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College of Liberal Arts and Sciences The University of Iowa School of Music is 240 Schaeffer Hall celebrating its centennial throughout 2006-07; The University of Iowa visit www.uiowa.edu/~music for a calendar Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1409 of events. November   E-mail: [email protected] Visit the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences REQUIEM at www.clas.uiowa.edu By Giuseppe Verdi A School of Music, Division of Performing Arts, centennial event featuring the University Symphony Orchestra and Choirs with alumni Arts&Sciences guest soloists FALL 2006 Arts & Sciences is published for alumni and friends of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences December   at The University of Iowa. It is produced by the Offi ce of the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and by the Offi ce of University Relations Publications. WINTER COMMENCEMENT Address changes: Readers who wish to change their mailing address for January February  Arts & Sciences may call Alumni Records at 319-335-3297 or 800-469-2586;  or send an e-mail to [email protected]. INTO THE WOODS Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim DEAN Linda Maxson Department of Theatre Arts, Division of E XECUTIVE E DITOR Carla Carr Performing Arts M ANAGING E DITOR Linda Ferry

February   CONSULTING E DITOR Barbara Yerkes

M AIA STRING QUARTET DESIGNER Anne Kent COLLABORATION P HOTOGRAPHER Tom Jorgensen Department of Dance and School of Music, CONTRIBUTING FEATURE WRITERS Division of Performing Arts Peter Alexander, Winston Barclay, Lori Erickson, Richard Fumerton, Gary W. May   Galluzzo, Lin Larson, Jen Knights, Sara SPRING COMMENCEMENT Epstein Moninger, David Pedersen

COVER P HOTO: Art Building West provides a study June   in refl ected light. The new building won a 2006 Honor Award of Excellence from the American A LUMNI R EUNION WEEKEND Institute of Architects, Iowa Chapter. UI Alumni Association Distinguished Alumni (Photo by Tom Jorgensen) Awards Luncheon

September   Editor’s note: Murray Seeger (BA ’51) was bureau HOMECOMING R EUNION WEEKEND chief in Moscow and Bonn for the Los Angeles Times, not The New York Times (Arts & Sciences 2005, page 9). Cheryl For a current list of CLAS events, visit Jacobsen drew the illustration for “Alumni Volunteers” www.clas.uiowa.edu (Arts & Sciences 2005, page 20). For a list of all University of Iowa arts events, visit www.uiowa.edu/artsiowa Contents Arts&Sciences 3 20 Their Brilliant Careers Performing’s the Thing Alumni focus the public’s eye Bassist turns students’ eyes toward the stage 6 22 From Iowa to Hollywood Teaching Philosophy Through Film Movers and shakers have CLAS roots Professor brings cinema to class 10 24 Eyes on the World Six CLAS Students Find Their Niche Political Science takes a global view Arts & Sciences takes a close-up look 15 30 Tradition Meets Innovation Online with Your Alma Mater Art Building West unites looks, usability It’s easy to stay in touch 18 42 Mind, Body, Medicine Two for Adventure Psychologist seeks evidence of links Pair keeps Iowa ties

2 Message from the Dean 32 On Stage 34 Department News 36 Discoveries 37 CLAS Notes 43 Development Letter It’s an exciting time for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences! We are in the midst of a historic building boom for the college and are celebrating the centenaries of two of our distinguished arts units. The School of Music is presenting a year-long schedule of major events to mark its centenary. Included are Verdi’s Requiem with alumni guest soloists in November, concerts featuring premieres of works commissioned for the centenary, a spring production of Puccini’s La Bohème, and a final concert in April. For the complete schedule, visit the school’s web site (www.uiowa.edu/~music) and plan on joining us for one or more of these exciting performances. The School of Art and Art History also is celebrating its centenary, as well as its dramatic new Art Building West, which opened in September (see pages 15-17). Designed by architect Stephen Holl, the new building is located on Riverside Drive across from the historic Art Building. It includes exhibition space for student work, state-of-the-art digital technology for teaching and artistic production, and the Mansfield Media Theatre. We hope you will visit the building in person or take the online tour at the school’s web site (www.art.uiowa.edu). The school has organized a digital exhibition show- casing the work of its alumni over the past 100 years, also on its web site. A message from Another important new facility—the addition to the Dey House, home of the Writers’ Workshop—was dedicated in October. Art Building West and the Dey the dean House addition are the latest in a string of building and renovation projects that have benefited our students, beginning with the 1996-97 renovation of Schaeffer Hall and continuing with the new Biology Building East, renovation of the existing College of Liberal Biology Building, and construction of the Philip D. Adler Journalism and Mass Arts and Sciences Communication Building, which opened in 2005. And we aren’t yet done! The Chemistry Building is now being renovated for 21st- century science teaching and research. The University also is planning to renovate and enlarge Seashore Hall. Thanks to the support of Iowa’s Board of Regents and the University, we can look forward to the continued renewal of our teaching and learning facilities. We thank you for supporting these new buildings and other college initiatives during the University’s Good. Better. Best. Iowa campaign. More than 18,000 alumni and friends contributed a total of $76.11 million to the college, almost double our original goal. The college has always been shaped by the encouragement and involvement of alumni and friends like you. It’s important to us that you stay connected to our mission and our future. Please keep in touch and let us know what you think of our programs, our priorities, and our progress.

 Arts & Sciences announces Veteran the majorsvoice By Sara Epstein Moninger

Milo Hamilton knew that his voice—a rich, cheery baritone— would play a major role in whatever profession he pursued, but he never guessed it would propel him to the major leagues. An opportunity to call a Navy baseball game in 1945 led the future College of Liberal Arts and Sciences graduate to a career min sports broadcasting. Since then, Hamilton, the play-by-play an- nouncer for the Houston Astros for the past two decades, has called some 9,000 games. “I had a chance to announce a baseball game on Armed Forces Radio on Guam, because nobody else had played the game,” explains Hamilton, who had been a high school athlete in Fairfi eld, Iowa. “I ended up reading news and spinning records, and I started to think that radio work might be something I’d like to go home and do.” After leaving the Navy, Hamilton majored in communication and theatre arts at Iowa. Before graduating in 1950, he worked at WSUI and pursued dramatic roles, playing the lead in a UI production of Our Town. An introduction to longtime Hawkeye broadcaster Bob Brooks lured him to sports radio. “He took me under his wing,” Hamilton says, “and I worked with him at Hawkeye football and basketball games. I had been an Iowa fan growing up, so to be at that school and in the booth with Brooks was like a dream.” Hamilton did a stint with a minor-league team in Davenport, Iowa, then announced for a string of big-league clubs, including the St. Louis Browns (1953), the St. Louis Cardinals (1954), the Chicago Cubs (1956-57 and 1980-84), the Chicago White Sox (1962-65), the Atlanta Braves (1966-75), and the Pittsburg Pirates (1976-79), before landing in Houston. His most historic microphone moment almost didn’t happen: Henry Aaron’s 715th home run in 1974. “It didn’t look like the ball was going to go out of the park,” Ham- ilton recalls. “It wasn’t like the home runs you see today, that end up in the upper deck. This one was almost caught.” Photo by Stephen P. O’Brien While baseball has evolved over the decades, the veteran announcer’s approach hasn’t changed. “I just need a microphone,” says Hamilton, who also has covered basketball, football, golf, and boxing. Hamilton peppers his broadcasts with stats not kept by the teams or the leagues. He arrives at the ballpark with a tote full of yellow legal pads, where he meticulously details stolen bases, double steals, winning RBIs, and other such trivia—a practice that has earned him the nickname “Mr. Briefcase.” Hamilton has been inducted into the broadcast wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame, the Texas Baseball Hall of Fame, the Radio Hall of Fame, and the Texas Radio Hall of Fame. He recently published a lifetime of radio stories in his book, Making Airwaves: 60 Years at Milo’s Microphone. “I love my job,” he says. “Baseball is the greatest game because it’s the most unpredictable game. It’s a big respon- sibility to go to the ballpark every day knowing that 50 stations are relying on you, but it’s a labor of love.” THEIR BRILLIANT CAREERS

The University of Iowa 3 Artist draws on his opinions By Sara Epstein Moninger

Paul Conrad is one feisty cat. With pen in hand, the 80-year-old editorial cartoonist prowls, zeroes in on his prey, and goes for the jugular—exposing what he sees as corruption and hypocrisy with simple, deliberate strokes of black ink. pAlthough Conrad offi cially retired in 1993 after 30 years at the Los Angeles Times preceded by 14 years at The Denver Post, the three-time Pulitzer Prize winner submits four drawings a week—or “opinions,” as he calls them—for syndication by Tribune Media Services. Conrad plants himself at a large table in the family room of his Los Angeles home. With CNN broadcasting in the background, he pounds out a drawing or two per session—sometimes all four, if he feels inspired. “I love getting to the gut center of an issue and drawing it. When a certain story grabs me, it’s easy to fi ll in the lines,” explains the 1950 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences graduate. “The challenging part is starting the next cartoon. I have to forget the thousands I’ve done before, because I don’t want those ideas to pop up again.” The Cedar Rapids, Iowa, native admits he didn’t realize that having a political mindset was es- sential in editorial cartooning when he began drawing for The Daily Iowan as an art major at Iowa. But he soon learned that a liberal bent fueled his work. “At The Daily Iowan, I covered some local, some national issues. I was learning as I went along,” says Conrad, who also had toyed with becoming a jazz musician. “I really fell in love with cartooning in Iowa City. It was just too easy. I thought, ‘I’ve got to do this the rest of my life.’” Conrad has snagged myriad honors for that life’s work. Complementing the Pulitzer Prizes are seven distinguished service awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, four Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards, election to the University of Iowa Journalism and Mass Communication Hall of Fame, a 1985 University of Iowa Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award, and—his favorite distinction—inclusion on Richard Nixon’s enemies list in 1973. Fans of Conrad’s cartoons also can enjoy his “opinions” in a medium he discovered around two decades ago: bronze sculpture. His approach to that art, he says, is much the same as his approach to cartooning. His limited-edition caricatures have included Ronald Reagan, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr., and John F. Kennedy, “the last best president we’ve had.” Conrad worries that editorial cartoonists may be an en- dangered species. “I might outlive editorial cartooning, the way it’s going now,” says Conrad, who counts syndicated cartoonist Pat Oliphant among his favorites. “The young people in the industry now think of themselves as comic cartoonists rather than editorial cartoonists.” But, he adds, the trend is not irreversible. “What we need is people who read a lot, can draw, and have a good imagination—those are the ones who will come Self-portrait courtesy of Paul Conrad up with satire that works.” To learn more about Conrad’s work, visit www.conradprojects.com. THEIR BRILLIANT CAREERS 4 Arts & Sciences Patron charts new life By Sara Epstein Moninger for museum By Sara Epstein Moninger Anne Hawley has spent the last 17 years resurrecting a kindred spirit. When she was named director of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston in 1989, the art museum was suffering from dwindling atten- dance and a budget defi cit. Hawley launched a revitalization of the operation to refl ect the passion of its founder and namesake, a lifelong champion of the aarts who opened her collection to the public in 1903. “Gardner felt it was essential that a museum be a living thing, a place to give birth to new ideas. Otherwise, it would be too passive,” says Hawley, a 1966 graduate of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and winner of a 2004 University of Iowa Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award. Adopting Gardner’s philosophy, Hawley breathed new life into the museum. She spearheaded several initiatives, including artist- and scholar- in-residence programs, collaborations with area schools, and a resurgence of the museum’s concert series. Attendance increased by 45 percent. She also launched a campaign that raised $25 million, and a museum addition is planned. “I looked at Gardner’s legacy and thought it went well with my skills,” says Hawley, who previously had headed the Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities and founded the nonprofi t Cultural Education Collaborative. “Gardner fell in love with art as a very young girl, and she built this place on her own—with no road map.” Uncharted territory, Hawley says, can be an opportunity. “My own journey has been totally unmapped,” she says. “I didn’t set out to do this kind of work. I just have basic values and was educated in a way that allowed me the freedom to explore.” Raised on a farm near West Liberty, Iowa, Hawley was active in 4-H and attended University of Iowa summer music camps. She majored in English at Iowa and minored in vocal music. “I had very dedicated music teachers. Their stress on composition taught me about the creative process and the mentality behind it,” she says. “Also, my mother was very much interested in the life of the mind and in the arts and in learning through exploration. Being surrounded by such infl uences was very motivating.” Photo courtesy of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Hawley went on to earn a master’s degree in public policy from George Washington University. She accepted research opportunities with the National Urban League and the Ford Foundation Study in Leadership in Public Education before moving into nonprofi t management. As head of the museum, Hawley leads a staff of more than 150 employees and volunteers and works with curators to plan programming and exhibitions. A recent reaction from a museum guest epitomizes job satisfaction for Hawley—and likely would have made Gardner proud. As a young boy examined El Jaleo, a painting by 19th-century American artist John Singer Sargent that depicts Spanish guitarists and dancers as they cavort and clap and shout in celebration, he covered his ears and exclaimed, “It’s so noisy.” “The painting was speaking to him,” Hawley says. “That response is so satisfying—it shows you the possibilities of art.”

