returned in 2009 to lead the firm’s Intelligence Business. The Todd Lecture Series is named in honor of US Army retired Major General and President Emeritus W. Russell Todd ’50, and his wife Carol, in gratitude for their dedicated service to Norwich University.  The lectures are free and open to the public.

On January 30, the Psi Chi International Psychology Honor Society held an induction ceremony for new members Kristine Brammer ’13, Christopher Legge ’14, Alyssa Menard ’13, William Tinney ‘13 and Austin Wright ‘13. Current officers, who will be graduating in May, are Shaylan Quinn, President; Ben Richards, Vice President; Christie Wells, Secretary and Kayla Carreau, Treasurer.

The inaugural Norwich Undergraduate Research Symposium “Building a Community of Scholars”, was held December 7 & 8. Dr. Marc Nascarella ’99 was the keynote speaker, with opening remarks by 2012 Norwich University Weintz Research Fellows and Grant Recipients Katie Anderson ‘13, Joan Carroll ‘14, Adam Kocienski ’14 and Abraham Mauricio ‘13. The Research Symposium included presentations and discussions by students, faculty and alumni including “Approaches to Research”, “The Mentoring Process” and “Applying for Research Funding” and as well as panel discussions with students about their original research ideas. Principal organizer for the event was Assistant English Professor Amy Woodbury Tease.

Save the date! The Norwich CSI Symposium: the Real Crime Scene Investigation will be held in Dole Auditorium April 16-17, 2013. Details will follow.

Alumni News

Angel Lugo Steidel ‘93, a graduate from the College of Liberal Arts, School of Psychology was featured in the Norwich Record. He has counseled veterans with combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder PTSD as a civilian for years and recently joined the Navy Reserves after being commissioned at West Point. In addition he will be working as a civilian psychologist for the Army at Joint Base Lewis-McChord near Tacoma, Wash. The complete article can be found at: http://thenorwichrecord.com/?p=4142.

Faculty Achievements

Department of History and Political Science

 Rowly Brucken

-Attended a human-rights conference in Krakow, Poland in December. He shared his experiences as an academic who has helped more than three dozen Zimbabwean refugees in their effort to gain political asylum. You can read an interview by Norwich Today at: http://bit.ly/polishConference.

 Reina Pennington

-Is on the Editorial Board of Oxford Bibliographies: Military History. Her bibliography on the Battle of Stalingrad is one of the most viewed out of 64 online articles in the collection:

http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com.library.norwich.edu/view/document/obo-9780199791279/obo-9780199791279-0020.xml?rskey=bc1Cj9&result=44&q=

School of Justice Studies and Sociology

 W. Travis Morris

-Was mentor to Christopher Bock ’13 whose summer research project “Mexican Drug Cartels: Should They Be Labeled a Foreign Terrorist Organization?” was highlighted in the publication MILITARY ADVANCED EDUCATION at http://issuu.com/kmi_media_group/docs/mae_7-10_final (pp. 9-11).

 Aimee Vieira

-Will attend the Society for Cross Cultural Research annual meeting at Maxwell Air Force Base. Following the conference, on February 25, she will give a presentation about her research working with interpreters at the Air Force Culture and Language Center.

 Department of English and Communications

Gina Logan

-Read from her novel-in-progress set in Philadelphia, 1890-1920 at the Kreitzber g Library as part of a December Colloquium sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts.

 Amy Woodbury Tease

- As chair of the Student Research Committee and faculty mentor, Professor Woodbury Tease was interviewed for an article featuring undergraduate student research opportunities for the publication MILITARY ADVANCED EDUCATION. The article promoted Norwich’s thriving Student Research Program and highlighted two of our Summer Research Fellows from 2012, including COLA’s own Christopher Bock ’13 who worked with Professor Travis Morris, Criminal Justice.  The article is linked here (pp. 9-11): http://issuu.com/kmi_media_group/docs/mae_7-10_final

 Department of Modern Languages

 Frances Sikola Chevalier

- Was awarded a Chase International Travel Grant and a Faculty Development Grant to conduct research in the summer and fall of 2012 on CAPT Ralph Weld Gray (US Army, WWI) and the Villa d’Antone in Pierre-Buffière, France. 

 Department of Psychology and Education

 Carole Bandy

-Has overseen a long-term research project, now in its second year, to determine whether Transcendental Meditation can improve troops’ performance and provide resiliency against post-traumatic stress disorder. The project has received national attention from:

The Boston Globe: http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2012/12/01/meditation-study-seeks-help-cadets-prevent-ptsd/w5tntwkaJXRPsZjFJrNPEK/story.html?s_campaign=8315

CNN: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-bka7rpcek&feature=youtu.be

Good Morning America: http://abcn.ws/RrhdBG.

 Peter Burmeister

-His PY 451 class, Happiness, Resiliency and Empowerment has received very positive responses from students.  Meghan Pew ‘15 wrote: “this class really made a huge impact on my experience here at Norwich this semester with the exposure to lots of new and interesting ideas.  The concepts and therapy modes that we have discussed have provided me with plenty of food for thought, and a better understanding of the reach of positive psychology field.  Having many years experience in the mental health field, I truly feel that the existing paradigm of treating the disease is a flawed model, and true change needs to take a different, deeper approach.  I believe this class will prove helpful to me as a future nurse with my patient interactions (as well as my own personal growth!), as it will to my future-therapist classmates.  I truly hope that Norwich is able to recognize the value of this course as an important step in building stronger resiliency, both in the military and with civilians, and continue to offer it to students.  I have certainly enjoyed myself.”

                                                  
Isabel Weinger Nielsen, editor

Copyright 2013, Norwich University 

College News

Pegasus Players presented their fall production on November 9^th and 10^th in Dole Auditorium.  This year they performed five short plays, each about ten minutes long, which allowed more students to participate and direct than in the past.  The first play was Mission to Mars written by Professor Jeanne Beckwith and directed by Professor Helen Caudill with actors Brandon Kelly ‘14 and Ari Larson ‘14. Strangers on a Playground was directed by Michelle Wegner ’13 and acted by Kerry Gaspard ’14 and Stephanie Shatney ‘16. All in My Mind was directed by Wendy Wegner ‘14 and acted by Andrew Welch ‘14, Wilma Melton ‘16, and Gavin Navarro ‘15.  Next was Ferris Wheel directed by Professor Jeanne Beckwith and acted by Savannah Lewis ’14 and David Jarry ‘16.  The last play was He Wasn’t Dead Until After I Got There, directed by Andrew Welch ‘14, and acted by Emily Flinn ‘14, Charisse Hulse ‘14, Wendy Wegner ’14 and Alecia Nickerson ‘15. Professor Helen Caudill is the faculty advisor. (Thanks to Michelle Wegner ’13 for the article & photo)

Pegasus Players (left to right): Emily Flinn, Alecia Nickerson, Wendy Wegner, Charisse Hulse, Savannah Lewis, David Jarry, Andrew Welch, Wilma Melton, Gavin Navarro, Brandon Kelly, Stephanie Shatney, Kerry Gaspard, and Ari Larson

Norwich University showed the film The Invisible War in October, which focuses on retaliations and harassment against reporters of sexual assault in the military and the military’s failure to investigate. Director Kirby Dick was on campus for the screening and discussed the film with the audience after it was shown. He told Professor Wendy Fuller (Sociology) that, “it was the first time he’d been in a room after a screening to talk and there were more men than women listening and joining the conversation. He felt this said a lot about Norwich and the caliber of our student body.” The NU Office of Equal Opportunity and Employee Relations worked with Fuller and the administration to purchase the film and support the director’s visit. An article about the film, written by Norwich staff member Lisa Brucken, was published in Vermont Woman magazine at http://www.vermontwoman.com/articles/2012/1112/military.html .

