Division of Social Sciences 2004-05

HISTORY

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

Attended:

• Conference on church-state relations in Latin America, Catholic University, Santiago, Chile

• Presented lecture on the negotiations between the Jesuit Order and the government of Chile during the years 1843-1856

Member:

• Center for Latin American Studies

Consultation with the Center for Latin American Studies in Berkeley, California 

Works in progress:

• Continuing research of inter-religious dialogue and preparation for participation in national meetings on that subject

Neil Hamilton

Awarded sabbatical for Fall 2004

Publications:

• Historical abstracts for ABC-CLIO

• Historical abstracts for the journal New York History

Works in progress:

• Book for Facts on File: Eyewitness History: The 1970s, to be published in late 2005

Patricia Harrison

Lectures/presentations given:

• Presentation on oral history to one of Dr. Catherine Swender's literature classes 

• Interviewed in New York City for a LucasFilm documentary on the suffrage movement and the Pankhursts of Nashville, Tennessee

Attended:

• Southern Conference on British Studies, Southern Historical Association annual meeting, and Southern Association for Women Historians meeting, all held concurrently in Memphis, Tennessee

• SHC faculty development workshop (Rick Mallory) 

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

Research:

• Traveled to France and Britain in summer 2004 and visited relevant historical sites and exhibits on subjects ranging from the medieval period to the twentieth century;  bought books and visual materials to use in classes

• Did research at the British Women's Library at London Metropolitan University

• Visited the British Museum  

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

Works in progress:  

• Editing my article/chapter on "British Suffragists in the American South, 1908-1913" to submit for publication

• Conference paper on the Pankhursts in Nashville, Tennessee

 John Welch

Attended:

• Southern Historical Association meeting, Memphis, Tennessee

• Three SHC workshops on social justice

• SHC Opening Week workshops

POLITICAL SCIENCE

Nader Entessar

Publications:

• "Israel and Iran's National Security," Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, vol. 27, no.4, Summer 2004 (refereed journal article)

• "Iran's Security Challenges," The Muslim World, vol. 94, no. 4, November 2004 (refereed journal article)

• "The Tajik Conundrum," Journal of Iranian Research and Analysis, vol. 20, no. 2, November 2004 (refereed journal article)

• "The Impact of the Iraq War on the Future of the Kurds in Iran," in M.A. Ahmed and Michael M. Gunter (eds.), The Kurdish Question and the 2003 Iraqi War, Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Publishers, 2005 (refereed book chapter)

• Reviewed articles on "Nationalism and Politics" and "Ethnonationalism in the Contemporary World" in Canadian Review of Studies in Nationalism, vol. 31, nos. 1-2, 2004 (refereed)

• Several short reviews in Choice and Library Journal

Grants received:  Travel grant from the Institute for Strategic Studies in Paris, France, to present a paper in May 2005

Attended:

• 38^th annual meeting of the Middle East Studies Association, San Francisco, California

• Presented paper:  "Too Close for Comfort: Iran and the U.S.-Iraq War"

• Conference on “Post-Khatami Iran” at Widener University, Chester, Pennsylvania

• Presented paper:  "Whither Israeli-Iranian Relations?"

• Organized and chaired a round-table discussion on "External Legitimacy and the Iranian Opposition"

• Conference on "L'Avenir de l'Iran: Enjeux Strategiques et Economiques," organized by the Institut International d'Etudes Strategiques, Paris, France

• Presented an invited paper: "Dealing with the Leviathan: America's Middle East Policy and Iran"

• SHC "Teaching for Solidarity" Seminar

• Presentation: "Challenges to Neoliberal Globalism after September 11, 2001"

Lectures/presentations given:

• Gave several interviews to national and international media (e.g., BBC; Voice of America; Radio France International; SBS Radio in Melbourne, Australia; KBOO Radio in Portland, Oregon)

• Gave two lectures on the Iraqi National Assembly elections of January 2005 to the Odyssey group at the University of South Alabama

• Gave a talk on the "Crisis in Iraq" at the Government Street Presbyterian Church, Mobile, Alabama 

• Gave a talk to Dr. Stephanie Girard's English classes on life in Iran, based on Azar Nafisi's novel Reading Lolita in Tehran

Reviewed articles for:

• Choice

• Library Journal

Served as chief evaluator of a book manuscript: The Persian Gulf and Israel: Retrospect and Prospect for the University Press of Florida

Served as a consultant for a series of articles on the Kurds that appeared in the Jerusalem Post

Served as a referee for two articles for the Journal of Third World Studies

Associate editor, Journal of Iranian Research and Analysis

Member of editorial board of:

• Journal of Third World Studies

• Journal of Central Asian Studies

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

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

• Canadian Review of Studies in Nationalism

Works in progress:

• Working on the second edition of my book Kurdish Ethnonationalism

• Four chapters for a forthcoming encyclopedia of the developing world

• Two conference papers

Darrell Hamlin

Awarded:

• Teagle Course Development Grant to develop an interdisciplinary junior/senior scholars challenge course; will be working with Dr. Mel Brandon, Dr. Alex Landi, and Dr. James Larriviere to create a seminar on Social Security reform that will be taught in Spring 2006

Publications:

• Book review of What's the Matter With Kansas?  How Conservatives Won the Heart of America by Thomas Franks, for publication in Politics and Policy (a regional political science journal published by the Georgia Political Science Association).  Forthcoming in Fall 2005

