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 Liberal Arts. 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 .

Student Achievements

Andrew Roberts ’15, a History major, received a summer research fellowship. His research paper compares the victim compensation funds created after the two worst industrial accidents in New York City’s history: the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in 1911 and the September 11th Fund. Mentor: Dr. Rowly Brucken.

Faculty Achievements

School of Justice Studies and Sociology

Anne Buttimer

- Attended the Vermont State Colleges Retreat “Classrooms of the 21st Century” on May 24.

- Attended the Vermont Bar Association’s first annual Agriculture Law Day on June 4 and annual Contemplative Practices in the Law Day on June 15.

- Committee member for the Vermont State Colleges Assessment of Prior Learning program, where students’ portfolios, completed after a semester of intensive work, are reviewed to decide if college credit should be awarded for external learning.

- attended the Community College of Vermont Summer Faculty Institute “Classroom and Program Assessment Methods”, June 21 & 22.

 Dr. Elizabeth Gurian

- Attended her PhD graduation from the University of Cambridge, England on July 21.

-Received junior faculty startup costs to attend the 5th International Evidence Based Policing Conference in Cambridge, England. While there liaised with professors at the Institute of Criminology regarding a research proposal that she recently submitted to the Guggenheim foundation on interviewing female homicide offenders.

 -Had a paper accepted for the annual American Society of Criminology conference to be held this November in Chicago (‘Explanations of female perpetrated homicide’).

 Dr. W. Travis Morris

-Morris, Travis (2012), “Extracting Affect in Extremist Propaganda” Refereed paper will be presented in Odense, Denmark and published by the European Intelligence and Security Informatics Conference. August 2012.

-Morris, T. (2012) Achieving National Security: Comparing Four State Security Models. Police Practice and Research. Special Issue: “The interplay between policing, peacekeeping, counter-terrorism, and counter-insurgency.” Vol. 13, No. 2, April 2012, 121-137.

-Trammell, R. and Morris, T. (2012) “The Connection between Stigma and Life Chances: A Qualitative Examination of Gender and Sex Crimes in Yemen.” Sociological Focus, 45:2, 159-175.

-Morris, T. (2012) “Jihad” in Encyclopedia of Transnational Crime and Justice. Margaret Beare & Geoffry Golson (Eds.). Sage Publications. 221-222.

-Morris, T. (2012) “Al Qaeda” in Encyclopedia of Transnational Crime and Justice. Margaret Beare & Geoffry Golson (Eds.). Sage Publications. 11-12.

Dr. Penny Shtull

-Interviewed on WCAX (Channel 3 news) on recent cluster of homicides in NH in May.                                     

- Interviewed and quoted in Burlington Free Press in two separate news articles on violent crime in May and June.

-Participant on Roundtable Panel “Advancing the Professionalization of Criminal Justice” at the Northeastern Association of Criminal Justice Sciences annual meeting in Portsmouth, RI in June.

- Researched and wrote an organizational benchmark study of safety and security operations on a sample of universities and colleges for Margolis, Healy & Associates (a campus security consulting firm) in July and August.

Department of History  and Political Science

Dr. Rowland Brucken

- Mentored Andrew Roberts ‘15 who received a summer research fellowship (see Student Achievements).

-Testified on behalf of two Zimbabwe asylum seekers, one of whom received asylum on the spot and the other who is awaiting a decision from the federal immigration judge.

Dr. Dart Thalman

- was accepted to and participated in the Cambridge 2012 Core Professional Training on Humanitarian Law and Policy organized by the international association of Professionals in Humanitarian Assistance and Protection (PHAP) in cooperation with the program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research at the Harvard University.  It was held at the Harvard Law School in Cambridge, MA, June 18-20, 2012.  Some thirty humanitarian law practitioners and educators from around the world participated.

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.