in honor of RETIRING FACULTY 2020

A thank you to our writers

These remarkable biographies are a testament to the wonderfully warm, collegial relationships at IU Bloomington.

Each profile within this publication was written by a colleague of the retiring faculty member. Each conveys beautifully the dedication, contributions, and spirit of the individual. Each displays an intimate knowledge of the faculty member’s body of work. And each reveals the depth of admiration these incredible scholars and teachers have inspired.

I offer my most sincere thanks to our writers for taking the time to craft these thoughtful and detailed biographies. You have done a great service to the IU Bloomington community in honoring the service of your friends.

Lauren Robel Provost, Indiana University Bloomington

Retiring Faculty / 1 HONORING

Linda Sugioka Abe Michael S. Chabin Gerardo M. González Senior Lecturer of Second Professor Professor Language Studies Luddy School of Informatics, School of Education College of Arts and Sciences Computing, and Engineering Daniel Joseph Greiner Rajendra Madhukar Abhyankar Devin A. DeWeese Clinical Associate Professor of Finance Professor of Practice Professor Kelley School of Business O’Neill School of Public Hamilton Lugar School of Global and Environmental Affairs and International Studies Michael Grossberg Sally Reahard Professor in U.S. History Jonlee Andrews Arthur Benoit Eklof to 1865 Clinical Professor and Director Professor of History College of Arts and Sciences of the Consumer Marketing Academy College of Arts and Sciences Kelley School of Business David Carlton Haeberle Barbara Jeanne Erwin Clinical Professor W. Claude Baker Jr. Clinical Associate Professor Kelley School of Business Class of 1956 Chancellor’s Professor School of Education Jacobs School of Music Mary Ann Hart Joseph G. Fisher Professor of Music (Voice) Ernesto Bitetti Professor and Harry C. Sauvain Chair Jacobs School of Music Professor and Chair of Guitar Kelley School of Business Department Julia R. Heiman Jacobs School of Music Jorja Fleezanis Professor of Psychological Dorothy Richard Starling Chair and Brain Sciences Arthur Bradley in Violin, Head Coach and Creative College of Arts and Sciences Professor Director of Orchestral Studies School of Optometry Jacobs School of Music Janet A. Hillier Clinical Associate Professor Clifford W. Brooks Jr. David Joseph Flinders Kelley School of Business Professor Professor School of Optometry School of Education Ronald A. Hites Distinguished Professor James Gerald Brophy Karen Michele Forrest O’Neill School of Public and Chairperson and Professor, Professor of Speech, Language, Environmental Affairs Director of the Geological Field Station and Hearing Sciences College of Arts and Sciences College of Arts and Sciences Stephen Houghton Professor of Jazz and Percussion Keith Allen Buckley Ralph F. Gaebler Jacobs School of Music Director of the Jerome Hall Law Associate Librarian, International and Library, Associate Librarian, Collection Foreign Law, and Lecturer in Law Yoshihisa Kitagawa Development Librarian, and Senior Maurer School of Law Professor of Linguistics Lecturer in Law College of Arts and Sciences Maurer School of Law Glenn Gass Provost Professor and Rudy Professor Jacobs School of Music

2 / Indiana University Bloomington Daniel Curtis Knudsen Kenneth Lee Roberson Professor of Geography Professor of Practice College of Arts and Sciences College of Arts and Sciences

Arlen W. Langvardt Jeanne M. Sept Professor of Business Law and Graf Professor Family Professor College of Arts and Sciences Kelley School of Business Kathy Overhulse Smith Mitzi Lewison Clinical Associate Professor of English Professor of Literacy, Culture, and Director of Administrative and and Language Education Instructional Affairs School of Education College of Arts and Sciences

Scott B. MacKenzie Raymond Smith Professor of Marketing and Neal Clinical Associate Professor Gilliatt Chair School of Education Kelley School of Business Bruce Michael Solomon Terrence C. Mason Professor of Mathematics Professor of Curriculum and Instruction College of Arts and Sciences and Dean Emeritus School of Education Anne Dopkins Stright Associate Professor Suzanne Menzel School of Education Senior Lecturer of Computer Science Luddy School of Informatics, Alicia Maria Vitti Computing, and Engineering Senior Lecturer, French and Italian College of Arts and Sciences Eugene O’Brien Professor of Music (Composition) Nona K. Watt Jacobs School of Music Associate Librarian, Assistant Director for Technical Services, and Lecturer Gary Pike in Law Professor Maurer School of Law School of Education Stephen Watt Jamie Pratt Provost Professor of English Professor of Accounting College of Arts and Sciences Kelley School of Business Jeffrey R. White William W. Rasch Professor of Public Professor of Germanic Studies and Environmental Affairs College of Arts and Sciences O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs

Retiring Faculty / 3 4 / Indiana University Bloomington LINDA SUGIOKA ABE

Linda S. Abe retired in May 2019 as developed English as a Second Language coordinator of the academic English and English for Specific Purposes short- Language Improvement program for term programs at Indiana University. She students matriculated at Indiana developed the highest degree of expertise University. Linda enjoyed a long career at in oral skills, pronunciation, fluency IU with 34 years of teaching in the field of development, and listening skills. Linda’s teaching English to Speakers of Other teaching included the support of both Languages (TESOL) in a variety of undergraduate and graduate students in teaching positions. Linda’s history at academic English. She was also a mentor Indiana University started as an to graduate student associate instructors. undergraduate student in the School of As a teachers’ mentor, Linda introduced Education. She earned a Bachelor of many new graduate students to teaching. Science in Education in June 1971. Upon As a coordinator, she skillfully managed graduation, she moved to New York City, and adjudicated conflicts between students pursuing a career in acting. She enrolled at and instructors. Linda also contributed to the New School for Social Research, graduate student teaching by teaching receiving a certificate in intensive Japanese sections of the graduate TESOL practicum. in 1974. In 1977, Linda made a decisive Linda also coordinated a range of career move: She left New York for Japan activities related to English for academic to teach English at the Hirosaki Gakuin purposes. This coordination included the Seiai High School, Hirosaki Gakuin promoted to senior lecturer in the role of administration of the Indiana Academic College, and Hirosaki University, which coordinator in 2014. Linda’s interests in English Test (IAET) placement exam. It she did until 1984. This central experience TESOL are best described as the also required coordinating with the Office abroad led Linda to the field of applied confluence of a deep interest in language of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate linguistics and set the stage for her later and linguistics and of a calling to serve Education (OVPUE), the Office of the career with international students in the others. Linda greatly enjoyed teaching and Registrar, the Office of International United States. Linda returned to her alma facilitating the teaching of others. Linda Admissions, and the First Year Experience mater for further graduate training in the obtained a Master of Divinity degree from Office, as well as other campus units. She fields of linguistics and second language Christian Theological Seminary in 2004. co-organized the beginning-of-year acquisition. She earned her M.A. in Linda also contributed to the training workshops for new graduate Applied Linguistics in 1985 and her Ph.D. advancement of others in the field of student instructors, in addition to actively in Linguistics in 1999. In her academic TESOL through frequent presentations at assisting the mentoring and professional career, Linda developed an interest in oral professional organizations such as the development of lecturers and graduate skills, producing a dissertation entitled Annual Teachers of English to Speakers of student instructors in the program. She “The Effects of Discourse Structure Other Languages Convention, the Indiana also assisted the departmental office in Training and Interviews with Native Teachers of English to Speakers of Other scheduling. Speakers on L2 Listening Comprehension.” Languages Convention (INTESOL), and Linda was engaged in university In January 1985, Linda started her the American Council on the Teaching of faculty affairs through her service on the long teaching career at Indiana University. Foreign Languages. With Vance Schaefer Non-Tenure Track Task Force. She was As she was about to embark on her Ph.D. and Isabelle Darcy, Linda just published a co-chair of Non-Tenure Track coursework, she started as an associate paper entitled “The Distress in Not Subcommittee of the Faculty Affairs instructor in the Intensive English Stressing and De-stressing Stress in Committee. She also served on the Program—a program for pre-matriculated English: Using Wordplay to Boost Bloomington Faculty Council Diversity and students. Students in the Intensive English Awareness, Intelligibility, and Affirmative Action Committee. The Program typically seek to develop their Communicative Competence” in the Department of Second Language Studies academic English skills in order to seek first-tier publication TESOL Journal. thanks Linda for her many years of admission to an institution of higher Over the course of her career, Linda dedication to student training. Indeed, learning in the United States. In 1990, developed significant teaching experience generations of budding teachers and of Linda became a full-time instructor in that in reading, writing, listening, grammar, international and domestic multilingual program. In 2001, she transitioned to the and speaking, and teaching at diverse students seeking to enhance their lives academic English Language Improvement levels of proficiency—including the writing have benefited from her dedication and Program for matriculated Indiana of research papers. She also had extensive support. University students. Linda started her experience and success in developing duties as coordinator of the Intensive pedagogical materials. Linda assisted in Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig English Program in 2006 at the rank of the development of English as a Foreign Laurent Dekydtspotter lecturer, after holding the position in an Language and English for Specific acting capacity the previous year. She was Purposes programs in Japan, and