Self-portrait courtesy of Paul Conrad THEIR BRILLIANT CAREERS

The University of Iowa 5 From Iowa to Hollywood Alumni make their mark in film and television By Lori Erickson

It might seem like a long way from the University of Iowa Pentacrest to the corner of Hollywood and Vine in southern California, but a host of Iowa alumni have found success in fi lm and television. Graduates of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences have helped create such classic movies as Rebel Without a Cause, Rain Man, and Chocolat, plus acclaimed TV series that include The Sopranos, Hill Street Blues, St. Elsewhere, and Deadwood. Both behind and in front of the Icameras, they have forged noteworthy careers in the world’s most infl uential entertainment industries. “Popular fi lms and TV shows, for better or worse, play an im- portant role in shaping our cultural imagination,” says Mark Andrejevic, assistant professor of communication studies. “They give form to our dreams and fantasies, fuel our fears, focus our anxieties, and provide the raw material for social interactions and debates in our daily lives.”

6 Arts & Sciences Achievements in Film Most recognizable are Iowa graduates with careers as actors on the big screen. Two of the best known are Gene Wilder (BA ’55 communication and theatre arts), star of such comic gems as Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, and The Producers, and Mary Beth Hurt (BA ’68 communication and theatre arts), who has won critical praise for her work in films, including Interiors and Six Degrees of Separation. Behind the cameras, many more alumni have made their mark. One of the most successful is Mark Johnson (MA ’73 communication and theatre arts), producer of Rain Man, Bugsy, The Alamo, Good Morning, Vietnam, and the recent hit The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Multitalented Nicholas Meyer (BA ’68 communication and theatre arts) has earned respect as both a writer and a director. Meyer wrote screenplays for The Seven-Per-Cent Solution and The Human Stain and directed Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan and Sommersby. Given the University’s strengths in communication and the arts, it’s not surprising that a number of alumni have found success as screenwriters. The iconic 1955 movie Rebel Without a Cause—named one of the best American films by the American Film Institute—was writ- ten by Stewart Stern (BA ’43 communication and theatre arts). T.S. Cook (MFA ’73 English) cowrote The China Syndrome, a thriller about a nuclear plant accident. And the most famous British Secret Service agent in film history was brought to suave life by Richard Maibaum (BA ’31, MA ’32 communication and theatre arts), who wrote or cowrote nearly every James Bond film from Dr. No in 1962 to License to Kill in 1989. Robert Nelson Jacobs (MFA ’78 English), a 2000 Academy Award nominee for best screen- play for the movie Chocolat, says that the time he spent crafting short stories in the Writers’ Workshop gave him valuable tools for his current career. “Learning the economy of form that the short story requires is good preparation for writing screenplays,” Jacobs says. “A good short story is a hard-packed nugget; it can’t accommodate the sort of narrative sprawl and digression that you can put into a novel. A screenplay is like a short story in that it has to be severely economical.” The major difference, Jacobs continues, is that a screenplay tells a story primarily with visual images.

Photo courtesy of The Hollywood Sign Trust The University of Iowa  “There are skills that carry over—skills like developing character, plot, and pacing—but the methods of expres- sion are quite different. Making the switch from fiction writing to screenwriting is like switching from violin to bassoon. The talents involved are related, but the techniques are altogether different.” Other CLAS alumni have written works that have been adapted for the big screen. A number of plays by Tennes- see Williams (BA ’38 English) were produced as films, includingA Streetcar Named Desire and The Glass Menagerie. Max Allan Collins Jr. (BA ’70, MFA ’72 English) wrote the graphic novel The Road to Perdition, which was made into a movie in 2002. Michael Cunningham (MFA ’80 English) wrote the Virginia Woolf-inspired novel The Hours, the basis for the 2002 film of the same name. A number of made-for-television movies and miniseries also have an Iowa connection. Marian Rees (BA ’51 sociology) produced Miss Rose White, a story of two Jewish sisters in the 1940s that won four Emmy awards. In addition to penning The China Syndrome, mentioned above, T.S. Cook wrote the script for The Tuskegee Airmen, a movie about African American fighter pilots during World War II.

Notables in Television A number of the nation’s most popular television series began in the fertile imaginations of CLAS graduates. Barry Kemp (BA ’71 communication and theatre arts) created Newhart and Coach. John Falsey Jr. (MFA ’78 English) was a creator, writer, and producer of St. Elsewhere and the creator and executive producer of Northern Exposure. David Milch (MFA ’70 English) created both NYPD Blue and Deadwood and was a writer for Hill Street Blues, which became a model for many subsequent crime dramas. Another series with an Iowa connection is the 1960s show The Man from U.N.C.L.E., which was produced by Norman Felton (BFA ’40, MA ’41 communication and theatre arts). Two of the nation’s longest-running soap operas have featured the talents of Iowa alumni. Gloria Monty, who studied at the University in the early 1940s, produced General Hospital in the 1970s and ’80s and is credited with making the show one of the top-rated daytime dramas of the era. Henderson Forsythe (BA ’39, MFA ’40 commu- nication and theatre arts) played Dr. David Stewart in As the World Turns for 31 years. Rick Cleveland (MFA ’95 Theatre Arts) has been involved with two of television’s most acclaimed shows. He was a writer for The West Wing and served as executive producer and a writer for all five seasons of the HBO hitSix Feet Under, which first aired in 2001.

Hollywood Highlights Many CLAS graduates have been instrumental in making major films and television programs, often winning awards. Here are some of them.

1955: Rebel Without a Cause opens, with 1974: Gene Wilder (with Mel Brooks) is 1981: Hill Street Blues begins; wins Golden screenplay by Stewart Stern. nominated for an Academy Award for best Globe awards for best TV drama series in screenplay, for Young Frankenstein. 1982 and 1983; David Milch wins an Emmy 1965: The Man from U.N.C.L.E., produced for writing in 1983. by Norman Felton, wins a Golden Globe 1976: Nicholas Meyer is nominated for an for best TV series. Academy Award for best screenplay, for 1988: Rain Man, produced by Mark The Seven-Per-Cent Solution. Johnson, wins an Academy Award for 1968: Gene Wilder is nominated for an best picture. Academy Award as best supporting actor, 1977: Stewart Stern wins an Emmy in The Producers. for outstanding writing in a special 1990: Northern Exposure, created by John program, Sybil. H. Falsey Jr., begins; wins Golden Globe 1968: Stewart Stern is nominated for an awards for best TV drama series in 1991 and Academy Award for best screenplay, for 1979: T.S. Cook is nominated for an 1992; in 1992 Emmy awards go to Falsey Rachel, Rachel. Academy Award for best screenplay, for The China Syndrome.

 Arts & Sciences “In the late 1990s, there was a sea change in the types of things you could write about for television,” says Cleveland, who won an Emmy in 2000 for his West Wing writing. “These days, television offers a writer as much freedom as the stage does. That has made the medium so much more attractive not just to audiences, but to writers, directors, and actors as well. “Another thing I find very rewarding is that my work is produced so quickly,” Cleveland adds. “You can grow old waiting for a play to be produced. But with television, one week you’re working out the central idea for an episode of Six Feet Under, and four weeks later, 11 million people are watching it.” Kathleen Dore (BA ’72 communication and theatre arts, MBA ’84) has earned a reputation as a leader and in- novator in cable television. A former president of the Bravo network, Dore oversaw the development of Inside the Actors Studio and Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. Later she was responsible for the launch of the Independent Film Channel and IFC Entertainment, which distributed the award-winning independent films My Big Fat Greek Wed- ding and Boys Don’t Cry. Now she is president of television and radio at the international media company CanWest MediaWorks. One of television’s hottest shows, The Sopranos, relies in part on the creative talents of CLAS alumni. Robin Green (MFA ’77 English) and Mitchell Burgess (BA ’78 history) are writers and executive producers of the HBO drama, which has become a cultural phenomenon. The show illustrates the sea change that has occurred in television programming over the past decade, according to Timothy Havens, assistant professor of communication studies. “What cable—particularly premium cable—has allowed is greater segmentation of the audience along various demographic lines,” Havens says. “While in the past, most network programming tried to appeal as broadly as possible by offending no one, current shows tend to put clear barriers around which segments of the audience do and do not belong. The debate among academics is whether this new strategy of separating audiences is leading to a breakdown in shared national culture and consciousness, or whether the idea of a national consciousness was always an illusion.” As the competitive, creative, and influential world of entertainment evolves in the coming years, UI graduates are likely to continue to play important roles in film and television. And in classrooms, studios, and media labs across the University of Iowa campus, a new generation of students is dreaming of following in their footsteps.

Hollywood Highlights Many CLAS graduates have been instrumental in making major films and television programs, often winning awards. Here are some of them.

as executive producer of an outstanding 1992: Marian Rees, executive producer, 2000: Rick Cleveland wins an Emmy for drama series and to Robin Green for wins an Emmy for an outstanding made-for- outstanding writing for a TV drama series, outstanding individual achievement as television movie, for Miss Rose White. for The West Wing. a writer. 1993: NYPD Blue, created and produced 2000: Robert Nelson Jacobs is an 1991: Bugsy, coproduced by Mark Johnson, by David Milch, begins; wins a Golden Academy Award nominee for best wins a Golden Globe for best picture Globe for best TV drama series in 1993; screenplay, for Chocolat. and is an Academy Award nominee for Emmys go to Milch in 1995 for producing best picture. an outstanding drama series and in 1997 2001: Six Feet Under receives a Golden and 1998 for outstanding writing for a Globe for best TV drama series; Rick 1992: John H. Falsey Jr. wins an Emmy drama series. Cleveland is executive producer. for outstanding individual achievement in writing for a miniseries or special, for 1999: The Sopranos begins; Emmys go to I’ll Fly Away. Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess in 2001 and 2003 for outstanding writing for a drama series, and in 2004 for producing an outstanding drama series.

