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AIS Newsletter Winter 2009 THE SCHOOL OF AMERICAN AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FALL/WINTER 2009 AIS OCCURRENCES AIS FACULTY AIS Alumni, Students, UPDATES and Faculty Convene Roark Atkinson presented a The first AIS Alumni and AIS and student gathering was held on paper titled “Empirical Wonders: Tuesday, November Sense and Faith at Scottish Revivals, 1690–1750” at the 17, 2009 in the American Society of Church Trustees Pavilion, History meeting in San Diego, CA 7-9 PM. Six of the on January 9, 2010. members of the Lisa Cassidy organized a panel newly created AIS discussion on “Feminism in the Classroom” at the Feminist Ethics Alumni Advisory and Social Theory conference in Board, Antonietta Clearwater Beach, Florida in “Toni” Brower, September. One of Lisa Cassidy's Steve Fonder, Cathy contributions to AskPhilosophers.org will be Moran Hajo, included in the forthcoming volume Thomas M. Photo courtesy RCNJ Press Center continued on page 2 Ask Philosophers: Ethics. AskPhilosophers.org is a free website - you ask and philosophers Professor Carter Jones answer! Meyer Wins Bischoff Award continued on page 4 Carter Jones Meyer, Professor and Convener of History, has received the 2009 Henry Bischoff Award for Excellence in Inside This Issue Teaching. Professor Edna Negron, Chair of the Award Committee, 1 AIS Alumni Convene stated, “Dr. Meyer has a demonstrated record as an effective and 1 AIS Faculty Updates inspiring teacher, who has 1 Professor wins Bischoff Award creatively engaged students in the 2 Undergraduate Alumni News study of American history in both 2 Student News specialty and general education 3 AIS Clubs and Organizations courses.” The Award Committee 5 First Year Seminar Field Trip praised her interdisciplinary 7 Author Speaks on Genocide approach to teaching and her 7 Rwanda Film Screened Photo courtesy RCNJ Press Center Photo courtesy RCNJ Press ability “to excite General 8 Harvard Professor’s Workshop This issue of AIS Occurrences was Education students about produced and edited by Professors Roark Atkinson, Risa Gorelick, and continued on page 2 Michael Unger. PAGE 1 THE SCHOOL OF AMERICAN AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FALL/WINTER 2009 AIS Alumni Bischoff Award continued !om page 1 continued !om page 1 Undergraduate Hewitt, Jonathan N. Marcus Esq., American history, encourage Alumni News and Scott W. Stahlmann, nine upper level students to think Recent Literature graduate Patrick AIS faculty members Professor critically and challenge Stickles is the lead singer and songwriter of up and coming indy Yvette Kisor, Professor Pinar stereotypical myths about the rock band Titus Andronicus (named Kayaalp, Professor Lisa Cassidy, American West, supervise their for a Shakespeare play Patrick read Professor Cliff Peterson, internships and enrich their in Professor Don Fucci’s Professor Erick Castellanos, experiential components with Shakespeare Plays course). Their CD, The Airing of Grievances, has Professor Ron Hayashida, visits to historic sites, been favorably reviewed in Spin and Professor Rosetta D’Angelo, particularly in the Ramapo- Blender, national music magazines. Professor Anthony Padovano, Hudson region.” The Committee As the band's name suggests, Titus and Professor Michael Unger, also praised her work as co- Andronicus tends toward very literate songs, with song titles drawn and 28 students attended this founder and faculty advisor to from Shakespeare, Hunter event. the History Tutoring Fellows Thompson, and Albert Camus. One of their signature songs, “Fear and The evening began by a panel program, “a successful peer-to- peer-program in which students Loathing in Mahwah, NJ,” surely discussion consisting of three has the ring of Ramapo to it! ❑ students and three alumni. The help each other succeed in Student News student members of the panel coursework assignments, test preparation and paper reviews.” Elizabeth Gilmour won the were: Marissa Dragone (Senior King Scholarship from the New History Major), Elizabeth Dr. Meyer received her award and Jersey Martin Gilmour (Senior International gave a presentation on her teaching Luther King Commemorative Studies Major), and Boris philosophy in a special ceremony Commission ($5,000). Elizabeth held in the York Room of the was nominated by Professor Erick Glazman (Senior International Castellanos. Studies Major). The Alumni Mansion on September 9. ❑ Students Matt Heitman, Evan panelists were: Antonietta “Toni” Brown, and Ravi Gurumurthy (now Brower ’02, Thomas M. a graduate) represented Hewitt ’75, and Scott W. Ramapo at the International Stahlmann ’79. Panel Psychohistorical Association conference in members discussed their June, 2009 at Fordham academic and experiential University, with a lengthy experiences at the panel discussion on College and in AIS. “Political and Psychological