The Spanish program´s annual celebration of El día de los muertos or The Day of the Dead, took place on Nov. 2 in the Multipurpose Room of Kreitzberg Library where students, faculty and staff met to enjoy a feast of foods and a colorful display of a typical altar scene prepared by the Spanish faculty. The Day of the Dead is a mixture of native and Catholic traditions. In the Mexican perspective, death is a part of life in a cyclical process. Altars are created in the home to capture the essence of the departed one and pay homage to him or her. The cemeteries are cleaned and decorated and families hold overnight vigils. Music is played and families tell stories about their loved ones.  People dance, sing, and picnic until dawn. Special thanks this year goes to the Linares family for the giant edible skull featured in the table setting. (photo by David Orrick)

Sarwar A. Kashmeri, a senior fellow with the Brent Scowcraft Center on International Security and a fellow with the Foreign Policy Association gave a lecture “To Be or Not to Be: The European Union’s Fort Sumter Moment” (A well rounded view of the US/EU relationship) on November 28.

Nursing students in Professor Karen Stewart’s EN 201P: World Literature class received a letter from Dr. Christopher Coppola, 2011 Colby Symposium guest and author of Coppola: A Pediatric Surgeon in Iraq. He wrote “I am very thankful that our nation has educated, compassionate, and dedicated young people who are willing to serve. They are going to do so much good for others who are in need… their training and integrity will not fail them when they need it. The biggest and most frightening step is making the commitment to serve… thank you for giving your efforts, time and power for the benefit of all of us. It is more than we could deserve or ask for, and it is what will keep America great”! He told the students that they may call or email him at any time. “We may have lots of pressure on our shoulders at times, but we are never completely alone.”

Psychology majors and faculty attended the Annual Scientific meeting of the Vermont Association for Psychoanalytic Studies (VAPS), at the Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe, VT on November 3 featuring British Psychoanalyst, Ronald Britton. 

Psychology majors & faculty (left to right):  Dennis Alvarez, ’13,  Rymonn Rodrigues, ’16,  Austin Wright, ’13,  Christie (Wells) Montminy, ’13,  Jillian Phillips, ’13,  Prof. John Meyer,  Giavana Di Girono, ’14,  Ryan Pavelka, ‘15,  William Dana-Haskell, ’13,  Sarah Chapman, ’15,  Brian Caton, ’15,  Randi Lowe, 14,  Evan Peloquin, ’15, Corey Allen, ’15 Missing: Professors Mel Miller, Peter Burmeister, and William Ketterer

Student Achievements

Janidsa (Jay) Fuster ’14 conducted a one-hour workshop for Hannah Morvan’s first grade class at Northfield Elementary School as the final presentation for her Public Speaking course taught by Professor Kate Donley.  Every year, the first grade does a year-long “Trip Around the World” unit, and Jay brought students to the Dominican Republic.  Jay featured a slideshow of children’s daily life, a snack of homemade pastelitos or meat pies, and a chance to pound plantains in a traditional pilon.  As a Criminal Justice major who wants to work with children, Jay was delighted with the audience of real kids.  Mrs. Morvan said the event broadened her students’ global perspective, noting that ”it is wonderful when we can make connections with Norwich that may lead these children to future learning and real travel!” 

Ivana Batur, a Psychology senior, presented a summary of her Senior Thesis research at the Psychology Lunch Series on Nov 28.  Ms. Batur, who will be graduating next month, spoke on the topic:  ”The Effect of Speed of Presentation and Facial distinctiveness on Visual Short Term Memory”. The Psychology Lunch Series is coordinated by Professor Peter Burmeister.

Faculty Achievements

 Department of English and Communications

Jeanne Beckwith

-Has been appointed as a member of the Board of Directors of the New England Theater Conference.  She was a program participant at the 61^st annual NETC in Natick, MA, October 25-28, serving on a panel discussion of “The Benefits of a Playwrights’ Forum.”

-Her 10-minute play A Lion in the Streets was performed as part of a weekend festival of 10-minute plays at Wakefield Memorial High School in Wakefield, MA, November 16-17.

-Her full-length play Opportunity of a Lifetime was presented in a staged reading by the Depot Theatre in Westport, NY, November 18^th.

Ken Bush

-Was a guest speaker and panelist for the Franklin County Home Health Agency Hospice Volunteer Training on Nov. 5 in St. Albans, VT. The presentations and panel discussion were to educate potential and existing hospice volunteers on the spiritual/religious beliefs and customs of some of the area’s faith communities.

F. Brett Cox

-Attended the 61^st annual New England Theater Conference, Natick, MA, October 25-28.

-Was a program participant at the 37^th annual World Fantasy Convention, Toronto, Ontario, CA, November 1-4.  He chaired a panel discussion on the topic of “Have the Antiquarians Served Their Purpose?” and gave a reading of his short story “The Amnesia Helmet.”  The story is scheduled to be published in January 2013 in Eclipse Online.

Sean Prentiss

-Traveled to Melbourne, Australia, during Thanksgiving break to give a reading entitled “Learning to Be Quiet (in my creative nonfiction): Studying Location to Learn Volume” at Nonfiction Now. He also saw wild koalas and kangaroos.

-Had an essay, “Clarion, Pennsylvania,” accepted for publication at New Madrid Literary Journal.

-Had an essay, “The Wind Whispered,” an essay, accepted for publication at Arts and Letters PRIME.

-Had a magazine feature, “Mr. Kingsley’s OPUS,” published in Backcountry Magazine.

-Had a poem, “Hands and Fingers,” accepted for publication in the environmental literary journal, Camas.

Amy Woodbury Tease

 -Attended the Modernist Studies Association Conference in Las Vegas, NV, in October. She presented a paper titled “Muriel Spark and Media Culture” as part of the seminar on Major Minor Modernism and moderated a panel focused on the intersections between research and pedagogy titled “What Are You Reading?”