Retiring Faculty / 5 RAJENDRA MADHUKAR ABHYANKAR

This is the third time Ambassador Rajendra Abhyankar has retired. At the time of his first retirement in 2005, Ambassador Abhyankar was India’s ambassador to the European Union, NATO, Belgium, and Luxembourg, culminating a 37-year career in the service of Indian diplomacy. Ambassador Abhyankar served as Indian ambassador to Azerbaijan, Syria, and Turkey; high commissioner to Cyprus; and deputy high commissioner to Sri Lanka. He also was India’s consul general in San Francisco at a time when the technology sectors of India and the United States were collaborating to help create Silicon Valley. After retiring from the Indian foreign ministry, Ambassador Abhyankar put his fluency in French, Italian, Greek, Turkish, Arabic, and four Indian languages to good use. He worked in the areas of academics, corporate philanthropy, consulting, and international Track II dialogues¾informal diplomacy that helps maintain and Northern Vietnam to research the how Ambassador Abhyankar negotiated strengthen communication on issues biodiversity of a country that many with former Iraqi President Saddam critical to the India–United States bilateral Americans know only as the site of a Hussein, tracked down Hezbollah leaders relationship and international community. long-ago war. And while at the O’Neill who had kidnapped United Nations The dialogues also deal with issues school, Ambassador Abhyankar has peacekeepers, and helped apprehend an between India and its neighbors, initiated collaborations among several international terrorist who was wanted in Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. educational institutions in India India and hiding in the United Arab Additionally, Ambassador Abhyankar was and elsewhere. Emirates. Ambassador Abhyankar has also director of the Center for West Asian Also at Indiana University, co-authored three books on Indian foreign (Middle East) Studies and a professor at Ambassador Abhyankar has been a prolific policy in relation to Sri Lanka, Jamia Millia Islamia University in New writer, authoring six books during his time Afghanistan, and the Congo. Delhi, director and advisor for The Asia on the O’Neill School faculty. His most Ambassador Abhyankar Foundation’s program in India, and recent monograph is about Syria, a country currently holds positions in a number president of the Hinduja Foundation wracked by civil war. Faculty colleagues of philanthropic and charitable in Mumbai. speak of his research as being right out of a foundations. He is chair of the Kunzru In 2011, Ambassador Abhyankar spy thriller. Employing his fluent Arabic Centre for Defense Studies and Research again retired from several of these language skills and numerous Middle in Pune, India. In this third retirement, positions to begin his long-standing Eastern connections, Ambassador Ambassador Abhyankar expects to affiliation with Indiana University as a Abhyankar flew to Beirut, then drove to continue to speak about international diplomat-in-residence at the Center for Damascus to see the country and the affairs at universities and think American and Global Security and a battlefields and to speak to Syria’s leaders tanks around the world and to contribute professor of practice at the O’Neill School before writing Syria: The Tragedy of a to newspapers and journals on of Public and Environmental Affairs. His Pivotal State. The book will be published international issues. research interests have included in 2020 by Oxford University Press. Ambassador Abhyankar and his wife international relations and diplomacy. Another monograph, Stuff Happens: of more than 50 years, Paulomi, will reside Moreover, Ambassador Abhyankar has An Anecdotal Insight into Indian in Mumbai and Pune in India and expect taught courses in the art and practice of Diplomacy, has served as the basis for to continue to travel to Europe to visit their diplomacy and the O’Neill School’s lectures across the Indiana University sons and grandchildren. He also plans to capstone course for graduate students. campus to help students better understand finish his Ph.D. at the University of Pune. Known for his commitment to students the complexity and occasional dangers of and service-learning, Ambassador international diplomacy in the shadows Steven Raymer Abhyankar has taken Indiana University between war and peace. The book details students as far afield as the jungles of

6 / Indiana University Bloomington JONLEE ANDREWS

“We have found her weakness: She cares.” candid, collegial, and caring. And to a Observation about Superman by Lex Luthor, person, students recognize that they are paraphrased who they are and where they are in large Jonlee is retiring, following a distinguished measure because of Jonlee’s presence in career marked by important contributions their lives. in every aspect of life as a university Jonlee’s impact on Kelley and IU professor. Her accomplishments are rich in goes well beyond her research and their breadth and inspiring in the teaching. She has been a dedicated and motivations that led to them. Jonlee’s life effective academic program leader. Jonlee story in academe is characterized by going served for six years as associate chair of the extra mile for the greater good, the M.B.A. program, where she managed whether through her scholarly work, her student recruiting and admissions before teaching, or her service as an academic serving as program chair for four years. program leader. We have long known that During her leadership period, the program a few dedicated people can make lasting saw material improvements in student improvements in the trajectory of an quality, diversity, and satisfaction with the organization. In the life story of the program. And even during the depths of Indiana University Kelley School of the great recession, job placement rates Business, Professor Jonlee Andrews is one and starting salaries remained strong. of those special people. Most recently, at the request of Provost Jonlee earned her Ph.D. in Business Jonlee is a highly regarded M.B.A. Robel, she is sharing what she has learned from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and executive education program teacher. about graduate student recruiting by in 1992. During that time, she clearly She is the only female professor to date to providing hands-on advising to other demonstrated the trademark drive and receive the Lilly Outstanding M.B.A. academic programs on campus. character that underpin excellence. She Teaching Award, the most prestigious While Jonlee is certainly dedicated to stepped up to help the marketing teaching honor at the Kelley School. Jonlee Indiana University and the Kelley School, department by teaching five different is adept at leading highly discussion- she is also grateful for all the university courses over four years, while at the same oriented classes. She is revered by many and the school have done for her. She time cultivating an ambitious research international students for the encouraging readily acknowledges that the school program and raising a young daughter. way she draws them into the discussion brought out the best in her and made her Upon graduation, she served on the faculty and for her deft touch at seamlessly a better scholar and teacher. And while of the Weatherhead School of Management incorporating their comments into the here, she has taken great joy in becoming at Case Western Reserve University until overall flow of a session. a complete citizen of the world through spring 1999, at which time she joined the Aside from her talent in the classroom, teaching in multiple countries and Kelley School marketing department. In Jonlee is a renaissance professor, having traveling the globe to present papers, recognition for her research and teaching created multiple innovative courses that recruit students, and meet with alumni. contributions, Jonlee was awarded the could only be found at the Kelley School. For Jonlee, her life at Indiana University Nestlé Faculty Fellowship in 2005. Among these, Jonlee’s greatest legacy by has been a special partnership. As a scholar, Jonlee has received far is the Consumer Marketing Academy, Here’s to a happy and fulfilling national and international recognition. She which she developed in 1999 and for which retirement to Professor Jonlee Andrews. is widely credited for pioneering the study she served as director until 2020. This A co-author of the life stories of her of marketing strategy innovation, and her holistic marketing immersion places students. A gifted scholar. A helpful work continues to be cited extensively. Her M.B.A. students on a career fast track by colleague. A dedicated teacher. measures of the creativity of marketing providing them with a rare combination of A welcoming friend to all. programs have become the standard for technical knowledge, career management those pursuing work in this area. Aside savvy, and alumni network connections. Dan Smith from her own research, Jonlee delights in Under Jonlee’s close supervision and helping others refine their ideas. She has tough-love guidance, it is little wonder that guided multiple doctoral students through many of her nearly 900 academy graduates their dissertations and served as a now hold executive positions in some of manuscript reviewer for the leading the world’s leading consumer goods journals in her field. Journal editors companies. At alumni gatherings, her routinely praise Jonlee for the thorough students fondly swap Jonlee stories, and and constructive guidance she provides to while they differ in specifics, the themes help improve the work of other authors. are the same: they recall her as being

