Division of Social Sciences 2001-02

HISTORY

David Borbridge, S.J. (teaches half-time in history and half-time in theology)

Attended:

• Southeast Conference on Latin American Studies

• Chair of panel discussion on Latin American history

• Discussions at the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of         California Berkeley

Developed new courses on History of Revolutions and World Cultures

Will travel to Brazil in summer 2002 to study recent developments in community organization for social change and the role of pastoral ministry teams in those developments

Works in progress:

• Preparation of new course on world civilizations

• Additional activities in inter-religious dialogue

Neil Hamilton

Publications:

• American Presidents (narrative dictionary of the 43 presidential administrations), published by Facts on File, Inc.

• Edited Lifetimes: The Great War to the Stock Market Crash, published by Greenwood Press

Historical abstractor for the New York Journal of History

-Revised HIS 103 America to 1876 to include numerous biographical and historical sketches that incorporated material from my forthcoming book Rebels and Renegades
-Revised HIS 499 Seminar using a topic (American Reformers and Radicals) not previously covered;  took much of the material learned in writing and publishing and incorporated it into the course to place greater emphasis on the process of writing and research
-Expanded PowerPoint presentations for HIS 104 United States Since 1876

Works in progress:

• Rebels and Renegades, to be published later this year by Routledge

• American Social Reformers, to be published later this year by Facts on File, Inc.

Patricia Harrison

Publications:

• Article, "Riveters, Volunteers and WACS:  Women in Mobile during World War II," published in Down the Years:  Articles on Mobile's History, Michael Thomason (ed.), 2001;  this publication is a Gulf South Historical Review special edition celebrating Mobile's tricentennial

• Book, Connecting Links:  The British and American Woman Suffrage Movements, 1900-1914 (Greenwood Press, 2000) is in its second printing, is in the libraries of major universities and colleges, and has been reviewed by several professional journals; review in the Journal of American History described the book as a "major contribution to women's history"

Member:

• American Historical Association

• North American Conference on British Studies

• Southern Conference on British Studies

• Southern Association for Women Historians

• Southern Historical Association

• Berkshire Conference for Women Historians

• SHC Friends of the Library

Awarded sabbatical for Fall 2002

Attended:

• Southern Historical Association meeting, the Southern Conference on British Studies, the Southern Association for Women Historians, and the European History luncheon, all held concurrently with the Southern Historical Association meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana

• SHC faculty development workshop on Writing across the Curriculum

Visited Italy in May 2001:  Rome, Pompeii, Florence, and Venice, which are relevant to Western Civilization courses as well as several upper division courses;  bought slides and CD Rom pertaining to history of these periods;  used many of these materials in the Western Civilization courses

Substantially updated HIS 322/522 Europe Since 1945 (offered once every three years) to include new material;  incorporated a collaborative assignment (with Dr. Ralph Sandler) pertaining to Europe, the publication of the European Union

Taught two linked courses with Fr. Michael Williams:  His 101 Western Civilization to 1648 and HIS 102 Western Civilization Since 1648

Read articles in American Historical Review, Journal of British Studies, Albion, History Today, and Journal of Women’s History

Wrote the proposal for the Women's Studies minor

Selected for honorary membership in Alpha Sigma Nu 

Works in progress:

• Researching and writing an article/chapter on “British Suffragists in the American South, 1908-1913”

John Welch

Member:

• Southern Historical Association

Continued to expand knowledge of American history, especially in the 20th century, by reading a variety of recently published scholarly works

PSYCHOLOGY

Lisa Hager

Attended:

• Southeastern Teaching of Psychology Conference, Atlanta, Georgia

• Southeastern Undergraduate Psychology Research Conference, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

• Chair of paper session on Developmental Psychology

• SHC ERes workshop

• SHC motivating students workshop

• SHC writing workshop

Awarded Teagle Summer Research Grant for research on the use of self-rating scales in diagnosing ADD in adults

In conjunction with Dr. Royce Simpson, took 11 students to the Southeastern Undergraduate Psychology Research Conference at the University of Alabama

Assisted in the development of the Women's Studies program

New course development:  PSY 385 Cognition

-Helped revise the current curriculum in psychology:  helped restructure PSY 370 Learning, Cognition, and Memory into two courses, PSY 380 Learning and Behavior and PSY 375 Cognitive Psychology
-Aiding the Nursing Division in the development of the curriculum for the M.S. in Health Leadership and Communication degree

Assisting in the development of an Institutional Review Board

Works in progress:

• Data analysis and research report for small grant research "The development of lateralized short-term attention in children, adolescents, and adults with and without ADD"

• Data analysis and research report for "Are self-rating scales valid instruments for the diagnosis of ADD in adults?"