Department of History and Political Science

Yangmo Ku

-Presented a paper entitled “Dealing with Apology/Compensation in Postwar Japan and Germany: Realism versus Transnational-Coalitional Model” and served as chair and discussant in a different panel named “Human Rights and Post-Conflict Peace-building” at the Northeastern Political Science Association Annual Meeting in Boston from Nov. 15-17.

Reina Pennington

-Was quoted in a story on Army record keeping, written by a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter: http://www.propublica.org/article/lost-to-history-missing-war-records-complicate-benefit-claims-by-veterans.  Field records from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, needed to document combat injuries, disability claims and the history of both wars were never kept, destroyed or lost. CBS Radio interviewed her on the subject on Veterans Day. PBS News, The Seattle Times and Stars and Stripes have also covered the story.

 Steve Sodergren

 -Spoke at the Nov. 7 Psychology Lunch Series on Soldier Morale and Military Justice in the Army of the Potomac, 1864.

School of Justice Studies and Sociology

Elizabeth Gurian, Travis Morris and David Orrick

-Attended the annual American Society of Criminology conference from Nov. 14-17 in Chicago. The theme for the meeting was Expanding the Core: Neglected Crimes, Groups, Causes and Policy Approaches.

Elizabeth Gurian

-Presented a paper titled “Explanations of mixed-sex partnered serial homicide: a review of psychological theories” at the annual American Society of Criminology Conference in Chicago.

Penny Shtull

-Co-authored “10 Steps for Managing Campus Special Events,” in Leadership Exchange: Solutions for Students Affairs Management (Fall 2012).

Stan Shernock

-Published “Gender and Racial/Ethnic Differences in Criminal Justice Decision Making in Intimate Partner Violence Cases” with Russell, Brenda in Partner Abuse, volume 3, number 4, pp. 501-530, Springer Publishing Company 2012.

Aimee Vieira

-Attended a panel at National Defense University in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 28 on “The Soldier and the Changing State” sponsored by the Center for Complex Operations and supported by the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

Department of Modern Languages

 Gina Sherriff

-Attended the annual convention of the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association in Boulder, Colorado in October, where she presented her paper ”Franco’s Monsters: Childhood, Fantasy and Monstrosity in Pan’s Labyrinth and The Last Circus.” This paper was made possible through a Charles A. Dana Research Fellowship. 

Department of Psychology and Education

 Peter Burmeister

 -Was interviewed about his new course, The Psychology of Happiness, Resiliency and Empowerment, by David W. Smith of the Office of Communications. The complete article can be found at http://bit.ly/resiliencyClass

Diane Byrne and Seth Marineau

 -Attended the Vermont Fest 2012 Educational Technology Conference at the Killington Grand on Nov. 9. This conference is the state’s leading conference for educators, which focused on 21st Century Learning, iPads in Schools, and Tools for Educators with a focus on creativity and innovation across the curriculum.

 Alice Kitchel

-Spoke at the Nov. 14 Psychology Lunch Series on “Eliciting Open-mindedness: A Phenomenological Study of Acceptance of Same Gender Marriage by Vermont Residents.”

 Kurt Peters

-Gave a talk at the 2012 Meeting of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology in Austin, TX, entitled “Taking control: Top-down influences on implicit cognition”.

 Isabel Weinger Nielsen, editor

College News

The 10^th Annual Faculty Scholarship Celebration was held Oct 22-26 in the Kreitzberg Library Multipurpose Room. Professors did presentations on their current research or reading from their creative works.(photos by David Orrick)

“Buying a House”: a Creative Nonfiction Reading; Presentation by Professor Sean Prentiss

  “Visualized Text: An Approach to Reading Chinese Literature”; Presentation by Professor Xiaoping Song

“On Chinese Classic Novel Jin Pin Mei”; Presentation by Professor Lingyi Hu

  “Literary Women across Cultures and Continents:A Roundtable of Works in Progress”;Presentation by Professors Kathleen McDonald, Lea Williams, Patty Ferreira, and Amy Woodbury-Tease

Dean Andrea Talentino talks with student Andrew Roberts ’15 about his comparison of the Shirtwaist Factory Fire and 9/11 loss of life tragedies at the Faculty Scholarship Celebration. Prof Rowly Brucken mentored the project.

Ebenezer Akwanga, a 2011 Master in Diplomacy graduate gave a public lecture on “Human Rights in Africa” on October 2. He also spoke to several classes, including International Relations, World Literature, French and the Honors Seminar on Citizenship. Mr. Akwanga is a co-founder and chairman of the Southern Cameroonian Youth League which advocates on behalf of the persecuted English-speaking minority in Cameroon. In 1997 he was arrested for his activism and sentenced to prison where he experienced tremendous hardship including torture. He escaped and fled to the United States and successfully sued the Cameroonian government before the United Nations Human Rights Committee. He told an English Composition class “I hope at the end of the day when I leave here something may be different in your thinking. Deep in my heart I am happy for what I did. I paid the price for it.” (from an interview with David W. Smith, staff; photo by Jordan Silverman)

Several history classes studying the ancient Greeks and military history conducted a simulation of a hoplite battle on Oct. 3 on the Upper Parade Ground. Students in HI 362 Ancient Greek Society and War took the lead in training their fellow students in battle tactics before the two phalanxes collided in battle. Prof Christine McCann helped organize the event (photo by Christine McCann).

On Sept 26, The School of Justice Studies and Sociology hosted a welcome reception for 130 freshmen and new transfer students to welcome them to the program. In addition to a talk by Professor Stan Shernock, Director, the students met the Criminal Justice and Sociology faculty. Also on hand were representatives from the International Center, Internship Program and Career Development Center to explain the variety of programs and academic support at Norwich.(photo by David Orrick)

Professor Doug Smith took his CM 211 Broadcasting Techniques class to visit radio and television stations in the greater Burlington, VT area on Oct 15. The students toured 95 Triple-X/WVMT AM and Vermont Public Radio and watched newscasts from studio seats at WCAX-TV. Students pictured are: plaid shirt: Evan Carey, Meredith Lewandowski (closest to the camera), Kerry Gaspard (seated), Dante Stumpo (gray sweatshirt), VPR Production Audio Engineer John Billingsley; Jake Esbjerg looking down; photo by Doug Smith).

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Department of Modern Languages and Student Activities hosted the Tami Tango Trio on Oct 15 & 15. They presented a concert, spoke to classes and gave tango lessons.

New this semester: The College of Liberal Arts holds a monthly coffee hour for students, faculty and staff within the college to meet and mingle in a relaxed atmosphere.

Faculty Achievements

School of Justice Studies and Sociology

David Orrick

-On Oct 24 presented “Raging Bulls, Lamborghinis and the DSM: Towards an explanation of Road Rage” at the Psychology Lunch Series.

Elizabeth Gurian

-Gave a presentation on “Lawyers’ Perceptions of Homicide Offenders” at the Psychology Lunch Series on Oct 3.