Retiring Faculty / 7 W. CLAUDE BAKER JR.

Claude Baker has distinguished himself as Indiana, Kentucky, and New York. In a scholar, an educator, and a composer for 2008–09, he was named the Paul Fromm decades. David Effron, former chair and Composer-in-Residence at the American professor emeritus of instrumental Academy in Rome. conducting at Indiana University, attests to Indiana University has honored him Professor Baker’s depth of compositional with grants from the Arts and Humanities achievement, stating: “His compositions Initiative, the New Frontiers in the Arts have been acclaimed worldwide for their and Humanities Program, and with freshness, vitality, genuineness, audience multiple summer faculty fellowships. In friendliness, and especially for his creative 2007, he received the university-wide success in exploring new avenues of sound Tracy M. Sonneborn Award for and orchestration. His highly emotional accomplishments in the areas of teaching works are a joy for musicians to perform and research. and audiences to experience.” Expanding In the academic arena, Professor on how this compositional expertise Baker has amassed over 45 years of enhances his teaching approach, J. Peter teaching experience, having held Burkholder, IU distinguished professor appointments at the University of Georgia, emeritus of musicology, explains, “The the University of Louisville, and the breadth of Professor Baker’s influences as Eastman School of Music prior to a composer, his openness to a wide variety assuming his current position at Indiana of music, is directly related to his teaching. different and written with plenty of fantasy University in 1988. His gifts for teaching— He does not impose a system or ideology and inner necessity. And finally, the music and his effectiveness—are undeniable. on his students, but encourages them to goes to the heart . . . and I have been Student evaluations reveal that he is a find their own voice and to draw on a range überwältigt by emotion.” Among the many superb teacher with a genuine concern for of influences. As a result, his students tend orchestras, in addition to St. Louis and the personal and professional growth of to write music that seeks to appeal and Indianapolis, that have performed his each student. His students have garnered engage rather than to impress.” works are those of San Francisco, Atlanta, many prestigious accolades for their Early in Professor Baker’s career, Pittsburgh, Detroit, and Nashville, as well compositions and have been appointed to internationally renowned conductor as the New York Philharmonic, National the faculties of leading universities and Leonard Slatkin identified him as one of Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Nacional conservatories around the world. the three “best young symphonic composers de España, Musikkollegium Winterthur, During his tenure with the St. Louis in America.” Years later Maestro Slatkin Staatskapelle Halle, Orchestre National de Symphony, he developed numerous went on to say that “Claude has the keenest Lyon, and Das Berner Symphonieorchester. community-based initiatives aimed at ear I’ve seen in any composer. He can In 2002, in recognition of his work in providing creative opportunities for young distinguish the smallest difference in, say, the orchestral medium, Professor Baker people, most notably the establishment of a percussionist’s mallet. So, the players was selected as the recipient of an composition programs for many grade have great respect for him.” This ability to Academy Award in Music from the levels in the St. Louis Public Schools. In gain the respect of colleagues, musicians, American Academy of Arts and Letters. appreciation of his contributions to the students, and audiences led to his Other professional honors include two cultural life of the city, the University of appointment for eight years, from Kennedy Center Friedheim Awards; a Missouri–St. Louis awarded him an 1991–99, as composer-in-residence of the Manuel de Falla Prize from the honorary doctorate in 1999. St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, one of the Government of Spain; the Pogorzelski- Claude has been an exemplary longest such residencies to date with any Yankee Prize from the American Guild of professor, composer, and member of our major orchestra in this country. Organists; the Eastman-Leonard and community. We have benefitted greatly In May 2005, the Indianapolis George Eastman Prizes; and awards from from his wise counsel and generous spirit. Symphony Orchestra (ISO), under the ASCAP, BMI, and the League of The speed of his wit may on occasion baton of its former music director, Mario Composers/International Society of exceed our thought processes (!), but we Venzago, premiered Professor Baker’s Contemporary Music. He has been value the spirit and graciousness he and Märchenbilder, a composition that was commissioned by the Koussevitzky Music his wife, Susan, bring to our lives. We know commissioned by the ISO to celebrate the Foundation in the Library of Congress, they will continue to be a valued presence orchestra’s 75th anniversary. Prior to that Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard in our community for years to come. performance, Maestro Venzago wrote the University, Barlow Endowment for Music Our most heartfelt congratulations to following assessment of Professor Baker’s Composition, and Meet the Composer. Claude on his retirement, with our music: “I have to confess that in recent Fellowships have come from the John gratitude for his many years of service and years I have never been so touched by new Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, dedication to the school. music. First of all, the scores are National Endowment for the Arts, technically perfect and have the mastery of Rockefeller Foundation, Bogliasco David Dzubay Ravel and Stravinsky. Every piece is Foundation, and the state arts councils of