• Research report on a pedagogical technique for teaching the recurring issues in psychology

• Research report on a pedagogical technique for teaching sensation and perception to intro students

• Data analysis and research report on "Flashbulb memories for September 11, 2001"

Bob MacAleese

Presentations:

• Mobile Mental Health Center:  "National Board Certification for Counselors -- the Positives and Negatives"

• Alabama Autism Society, Auburn, Alabama:  "New Advances in Mental Health Delivery for Disabilities"

Attended:

• California Association of Behavior Analysis

• Discussant on autism panel

Member:

• Southwest Alabama Mental Health Association:  Advisory board member

Program reviewer, Spectrum Center, Atlanta, Georgia -- Accreditation approval

In conjunction with Dr. Charles Cheney, awarded a Teagle Grant to study the development of critical thinking in freshman college students taking PSY 101 General Psychology I

-New course development:  PSY 324 Health Psychology and  BUS 595/LIS 550 Psychology of Leadership (crosslisted MBA/MLA course)
-Revised PSY 325 Abnormal Psychology

Royce Simpson

Attended:

• Southeastern Teaching of Psychology Conference, Kennesaw, Georgia

• Southeastern Undergraduate Psychology Research Conference, University of Alabama

• Moderator of paper session

• SHC ERes for new users workshop

• SHC enhancing student motivation workshop

• SHC ERes and information literacy workshop

Member:

• American Psychological Society

Reviewed social statistics text (Hurlburt)

Completed work on Appalachian College Association Grant to create online PsyQuests for use in PSY 375 Cognitive Psychology

Statistical consultant for Central Kentucky Community of Champions

In conjunction with Dr. Lisa Hager, took 11 students to the Southeastern Undergraduate Psychology Research Conference at the University of Alabama

Extensive curriculum review for psychology major resulting in substantive changes including the addition of one course PSY 310 Psychology of Gender and the reconfiguring of PSY 370 Learning, Cognition, and Memory into two courses, PSY 380 Learning and Behavior and PSY 375 Cognitive Psychology

Participated in the Teagle-funded planning and establishment of an undergraduate research program

Assisted in the development of the Women's Studies program

Incorporated ERes into courses

Works in progress:

• Analysis of data from Flashbulb Memory project to be presented at Faculty Friday

POLITICAL SCIENCE

Nader Entessar

Publications:

• "Ethnicity and Ethnic Challenges in the Middle East," in John Mukum Mbaku, Pita Ogaba Agbese, and Mwangi S. Kienyi (eds), Ethnicity and Governance in the Third World, Aldershot, UK and Burlington, VT:  Ashgate Publishing, 2001 (refereed book)

• “Limits of Change:  Legal Constraints to Political Reform in Iran,” Journal of Third World Studies, vol. 19, no. 1, Spring 2002 (refereed journal)

• Review of The Kurdish Predicament in Iraq: A Political Analysis, International Journal of Middle East Studies, vol. 33, no. 2, May 2001 (refereed journal)

• Review of Turkey's Kurdish Question, International Journal of Middle East Studies, vol. 33, no. 3, August 2001 (refereed journal)

• Review of Post-Revolutionary Politics in Iran:  Religion, Society, and Power, Middle East Journal, vol. 56, no. 1, Winter 2002 (refereed journal)

• Review of Neighbors, Not Friends:  Iraq and Iran after the Gulf Wars, Journal of Iranian Research and Analysis, vol. 18, no. 1, April 2002 (refereed journal)

• Review of Turkey's Relations with Iran, Syria, Israel, and Russia, 1991-2000:  The Kurdish and Islamist Questions, Journal of Iranian Research and Analysis, vol. 18, no. 1, April 2002 (refereed journal)

• Invited column:  World Trade Organization, IMF, and the World Bank, Resalat (in Persian), May 26, 2001

• Invited column:  The Triangle of War, Resalat (in Persian), April 11, 2002

• Invited column:  The New War, Mobile Register, September 23, 2001

• Invited column:  Six Months and Counting, Mobile Register, March 10, 2002

• Two articles for the Mobile Register Sunday editions

• Numerous short book reviews in Choice and Library Journal

Attended:

• 49^th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Council on Latin American Studies, Mobile, Alabama

• Organized and chaired panel on “Ventures in Neoliberalism”

• 43^rd Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, New Orleans, Louisiana 

• Presented paper entitled “Tajikistan and the Evolving Geopolitics of Central Asia/Caspian Basin”

• Discussant on panel entitled "Central Asian States:  Domestic and International Challenges"

• 20^th Annual Conference of the Center for Iranian Research and Analysis, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

• Organized, chaired, and presented a commentary in an "author-meets-critics" round-table session on Iran's relations with Turkey, Syria, Russia, and Israel

• Discussant on panel entitled "The September 11 Catastrophe and Iranians in the United States"

• SHC "Summer Seminar on Teaching for Justice"

• Led last day's session by presenting a talk and leading a discussion on the "Global Common Good:  Latin America"

Lectures/presentations given:

• Annual Walsh Lecture at Carroll College, Helena, Montana:  "How Would Martin Luther King Jr. Approach Arab-U.S. Relations Today?"