Penny Shtull

-Co-authored with Gary Margolis “The Police Response to Mental Illness on Campus” in Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 26:307–321, 2012.

- Gave a presentation at the National Social Sciences Association Professional Development Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico entitled “Sex Trafficking: A Primer” in October.

Wendy Fuller

-Gave a presentation on “Eviction Notices or Optimal Tenancy? The Leave-Taking Imperative and the Perception of Choice Among the Academically High Achieving” on Oct. 10 at the Psychology Lunch Series.

Kurt Peters

-On Oct 17 gave a presentation on “Taking Control: Top Down Influences on Implicit Social Cognition” at the Psychology Lunch Series.

Department of English and Communications

Patti Ferreira, Kathleen McDonald, Lea Williams and Amy Woodbury Tease

-Presented “Literary Women across Cultures and Continents: A Roundtable of Works in Progress” at the Faculty Scholarship Celebration on Oct 25.

Sean Prentiss

-Gave a multi-genre reading (creative essay, poetry, magazine writing) on Oct 25 at Sterling College in Craftsbury Commons.

-Recently published at Brevity Literary Magazine:

A short creative essay: http://brevitymag.com/nonfiction/tonight-the-big-dipper-you-leaving/

A short book review: http://brevity.wordpress.com/tag/sean-prentiss/

-Presented “A Cabin, a Woods, a Mountain”: a Creative Nonfiction Reading at the Faculty Scholarship Celebration on Oct 23.

Department of History and Political Science

Rowly Brucken

- Will deliver a paper entitled “How Historians and Lawyers Can Partner for Human Rights” at the Third International Conference on Human Rights Education in December in Krakow, Poland. He received of a Chase International Travel Grant for the trip.

- In mid-September, the editorial board of Northern Illinois University Press unanimously approved the publication of his book, “A Most Uncertain Crusade: The United States, the United Nations, and Human Rights, 1941-1953.” Publication is expected late summer of 2013.

Jill Mudgett

-Co-authored with Brian L. Bixby, “Daniel Pierce Thomspon and “The Shaker Lovers”: Portraying the Shakers in Fiction and on the Stage” American Communal Societies Quarterly, Spring 2012.  

 -Authored the “Vermont” entry in the just-published America Goes Green ABC-CLIO, 2012 

 -Most recent Vermont Public Radio commentary on the history of Vermont attitudes about the Tunbridge Fair, Sept. 2012

 -Will give an invited talk on New England writer Seba Smith as part of the First Wednesdays Speakers’ Series, Pejepscot Historical Society, Brunswick, Maine, Dec. 2012  

 -Will present a paper on mountain identity at Thinking Mountains conference, Dec. 2012

 Steven Sodergren

-On Sept. 19^th gave a presentation in the Sullivan Museum as part of their “Norwich in the Civil War” series entitled “’It Will Shake the Nation’: Union Soldiers’ Perspectives on Emancipation.”

 -This past May led a group of 5 Norwich students on a staff ride to the Civil War battlefields around Richmond, Virginia.  This was part of a summer class entitled HI260: The Peninsula Campaign of 1862. (photos by Steven Sodergren)

Cold Harbor, L to R:  Paul Dolan, Andrew Welch, Clayton Feiler, Patrick O’Brien, Jacob Cortez

Fortress Monroe, L to R:  Jacob Cortez, Clayton Feiler, Paul Dolan, Patrick O’Brien, Andrew Welch.

Raymond Zirblis

-Gave a lecture on “Slavery & Emancipation in Northern New England” as part of the Lunch ‘n’ Learn Series at the Sullivan Museum.

Department of Modern Languages

Lingyi Hu

-Presented “On Chinese Classic Novel Jin Pin Mei” at the Faculty Scholarship Celebration on Oct 23.

Xiaoping Song

-Presented “Visualized Text: An Approach to Reading Chinese Literature” at the Faculty Scholarship Celebration on Oct 23.

 Department of Psychology and Teacher Education

Peter Burmeister

-Organizes the weekly Psychology Lunch Series, offering students, faculty and staff the opportunity to hear “psychology oriented” presentations by Norwich faculty.

-On Oct 31, presented “Kokoschka on my Mind: Depth Psychology and Visual Art” at the Psychology Lunch Series.

Diane Byrne

-Attended a one day Literacy Leadership Initiative Conference at Vermont College on Sept 12 entitled “Written Response to Reading and The Common Core”.

 -Hosted Principal Timothy Crowley of Barre Town Elementary School for ED 234 Teaching and Learning Strategies Class on Sept 18.

College News

In June 2012 the former academic schools at Norwich were restructured to form five colleges.The Schools of Humanities and Social Sciences have joined to become the College of LiberalArts. The other colleges are the College of Science and Mathematics, College of Professional Studies (including the Schools of Business, Architecture and Art, Nursing and David Crawford School of Engineering), College of National Services and College of Graduate and Continuing Studies.

Welcome to Andrea Talentino, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts!

Andrea received her B.A. from Yale University, and her M.A. and PhD in Political Science from UCLA. She comes to Norwich from Drew University where she was Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and the Associate Dean of Curriculum and Faculty Development .

Norwich First Read: “Unbroken”

“Unbroken” by Laura Hillenbrand was this year’s book chosen by the Board of Fellows and sent to every freshman during the summer. On September 12, a lively panel discussion about the book was held in Dole Auditorium for students, faculty and staff. Panel members included Board of Fellows members Chuck Nettleship ’85, ’03 and Jon Allen ’94 and students Jackie DeRocher ’14, Jacob Barnett ’13, Brian Dunne ’13 and Roger Thompson ’13. Prof Lea Williams was the moderator.

School Highlights                               

 The last meeting of the School of Social Sciences (rest in peace) was held on May 1, 2012 with a cake, gifts and a tribute to Tom Taylor, who has been Dean of the School of Social Sciences for 10 years and has taught History at Norwich since 1980. Tom will take an independent study leave during Fall 2012 and return to teaching History in Spring 2013.

Jim Ryan, Professor of Criminal Justice, is retiring after 15 years of teaching and received the first annual Norwich Citizen-Soldier award, presented by John Dulmage ’12 on May 1.

Congratulations and best wishes to Tom and Jim!

School of Social Sciences Faculty & Staff, May 1, 2012

L-Gen. Romeo Dallaire (Ret.) international champion of human rights, award-winning author, leader and Commander of the 1994 U.N. Assistance Mission for Rwanda was the speaker for the Todd Lecture sponsored by the School of Social Sciences on March 26. Nine hundred students, faculty and staff were riveted by the General’s account of how his own experiences represent the challenges faced by the contemporary military in terms of leadership, education, and its ever evolving role.