The University of Iowa  Eyes on the World

The Department of Political Science examines the ways of government and citizenship By Lori Erickson

o see evidence of the stature of the Department of Political Science at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, simply scan the pages of such publications as The TNew York Times, Chicago Tribune, Financial Times, and Los Angeles Times, for the department’s faculty members are frequently called upon by the media to share their insights on the current political scene. Even greater influence is felt in the diverse places where department alumni have established careers. From the halls of government in Washington, D.C., to countless statehouses, law offices, and educational institutions nationwide, University of Iowa political science graduates are helping to shape the world. Alumni can be found serving in the U.S. military, staffing American embassies, working in nonprofit organizations in developing nations, and helping draft local zoning laws in small towns across the country. “Thomas Jefferson said that an educated public is the best servant of a democracy,” says Michael Lewis-Beck, F. Wendell Miller Professor of Political Science and chair of the department from 2003 to 2006. “An education in political science provides a way for students to make sense out of a chaotic world and be better citizens.” Located in Schaeffer Hall, the Department of Political Science is a place of probing discussions, insightful teaching, keen observational research, and sophisticated data analysis. Its commitment to excellence has made it one of the most highly ranked departments at the University. It also is rec- ognized for its graduate program, which is placed 12th among public universities and 25th among all institutions by U.S. News & World Report. “Our department is very research oriented, and many of our faculty also have leadership roles in the discipline and are active in advising governmental bodies at a variety of levels,” says Lewis-Beck. “At the same time, we care deeply about what goes on in the classroom and are very proud of the fact that a number of our faculty have won awards for their teaching.”

10 Arts & Sciences Eyes on the World

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Political Foundations The fi rst political science courses were offered at Iowa as early as 1859, when the discipline was known as “political economy.” Two decades later, the Department of Political Science was estab- lished, with University of Iowa president J.L. Pickard serving as its fi rst chair. A PhD program was begun in the early 1900s, and in the 1960s the department gained a national reputation, in part because of its pioneering role in quantitative analysis. Over the years, the department’s curriculum has refl ected changes in the discipline. Once domi- nated by philosophical observations, political science has developed a more scientifi c focus over the past 50 years as it has attempted to quantify political trends and phenomena. The discipline also has become far more wide-ranging in its focus, looking at governmental systems around the world as well as in the United States. Iowa’s department now offers courses that span the major areas of the discipline, including subjects ranging from political parties, voting behavior, and policy studies to courts and the admin- istration of justice. The department is known particularly for its strengths in American politics and in legislative studies at both the federal and state levels. It also is distinguished in the fi eld of interna- tional relations—which looks at forms of contact between countries in areas such as diplomacy, law,

Gall sterographic map line art courtesy of Paul B. Anderson The University of Iowa 11 and trade—and in comparative politics, which studies political behavior in two or more countries. “In addition to American politics, we’re particularly strong in the study of the governments of Western and Eastern Europe and the countries of the former Soviet Union,” Lewis-Beck says. With 800 undergraduate majors and more than 50 graduate students, the department is one of the largest in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. “Within the past fi ve years, the popularity of political science as a major has grown both nationally and at Iowa,” Lewis-Beck says. “Our students tend to have more career options than other liberal arts majors. Many are interested in law school, some want to run for political offi ce, and others want to work on campaigns or in public policy. Even as undergraduates, they tend to be very engaged in politics. Often they are involved in student government or as volunteers for political campaigns, and some are writers or columnists for The Daily Iowan.” Undergraduate students pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in political science take a minimum of 33 semester hours of course work in the discipline. Many choose to add an emphasis area, such as in- ternational relations, law and politics, politics of industrial democracies, or political communication. The department also offers a Bachelor of Science in political science, which requires additional work in political research and in mathematics and statistics. “I’ve appreciated the wide range of course offerings in the department and the ways in which students are encouraged to excel both inside and outside of the classroom,” says Karen Emmerson of Wheaton, Ill., who graduated in May 2006 with a BS in political science and statistics. “For example, as an undergraduate I took a graduate-level course and helped to author a paper, and I also interned at a polling fi rm in Washington, D.C., during the summer.” The department’s graduate students typically are preparing for careers in academia. Each year between eight and twelve new students are admitted to the graduate program, a number that allows for a great deal of personal attention. The department’s size is an advantage, Lewis-Beck says. “We’re large enough to be able to offer a diverse range of courses, but we can also offer our students—particularly our graduate students—a great deal of mentoring and personal attention.”

A Passion for Politics

Growing up during World War II, Gerhard Loewenberg developed a passion for politics that has shaped his long and distinguished professional career.

“It was a time when politics was on everyone’s mind,” he recalls. “I became fascinated with political aff airs, not just in the U.S. but in the world.”

Loewenberg, University of Iowa Foundation Distinguished Professor, joined the University of Iowa Department of Political Science in 1969. A specialist in legislative studies, in particular European parliaments, Loewenberg cofounded the Iowa-based Legislative Studies Quarterly, the leading academic journal in the fi eld, in 1976. He served as department chair from 1982 to 1984 and was dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences from 1984 to 1992.

“During my career, the size of the political science profession has grown substantially,” says Loewenberg, now professor emeritus of political science.

1 Arts & Sciences Christina Bejarano, a fourth-year graduate student from Denton, Tex., came to Iowa because of its national reputation and its developing strength in Latino politics. “My area of study is American politics and minority politics and gender,” Bejarano says. “I’ve received wonderful support in the department for my work. Professors do a great job of introducing us to the profession, including encouraging us to present our work at conferences. I’ve found it especially helpful to work individually with them. Last semester I did an individual study class with Professor Vicki Hesli, for example, and out of that experience I was able to develop the topic for my dissertation.” “The vibrancy of the intellectual climate in the department is amazing,” Hesli says. “Our graduate students participate in national conferences, write for publication in several of the fi eld’s top profes- sional journals, and some are getting placed in the nation’s best universities upon graduation.” Third-year graduate student Clayton Thyne of Julesburg, Colo., has been impressed by the department’s emphasis on excellence in research. Thyne began his academic career hoping to be a lawyer, but instead fell in love with research in political science. “I think it’s interesting to ask new questions and fi nd the answers,” he says. “It’s like spelunking, because you can explore passageways where no one else has gone before.” Along those passageways, Thyne says, the faculty has provided invaluable assistance. “My specialty is international relations, and in particular the study of civil wars,” he says. “Three professors here study confl ict, and they have been very infl uential on my work. Most helpful has been working one-on-one with them on their research. If you’re willing to work hard, they’ll do all they can to help you.” That work ethic has paid dividends for Iowa graduates. People who received their PhDs in political sci- ence from the University rank third in the nation in terms of scholarly productivity in the discipline. Alumni have made their mark outside of academia as well, including former Iowa governor Terry Branstad (BA ’69); former U.S. congressman Greg Ganske (BA ’72, MD ’76), who received a 2006 University of Iowa Distinguished Alumni Service Award (see story on page 38); Jordan senator Jamal Khutat (BA ’54); and the late Marjorie Mowlam (MA ’74, PhD ’77), former secretary of state for Northern Ireland.

“Here at Iowa, the department has gained strength in In 2005 he was elected a fellow of the American the areas of international relations and in comparative Academy of Arts and Sciences, an international society politics and also has greatly expanded the number of composed of the world’s leading scientists, scholars, students it educates.” artists, business people, and public leaders.

The department’s quality, Loewenberg says, refl ects the Loewenberg sees Iowa’s Department of Political Science sense of civic responsibility that characterizes the State as being part of a tradition that stretches back to the of Iowa. The department’s mission has always included ancient Greeks. training students to be good citizens who are active in municipal and state governments. “The academic study of politics has a very long history, but during my lifetime, I’ve seen the study of it become Loewenberg, who directs the University’s Comparative much more rigorous and sophisticated,” he says. “That Legislative Research Center, also served from 1990 provides great benefi ts for students in a wide variety of to 2000 as vice chair of the East-West Parliamentary disciplines, from journalism to law, but it also has value for Practice Project, which assists emerging democracies anyone who cares about the work of government.” with the shift from single-party to multiparty parliaments.

The University of Iowa 13 A Global Network Faculty research extends far beyond Schaeffer Hall. Hesli, for example, has conducted public opinion research in Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, and other nations that once were part of the Soviet Union. She also directs an exchange program with scholars from Ukraine. Associate Professor Timothy Hagle is on leave to work for the U.S. Department of Justice on a research project on the Supreme Court, while Assistant Professor Benjamin Read, who speaks fluent Chinese, researches community organizations in China. Other faculty members work in areas that include the role of emotions in voting, Latin American coups, conflicts in international organizations, and how balloting rules affect election outcomes. Students also have many opportunities for study and research beyond the classroom. Undergraduates are encouraged to complete an internship in some area of government, such as a congressional office, election campaign, or executive agency. In addition, a number of courses include real-world components. The legislative policy research seminar, for example, matches students with research requests from committees, legislators, and study groups in the Iowa legislature. According to Professor Tom Rice, the seminar’s director, students help representatives by doing background research and writing position papers on proposed legislation. “Legislators receive high-quality nonpartisan research on important topics, the citizens of Iowa benefit from better-informed legislators, and the students develop marketable policy research skills,” says Rice, who became department chair in fall 2006. “It is very rewarding for the students, in particular. They experience first-hand the challenges of conducting policy research and also get the chance to interact with legislators.” The Iowa caucuses, not surprisingly, also play a role in the lives of many University of Iowa political science students. Held every four years, the caucuses are an early test of presidential ambitions. They also bring a steady stream of candidates and a flood of national media attention to the state. “The caucuses provide our students with the opportunity to engage in politics in a way that students elsewhere don’t have,” says Professor Peverill Squire. “As a result, we have many students who become deeply involved in the business of politics very early in their lives, and a significant number end up work- ing in state government or in Washington, D.C.” Karen Emmerson, who served as president of the Iowa Students for Kerry group during the last presi- dential campaign, agrees that the caucuses provided a valuable adjunct to her education at Iowa. “Being from Illinois, I didn’t think much about the caucuses before I came here,” she says. “But it turned out to be a fascinating experience to be part of a national campaign during caucus season, because you get a very retail-level introduction to politics. It’s a unique opportunity to be in a room of presidential candidates desperately trying to win the votes of 10 people.” Whether the arena is international, national, state, or local, the study of political science provides an invaluable tool for anyone concerned about the state of our world, Lewis-Beck says. “The study of political science is important because we are all subject to the power of government. We need to learn how government works so that we can figure out how to change things for the better.”

14 Arts & Sciences World map courtesy of NASA (http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov) traditionInnovation A stunning new home combines good looks with great working space for the School of Art and Art History

The University of Iowa 15 “Sculpted space and light” and “bridge between tradition and innovation” are just two of the many superlatives used to describe Art Building West, the newest addition to the University of Iowa arts campus.

Such praise is fitting. World-renowned architect Steven Holl incorporated visual links to older School of Art and Art History buildings and skillfully combined construction elements with natural and artificial light for breathtaking effects—and highly utilitarian spaces—throughout the structure.

Abundant glass, both clear and translucent, divides interior areas and opens them to the limestone bluff, pond, and trees outside. A cantilevered wing, the “bridge,” extends over the pond, pointing to the original Art Building, and a rust-colored steel exterior harkens back to the old building’s red brick façade.

16 Arts & Sciences Balconies and terraces beckon students, faculty, and visitors outside. The open, light- filled interior, with its exposed concrete floors, steel beams, and acoustic materials, calls them back inside to state-of-the art working spaces, including the student art gallery, library, studios, classrooms, media theater, auditorium, and faculty offices.