8 / Indiana University Bloomington ERNESTO BITETTI

Charles Webb, dean emeritus of the The Hague, Jerusalem, Osaka, Sydney, IU Jacobs School of Music, wrote when Netherlands, St. Louis, Hamburg, Suisse describing Ernesto Bitetti: “Mr. Bitetti Romande, BBC, Stuttgart, Peru, Chile, exemplifies the great stature of the artists/ Bogota, Manila, and Buenos Aires, as well teachers we seek in order to attract the as all the principal Spanish orchestras. He very best students from throughout the performed at the Gala of Spanish world.” And so in the fall of 1989, Ernesto Television in the presence of the King and joined the faculty as a visiting professor. Queen of Spain. He was appointed as professor of music Composers of great stature including (guitar) in 1991. Thus began his long Rodrigo, Torroba, Tedesco, Duarte, Abril, tenure with the Jacobs School. Gilardino, Piazzolla, de los Rios, and Ernesto’s first experience at Indiana Marco have written and dedicated pieces University came in 1981 with an invitation or concerts for Ernesto Bitetti. from Professor Janos Starker to perform His numerous recordings on labels in a recital. In 1988, Dean Charles Webb such as Hispavox, EMI, VOX, ERATO, and met Ernesto at a festival in Caracas, Deutsche Grammophon have been Venezuela, and invited him to come and distributed all over the world, receiving the establish the Guitar Department at Indiana Records National Prize in Spain (1979, University. As professor and chair, Ernesto 1985). In 1983 his TV program, “Bitetti has built a department where students from the Aranjuez Palace,” won the come to study from countries all over graduation from the Universidad Nacional International Television Prize in Prague. the world including Canada, Mexico, Costa de Litoral, he traveled to Madrid for the In 1986 he recorded his first CD for EMI Rica, Guatemala, Panama, Puerto Rico, first time to try his luck. He had an International with the London Argentina, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, opportunity to play on television for five Philharmonia Orchestra, Rodrigo: Columbia, Norway, Bosnia, Serbia, minutes and was spotted by a famous Aranjuez, Fantasia for a Gentleman. Bulgaria, Italy, Ukraine, Taiwan, South manager, who offered him a recording Ernesto was recognized in 1998 with Korea, and Australia. contract for Hispavox and subsequently his the Teaching Excellence Recognition Ernesto Bitetti was born in Rosario, first recording: Rodrigo’s Concerto de Award. Many of his students have gone on Argentina. Although Ernesto lived in Aranjuez, and Tedesco’s Concerto in D. to win international competitions and are Rosario, his first studies were at the His concert performances have now teaching in institutions all over Universidad Nacional de Litoral in Santa extended to the five continents, in famous the world. Fe, Argentina, a hundred miles away from venues such as the Bolshoi (St. Petersburg, We have shared Ernesto with his his hometown. He traveled several times Russia), Metropolitan Festival (Tokyo), beloved city of Madrid, Spain. We are per week back and forth to Santa Fe just so Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Lincoln happy to report that he will remain in he could attend classes at the university. Center (New York), Pleyel (Paris), Teatro Bloomington for some time, where he and His first travels to Europe came when he Colon (Buenos Aires), Musikverein his wife, Graciela, look forward to his was only 15. His guitar teachers from (Vienna), Queen Elizabeth Hall (London), retirement. We know he will continue his Argentina invited him to travel with them Town Hall (Sydney), Teatro Real (Madrid), love for music, but this will also give him while they were on a European tour. They City Hall (Manila), Opera (Rome), more time with one of his other great saw the great potential in his talent and Tchaikowsky (Moscow), Kennedy Center loves—football (or better known as soccer wanted him to experience what a life as a (Washington, D.C.), Gulbenkian (Lisbon), in the United States). concert guitarist might entail. Ernesto had Herkulesaal (Munich), and many others. another passion at this age: he was a very Ernesto has been invited by the most Petar Jankovic strong table tennis player, placing third at prestigious chamber orchestras, such as the National Argentinian Table Tennis the English Chamber, Prague Chamber, competition. Zagreb Soloists, Munich Chamber, I Solisti When Ernesto and his family agreed Italiani, I Solisti Aquilani, Camerata Bern, that he should study and pursue guitar Northern Sinfonia, and Israel Chamber. as a career (he started out in engineering), He has also played with the symphony he fully committed to his studies. After orchestras in London, Munich, Liverpool,