The 5^th Annual CSI Symposium: the Real Crime Scene Investigation: a Cross-Disciplined Approach was held in Dole Auditorium on March 22-23. Norwich students, faculty and staff attended and were joined by local high school students and community members. NY State Police Investigator Rob Appleton ’92 helped organize the event. Guest speakers and topics included Sgt Detective Daniel Duff and Lt Detective Robert Merner (Boston Police) on the Craigslist Killer; Special Agent Gary Hoover ’92 (FBI) on FBI Investigations; Scott Mills (Crime Stoppers International )on Social Media Investigations; and members of the NY State Police: Investigator George MacLarty on Crime Scene Processing and Investigation, Dr. Richard Ovens (ret.) on Forensic Interview and Interrogation, Senior Investigator Gary Kelly on Child Abductions and James Kennedy on Video Enhancement and Digital Media. The event was jointly sponsored by the School of Social Sciences and the School of Mathematics & Sciences.

Pi Gamma Mu, the international Social Sciences Honor Society inducted 16 new members in May.

  Phi Alpha Theta, the History Honor Society inducted 19 students on May 7: Matthew Corneau, Lily Erickson, Giorgio Bonadiman, Paul Putney, Jr., Brian Strohmaier, Dustin Shimkus, Matthew Marcella, Drew Paulson, Nathan Driscol, Samuel Lieber, Spencer McCoy, Kyle Rau, Alina Wright, Rebekah Bernheim, Ian Smith, Bradbury Hudson, Dawson Allen, Katie Hathaway, and Caroline Thomas.

Phi Alpha Theta, May 7, 2012

Student Achievements

C/1SG Dustin Michael Shimkus ’13, a 21 year old History major from Collinsville, IL has been selected to serve as the Regimantal Commander of the Norwich Corps of Cadets for 2012-13. He matriculated to Norwich in 2009 with a 4-year Army ROTC scholarship and holds a 3.8 GPA. Congratulations!

A Celebration of Student Scholarship was held April 30-May 4 at the Kreitzberg Library to recognize student research at Norwich. The following projects from the School of Social Sciences were presented (student name followed by faculty mentor name) and the 2012 Student Research Fellowship recipients were announced:

Department of History & Political Science:

Matt Bates ’12 (Dr. Steven Sodergren): The Superior South or an Egotistical Aristocracy

Anna Bressor ‘12, NU Summer Research Fellow 2011 (Dr. Emily F. Gray): Female Monarchical Marriages in Sixteenth Century England

Stephanie A. Dorian ‘12, Weintz Summer Research Fellow 2011 (Dr. Emily F. Gray): Prosecuting Women as Witches: Haunted by the Sins of Eve?

Quentin Gillilland ‘14, NU Summer Research Fellow 2011 (Dr. Gary T. Lord): Alden Partridge and West Point: Sour Grapes or Ideology?

Mark McCord, ’13, NU Summer Research Fellow 2011 (Dr. Gary T. Lord): Alden Partridge and Militia Conventions: 1828-1845

John Morfogen ‘14, NU Research Fellow 2012 (Dr. Jack Hayes): Analysis of Leadership in Chinese Communism, early 1920’s: Prominent Intellectuals, Who Came to Power and Leadership Stance of Today

Fernando Rincon ’13 (Dr. Jason Jagemann): The Elements of Public Opinion toward Government Spending. He presented his senior seminar research at the Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences 2012 Intercollegiate Student Symposium at Marlboro College in April.

Andrew Roberts ‘15, NU Research Fellow 2012 (Dr. Rowland Brucken): The Value of Life: Analysis of Compensation Funds for Victims of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire and September 11^th Terrorist Tracks on the World Trade Center

Dustin Shimkus ‘13, NU Research Fellow 2012 (Dr. Gary Lord): History of Norwich University Baseball: 1860-1942

Caroline Thomas ‘15, Weintz Research Fellow 2012 (Dr. Gary Lord): Leonard Wood and Norwich University: Inspiration for Reserve Officer Training Corps 

T. Andrew Todd ‘15, NU Summer Research Fellow 2011 (Dr. Rowland Brucken): An Eye Still Gazes toward Zion: The Israeli-Gaza Conflict of 2008

Ryan Van Noordt ’12 (Dr. Jason Jagemann): Confidence in the Military. He presented his senior seminar research at the Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences 2012 Intercollegiate Student Symposium at Marlboro College in April.

Department of Justice Studies and Sociology:

Christopher Bock ‘14, Weintz Research Fellow 2012 (Dr. W. Travis Morris): Mexican Drug Cartels: Should They be Labeled a Foregin Terrorist Organization?

Mary Seaburg ‘13, Weintz Research Fellow 2012 (Dr. Wendy Fuller): Exclusion of Racial Cultural Minorities in Mass Media Reports of Missing Children

Department of Psychology and Education:

Emily Bean ‘12 (Dr. Carole Bandy): The Effect of Life Stress on an Athletic Injury Occurrence, Injury, Injury Severity and Illness

Emily Button ’12 (Dr. Carole Bandy): Ethnic Minority and Teacher versus Classmate Relatedness on Academics. She was also the recipient of the 13^th Annual Morin Smith Award, for the most promising Student Teacher for 2011-2012.

John G. Dulmage ‘12, VGN Summer Research Fellow 2011, (Dr. Carole Bandy): Detecting Trauma in Soldiers Returning from Recent Combat: Data from Military Veterans and Cadets: A Comparison of Data from 2008, 2009 and 2010.

Mollie Fitzpatrick ’12 (Dr. Carole Bandy): Prevalence of Alcohol Consumption in Collegiate Athletes

Joanie Plamondon ‘ 12 (Dr. Carole Bandy): The Effects of Violent Media on Aggressive Behavior

CJ students (l to r) Kate Flanagan, Lauren Shepheard and Paige Turpin served in a valuable (volunteer) capacity on the registration desk at the Summit on Sexual Violence on April 11, and later were able to participate in the workshops. (photo by CJ Prof David Orrick)

 Faculty Achievements

Criminal Justice

Dr. Travis Morris

-Published article Achieving national security: comparing four state security models in Police Practice and Research, Vol. 13, No. 2, April 2012, 121

 Dr. Penny Shtull

-Recipient of a Dana Category I Grant awarded annually to regular faculty demonstrating superior scholarship, teaching ability and university service.

-Chaired a panel  ”Research on Groups at Risk” at the Northeastern Association of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting in Portsmouth, RI in June.

Education

Dr. Diane Byrne

-attended the CUR  Social Sciences and Humanities Institute  at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI March 23^rd-25^th. Topics included, among others,  integrating undergraduate research into the social sciences, community-based undergraduate research, and assessing undergraduate research.

- represented Higher Education for the State of Vermont  at the Change The Equation-STEM Vital Signs Forum  in Washington, DC May 3^rd and 4^th.  Change the Equation is leading private sector initiatives to help improve STEM teaching and learning in the United States. CTEq member companies are committed to working with states and local communities, which provide over 90 percent of public funding for education, to improve STEM learning.