“Architect Steven Holl surpassed our hopes and expectations,” says Dorothy Johnson, Roy J. Carver Professor of Art History and director of the School of Art and Art History. “He created a stunning work of art in which students can make art and study its history.”

Photos by Tom Jorgensen

The University of Iowa 17 Susan Lutgendorf By Lin Larson Mind, Body & Medicine Researcher traces biological connections between behavior and physical health

For a long time, the notion that emotions affect physical well-being got little respect, at least not in scientific circles. Mind-body medicine was considered at best a folk belief, at worst outright quackery, and scientists held out for demonstrable, duplicable proof of interactions between mind and body. Susan Lutgendorf is providing just that by studying links between emotional or behavioral phe- nomena and physical health. “People believe in these connections, but what’s just emerging is the evidence,” says Lutgendorf, professor of psychology in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

18 Arts & Sciences Lutgendorf and her colleagues are finding biological University of Iowa Center on Aging, studying the impact of evidence of mind-body connections and working to identify stress on the aging immune system, and in 1995 she joined behavioral interventions that may help counter disease. the psychology faculty. Their research has found, for example, that gay men with Ovarian cancer has become a major focus for Lutgen- HIV who struggle to conceal their homosexuality have low- dorf, who holds joint appointments in the Carver College of er levels of certain immune cells. Older adults who attend Medicine Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and religious services more than once a week have lower levels Urology. Lately she has been looking beyond immunity to of a protein linked to cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, other phenomena that influence tumor growth. and cancer. Women with advanced ovarian cancer and “Certain chemicals secreted by tumor cells make blood strong social support from family or friends display lower vessels grow into tumors, a process called angiogenesis,” levels of the same protein, while older women experiencing she explains. “When tumors have a blood supply, they can stress show higher levels. grow very rapidly, and tumor cells can travel to other parts Much of Lutgendorf’s research is in of the body through these blood vessels.” psychoneuroimmunology—the study of In a recent study of ovarian cancer pa- interaction between the brain and the im- tients, Lutgendorf and colleagues found mune system. correlations between high levels of social “Research over the last 20 years at a “People believe support and lower levels of angiogenic fac- number of universities has shown that the in these tors. Likewise, high levels of distress seemed ends of nerves are actually connected to to boost the risk of factors that promote an- immune cells in important locations like connections, but giogenesis, a finding supported by in vitro the lymph nodes and spleen,” Lutgendorf studies. says. “There is cross-talk and feedback in what’s just emerging A National Cancer Institute grant will both directions.” is the evidence.” help Lutgendorf assess whether the stress- The fatigue and passive, run-down state angiogenesis link actually affects ovarian that accompanies the flu, for example, re- cancer recurrence. Lutgendorf also is a co- sults from this communication loop. investigator on several studies at the Univer- “Activated immune cells send signals to sity of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center the brain, which creates what we call sickness behaviors, looking at stress and angiogenesis in experimental models. including fatigue, lethargy, depression, and the disinclina- Finding answers and putting them into practice means tion to eat or drink,” she explains. “These behaviors serve training new generations of health psychology investigators an important adaptive purpose—they make you take care and clinicians. of yourself instead of going out dancing.” “A lot of the clinical work my students do is with medical Definitive work in psychoneuroimmunology emerged patients, particularly people with cancer,” Lutgendorf says. in the late 1970s and early 1980s, when Lutgendorf was “We do stress management, pain control, and various types practicing psychotherapy. of relaxation, and help people deal with issues associated “I’ve always been interested in research and in mind- with illness and treatment.” body connections, but at the time I graduated from college, She also fields questions from across the country. there was really no clear way to study them,” she says. “I’ve been contacted by people who have read my work Once investigators discovered new methods and began and want suggestions for a loved one who is being treated reporting their findings, Lutgendorf decided to return to for a specific condition, usually cancer,” Lutgendorf says. “I academics. She enrolled in a University of Miami graduate talk with them about what we are studying and often help program in clinical health psychology, with a focus on them find resources for further assistance.” behavioral immunology. The move meant long separations As the evidence bridging behavior and disease grows, from her husband and their children. Lutgendorf cautions people with cancer or other condi- “It was either foolhardy or courageous,” Lutgendorf says. tions not to believe that illness can be caused or cured by “But I had a sense that this was my passion, what I really behavioral factors alone. wanted to do.” “Disease processes have a lot to do with genetic vulner- The family weathered five years of back-and-forth travel, ability, environment, diet, and many other influences,” she and in 1994 Lutgendorf returned to Iowa City with a PhD says. “But if there are links with stress or emotional factors, in clinical health psychology. She secured a National Insti- we want to help people who are sick create the most resis- tutes of Health-funded postdoctoral fellowship through the tant milieu that they can.”

The University of Iowa 19 Volkan Orhon By Peter Alexander Performing’s the Thing Professor prepares students to step out on stage

In the studio of Volkan Orhon, teaching and performance are two sides of the same coin. Orhon, who teaches string bass at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences School of Music, aims to teach his students not just how to play, but how to be performers. And so he not only pursues his own performance career, he teaches by performing.

20 Arts & Sciences “Performance is always part of our profession, no matter “I was playing, and I enjoy doing that,” he says. “But I what you do,” he says. “Playing an instrument, being a had friends who were also teachers and would talk about musician, is not just learning how to play the instrument. their students—‘he just got this position, she just won this The most important part of it is how you present it. How do award.’” you just put it out there for people to enjoy?” Inspired by his friends’ experiences, Orhon returned He teaches “how you present it” in many ways, particu- to teaching. The deep sense of responsibility he had felt larly by serving as a role model. He is principal string at the conservatory was now complemented by a greater bass of the Cedar Rapids Symphony, whose past season confidence and several years of professional experience. included a dozen full-length programs. He plays in cham- After teaching at the University of Connecticut and Central ber music and stringed instrument festivals around the Connecticut State University for six years, Orhon came to country, appears as soloist with orchestras nationally and The University of Iowa in 2002. internationally, and performs chamber music with faculty Just about every aspect of Orhon’s life as a professional colleagues. He presented five on-campus performer laps over into his teaching. In performances in 2005-06. addition to bass technique, he teaches his “I believe it’s extremely important for students stage presence and how to over- my students, or all the students in the come stage fright. He even teaches a class School of Music, to see the faculty that “Playing an instrument, in how to take auditions. they study with, how they play, how they being a musician, is One unique aspect of bass performance handle being on stage, things like that,” that he shares with his students is the he says. not just learning how problem of repertoire. Orhon also makes a point of perform- Until recently, very little solo music was ing together with his students. to play the instrument. written for the bass—certainly nothing “With my students, we have bass en- The most important to compare with the great Classical and semble. That’s a perfect chance for me to Romantic showpieces composed for other be part of them, and then they can really part of it is how you stringed instruments. Bass players who feel a little bit more comfortable, because want to explore the instrument’s expres- they’re on stage with someone that they present it.” sive possibilities must look outside the can trust,” he says. “I’m having just as primary bass repertoire and adapt music much fun as they’re having. They’re en- written for other instruments. joying it, and they’re also learning a lot.” A good example is Orhon’s latest Performance and teaching have long recording project, which features three been central to Orhon’s musical life. He grew up in Turkey, pieces, none of them originally written for the bass: Aaron where at age 12 he received a 10-year full scholarship to Copland’s Sonata for violin and piano, arranged for bass by the Ankara State Conservatory. He had never even heard Gary Karr; the Sonata in A Major for violin and piano by of the string bass before he entered the school, but within César Franck; and the Sonata in E Minor for cello and piano four years, he was performing in the bass section of the by Johannes Brahms. String bass arrangements of the two Presidential Symphony, one of Turkey’s best orchestras. latter works have been published, but Orhon has made his And he was teaching. own adaptations. “My teacher would give me students to work on specific “Bass players are always in the search for music that things,” he says. “He would tell other students, ‘I want you to is written for other instruments,” he says. “We all make work on this with Volkan.’ And that was a huge honor, but at transcriptions, or arrangements, for the bass. It’s something that time, I was really scared of teaching. I was scared that I do, and I encourage my students to do the same, so we can I was going to fail to bring this student up to my teacher’s share the wealth.” expectations.” In this way, Orhon’s students find music that is fun to After graduating from the conservatory, Orhon came play, and they help expand the repertoire of the string bass. to the United States to study at the University of Hartford’s At the same time, they learn an important skill for profes- Hartt School with Gary Karr, a legendary teacher and bass sional life. You could say the wealth they share is another soloist. Then he pursued a performance career. two-sided coin.

The University of Iowa 21 Teaching Philosophy Through Film By Richard Fumerton

22 Arts & Sciences A few years ago, I was invited to explain the field of philosophy to a class at Iowa City’s Southeast Junior High School. It was with more than a little trepidation that I accepted. Philosophy deals with some of the most abstract, esoteric subject matter, and I wasn’t sure how I should go about trying to give students in their early teens a feel for what makes a question philosophical.

After some thought, I decided to illustrate how philosophy asks fundamen- Analytic philosophy thrives on thought ex- atal questions by talking about the much-discussed philosophical problem of periments of the sort Descartes used to develop perception. I started telling the class about the famous 17th-century French a distinction between appearance and reality. In philosopher René Descartes, who raised the problem in his search for an ideal the philosophy of mind, for example, philosophers system of knowledge. wonder whether we can, in principle, survive the Descartes decided that the best way to discover the foundations for this destruction of our physical bodies. Can we imagine system of knowledge was to examine all of his beliefs and discard any that a future in which we trade old bodies for newer, could conceivably be false. In surveying candidates for these infallible beliefs, younger models? Can we even imagine existing he naturally enough considered beliefs we form about our physical environ- without a body? If we could survive the destruction ment based on direct perception. Surely our beliefs about the objects that we of our body, what would be critical to that survival? see before us in broad daylight can’t be mistaken. Yet, Descartes cautioned, Perhaps continuity of personality or memory? we must remember that we sometimes have vivid dreams, and in such We needn’t search long for movies whose plots dreams, the objects whose existence we are certain of don’t really exist. force us to consider such matters. After having our Descartes followed this argument with another famous thought experi- students read philosophical papers on personal ment: Can’t we imagine that all of our experience is an ongoing hallucination identity, we showed Heaven Can Wait in class. The planted in us by a powerful-but-evil demon bent on deception? plot centers on a person who is inadvertently taken As I explained all of this to kids just out of elementary school, one of them to the afterlife too soon and, in reparation, is offered suddenly yelled “It’s The Matrix!”—an observation the other students excit- survival in a replacement body. After a temporary edly embraced. stint in the body of a wealthy businessman, a per- I hadn’t seen the movie, so for the next 10 minutes the class enthusiasti- manent new body is found. But to the consternation cally described a plot that could easily have been written by Descartes. The of many in our class, the hero loses all memory of fascinating story involved not just one his previous existence. Even more problematically, but a host of people who were victims he is given the memories of the dead person whose of a massive hallucinatory experience. body he is now supposed to inhabit. Our class be- Teaching Philosophy Through Film They were deceived into thinking that gan a heated debate concerning who was who in By Richard Fumerton they were living humdrum lives, while the movie. Opinions split down the middle, and in reality, they lay in vats, wired to gi- students were more than willing to do philosophical gantic computers that fed off of the electrical impulses produced by their battle in defense of their respective positions. brains. Through the magic of film, the students of Southeast Junior High were We found that same sort of student engagement one step ahead of Descartes. when we explored the implications of ethical theory When I left the school that day, I began to reflect on how often allusions through situations portrayed in film. Whether to movies (many made decades before my college students were born) had debating the wrenching tension between broad been creeping into my University of Iowa classes. As I thought about the moral obligations and commitments to family or enthusiasm with which the junior high students related Descartes to Hol- loved ones, portrayed in such films as Casablanca, lywood, I decided that this might be an ideal way to get students to talk more The Third Man, and The Music Box, or controversies in my philosophy classes. concerning the morality of doing whatever is neces- I discussed the matter further with my colleague Diane Jeske, associate sary to minimize damage, depicted for example professor of philosophy, and we decided to try out a course on philosophy in Fail-Safe and The Siege, our students struggled through film. to reconcile their commitment to abstract ethical The course was a striking success. Students who were shy when talking principles with the often conflicting attitudes they about difficult philosophical papers were clearly comfortable discussing felt when watching some of these classic films. I movies with each other, and they were eager to relate classical philosophical can imagine few better ways to engage students writing to film plots. We had never had so much success engaging students in in thoughtful reflection on critical philosophical the give-and-take of argument so critical to becoming a good philosopher. principles.