Retiring Faculty / 9 ARTHUR BRADLEY

Professor Arthur Bradley was born in same topics at an advanced level to M.S. Harlow, on the outskirts of London, and Ph.D. students. In many respects, England. A natural athlete, he grew up Arthur’s research laboratory is actually a playing sports (which probably accounts teaching laboratory that he uses to hone for his latent hyperopia) and went on to the intellectual skills of his numerous study psychology at Reading University. research students. Many struggling Having graduated with honors and anxious students have been carried to the finish for a change in climate, Arthur accepted an line of their dissertations on the strong invitation to pursue graduate education in back of Professor Bradley. As if this were Vision Science at the University of not contribution enough, Arthur also took California, Berkeley. There he mastered the on the challenge of reaching outside the methods and concepts of empirical professional School of Optometry to create research and developed an encyclopedic and teach a popular introductory course in knowledge of Vision Science in its many Vision Science to undergraduates entitled manifestations. A prolific author, Arthur Miracle of Sight. At the other end of the published an astonishing 24 papers in the experience and age spectrum, Arthur is best scientific journals, including Nature also a frequent lecturer at continuing (London), based on his graduate school education seminars for practicing work with many of the best scientists of optometrists on a variety of current topics that era: Freeman, Hess, Applegate, such as new methods for diagnosing Howarth, Skottun, Adams, Ohzawa, understanding peripheral vision, binocular optical imperfections of eyes; novel designs Switkes, Sclar, and DeValois. These vision and binocular perception, optics, of optical devices to correct those defects; formative experiences established key aberrations chromatic and monochromatic and recent advances in understanding the features of Arthur’s academic personality: and their correction, and many more. This mechanism of visual disabilities such as the ability to work amiably with a is a particularly wide scope and yet it was myopia, amblyopia, and presbyopia. multitude of collaborators, always the team covered by Arthur in depth and in elegance Somehow Arthur also found time to teach player, constructive critic, and expert in that few achieve when focusing on even the Ophthalmic Devices Panel of the U.S. the scientific method of conception and one of these” (E. Peli, Harvard University). Food and Drug Administration about the experimental testing of hypotheses. “Dr. Bradley is a world-class vision efficacy of and risks associated with Acting on the advice of his mentors, researcher. His overarching interest in proposed new optical treatments for eyes. former IU professor Russell DeValois and understanding how optics and biology Obviously it is going to take more than just alumna Karen DeValois, Arthur chose the limit normal and pathological visual one new recruit to fill Arthur’s huge shoes Indiana University School of Optometry to performance has resulted in important upon his retirement from teaching at the be his long-term academic home from new theories and methods, which in turn IU School of Optometry! 1985 to 2019. At IU Arthur wasted no time may lead to new treatments for clinical On behalf of his colleagues at Indiana in developing an award-winning research abnormalities. I’ve followed Dr. Bradley’s University and the many students he has laboratory honored by the Garland Clay work for almost four decades, since he was taught and mentored, we take this Award for the most widely cited a graduate student at Berkeley. What occasion of his retirement to thank Arthur publication in the journal Optometry & impressed me from the start about Arthur for his long and dedicated service to IU Vision Science from 2002–07. He won was his breadth of interest, force of and to the vision science and eye care personal accolades in the form of the intellect, and the way he devoured and communities. Although Arthur will be Glenn Fry Award for Vision Science (1991) assimilated the literature, arriving at his taking on new challenges in the future as and two nominations for the highest award own unique perspectives and new insights he embarks on a new career as industrial in our field, the Charles F. Prentice Medal on a broad array of issues” (D. Levi, consultant, we sincerely hope he stays (2018 and 2019). Nomination letters for University of California, Berkeley). engaged with IU. We still have some the Prentice Medal give testimony to the In addition to scientific research, unfinished projects and papers to high regard Arthur has earned from his Arthur’s equally demanding love is complete, Arthur! colleagues. “Arthur has had a long and very teaching. His broad knowledge of all distinguished record of advancement of aspects of vision science has enabled him Larry Thibos knowledge in large swaths of vision science to teach every topic in the optometric Rowan Candy and in particular in such areas that are vision science curriculum at some point particularly optometric in nature. Arthur during his career: optics, anatomy, made major contributions in the areas of neurophysiology, perception, color, and contrast perception, amblyopia, binocular vision. He has also taught these

10 / Indiana University Bloomington CLIFFORD W. BROOKS JR.