History 

Dr. Rowland Brucken

-Recipient of a Dana Category I Grant awarded annually to regular faculty demonstrating superior scholarship, teaching ability and university service.

-Chaired a session on “Nuclear Power” at the Southwestern Social Sciences Association meeting in San Diego and presented the U.S. History Award for best paper at the meeting.

-Advisor to Phi Alpha Theta, the History Honor Society. 

Dr. Rowly Brucken met with Magodonga Mahlangu and Jenni Williams, the co-founders of Women of Zimbabwe Arise. These two brave women have been repeatedly arrested and jailed for their human rights advocacy in Zimbabwe.

  Dr. Jack Hayes

-Recipient of a 2012 Dana Research Fellowship for Wildfires and Fire Cultures in Modern China: Government, Science and Environment in Chinese History

Dr. Christine McCann

- Recipient of a Fall 2012 Chase Faculty Scholarship Release-Time Award for Response to Desert: Spiritual Mentoring in the Latin West

  Psychology

 Dr. Carole Bandy

 -Recipient of a Fall 2012 Chase Faculty Scholarship Release-Time Award for A Logitudnal Study for Building Resilience to Stress in Freshman Cadets

Dr. Melvin Miller

-Attended the International Association of Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy (IARPP) Tenth Anniversary Conference in New York City—March 1 – 4, 2012.

-Attended the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry (AAPDP) Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, May 4 – 6, 2012.  Also attended a few sessions at the American Psychiatric Association (APA) meeting that was running concurrently with the AADPD meeting.

Dr. Kurt Peters

- Recipient of the 2012 Dana Research Fellowship and Fall 2012 Chase Faculty Scholarship Release-Time Award for The Asymmetric Influence of Quantification on Dual-Process Cognition.

-Recipient of a Dana Category I Grant awarded annually to regular faculty demonstrating superior scholarship, teaching ability and university service.

Sociology

Dr. Aimee Vieira

-On March 1^st gave a Dana Lecture Bursting the Bubble: Recession, Household Survival Strategies & Self Employment in the Rural Recreational Countryside.

-Has been invited to contribute chapters to two edited volumes, one titled “Critical Rural Studies” for which I will be completing field work in Quebec’s Eastern Townships in July 2012, and the other “Cross-Cultural Competence: Preparing the US Department of Defense for 21st Century Engagement”, for which I will be conducting final field work at Fort Bragg, NC in June 2012. Both books are expected to be published in Fall 2012.

-Presented a paper entitled “Teaching Introductory Sociology: Student Assessments as Collaborative Learning Events” at the Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting in NY, NY in February 2012.

Had a paper “Differential Paths in Trying Economic Times: Neo-Gentrification, Stratification and the Rural Self-Employed in Quebec’s Eastern Townships”

-Accepted for the quadrennial International Rural Sociology Association conference in Lisbon Portugal in August 2012.

 Dr. Wendy Fuller

- is the new Head of the Athena Society, which is working to bring decorated films on gender equality  to campus this semester for its Film and Discussion Series. The first film,  “Cracked Lenses: Inequality and Gender Imagery”  was shown in February. Two mentoring evenings were held in March and April. 

Studies in War and Peace

Dr. Steven Sodergren

-in April chaired a panel entitled “Military History and the Lingering Impact of Operations” at the Southwestern Social Sciences Association Meeting in San Diego.

 Isabel Weinger Nielsen, editor

 Copyright June 2012 Norwich University

School Highlights

Prof Jason Jagemann, Mary Matalin & James Carville

The Todd Lecture Series presented “A Conversation with Washington Power Couple James Carville and Mary Matalin” in Plumley Armory on October 5. Approximately 900 students, faculty, staff and community members attended this stimulating event. Social Science’s own Associate Professor Jason Jagemannwas the moderator.

Student Achievements

Study Abroad: Twenty-four Social Sciences students studied abroad during the Fall 2011 semester, including majors in Criminal Justice, International Studies, Political Science and Studies in War & Peace. The students attended universities in a variety of countries including Argentina, Australia, Chile, China, France, Germany, Italy, Peru and Taiwan.

Psychology Majors: Four psychology majors attended the annual Scientific Meeting of the Vermont Association for Psychoanalytic Studies (VAPS) on Saturday, 5 November 2011, at the Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, VT:   Seth Thomas, ‘13 (who received a scholarship for this meeting), Cody Hamilton, ‘13, Emily Lobacz, ‘14 and Michael Robison, ‘15.  The theme of the meeting was Idealizations and their underbelly:   Some thoughts on analytic process and therapeutic outcome.   Six psychology majors attended the 51^st Annual Meeting of the New England Psychological Association (NEPA), 28-29 October 2011, at Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT:   Kayla Carreau, ‘13, Shaylyn Quinn, ‘13, Benjamin Richards, ‘13, Tyeim Sackey, ‘14, Ryan Santos, ‘14, and Natalia Mendez, ‘15.

Aaron Cayer ’11 was accepted to UCLA to work with Dana Cuff, and was granted full funding and a nomination to work for her cityLAB research center as the sole doctoral researcher for 2012-2013.. He received a BS in Architecture with a minor in Sociology in May 2011 and is currently a Master in Architecture student at Norwich.

Stephanie Dorain ’12 did a summer research project Prosecuting Women as Witches: Haunted by the Sins of Eve? examining assumptions about women in manuals written for the identification of witches from the 15^th – 178^th centuries.  Professor Emily Gray was her mentor.

Peter Marino ’11 is studying for his MA in International Economy & International Studies at the London School of Economics, UK.  He received a BA in International Studies at Norwich.

T. Andrew Todd ‘14, a Summer Research Fellow, wrote a paper entitled, An Eye Still Gazes Toward Zion: The Israeli-Gaza War of 2009. He was mentored by Associate Professor Brucken.

Anna Bressor ’12, a History major with a minor in Business Administration did a summer research project in residence at King’s College, Cambridge on marriage and female monarchs, entitled Female Monarchical Marriages in Sixteenth Century England, comparing Mary Tudor, Mary Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I. She was mentored by Assistant Professor Emily Gray.

Faculty Achievements

Criminal Justice

Robin Adler

-Presented Domestic Assault Recidivism in Vermont 2000-2004 and Domestic Case Processing in Vermont 2004-2008 at the 9^th Annual Faculty Scholarship Celebration held at the Kreitzberg Library, October 24-28.

 Anne Buttimer

-Attended the Community College of Vermont 2011 Faculty Summer Institute in Fairlee, VT.

-Attended US District Court Mediation Training in Concord, NH.

 Dr. Elizabeth Gurian

-As a consultant with the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, Prof. Gurian assisted the Division of Policy Analysis and Public Affairs, Statistics and Surveys Section, with research for a global report on the crime of intentional homicide. The report was released in October and can be found at: http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/global-study-on-homicide-2011.html.