Richard Fumerton is F. Wendell Miller Professor of Philosophy in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

The University of Iowa 23 CLAS IX By David Pedersen Students

SFind Their Niche

Name: Meghan Armstrong

Class: Junior

Major: Integrative Physiology

Hometown: Tualatin, Ore.

Runners know the feeling—when the body gives way and the mind takes over. A calming sense of purpose overrides physical exhaustion.

Meghan Armstrong shows this mind- practice until 5 or 6 p.m., dinner body balance. A member of the and homework back at her Hawkeye women’s cross-country apartment, and bed by 10 p.m. team, Armstrong moves through her day at a steadied pace. “There defi nitely are sacrifi ces to be made,” she says. “But I “I probably don’t have the typical don’t regret it, because I love college experience. If I’m not what I’m doing.” running or studying, I’m asleep or eating,” Armstrong says. Her average Armstrong’s regimen has day is up at 7 a.m., a morning run, served her well. She earned classes into the aft ernoon, team Academic All-American

honors last fall and looks forward to a career in physical therapy. She likes the idea of helping people, partly because she has drawn strength from others.

“Sometimes when I’m watching a race, the people who inspire me are the ones who are fi nishing in the middle or back of the pack. They’re falling over, but they get back up, crawl, or do whatever to fi nish the race,” Armstrong says. “They manage, because they have a passion for what they’re doing.”

4 Arts & Sciences Name: Evan Sengbusch Class: Senior Major: Mathematics, Physics Hometown: Ames, Iowa

Evan Sengbusch insists that despite his gift for science and math, he is more than just a beautiful mind. Before coming to The University of Iowa, for example, he thought an Ivy League school might be the ideal place for studying physics—and playing football.

But after a campus visit to the Department of Physics and Astronomy, his choice of schools was set. And there’s no denying that Sengbusch has thrived academically. As a freshman, he began doing research in theoretical nuclear physics with Professor Wayne Polyzou; by his sophomore year he had made a presentation at a major research conference, given a talk at the Midwest Nuclear Theory practice until 5 or 6 p.m., dinner Get-Together at Argonne National and homework back at her Laboratory, and coauthored a apartment, and bed by 10 p.m. published research paper.

“There definitely are sacrifices In his free time, he enjoys pickup to be made,” she says. “But I basketball games at the UI Field don’t regret it, because I love House and nights out with friends. what I’m doing.” Sengbush plans to earn a PhD and Armstrong’s regimen has then land a professorship or do pure served her well. She earned research, or both. Academic All-American “I really do love physics, the part honors last fall and looks forward to a career in of it where you can express these physical therapy. She likes the idea of helping extremely complex ideas in short and people, partly because she has drawn strength elegant mathematical formulas. If I could from others. contribute something to the physics or scientific world through my research, that’d “Sometimes when I’m watching a race, the people just be the ultimate experience for me.” who inspire me are the ones who are finishing in the middle or back of the pack. They’re falling over, but they get back up, crawl, or do whatever to finish the race,” Armstrong says. “They manage, because they have a passion for what they’re doing.”

The University of Iowa 25 Name: Erik Owomoyela Class: May 2006 Graduating Senior

Major: Journalism and Mass Communication, Political Science Hometown: Lincoln, Neb.

Erik Owomoyela knew he wanted to study political science in college. He chose The University of Iowa partly due to Iowa’s first-in-the- nation status during the 2004 presidential campaign.

“I’m not sure how I initially became interested in politics. I suppose it’s kind of similar to what got me interested in journalism: my interest in what goes into making public policy, how we end up with the laws and guidelines that govern our lives in this country,” he says.

Indeed, journalism—specifically, editorship of The Daily Iowan opinion page—is where Owomoyela has developed his talent for analyzing issues and advancing public debate.

“If I’ve had a focus at all, it’s been looking at local government in Iowa City,” he says. “I made it a point to go to every city council meeting that I could, just to stay on top of what was happening there.”

Owomoyela cites one link between his editorial writing and his interest in politics: he has provoked DI readers to think about current issues.

“When I write a piece, I want to convince them,” he says, “and if not, to at least get them thinking about the issue in a way that they wouldn’t before.”

26 Arts & Sciences Name: Ryan Kloberdanz

Class: May 2006 Graduating Senior Journalism and Mass Communication, Political Science Major: West Des Moines, Iowa Name: Erik Owomoyela Hometown: Class: May 2006 Graduating Senior Ryan Kloberdanz is a political junkie. As a sixth-grader, he was consumed by the 1996 Iowa caucuses, especially Major: Journalism and Mass Lamar Alexander’s quest for the Republican presidential Communication, Political Science nomination. He filled a scrapbook with every newspaper article, campaign flyer, and position paper he could find. Hometown: Lincoln, Neb. Kloberdanz is no less enthusiastic today. He has been president of his fraternity and of the University of Iowa interfraternity council, and has organized and participated in numerous philanthropic events. He served as the UI Student Government representative on Iowa City’s Alcohol Advisory Board. In 2004 he worked as a caucus precinct captain for John Edwards; later he interned for U.S. Representative Jim Leach.

“I’ve been able to work with both Republicans and Democrats, which was cool,” he says, “trying to get to know as many people and to try as many things as possible.”

Kloberdanz puts public service front- and-center in his five-year plan: law school, but first an AmeriCorps program called Teach for America, in which he will spend two years teaching underserved kids at a public school in Phoenix, Ariz.

“Everyone always asks me why I’m so focused. I’ve never even stopped to think about it,” Kloberdanz says. “I’ve always been excited for the future.”

The University of Iowa 27 Name: Katie Johnson Dance Festival competitions, the annual Dance Gala at Hancher Class: May 2006 Graduating Senior Auditorium, and at schools across Iowa as part of the Major: Dance department’s Dancers in Company touring program. Maple Grove, Minn. Hometown: Johnson doesn’t get preshow butterflies: “They’re Katie Johnson is a natural performer. Candid and more like wasps,” she says. Nonetheless, she’s outgoing, she exudes the confidence and grace of an anxious to be on stage. artist who clearly is comfortable in front of an audience. “Once the lights come on and the curtain What drew Johnson to The University of Iowa was the size and goes up, it’s done, and you can’t think quality of the Department of Dance faculty and the tremendous about it anymore,” she says. “If I know opportunities to perform. She has danced in faculty shows and the piece I’m dancing well enough, I graduate student thesis concerts, American College can lock in pretty easily.”

Johnson also wanted to earn a dance degree as part of an overall liberal arts education.

“I purposely came here to get a college degree and experience this atmosphere. I wanted to enjoy and participate in the kinds of things my parents enjoyed when they went to college.”

28 Arts & Sciences Name: Roxanne Calabris Class: Junior Major: English Hometown: Detroit, Mich.

Like many poets, Roxanne Calabris spends a lot of time inside her head. Reading. Watching. Listening. Thinking. Putting words together. Storing them in a journal or on a hard drive.

Her interests blend old-school cool with modern techno-savvy: Japanese animation, the films of Hayao Miyazaki, vintage Atari video games, Bob Marley, the Grateful Dead. In conversation, her sentences sometimes echo the stream-of- consciousness fluidity of Beat poetry.

Calabris has purposely forged a diverse path of study, with a minor in anthropology and courses in psychology, religion, health and nutrition, literature, and of course, poetry. In a journal, she records overheard snippets of conversation, signs on the street, graffiti in the alley.

“I generally lean toward a tweaked autobiographical version—it’s not exactly the truth of my life, but it is poetic truth,” she says.

Calabris is a tutor at Horace Mann Elementary School in Iowa City, part of the America Reads program. Her long-term goal is to be a creative writing professor. She’d also like to establish her own no-kill sanctuary for dogs and other pets.

“I’m so indie in so many areas of my life that I figure my passion and what I like to do can be eccentric,” she says. “I’m drawn to the unconventional in everything.”

The University of Iowa 29 Online with Your Alma Mater

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Enjoy the art produced by CLAS students. The School of Art and Art History has a wonderful online archive of work by its graduate students. You can view it at www.art.uiowa.edu. Remember to scroll to the bottom of the page.

Learning is not Sign up for @Iowa and get a monthly summary of interesting University and college news. attained by chance, Find out how at www.iowalum.com/atiowa. it must be sought Browse the fascinating historical photographs of geological landscapes and of the University and Iowa City in the Calvin Photographic Collection. It’s on the Department for with ardor and of Geosciences web site at www.uiowa.edu/~calvin. attended to with For a list of books and CDs by CLAS faculty members, make your way to diligence. www.clas.uiowa.edu/books. To hear audio recordings by some of the University’s gifted writers and teachers, f Abigail Adams visit http://iwp.info-science.uiowa.edu/cgi-bin/library and look for “Iowa Writers’ Workshop Audio Archive.”

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Some memories are realities, and better than anything that can ever happen to one again. i Willa Cather The University of Iowa 31 Tickets for Division of Performing Arts events (dance, music, and theatre) are On Stage available from the Hancher Box Offi ce. Order online at www.hancher.uiowa.edu/ tickets.html or call 800-HANCHER (800-426-2437) or 319-335-1160.

Dancers in Company

Department of Dance productions have long been known for their varied program selections. But Dancers in Company, the department’s touring ensemble, thrives on variety in performance halls and locations as well. Since it was formed in 1984, Dancers in Company has appeared in such high-profi le sett ings as the Art Institute of Chicago and the 1990 International Dance Festival in Hong Kong, but its most numerous engagements are in cities and towns throughout the Midwest. In a typical season on the road, the troupe’s members might fi nd themselves dancing anywhere from a well-equipped traditional performing stage to a school cafeteria to a senior citizens center, or at home in the UI Space/Place Theatre.