Insights on the First One Alumni provided advice Hundred Days of the Obama and guidance on career Presidency,” winning the paths, and graduate/ Emilio Bernabei Prize— professional school with a plaque and stipend— for their outstanding work. opportunities. This was the culmination of The panel discussion their independent study with Titus Andronicus performing in 2008. Source: Wikipedia Professor Paul Elovitz. Dean was followed by two Hassan Nejad’s funding of round tables involving the students to do faculty/student faculty, alumni, and students. ❑ research had also encouraged these dedicated students. ❑ PAGE 2 THE SCHOOL OF AMERICAN AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FALL/WINTER 2009 AIS CLUBS AND and national identities in the late hosted a lecture by Dr. Lynne Ottoman Empire. RCHC also co- Carmikle on “Are Emotions ORGANIZATIONS sponsored a number of events Biological or Social?” with the Center for Holocaust & Student and Faculty Events Genocide Studies and the AIS “The Latinoization of the AIS Club Events Colloquium Series. Prof. Tae Americas: Structural Realities, The Anthropology Club Yang Kwak is the Club’s faculty Fluid Identities” organized “Do You Actually Eat advisor. The Latino/a and Latin American That?” Students and faculty The Literature Club continues Studies program received a grant brought in something they enjoy its tradition of Wednesday night from the Platinum Series for a eating that others might find meetings at 10:00 p.m. in the Latinoization of the Americas strange, distasteful, horrific, or second floor lounge of the ASB symposium celebrated in repulsive. They explained how building under the able direction October. The symposium they began to eat this and what of Mike Stringer featured twelve outside speakers significance, if any, it had to ([email protected]) and and seven panels on such topics them. Items included dishes from Heather Kristian st ([email protected]). New as Latin America in the 21 various cultural traditions to century, reporting on Latin eclectic personal tastes. members always welcome. Professor Yvette Kisor is the America and Latino USA, The Ramapo College History Latinos and the census, Latino Club (RCHC) continued to Club’s faculty advisor. ([email protected]) and Latin American literature, bring historians to campus as part transnational Latino of is Speaker Series. In communities, José Martí’s “Our September, Prof. Marilyn Young, In November, the Philosophy and Anthropology Clubs co- America,” and people and the author of Iraq and the Lessons of environment in the Amazon Vietnam: Or, How Not to Learn Basin. The panels were all from the Past (2008) chaired by Ramapo faculty. and Bombing Civilians: A There were also film screenings Twentieth-Century in conjunction with the History (2009), presented Cinematheque and the Center for “Necessary Wars of Choice” Holocaust Studies. ❑ about the current American wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and First Year Seminar Field Trip lessons from the Vietnam War. By Yvette Kisor Her book, The Vietnam Wars, 1945-1990 (1991), is used in On Sunday, 18 October the FYS several classes at Ramapo students were taken to see a College. In November, Prof. rendition of Charles Smith’s Elektra Kostopoulou of Istanbul award-winning play, Free Man of Bilgi Universitesi presented, Color. This three-person play “Negotiating Space in the revolves around John Newton Eastern Mediterranean: The Case Templeton, an ex-slave and the of Crete,” about the fluidity and ambiguity of religious, cultural, Latina/Latin American Studies Symposium continued on page 5 PAGE 3 THE SCHOOL OF AMERICAN AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES SPRING/SUMMER 2009 AIS FACULTY symposium “What Makes continued !om page 1 Europeans European?” Elovitz has presented papers at the 32nd Erick Castellanos presented a International Psychohistorical paper entitled, “The National and Association meeting, the Manhattan Transnational Lives of Corn: headquarters of the World Technological, Political, Edible Association for the Advancement of Object,” at the Society for the Psychoanalysis, and at the Social Studies of Science Association for the Psychoanalysis Conference in Washington, D.C. He of Culture and Society (APCS). On also organized and chaired the November 7, 2009, Elovitz session “Political Charisma” at the presented on the psychology of American Anthropological health care reform in Manhattan, Association annual meetings in together with colleagues from NYU Philadelphia, PA, in which he also and the U. of Massachusetts. presented the paper “Charm, Risa Gorelick published three Polenta, and Pasta Sauce: Italian podcasts/e-lectures for Pearson Political Charisma.” His Food and Professional Services on “Focusing Culture course visited Glynwood First-Year Composition on Food Farm in Cold Spring, NY
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