- Attended the 2011 American Society of Criminology (ASC) Conference in Washington DC. While there met with Senator Leahy’s aide to discuss funding for criminal justice programs along with the ASC and Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (AJCS) presidents.

-Presented Female Serial Murderers: Directions for Future Research on Hidden Population (International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology) at the 9^th Annual Faculty Scholarship Celebration.

 Dr. W. Travis Morris

-Presented a paper at the American Society of Criminology conference in Washington DC entitled Examining Prognostic and Diagnostic frames in neo-Nazi and Violent Jihadi propaganda. He also discussed funding for criminal justice programs with Senator Leahy’s aide and the presidents of ASC and ACJS.

-Presented Formal and Informal Justice and Punishment: Urban Law and Rural Mediation Rituals in Yemen (Race and Justice) and Towards a Phenomenology of Terrorism: Implications for Research and Policy (Crime Law and Social Change) at the 9^th Annual Faculty Scholarship Celebration.

History 

Dr. Rowland Brucken

-Mentored T. Andrew Todd, a Summer Research Fellow (see Student Achievements above).

- Testified in the cases of two Zimbabwe asylum seekers, both of whom received asylum.

- On October 20 gave a presentation entitled Facing Horror: Responding to Human Rights Atrocities at Castleton State College as a presenter for the Vermont Humanities Council.

- His book, tentatively entitled “A Most Uncertain Crusade: The United States, the United Nations, and Human Rights, 1941-1954” is under contract by Northern Illinois University Press.

-Presented Starving the Mill of Soviet Propagandists (Florida Conference of Historians) at the 9^th Annual Faculty Scholarship Celebration.

 Dr. Emily Gray       

-Travelled to Augsburg, Germany in July to present an hour-long public lecture in German on the history of the Lutheran Holy-Cross Church and its relationship with the neighboring Catholic parish church, part of a series of talks by historians in honor of the 500^th anniversary of Martin Luther’s first visit to Augsburg in 1511.  The lecture series coincided with the release of a book on the early Reformation in Augsburg’s parish churches. Dr. Gray’s presented Die Reformation bei Heilig Kreuz: Die Ottmarskapelle als Gemeindekirche” an essay appearing in the book Im Ringen um die Reformation edited by Rolf Kießling, published by Bibliotheca Academica Verlag, 2011, The publication was also presented at Norwich’s 9^th Annual Faculty Scholarship Celebration.

-Mentored summer research projects by seniors Anna Bressor and Stefanie Dorain, and visited Anna at King’s College.

Dr. Jack Hayes

-His book, tentatively titled A Change in Worlds on the Sino-Tibetan Borderlands: Politics, Economies, and Environments in Northern Sichuan is under contract with Rowman & Littlefield Press (Lexington Imprint).

- Co-edited a special e-publication series in October on water management and issues in the Himalaya with friend and colleague Tashi Tsering (University of British Columbia) titled an  “Introduction: Water, Scarcity, and Frontiers on the Tibetan Plateau” & “Water Conservation on the Tibetan Plateau,” Asia Pacific Memo, bi-weekly e-publication, Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia.

-Had the paper “四川火灾历史：四川民族地区民族关系与环境生态

” [History and Fire Disasters in Sichuan: Sichuan’s Minority Areas, Ethnic Relations and Natural environment]. 西南民族研究 [Southwest China Ethnicity Research] (Chengdu, PRC) accepted for publication.

-Participated in a roundtable discussion on Water Quality, Water Quantity and Water Security and presented Rocks, Trees and Grassland on the Borderlands: Tibetan and Chinese Perceptions and Manipulations of the Environment along Ecotone Frontiers, 1911-1982 (Joint Conference on Undergraduate Research) at the 9^th Annual Faculty Scholarship Celebration.

Dr. Gary Lord

-Attended the Fort Ticonderoga Seminar on the American Revolution, September 24-25.

 Dr. Christine McCann - In August presented a paper at the XVth Conference on Patristic Studies at Oxford University.  The paper was entitled, “Incentives to Virtue:  Jerome’s Use of Biblical Models in Spiritual Mentoring Letters.”  While there she took a fresh look at the Elgin Marbles at the British Museum. Dr. McCann also visited a special exhibit at the Ashmolean Museum, “Heracles to Alexander the Great:  Treasure from the Royal Capital of Macedon, A Hellenic Kingdom in the Age of Democracy.” Seeing the exhibits helped her prepare for teaching HI 201 Ancient Greece and Rome in the fall.

-Attended the 38th Annual New England Medieval Conference in Lewiston, ME October 21-22.

-Presented Physician of the Soul: St. Augustine and Spiritual Meaning (Studia Patristica) and Incentives to Virtue: Jerome’s Use of Biblical Models (16^th International Conference on Patristic Studies, Oxford) at the 9^th Annual Faculty Scholarship Celebration.

Dr. Reina Pennington

-Presented Communists, Fascists and the Western Way of War: The Soviet Union and Nazi Germany in the Second World War (Society for Military History 78^th Annual Meeting) at the 9^th Annual Faculty Scholarship Celebration.

 Dr. Thomas Taylor, Dean

-Attended the fall conference of the National Social Sciences Association in New Orleans, LA, October 9-11.

-Attended the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa conference, November 3-5 in Washington, DC.

 Ray Zirblis

-Has been serving on the Vermont Digital Newspaper Advisory Committee 2009-2011, as part of the National Digital Newspaper

Archive initiative being undertaken by the Library of Congress under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. They are currently applying for a supplementary NEH grant to continue the work of scanning historic periodicals for the next two years. 

-Has given presentations on the abolition movement in New England and Quebec to the Vermont OSHER community in Rutland and Stowe, and was interviewed on Vermont Public Radio last month regarding the Friends of Freedom: the Vermont Underground Railroad Survey report he presented to the Vermont Legislature in 1996.

Education

Dr. Diane Byrne

- Attended the National Social Science Association Professional Development Fall Conference, October 9-11, 2011 in New Orleans, LA. She presented her paper entitled: The Effects of Service-Learning and Reflection on Pre-Service Teacher Education Student’s Emotional Intelligence (ICERI 2010 Madrid). The paper was also presented at the 9^th Annual Faculty Scholarship Celebration.

Political Science

Dr. Jason Jagemann

-Presented Abortion Politics in the Courts: New Judicial Federalism or the Federal Courts (Vermont Bar Journal) at the 9^th Annual Faculty Scholarship Celebration.

 Psychology

Peter Burmeister

- Coordinates a weekly psychology-oriented “Brown Bag Lunch” presentation for faculty, students and staff. On Sept 29 Prof. Burmeister spoke about “The Bat, the Seagull and the Thornbush”— Revealing the Archetypal Psyches of Organizations.

 Dr. Kevin Fleming

-Presented Measuring Perceived Outcomes of Craniofacial Surgery for Children with Oral Clefts (24^th Annual Conference of the Association of Psychological Sciences) at the 9^th Annual Faculty Scholarship Celebration.