Wherever they go, they must be prepared to present performances and educational events tailored to diverse audiences, says Jennifer Kayle, assistant professor of Verdi Requiem dance and the company’s codirector. The University of Iowa School of Music just turned a patriot. The composer completed the work in time to “Our model is the professional repertory company,” Kayle 100. To celebrate, it is presenting a series of concerts lead its premiere on the anniversary of Manzoni’s death. explains. “Choreographers have a very brief, intense, throughout 2006-07 featuring new works commissioned Since then, the powerful Requiem oft en has been staged concentrated period with the dancers, and the dancers for the occasion and performances by outstanding on important occasions. must be prepared to absorb a lot of material very quickly. alumni. One of the high points will be the November Soloists for Iowa’s performance are among the And then they have to keep all of that repertory in top staging of Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem. University’s most distinguished music alumni. form, so that they are ready to perform in any sett ing, for “Hancher Auditorium will be fi lled with the glorious Crider, who studied at Iowa from 1985 to 1987, and any audience. sounds of Verdi’s highly operatic work,” says Kristin Goeldner (BM ’85) have appeared in major roles at “It’s a real challenge for them, but it’s a great learning Thelander, director of the School of Music. “We are the Metropolitan Opera. Gabbard (MA ’83 music) has experience,” Kayle says, adding that it also enables thrilled to welcome back our outstanding alumni as been a soloist with the Soldiers’ Chorus of the U.S. Dancers in Company to play in communities that rarely soloists: Michèle Crider, Katharine Goeldner, William Army Field Band for the past 14 years, and Julian (MA have the opportunity to experience polished dance Gabbard, and Kimm Julian. Many alumni and members ’80 music, DMA ’90) directs the opera workshop at performances fi rst-hand. of the Iowa City community will remember the Minnesota State University and has sung major opera compelling performances they provided in University of roles worldwide. For Dancers in Company touring information, call the UI Iowa opera performances of the 1980s and ’90s.” Arts Share Offi ce at 319-335-1618. The troupe will stage its Verdi’s Requiem will be staged Nov. 29, 2006, at home concert March 1-3, 2007, in Space/Place Theatre, Verdi wrote the Requiem to honor the Italian novelist Hancher Auditorium. Alessandro Manzoni, whom he revered as a writer and North Hall. By Peter Alexander

By Winston Barclay 3 Arts & Sciences Into the Woods

When Stephen Sondheim’s fairy-tale musical Into the Woods opens at the University of Iowa Theatre Building in January, the tickets will say “University Theatres Mainstage.” But the audience in E.C. Mabie Theatre will see a production by all three of the academic units in the Division of Performing Arts.

“We look forward to these opportunities for collaboration,” says Alan MacVey, director of the production and chair of the Department of Theatre Arts. “The musical score is very complex, so we will have musical direction from the School of Music, and we will look to the Department of Dance for choreography. It’s also a show that calls for a large and diverse cast, which is one of the things that made it an att ractive choice.” Photo by Tim Schoon Into the Woods unites characters from several popular fairy tales in a work that combines and transcends the original tales. At the end of act 1, the characters all seem poised to live “happily ever aft er,” The University of Iowa School of Music just turned a patriot. The composer completed the work in time to in traditional fairy-tale fashion. But act 2 addresses 100. To celebrate, it is presenting a series of concerts lead its premiere on the anniversary of Manzoni’s death. all the consequences that the original stories ignore: throughout 2006-07 featuring new works commissioned Since then, the powerful Requiem oft en has been staged Does marrying the Prince really lead to bliss? Does for the occasion and performances by outstanding on important occasions. carving up the wolf solve your problems? How do you alumni. One of the high points will be the November Soloists for Iowa’s performance are among the deal with the dead giant out back? staging of Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem. University’s most distinguished music alumni. As the characters confront a genuine threat to “Hancher Auditorium will be fi lled with the glorious Crider, who studied at Iowa from 1985 to 1987, and their survival, they must accept the reality of sounds of Verdi’s highly operatic work,” says Kristin Goeldner (BM ’85) have appeared in major roles at consequences. And they learn a valuable lesson Thelander, director of the School of Music. “We are the Metropolitan Opera. Gabbard (MA ’83 music) has about the importance of community. thrilled to welcome back our outstanding alumni as been a soloist with the Soldiers’ Chorus of the U.S. soloists: Michèle Crider, Katharine Goeldner, William Army Field Band for the past 14 years, and Julian (MA Into the Woods will be staged Jan. 25-Feb. 4, 2007, at Gabbard, and Kimm Julian. Many alumni and members ’80 music, DMA ’90) directs the opera workshop at E.C. Mabie Theatre. of the Iowa City community will remember the Minnesota State University and has sung major opera By Winston Barclay compelling performances they provided in University of roles worldwide. Iowa opera performances of the 1980s and ’90s.” Verdi’s Requiem will be staged Nov. 29, 2006, at Verdi wrote the Requiem to honor the Italian novelist Hancher Auditorium. Alessandro Manzoni, whom he revered as a writer and By Peter Alexander

The University of Iowa 33 The Texas Historical Commission has recognized Gwen K. Smith (PhD ’46 physical education and dance) with its Ruth Lester Kurtheinz Matzdorf (MFA ’54 art) has Lifetime Achievement Award for won the 2006 Lifetime Achievement contributions to historic pres- Award of the Society of North Ameri- ervation in Texas. A resident of can Goldsmiths. Matzdorf is professor San Marcos, Smith has served in emeritus at SUNY –New Paltz, where he numerous organizations, includ- founded the metal arts program. Known ing the Hays County Historical for his ceremonial art, he has exhibited in Commission. major U.S. and European museums.

Photo: Bob Wagner, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art

DepartmentNews Rosie Sizer (MA ’81 history) was named chief of police for Portland, Ore., in June 2006. Sizer, who served as interim chief from April to June, has been on Portland’s Police Bureau since Jazz pianist and vocalist Patricia Barber 1985, working in drugs and vice, (BA ’77 psychology) performed with her as head of detectives, and as quartet in Carnegie Hall, on the Zankel commander of Hall stage, in March 2006. The Chicago- the cen- area musician has made several record- tral and ings, appears regularly in the Windy southeast City, and has played nationwide and precincts. throughout Europe.

Yiyun Li (MS ’00 interdisciplinary stud- John P. Gillespie Jr. (BA ’67 political science, MFA ies, two MFAs ’05 English) won the 2006 ’74 English) is tapping the knowledge of 1,800 wine PEN/Hemingway Award for her debut col- consumers nationwide for his new Internet-based lection, A Thousand Years of Good Prayers. research company, Wine Opinions. Gillespie’s company has Douglas Trevor, professor of English, and done surveys for the Napa Valley Grape Growers and the Daniel Alarcón (MFA ’04 English) were California Association of Winegrape Growers and publishes fi nalists for the award, Trevor for The Thin a weekly e-newsletter. Tear in the Fabric of Space and Alarcón for War by Candlelight.

34 Arts & Sciences Arthur Vailas (PhD ’79 physical education) has been named president of Idaho State University; Richard Lariviere (BA ’72 religion) has been chosen to be provost at the University of Kansas; and Wabash College has named Patrick White (MA ’75, PhD ’80 English) as its new president. Ben Hecht (BS ’06 exercise sci- ence) won the 2006 Volvo for Life Friendship Want to know who played the 1978 Award for his World Series, how many bases were work with Best stolen, and if any of the players were Buddies Iowa, a not-for-profit organization from your state? Check out www. that matches volunteers and people with spe- Baseball-Reference.com, a site cre- cial needs for friendship and activities. ated by Sean Forman (PhD ’01 ap- plied mathematical and computational Brandon Routhsciences) (English that student fields 1998-99)30,000-40,000 starred hitsas the Man of Steelper day. in the Forman 2006 releaseis on the Superman math and Returns com-. The Gulfputer War sciencememoir faculty of Anthony at St. Joseph Swofford University. (MFA Rita Dove (MFA ’77 English) was one of ’01 English), titled Jarhead, was made into a 2005 film five recipients of the 2006 Common Wealth whose stars included Jamie Foxx and Jake Gyllenhall. Award of Distinguished Service. Dove is poet laureate of Virginia and teaches writing at the University of Virginia. Lawson Inada (writing student 1960-62) has been named poet laure- Oregon’s new health information ate of Oregon. Inada is professor emeritus of technology coordinator is Jody writing at Southern Oregon University. Pettit (BS ’84 general science, MA ’86 physi- cal education). Pettit, who earned her MD from Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, is a practicing physician and a faculty member at Oregon Health and Science Andrea Loest (BFA ’02 art) visited the UI campus in University. She will work to implement a state- April 2006 to lecture and exhibit her wearable art. Loest wide electronic health records system in Oregon. had a trunk show of apparel, inviting audience members to try on the items, and took a display to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. For more about Loest and her art, visit http://andrealoest.com.

The Hudson County, N.J., The Royal Shakespeare Com- Hall of Fame has inducted pany produced Eric Larue by Eugene Wettstone (BSPE Brett Neveu (BA ’92 theatre arts) ’37, MA ’38 physical educa- and Elective Affinities by David tion). Wettstone took three Adjmi (theatre arts graduate stu- NCAA gymnastic titles as dent 1998-2001) in April 2006 at a UI student and went on London’s Soho Theatre . The com- to coach gymnastics for 39 pany presented the plays together years at Penn State, where his as Postcards from America.

Photo courtesy Shannonof Brinkman Photo teams captured nine NCAA championships.

The University of Iowa 35 Discoveries By Gary W. Galluzzo

Imagine holding a paper copy of your favorite magazine, watching its ink dissolve, and seeing it automatically update itself with next month’s articles and pictures. As amazing as it sounds, such technological sleight of hand is in the process of being developed by a team headed by Leonard MacGillivray, associate professor of chemistry. In the Journal of the American Chemical Society, MacGillivray describes how organic semiconductors can be used to make electronic paper and other materials. He says that future news magazines, documents, and even the menu at your local restaurant may be reusable and less polluting.

Sexual reproduction may be hundreds of millions of years older than once thought, according to John M. Logsdon Jr., assistant professor of biological sciences and a member of the University’s Roy J. Carver Center for Comparative Genomics. In Current Biology, Logsdon offers evidence that sexual reproduction probably began as soon as eukaryotic life forms with cell nuclei and organelles—including protozoa, plants, animals, and fungi—branched off from prokaryotic, or bacterial, ancestors. His key fi nding: one of the earliest eukaryote branches has genes similar to those that other organisms need for sexual reproduction.

Graduate student Matt hew Zevenbergen and Robert Baller, assistant professor, both of sociology, teamed with Steven Messner, State University of New York, for a study on violence that they believe to be one of the fi rst of its kind. The researchers compared FBI and National Center for Health Statistics data on recent homicides for 10 southern states to reliable data on late-1800s to early-1900s lynchings. They found that homicide rates in the latter decades of the 20th century were high to very high in the Mississippi Delta and other states, roughly the same areas in which extreme lynching activity had occurred about a century earlier. Their research, published in American Sociological Review, was supported by the UI Center for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies.

Sasha Waters Freyer, associate professor of cinema and com- parative literature, describes her latest fi lm as a meditation on move- ment, monuments, and mortality. Titled Her Heart is Washed in Water & then Weighed, it was fi lmed in Rome, Italy, and premiered April 29, 2006, at the Athens [Ohio] International Film & Video Festival. Waters Freyer’s 2005 fi lm The Waiting Time, an autobiographical look at motherhood, recently won an Honorable Mention in Ex- perimental Film at the Humboldt International Short Film Festival. Razing Appalachia, her documentary about West Virginia coal min- ing, aired on PBS in 2003. Waters Freyer has begun work on a feature documentary about tourism development in rural America.

36 Arts & Sciences

CLASNOTES NEWS AND NOTES FROM THE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES Named Professorships Go to Three

Three College of Liberal Arts and Sciences faculty members have been appointed to named chairs, one of the highest honors the University bestows.

Mark Arnold Mark Arnold has been appointed to the Edwin B. Green Chair in Laser-Chemistry. Ar- nold, professor of chemistry, has research interests centering on development, character- ization, and implementation of chemical sensing technology. His recent work has focused on development of near-infrared spectroscopy for noninvasive chemical analysis, with ap- plications that include noninvasive measurement of blood glucose and other metabolites, blood and tissue lactate levels for critically ill patients, and systemic urea concentrations to optimize hemodialysis treatments and monitor the success of kidney transplants.