Dr. Clifford W. Brooks is a luminary in twice from the School of Optometry and optometry and world-renowned in the area the Trustees’ Teaching Award three times of ophthalmic optics. He has enjoyed a from the university. Cliff has also been long and distinguished career as an recognized nationally for his teaching. He educator and administrator at the School was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the of Optometry and has made a significant National Academy of Opticianry, named impact on his students, colleagues, and Educator of the Year by the National the school, as well as the profession Federation of Opticianry Schools, and of optometry. received the Joe Bruneni Award from the Cliff was born and raised in Association of Schools and Colleges of Cincinnati, Ohio. He became a Hoosier for Optometry Special Interest Group in life when he stepped onto the campus of Ophthalmic Optics for his contributions to Indiana University as an undergraduate ophthalmic optics educators. student majoring in English. In time, Cliff Cliff worked tirelessly in service decided that English was not for him but to the School of Optometry, the university, didn’t know what career would best suit and the profession of optometry. him. After career-aptitude testing He served on numerous school and indicated that he would excel in the areas university committees and held various of business and health care, he chose to administrative positions throughout pursue the profession of optometry. Cliff his career, including director of the received his Bachelor of Arts and Doctor of written 11 textbooks, along with multiple paraoptometric programs from 1977 to Optometry degrees from Indiana textbook chapters, and has contributed to 2010 and executive associate dean for University in 1969 and 1971, respectively. the Dictionary of Visual Science. He has academic affairs from 2010 until August Upon graduation, Cliff practiced published 43 journal articles in the area of 2019. Cliff was well suited to be an optometry in southern Indiana for about a ophthalmic optics, covering subjects such administrator because he was always calm year. Although he enjoyed seeing patients as spectacle lens design; edging and and diplomatic, and he led by example. He in private practice, he knew God had other surfacing of spectacle lenses; and proper would never ask the faculty to do plans for his life. In 1972, he accepted a fitting, adjustment, and repair of frames. something that he hadn’t already guest lecturer position at Höheren Who knew those English writing classes as implemented in his own class. His Fachschule für Augenoptik in Cologne, an undergraduate would be so important creativity and hard work helped expand Germany, where he taught courses in in shaping a career! the Optician/Technician Program, and his refraction and contact lens fitting. Cliff is a very accomplished, commitment to our students and his Upon his return to Indiana in 1974, well-respected, and beloved educator. colleagues has been an invaluable asset to Cliff accepted a position as an assistant Over the years, he taught many different the school while he served as executive professor at the Indiana University School courses to optician, technician, and associate dean. Cliff has not only had an of Optometry. This was the beginning of a optometry students in the clinic, impact at the local and national level, but 45-year career at IU. He was promoted to classroom, and laboratory. He also also globally. He founded Fellowship of associate professor in 1981 and to lectured extensively, both nationally and Christian Optometrists International, Inc. professor in 2010. internationally, in the area of ophthalmic in 1986, which currently has active As a new faculty member, Cliff was optics. Cliff is a thoughtful and enthusiastic chapters at nearly all of the schools and assigned to teach a dispensing course in teacher. He is dedicated to the success colleges of optometry that participate in the Optometric Technology Program. As he of each student and is continually striving mission trips providing eyecare and prepared for the class, he realized there to present the material he is teaching in eyeglasses around the world. was not an appropriate textbook to guide such a way that the students will have both As Cliff approaches retirement, he is his teaching. This lack prompted him to a conceptual and practical understanding looking forward to writing the 4th edition write several handouts with figures for his of the topic. This approach is very of his book System for Ophthalmic students. This small manual created to fill important, since students must be able Dispensing and spending more time at a void for one particular class was the start to take the knowledge that they have home with Vickie, his wife of 51 years. of Cliff’s writing career. Within five years, acquired in the classroom and apply it in The optometry faculty, staff, and students this teaching manual was published as the the clinical setting. wholeheartedly thank Cliff for his years of first edition of System for Ophthalmic Cliff’s excellence in teaching was friendship, leadership, and service and Dispensing and is the text used in recognized numerous times by both wish him continued health and happiness optician/technician programs and schools optician/technician students and in this next phase of life. and colleges of optometry as the primary optometry students naming him as textbook or reference for ophthalmic optics professor of the year. He received the Nicole Lynn Himebaugh courses around the world. In total, Cliff has Teaching Excellence Recognition Award