Dr. Mel Miller

-Presented Mature Transformations in Adulthood Facilitated by Psychotherapy and Spiritual Practice (Oxford Handbook of Reciprocal Adult Development and Learning) at the 9^th Annual Faculty Scholarship Celebration.

 Dr. Kurt Peters

- Co-authored a paper Fearing the future of empirical psychology: Bem’s (2011) evidence of psi as a case study of deficiencies in modal research practice that was accepted for the December issue of Review of General Psychology (in press).

 Dr. Johnnie Stones

-Attended the workshop “The neuroscience of personality: Brain savvy insights into personality type, [featuring Dario Nardi, UCLA]” Vermont Association of Psychological Type, 10 November 2011, South Burlington, VT.

Sociology

Dr. Aimee Vieira

-Attended the 9^th Biennial WREI Conference on Women in the Military at the Women in Military Service to America Memorial at Arlington Cemetery, Arlington VA October 27-28.

-Participated in an ACE curriculum review of an AmeriCorps VISTA training program.  

Dr. Wendy Fuller

-Was asked to become the new Institutional Representative for the Vermont Women in Higher Education.

Studies in War and Peace

 Dr. Steven Sodergren

-In October gave a presentation at the Sullivan Museum entitled “Treason and Loyalty: Choosing   Sides in the Opening Days of the Civil War” as part of the “Lunch n’ Learn” series.

-Received a Charles A. Dana Category I Grant for the 2011-12 academic year.

Harvard National Model UN

HNMUN students, Todd Lecture speakers, Board Fellows members and Norwich faculty. (click to enlarge)

Twenty-four Social Sciences majors attended the 57^th Harvard National Model UN(HNMUN) in Cambridge, MA on February 17-20 which attracts 3,000 students from all over the US. The Norwich students made up two teams representing Oman and Panama. Before their departure they had breakfast with members of the Social Sciences Board of Fellows, panelists from the Todd Lecture Series, and some faculty members. Faculty advisor C. Dart Thalman accompanied them.

Todd Lecture Series

For the Todd Lecture Series on February 17, the School of Social Sciences presented a panel discussion on Lean “Green” Fighting Machine: Sustaining Our Energy & Environmental Security. Expert panelists were Mr. Oliver Fritz III,   Deputy Director for Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans & Programs, Mr. Louis Hutchinson III, Senior VP of Public Sector Sales, Constellation NewEnergy and Ms. Eryn Robinson, Dept of Energy Advisor to the United States Southern Command USSOUTHCOM). A lively Q & A period was followed by breakout sessions on individual topics including Operational Energy, Unified Energy Management and Energy Security.  Board of Fellows member Jon Allen ’94 helped organize the event.

CSI Symposium

The 4^th Annual CSI Symposium was held March 23-24 in Dole Auditorium and featured seven renowned experts in the field of crime scene investigation. Topics include computer forensics, crime scene processing, digital media, child abuse investigations, WMD’s and forensic ondontology. Board of Fellows member Rob Appleton ’92 did a presentation and helped organize the event which included speakers Ryan Kubasiak, Dr. Lowell Levine, Gary Kelly, James Kennedy and George Maclarty of the NY State Police. Featured speaker Detective Inspector Anne Lawrence, who heads a team of terrorist detectives at New Scotland Yard presented Operation Theseus, the investigation of the 2005 London bombings.

Colby Symposium

The 16^th Annual William E. Colby Military Writers’ Symposium was held throughout campus March 30-April 1, 2011 with the theme An Uncertain Future in Afghanistan: Assessing the Conflict Ten Years On.  This event featured six authors from the military, political, journalism, and medical fields giving presentations on the current state of the American military presence in Afghanistan.  The authors included Dr. Christopher Coppola, Donna McAleer, Doug Stanton, Jack Segal, and James Hornfischer.  The featured speaker was the 2011 William E. Colby Award Winner Karl Marlantes, a decorated Vietnam veteran who recently published his semi-autobiographical novel Matterhorn. Dr. Steven Sodergren, Program Director for Studies in War & Peace, was this year’s Colby Symposium Director.

Honor Societies

Phi AlphaTheta (History Honorary Society) inducted six students on April 12 and Beta Chapter of Pi Gamma Mu (Social Sciences Honor Society) inducted seven students on April 20.  Alpha Nu Omega Chapter of Alpha Phi Sigma (CJ Honor Society) also held their ceremony on April 20 and inducted 21 students: Shawn Baker, Lillian Balasco, Emily Chandler, John Gucci, Karissa Doyon, Seth Jon-Paul Elmo, Amanda Granitic, Justin B. Hopkins, James King, Daniel Lockwood, Amanda Morash, Alisha Dawn Nowicki, Andrew O’Grady, Jaimes Plamondon, Elizabeth Jean Randall, Ross Hunter Reid, Devin P. Robbins, Mark Alan Siegel, Adam Simoneau, Samuel Weiner and Abigail A. Windley.

Author Tom Powers

Author Tom Powers, award-winning journalist, spoke to the Norwich Community about his book The Killing of Crazy Horse on April 21.

Speaker Helen Benedict

Guest speaker Helen Benedict spoke about her book The Lonely Soldier: The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq, visited classes, and met with faculty and students April 25. The event was co-sponsored by the Schools of Humanities and Mathematics & Sciences.

Methods of Research classes

Criminal Justice professor James Ryan had his Methods of Research classes act as test subjects and statisticians for a study of the effects of using a high tech, red dot optic scope compared to using a traditional iron sight. Pete McGrath ’05 who served with the Marines and now works for Trijicon, a leading weapons optics company gave the students the opportunity to design a test like the ones used for law enforcement recruits learning to use their weapons.

• For CJ 431 Cyberlaw and Cybercrime, Bradley J. Guinen, a Business & Computer Security Information Assurance major, collaborated with Professor Mich Kabay on three articles on the Russian Cybercrime Mafia that have been accepted for publication in the journal Network World Security Strategies.
• The PO 331 State and Local Politics class focused on poverty this semester and had a great schedule of speakers coming to class including the executive director of the VT Food Bank, the executive director of Central VT Community Action Council, the Chief of the Barre Police Dept as well as speakers from VT Housing Finance Authority, VT Substance Abuse Services, and VT Victim’s Service. Dr. Cynthia Newton Combs taught the class.
• The PO 324 Civil Liberties classes held an oral argument in the Snyder vs. Phelps case at the Kreitzberg Library Multipurpose room on April 25 & 27. Dr. Jason Jagemann helped organize the event.
• HI 108 History of Civilizations class members Kate O’Brien and Caitlin Trepess (photo on next page) represented China at the simulation of the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. Students represented different countries and negotiated deals on territories, financial reparations, and the creation of a League of Nations to end World War One.