Dorothy Johnson Dorothy Johnson has been named Roy J. Carver Professor of Art History. Johnson, current director of the School of Art and Art History, specializes in 18th- and 19th-century French and European art and is an expert on the French artist Jacques-Louis David. Her books include Jacques-Louis David: Art in Metamorphosis (1993) and Jacques-Louis David: The Farewell of Telemachus and Eucharis (1997), and she is working on a book-length study of Romantic Hellenism in French art from David to Delacroix.

Horace Porter Horace Porter has been named F. Wendell Miller Professor of English and American Studies. Porter is an authority on novelist Ralph Ellison. His books include Stealing the Fire: The Art and Protest of James Baldwin (1989), Jazz Country: Ralph Ellison in America (2001), and a memoir, The Making of a Black Scholar: From Georgia to the Ivy League (2003). His current research includes a project on prison writings of African American writers and leaders and a study of contemporary African American public intellectuals.

The Edwin B. Green Chair in Laser-Chemistry is named for former Iowa City Press-Citizen editor Edwin B. Green. Carver professorships are endowed by a gift from the late Roy J. Carver Sr. and Lucille A. Carver of Muscatine, Iowa. Miller professorships are supported by the Miller Endowment Trust.

The University of Iowa 3 CLASNOTES Psychologist Is Faculty Fellow

Mark Blumberg, professor of psychology, has been named a Starch faculty fellow. Blumberg is a specialist in behavioral and cognitive neuroscience whose current research focus is sleep, particularly its development and function and the neural controls associated with it. He and his students are developing techniques to investigate sleep during infancy. Blumberg has written two books for nonspecialists: Body Heat: Temperature and Life on Earth (2002) and Basic Instinct: The Genesis of Behavior (2005). The Starch fellowships, funded by an endowment from Daniel and Amy Starch, are dedicated to research and teaching in areas related to communication.

Grads Receive Distinguished Alumni Awards

The University of Iowa Alumni Association recognized several CLAS alumni with Distinguished Alumni Awards during Alumni Weekend in June 2006.

Distinguished Alumni Achievement Awards went to Thomas J. Anderson (PhD ’58 music), an acclaimed composer, professor emeritus of music at Tuft s University, and member of the American Academy of Arts and Lett ers; Marvin Bell (MFA ’63 English), UI professor emeritus of Marvin Bell, left , is congratulated by UI Interim President Gary creative writing and Iowa’s fi rst poet laureate; Shanto Fethke aft er receiving a Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award. Iyengar (’71 MA, ’72 PhD political science), a leading scholar (Photo by Reggie Morrow, UI Alumni Association) on the media and politics and holder of the Chandler Chair in Communication at Stanford University; Ruth Van Roekel McGregor (BA’64, MA ’65 communication and theatre and Jerome K. Sherman (PhD ’54 zoology), renowned arts), chief justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona and cryobiologist and professor emeritus of anatomy at the law clerk to former U.S. Supreme Court justice Sandra Day University of Arkansas. O’Connor; David S. Milch (MFA ’70 English), creator of groundbreaking TV series NYPD Blue and Deadwood Greg Ganske (BA ’72 political science, MD ’76), former and writer for Hill Street Blues (see story on page 06); reconstructive surgeon and four-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives, was awarded a Distinguished Alumni Service Award.

3 Arts & Sciences In Memoriam

CLAS Names Collegiate Fellows Walter T. Atcherson, 75, Music, Aug. 25, 2006 The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences named four Collegiate Fellows for 2006 in recognition of distinguished teaching, research, and service to the college. Fellowship Paul E. Baender, 79, English, awards, which are supported by an unrestricted endowed gift to the college, help fund May 30, 2006 teaching and research activities. John P. Boyle, 74, Religious Studies, Feb. 23, 2006 Daniel Balderston, professor of Spanish and Portuguese, Thomas P. Branson, is a world-renowned authority on Argentine writer Jorge Luis 52, Mathematics, Borges and has made signifi cant contributions to the study of Mar. 11, 2006 gender and sexuality in Latin America. He has written eight Robert E. Buckles, 89, books, coauthored two, and edited or coedited nine. Balderston Chemistry, Sept. 4, 2006 is president of the International Institute of Iberoamerican Lit- Kenneth J. Cmiel, 51, erature, has served as chair of his department, and currently History, Feb. 4, 2006 directs the University’s Latin American Studies Program and its Jorge Luis Borges Center. Edward Dvoretzky, 74, German, Nov. 23, 2005 Constance Berman, professor of history, is a leading social historian of the Middle Ages. Berman has written two books James C. Hickman, on the Cistercian order and edited two on medieval women (MS ‘52, PhD ‘61 and religion. She has received fellowships from the National mathematical science), 79, Endowment for the Humanities and the Guggenheim Founda- Statistics and Actuarial tion and won a Regents Award for Faculty Excellence in 2005. Science, Sept. 10, 2006 She was a member of the American Historical Association’s James V. Hinrichs (BA ’63 Committee on Graduate Education (2000-03) and has served mathematical science), 64, on the University’s Graduate Council and Faculty Senate. Psychology, Jan. 18, 2006 Jerry Suls, professor of psychology, is a leader in three D. Martin Jenni, 68, Music, areas of research: self-esteem, social comparison processes, June 21, 2006 and health psychology. Suls, who has authored more than 150 Frank J. Kosier, 71, articles in peer-reviewed journals, has served on several sci- Mathematics, June 3, 2006 entifi c review boards at federal agencies and since 2003 has chaired the University’s Institutional Review Board for Social Valerie M. Lagorio, 80, and Behavioral Sciences. He has been elected to the Academy English, Mar. 7, 2006 of Behavioral Medicine Research, the Society of Experimental Dorothy T. McDonald, 79, Social Psychology, the Society of Behavioral Medicine, and two Music/Curriculum and sections of the American Psychological Association. Instruction, Sept. 4, 2005 Mark Weiger, professor of music, is a widely known per- Stow S. Persons, 92, History, former and recording artist as well as a master oboe teacher. Jan. 6, 2006 Weiger has edited and arranged numerous compositions for Joanna S. Ploeger-Tsoulous, oboe and double reed ensemble and has performed, recorded, 39, Communication and published new and neglected older works in the oboe rep- Studies, July 19, 2006 ertoire. He is the only oboist ever to have served as an artistic ambassador for the U.S. Information Agency. Weiger currently Lyle W. Shannon, 85, is associate director for instructional support and head of the Sociology, Dec. 20, 2005 woodwind area for the School of Music. James A. Van Allen (MS ’36, PhD ’39 physics and astronomy), 91, Physics and Astronomy, Aug. 9, 2006

The University of Iowa 3 CLAS NOTES For the Eyes and Ears

Saxophonist Kenneth Tse, associate professor of music, and pianist Alan Faculty Retirements Huckleberry, assistant professor of music, have published a CD featuring July 2005-June 2006 19th- and 20th-century works written or arranged for saxophone and piano. Nguyen P. Cac, Lyric Soprano includes compositions ranging from a virtuoso oboe study by Mathematics Antonino Pasculli that challenges the soloist to take a breath, to a romance Nicola D’Angelo, for piano by Gabriel Fauré, a tango for piano from Isaac Albéniz’s Suite Physics and Astronomy Española, a tango for fl ute and guitar by Astor Piazzolla, and saxophone works in all styles by Jérôme Naulais, Denis Bédard, and John C. Worley. Walter A. Dobrian, A prelude by Leonard Mark Lewis, written for Tse, caps the program. Spanish and Portuguese John E. Erickson, In The Book of a Hundred Hands, Cole Swensen, associate professor of Journalism and Mass creative writing, reveals the hand from different perspectives through Communication more than 100 short poems organized into nine sections: the hand’s Wolfgang Ertl, German history (chirologia), positions (grasp, fan), professions (anchor, nest), Arthur C. Fleck, representations (sculpted, etched), and anatomy (fi ngertips, fi st), American Computer Science Sign Language (the manual alphabet), shadow puppets (the fi rst movies), Harold M. Goff, gesture (hands ascending/descending), and paintings of possible hands Chemistry (Auguste Rodin, Cathedral). Christine H.B. Grant (BA ’70, PhD ’74 physical Edward A. Wasserman, professor of psychology, has coedited a new education and dance), book that showcases research in animal intelligence—an area that has Health and Sport Studies gained widespread scientifi c recognition over the past quarter century and has captured the public imagination as well. Comparative Cognition: Herbert W. Hethcote, Experimental Explorations of Animal Intelligence offers chapters that focus Mathematics on perception and illusion, attention, memory, spatial cognition, timing, Charles A. Hindes, conceptualization and categorization, pattern learning, tool fabrication and Art and Art History use, problem solving and behavioral fl exibility, and social cognition. J. Kenneth Kuntz, Religious Studies The recent trend in intellectual property law to privatize everything from Douglas K. Midgett, melodies to language to genes concerns Kembrew McLeod so much that he Anthropology has written a book about it. In Freedom of Expression: Overzealous Copyright Bozos and Other Enemies of Creativity, McLeod, associate professor of com- David R. Reynolds, munication studies, uses forms, practices, and artifacts such as hip-hop music Geography and digital sampling, patenting of seeds and human genes, visual collage art, Yvonne Slatton electronic voting, and computer software to illustrate his concerns about how (PhD ’70 physical turning creativity and culture into private property is affecting the way we education and dance), are allowed to express ourselves. Health and Sport Studies

40 Arts & Sciences Six Are Chosen as Alumni Fellows

Dean Linda Maxson has named six alumni fellows for 2006. Fellows return to campus for varied activities, including speaking to classes, meeting with faculty members, and making public presentations. Maxson established the Alumni Fellows program in 1999 with funds from the 6endowment of the UI Alumni Association Dean’s Chair in the Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Elizabeth Catlett (MFA ’40 art) is a renowned artist whose Marsha A. Martin (BA ’74 psychology, MSW ’75) is senior work appears in major museums throughout the United States deputy director of the Department of Health HIV/AIDS Admin- and Mexico. Catlett works in several media, including sculp- istration for the District of Columbia. Before entering public ture, woodcut, drawing, and painting. Throughout her career, service, Martin was on the School of Social Work faculty at she has drawn artistic inspiration from the working class and Hunter College. In 1999 she received the John C. Macy Award from African American identity and cultural traditions; she from the National Alliance to End Homelessness, and in 2001 once declared that art “has to belong to everyone.” One of her she received the Secretary’s Award from the U.S. Department early important works was the series “The Negro Woman,” and of Health and Human Services. In Washington, D.C., Martin in the 1960s Catlett produced many works focusing on the U.S. co-owns Ellington’s on Eighth, a neighborhood restaurant, and civil rights movement. Her recent commissions include works the Eighth Street Market, a grocery and deli, both of which to honor Ralph Ellison and Mary Church Terrell. employ the homeless.