• Talk at Mobile United (a coalition of business and civic leaders):  "Muslims and the Arabs"

• Talk at Spring Hill Avenue Temple:  "Middle East Crisis"

• Talk to Odyssey (a senior civic group):  "Afghanistan after the Taliban"

• Talk at Portier Place (a retirement community operated by Mercy Medical):  "Muslims in America"

• Talk to Mobile Area Association of Realtors:  "Ethnic Diversity in the Workplace"

• 2002 Alpha Sigma Nu lectures on "Muslims and the West"

• Several lectures on post 9-11 events to SHC community

Awarded Landpower Environment Project Grant, U.S. Army War College, Summer 2001

Awarded sabbatical for Spring 2002

Collaborative research on Central Asia with Professor Houman Sadri (University of Central Florida) and on the Middle East with Professor Robert Olson (University of Kentucky)

Associate editor, Journal of Iranian Research and Analysis

Member of editorial boards of:

• Journal of Third World Studies

• Journal of Central Asian Studies

• Annual Editions:  American Foreign Policy (published yearly by McGraw-Hill)

• Encyclopedia of the Developing World

• Nationalism and Ethnic Terminologies (a three-volume encyclopedia)

Member of Executive Board:

• Kurdish Studies Association

Reviewer for:

• Choice

• Library Journal

• International Journal of Middle East Studies

• Journal of Third World Studies

• Nationalism and Ethnic Politics

• Journal of Iranian Research and Analysis

Gave numerous interviews to several local, national and international media (e.g., Voice of America; Radio France International; Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; BBC Radio; SBS Radio in Melbourne, Australia; Folha de S. Paulo in Brazil; KPSK Radio in Los Angeles; WKRG TV-5, FOX 10-TV, WALA-TV, WAAB Radio in Mobile)

Taught online course POL 346/550-LIS 595 American Foreign Policy, the first online course offered by SHC

Revised several courses :

• Incorporated computer-assisted simulations  in POL 161 International Politics

• Used statistical package called Microcase ExplorIt  in POL 112 American National Government 

Works in progress:

• Two book chapters

• Four articles for two encyclopedias

• Two papers for national conferences next year

Alex Landi [Division Chair]

Attended:

• Alabama Political Science Association Conference:  served on Nominating Committee

• SHC ERes workshops

• SHC Wlodkowski workshop

• SHC library workshop

Member:

• Center for the Study of the Presidency

• Southern Political Science Association

• Alabama Political Science Association

• Educational Policy and Academic Affairs Committee, SHC Board of Trustees

Authored grant proposal for social science faculty to work this summer on the division's contribution to the core curriculum;  will coordinate this effort

Assisted in ongoing development of master's program in health leadership

Kathleen Orange

Attended:

• Conference on Poverty and the University, Loyola University Chicago

Lectures/presentations given:

• Talk at Mobile United on the Hispanic presence in Mobile

• SHC Faculty Friday presentation on globalization

• Participated in the faculty seminar on justice

Research in liberation theology area

Worked with several professors to develop service-learning projects for their courses;  was particularly involved with the logistics of the Hispanic-American Literature course's interview project with local immigrant families

Works in progress:

• Translation of the homilies of the Bishop of  Quiche, Guatemala, for use in an Institute of Christian Spirituality class and for possible future publication

SOCIOLOGY

Larry Hall

Attended:

• Mid-South Sociological Association meetings

• Presented a  paper 

• Alabama-Mississippi Sociological Society meeting

• Southern Sociological Society meetings

• Presented a paper 

• Chaired a session

Publications:

• Article in Switcher on model railroading 

Member:

• Alabama-Mississippi Sociological Association

• Mid-South Sociological Association:  served as hotel negotiator

• Southern Sociological Association

Reviewer for Deviant Behavior

Incorporated the use of LEXIS-NEXIS and the computer projection system into SOC 483 Sociology of Law 

Works in progress:

• Manuscript on the "Substantial Proportionality Interpretation of Title IX"

• Manuscript on jury discrimination