• Book essay about Kurt Vonnegut to appear in the edited volume Democracy's Literature by Patrick J. Deneen, forthcoming from Rowman and Littlefield Publishers in July 2005

Attended:

• Annual meeting of the New England Political Science Association, Portland, Maine

• Discussant on panel:  "Political Communication and Memory" 

• Heartland-Delta Faculty Conversations Conference, John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio 

• SHC grant writing workshop conducted by Dr. Stephanie Girard and Jennifer Delcambre

• SHC "Teaching for Solidarity" seminar

• SHC Faculty Friday presentations

Lectures/presentations given:

• Panelist for the nursing program forum "Pharmacology, Globalization, and the AIDS Crisis"

• Pre-presidential debate media interview, NBC Channel 15 (first debate) 

• Post-presidential debate live studio analysis, FOX Channel 10 (second debate) 

• Election night live studio analysis, FOX Channel 10

• Inauguration coverage media interview, NBC Channel 15 

• Guest lecturer for Dr. Mel Brandon's course on non-violence

• SHC Faculty Friday presentation: "Using The Daily Show to Teach American Government"

Member:

• American Political Science Association

• Politics and Literature Division

• Southern Political Science Association 

• Alabama Political Science Association 

Works in progress:

• Journal article: "The Complete Action: Wendell Berry, Thoreau, and Civil Disobedience"

• Book review: Primarily New Hampshire by Meryl Levin and Will Kanteres

Alex Landi [Division Chair]

Awarded:

• Teagle summer curriculum development grant: Participated in developing the grant proposal for an interdisciplinary course on Social Security  

Attended:

• SHC academic workshops

Member:

• Alabama Political Science Association

Kathleen Orange

Evaluated proposals for presentations to the Justice in Jesuit Higher Education conference and helped organize the program

Works in progress:

• Translation of Bishop Cabrera's homilies

PSYCHOLOGY

Lisa Hager

Publications:

• Teaching case study entitled “The Mozart Effect: A Psychological Research Methods Case” was published in the fall edition of the Journal of College Science Teaching

Lectures/presentations given:

• Interviewed by Fox 10 News regarding the reasons why young children cannot understand the need to be wary of strangers

Attended:

• Best Practices in Teaching Psychology Conference, Atlanta, Georgia

• SHC Solidarity Seminar

• SHC Opening Week activities (fall and spring)

• Presented Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) materials and led faculty meetings at fall and spring Opening Day meetings  

Reviewed:

• For the National Center for Case Teaching in Science Collection: A teaching case study on research methods

• For Worth Publishers: Student CD-Rom to accompany Kathleen Stassen Berger's The Developing Person Through Childhood and Adolescence

Faculty consultant for the Advanced Placement Exam in Psychology for the Educational Testing Service, Daytona Beach, Florida

Psychology reviewer for MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching)  

Worked with Volunteer Mobile to co-author a $572,000 U.S. Department of Education grant entitled "Volunteer Mobile Safe and Drug-Free Schools"

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"

• Completing draft of manuscript: "Are self-rating scales valid instruments for the diagnosis of ADD in adults?"

• Writing manuscript on a pedagogical technique for teaching sensation and perception to intro students

• Preparing proposal for study on "Stranger Danger in Young Children"

Bob MacAleese

Attended:

• American College of Forensic Psychology annual meeting

• American Counseling Association meeting

Reviewed:

• Three textbooks: one in abnormal psychology, one in therapy, and one in introductory psychology

Royce Simpson

Publications:

• Clavin, J.L., and Simpson, R.G. (2004). "The predictability of thin-ideal internalization for body image and implicit attitudes." Psi Chi Journal of Undergraduate Research, 9 (4)

Attended:

• Southeastern Psychological Association meeting, Atlanta, Georgia

• Southeastern Conference on the Teaching of Psychology 

Reviewed two textbooks: one in general psychology and one in statistics

Served as a reader for Advanced Placement exams in psychology in Daytona Beach, Florida

Assisted students with research projects

Works in progress:

• Project on assessing gender differences in the development of autobiographical memories

• Rewriting the J. Buscemi paper for publication

• Data collection for project examining student and faculty perceptions of student evaluation of instruction (with Dr. Larry Hall)

SOCIOLOGY

Larry Hall

Attended:

• Mid-South Sociological Association annual meeting, Biloxi, Mississippi

• Presented paper: "The Law and Social Change: Title IX, Special Interests, Judicial Activism, and Political Expediency" with Audwin Anderson of Texas State University

• Alabama-Mississippi Sociological Association annual meeting, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

• Led a workshop on "Active Learning in the Introduction to Sociology Course" 

• Southern Sociological Society annual meeting, Charlotte, North Carolina

• Presented paper: "Student Evaluation of Instruction: Student Perspectives"

Member:

• Alabama-Mississippi Sociological Association

• Serve as associate editor for the A-MSA On-Line Journal

• Mid-South Sociological Association

• Southern Sociological Society

Served as reviewer for the journal Deviant Behavior

Conducted extensive research on active learning in sociology, resulting in a conference workshop and a website on the topic

Continued research for Hope VI project aimed at improving low-income housing in Prichard

Works in progress:

• Research on student and faculty evaluation of instruction for a paper and journal article 

• Hope VI research