Earl E. Fitz (BA ’68, MA ’70 Spanish) is a professor of Por- Carol E. Oukrop (MA ’65, PhD ’69 journalism) has done tuguese, Spanish, and comparative literature at Vanderbilt pioneering work on women in journalism and mass commu- University whose focus is Brazilian literature, particularly of nication. Oukrop served as director of the A.Q. Miller School the colonial period and 20th century. Fitz has been influential of Journalism and Mass Communications at Kansas State in promoting recognition of the comparative approach to Latin University for 11 years, during which time the school regained American literatures and has been a pioneer in the field of accreditation and attracted significant funding. She developed gender criticism. He is a widely published scholar whose books one of the first courses on gender issues in the mass media include Inter-American Literature and Criticism: An Electronic and coedited Seeking Equity for Women in Journalism and Mass Annotated Bibliography, Sexuality and Being in the Poststructural- Communication Education: A 30-Year Update. In 1997 the ist Universe of Clarice Lispector: The Différance of Desire, and Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communi- Brazilian Narrative Traditions in a Comparative Context. cation presented Oukrop with its Outstanding Contribution to Women in Journalism and Mass Communication Award. Aquiles Iglesias (PhD ’78 speech pathology and audiology) is dean of the graduate school at Temple University and former Thomas E. Romesser (MS ’73 physics and astronomy, PhD chair of the Communication Sciences Department in Temple’s ’74 physics) has spent his career in the aerospace industry, first College of Health Professions. Iglesias has made significant at TRW Incorporated and then at Northrup Grumman, where contributions to speech pathology and to multicultural educa- he is Vice President of Technology Development. Romesser tion and higher education. His work in the area of assessment has been instrumental in developing high-energy lasers for for Spanish-English speaking children has provided a model land, air, and space defense systems. He also has made sig- useful for work with any bilingual population. A fellow of the nificant contributions to medicine, providing leadership in American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Iglesias also a step toward producing the palladium-103 isotope used to has served as associate director of the National Center on Inner treat prostate cancer. In 2002 Romesser was made a fellow of Cities, which focuses on increasing the success of students at the Directed Energy Professional Society, and in 2003 he was inner-city schools. elected to the National Academy of Engineering.

The University of Iowa 41 TWOfor Adventure Carl Stuart (BA ’69 political science) and Claire Field Stuart (BA ’69 elementary education) met as University of Iowa students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Aft er graduating, they spent six months in Peru, where both worked as English teachers.

“We were 11,000 feet up in the Andes, where nobody spoke Both Carl and Claire agree that their CLAS education English, and we didn’t speak Spanish,” Carl recalls. “That helped them learn to welcome new possibilities and adventure changed our lives.” equipped them to excel, no matt er what their professions.

The two were married aft er returning from Peru. Aft er “The articulation and critical-thinking skills I learned at the that, Carl says, his career “followed a crooked line.” He University always serve me well,” Carl says. served in the National Guard and worked for his father-in- law’s clothing business in Waterloo, Iowa, before he and Claire adds, “My professors taught me how to ask important Claire moved to Austin, Tex., where he pursued a career in questions and helped me to open my mind to diff erent ways fi nance—work that proved to be satisfying and profi table. of thinking—skills that have been instrumental in my work with children.” Today, Carl owns a successful investment management company and for more than 11 years has hosted Money The Stuarts have made annual gift s to the University Talk, a popular weekly call-in show on Austin’s KLBJ radio. and CLAS for decades. Recently, they increased their In 2002 he was selected by Registered Rep., the leading philanthropic commitment to the college by establishing the industry magazine, as one of the top 10 fi nancial advisors endowed Carl W. and Claire Field Stuart CLAS Excellence in the country. He also teaches courses in fi nancial and and Innovation Fund. investment planning at the University of Texas. Excellence and Innovation Funds are awarded by the dean Claire took time off from teaching elementary school to of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to departments raise their three children, then earned a master’s degree in initiating creative new programs to increase visibility, counseling from Texas State University. She now works as a excellence, and reputation. counselor specializing in the treatment of adolescents. “It’s like giving to your friends,” Carl says of his and Claire’s “Aft er I had messed up my own kids,” she jokes (the Stuarts support for Iowa, among other favorite philanthropic are very proud of all three of their off spring, now ages 25, causes. “It all comes down to a fondness for the University. 28, and 31), “it was time to move on to someone else’s.” The four years we spent there were seminal in our lives, and our UI education gave us the confi dence to seek adventure.” By Jen Knights Photo by Rex Bavousett

4 Arts & Sciences From the Executive Director of Development

This is a time of unprecedented change in the College of Among CLAS campaign highlights is the $26.81 million Liberal Arts and Sciences. Today’s students have access to op- raised to support CLAS students—and this area continues portunities in the classroom and laboratory that were beyond to be a priority for fund-raising. Student support funds allow reach even a decade ago. Page through this issue of Arts & Iowa to attract high-achieving students, and in some cases Sciences and you can see to bridge fi nancial gaps evidence of the wide and that determine whether ever-increasing range of some students are able to opportunities available for go to college at all. These students and graduates funds also help provide of the college—and you graduate and research can read about how our assistantships that al- educators use innovative low our departments to approaches to give students stay competitive when the best possible education. vying for the enrollment For this we can thank of outstanding graduate you, our generous alumni students. And, of course, and friends. With your there is almost no limit to support, CLAS creates, the demand for student expands, and enhances op- aid for undergraduate portunities and resources students. available to our students. We will also con- And with your help, it just tinue to emphasize CLAS keeps getting better. The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences development team (left to right): Excellence and Inno- Jeff Liebermann, executive director of development; Bridget Wombacher, The University-wide vation Funds (see story assistant director of development; and Margaret Reese, director of fund-raising effort called development (Photo by Tom Langdon, UI Foundation) on page 42), which sup- Good. Better. Best. Iowa: The port the college’s strategic Campaign to Advance Our Great University generated nearly planning goal “to foster and support the visibility and leadership $1.06 billion between Jan. 1, 1999, and Dec. 31, 2005, making of our faculty in research, scholarship, and creative work.” The University of Iowa one of the smallest public institutions to In addition, we will be actively raising funds for facilities, in- break the $1 billion barrier. The CLAS portion of the campaign cluding the exciting new Art Building West and renovations at was also a great success, with more than 18,000 alumni and the Chemistry Building. friends committing $76.11 million to students, faculty, facilities, CLAS development efforts have come a long way in recent programs, and annual fund support. years—and it’s clear that most of the credit goes to the alumni, Even as we celebrate the success of Good. Better. Best. Iowa, friends, faculty, and staff who stand behind our efforts. Director the CLAS development team is hard at work pursuing new of Development Margaret Reese, Assistant Director of Develop- sources of funding for the college and its programs. ment Bridget Wombacher, and I are grateful for all you’ve done in the past, and we look forward to working with you for years to come.

With sincere gratitude,

Jeff Liebermann Executive Director of Development College of Liberal Arts and Sciences The University of Iowa Foundation

The University of Iowa 43 UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Facts and Figures Departments and Programs Top-Ranked Undergraduate Programs, African American World Studies Departments, and Schools American Studies Anthropology Rank Program/Department or School Art and Art History 1 Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology Asian Languages and Literature 1 Actuarial Science Biological Sciences (Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science) Chemistry 5 Department of American Studies Cinema and Comparative Literature 6 Developmental Psychology Classics (Department of Psychology) Communication Studies 8 Department of Theatre Arts Computer Science (Division of Performing Arts) English 18 School of Journalism and Mass Communication French and Italian 20 Department of English Geography Geoscience German Top-Ranked Graduate Programs, Health and Sport Studies Departments, and Schools History Among Public Institutions Integrative Physiology Division of Interdisciplinary Programs Rank Program/Department or School Journalism and Mass Communication 1 Audiology Linguistics (Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology) Mathematics 1 Speech/Language Pathology Division of Performing Arts (Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology) Dance 1 Writers’ Workshop Music 2 Printmaking Theatre Arts (School of Art and Art History) Philosophy 2 Social Psychology Physics and Astronomy (Department of Sociology) Political Science 4 Art and Design Psychology (School of Art and Art History) Religious Studies 5 Paleontology Rhetoric (Department of Geoscience) Russian 6 Plasma Physics Social Work (Department of Physics and Astronomy) Sociology 7 Painting/Drawing Spanish and Portuguese (School of Art and Art History) Speech Pathology and Audiology 10 Clinical Psychology Statistics and Actuarial Science (Department of Psychology) Women’s Studies 12 Department of Political Science 15 Department of English Interdisciplinary Majors 17 Department of History Environmental Sciences 25 Department of Psychology Interdepartmental Studies 29 Department of Biological Sciences International Studies Leisure Studies Liberal Studies Literature, Science, and the Arts Performing Arts Entrepreneurship Total CLAS living alumni:~125,305 (as of spring 2006) Total CLAS undergraduate enrollment:~16,827 (as of fall 2005) Total CLAS graduate enrollment:~2,372 (as of fall 2005) College Administration and Alumni Leadership Dean’s Advisory Board Administration

Leon J. Aden (BS ’80, MS ’82) Leon L. Langlitz (MS ’82) Linda Maxson Supervisor, Nigeria Block 209 Geoscience Vice President and Principal Dean ExxonMobil Development Company Lewis & Ellis, Inc. Houston, Tex. Overland Park, Kans. Raúl Curto Executive Associate Dean Kay Braverman (MA ’69), Vice Chair Charles W. Lanham (BA ’61) Partner and Co-owner Director of Human Resources (Retired) Helena De mer Lepic-Kroeger Realtors Protection Mutual Insurance Co. Associate Dean for Academic Iowa City, Iowa Park Ridge, Ill. Programs and Services *Lee Anna Clark Linda D. Newkirk (BS ’74, MA ’79) Joseph Kearney Professor Vice President Associate Dean for Research and Department of Psychology Regional Representative Development College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc. Boston, Mass. The University of Iowa Marc Armstrong Iowa City, Iowa David R. Rice (BA ’88) Interim Associate Dean for Research and Development (Fall 2006) Nile S. Dusdieker (BA ’70, BM ’70, MD ’74) Hospital Specialty Divisional Manager Internists P.C. Forest Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Cedar Rapids, Iowa Sea le, Wash.

Marion L. Elmquist (BA ’72) Kevin L. Roberg (BS ’73) Chief Operating Offi cer (Retired) General Partner IRIS, Inc. Kelsey Capital Management Des Moines, Iowa Merrifi eld, Minn.

Francis A. Glowacki (BS ’86) Dana M. Roberson (BA ’87) President HDNet WealthEngine.com Denver, Colo. Bethesda, Md. Richard L. Sevcik (BA ’82) Jeff rey G. Grisamore (BA ’81), Chair Member President Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLC EGR International Chicago, Ill. New York, N.Y. Irma E. Simpson (BM ’71) Laurel J. Harbour (BA ’69, MA ’71, JD ’74) Manager Partner Ganne Foundation Shook, Hardy, and Bacon LLP McLean, Va. Kansas City, Mo. Diane G. Sprenger (BA ’76) Barbara J. Hogg (BA ’82) Consultant Consultant S.N.A.P. Consulting Co. Hewi Associates Chicago, Ill. Lincolnshire, Ill. Priscilla Ann Mabie Stewart (BA ’48) Jill A. Jensen (BA ’79, MBA ’80) Professor of Art History Director Manatee Community College Omnium Worldwide, Inc. Bradenton, Fla. Omaha, Neb. Leonard R. Wanger (BS ’87) Jeff rey C. Langel (BA ’79, MBA ’80) Portfolio Manager William Harris Investors, Inc. CFO, Treasurer The University of Iowa prohibits discrimination in employment, Telerent Leasing Corporation Chicago, Ill. educational programs, and activities on the basis of race, national Raleigh, N.C. origin, color, creed, religion, sex, age, disability, veteran status, sexual *New Board Member orientation, gender identity, or associational preference. The University also affi rms its commitment to providing equal opportunities and equal access to University facilities. For additional information contact the Offi ce of Equal Opportunity and Diversity, 319-335-0705. visit us at: www.clas.uiowa.edu/alumni/index.html.

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