Retiring Faculty / 11 JAMES GERALD BROPHY

Jim Brophy has never met an igneous basalts, but associated with oceanic rock he didn’t like. In his 35 years as a rifting, and distinct from those found at faculty member at Indiana University, his subduction zones. Jim’s work with these academic work—whether in the field, in mid-ocean basalts led him to investigate a the laboratory, or in the classroom— poorly understood rock type associated centered on understanding the origin and with the basalts, known as plagiogranites. evolution of rocks derived from molten Granitic rocks are common in continental material in Earth’s interior. His passion for settings, but rare in oceanic rift settings. igneous rocks carried him to far corners of Jim examined the composition of rare- the world—from the Aleutian Islands to earth elements (now known for a variety Italy, Greece, Hawaii, Japan, Tanzania, of applications in space-age technology) and the western United States—to research to help decipher how these unusual and teach about the products of Earth’s plagiogranites form. Like his work on volcanic processes. the origin of high-alumina basalts in Recognized as one of IU’s most subduction zones, his models for formation talented instructors, Jim has taught some of mid-ocean ridge plagiogranites have 20 different courses at IU, including five become the accepted standard for field-based courses. He is a five-time future studies. winner of the Trustees’ Teaching Award for As a complement to his observational his outstanding ability to engage students work in the field and microscopic analyses, in learning introductory geosciences. Jim He published seminal papers on the Jim also made important contributions in served as director of IU’s renowned Judson genesis of a suite of rocks known as the laboratory arena. He conducted Mead Geologic Field Station (1995-2005), high-alumina basalts that are found at experimental studies in his petrology lab, acting as both administrator and teacher. subduction zones, where one crustal plate using high-temperature furnaces to He oversaw many capital improvements at dives beneath another. These distinctive synthesize basaltic magmas, determining the station and helped to increase the basalts are associated with some of the key variables controlling their breadth of the geosciences offered as world’s most active and dangerous crystallization. He measured the solubility summer field classes. The IU field geology volcanoes. Jim applied both physical and of metals in magma as well as factors program is regarded as the foremost chemical approaches to explain how this governing the distribution of elements program in the country and Jim’s efforts as distinctive type of basalt forms. He between crystals and magma. director were critical in establishing and elegantly described how the process of Jim spent his last four years on the sustaining this stature. In 2014, with fractional crystallization could lead to faculty serving valiantly as department colleagues Jackson Njau, Nick Toth, and development of high-alumina magma chair during critical academic transitions, Kathy Schick, he also initiated IU’s unique types and applied fluid dynamics helping guide the department through a program on geology and paleoanthropology principles to explain how convection in a particularly complex and challenging at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania. magma could lead to retention of the key reorganization to become a revitalized It’s unclear whether Jim’s passion minerals that ultimately define these Department of Earth and Atmospheric for geology is genetic or environmental. volcanic rocks. Jim’s work on these rock Sciences. He oversaw a thorough revision A child of two geologists, Jim grew up in types helped define a paradigm for future of our undergraduate curriculum, an Amherst, Massachusetts. His father, studies of subduction zone magmatism. external department review, and several Gerald Brophy, was a distinguished His work in the field included sample faculty searches, and provided leadership professor at Amherst College, in the same collecting in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska in the preparations for both the upheaval discipline of igneous petrology! Jim spent and Russia, whose volcanoes constitute the associated with a complete renovation of his childhood surrounded by rocks, northern periphery of the Pacific Ring of the Geology Building and future use of the including summers at the Yellowstone- Fire. Grizzlies swim between the Alaskan refurbished space. Bighorn Research Association’s field mainland and the easternmost island of Following his retirement in December station in Red Lodge, Montana. Jim joined Unimak, requiring Jim to become 2019, Jim and Evelyn plan to return to the faculty of the IU Department of proficient in handling angry grizzly bears, their New England roots, where they are Geology in 1984, after his graduate work a skill that proved particularly useful building a new home along the Maine at Colorado School of Mines (M.S.) and during his term as department chair. coast. We wish them well in this exciting Johns Hopkins University (Ph.D.). Jim also served as a shipboard endeavor—and we’re certain that Jim will He and his wife Evelyn (also a geologist!) scientist for two research cruises that were find a plethora of igneous rocks to continue spent their careers in Bloomington, where part of the ocean and deep sea drilling to feed his insatiable curiosity! they raised their two daughters, Sarah programs. One involved the research and Jennifer. vessel Atlantis and its submersible, Alvin, Ed Ripley Named a fellow of the Geological in studies focused on the rift zone in the Michael Hamburger Society of America, Jim has been widely center of the Atlantic Ocean. Most of the Simon Brassell recognized for his research contributions. volcanic rocks on the seafloor are also

12 / Indiana University Bloomington KEITH ALLEN BUCKLEY

Keith Buckley retired from the Jerome teaching; throughout his career, he taught Hall Law Library on October 31, 2019. legal research guest lectures for numerous He devoted his career to the law school, courses in the law school, including the developing the law library’s massive first-year legal research and writing collections in American law, providing program. With Linda Fariss, Keith legal research instruction and reference co-taught a course in law librarianship services to the law faculty, and teaching the through IU’s School of Library and law librarianship course for the School of Information Science for a number of years, Library and Information Science. His mentoring dozens of students into impact can be felt throughout the law successful careers in law librarianship. school, and he will be dearly missed. Keith was appointed interim director Keith grew up in Iowa City, Iowa, with in January 2017 upon the retirement of his parents and two sisters. His father took Linda Fariss, and was named director and a job as a medical illustrator for the IU senior lecturer that December. As director, medical school, prompting his family to Keith ushered in a new position in the move to Indianapolis when Keith was 17. reference department, faculty services After high school, Keith attended Indiana librarian, to build upon the law library’s University, where he pursued a double historically close relationship with the law major in Theatre and Religious Studies, school faculty. earning his B.A. in 1977. In addition to his work in collection You could say Keith’s career in the law library, he attended law school development, teaching, and reference, sciences began before he ventured into part-time, graduating with his J.D. in Keith is known around the law school for Library Science. After graduating early 1989. As reference librarian, Keith his incredible sense of humor. Most from high school, Keith began working as provided legal research assistance to law memorably, he wrote an annual April an assistant clerk in the IU Medical faculty and students, as well as to members Fool’s edition of the law library’s Center’s bacteriology lab in Indianapolis. of the public. Faculty and alumni today newsletter, with clever quips about the law He continued to work there every summer still recall his devotion to service and the library, faculty, and staff. and winter break during college, and upon assistance he provided them in their Over the years, Keith conducted graduation from IU, Keith was promoted research decades ago. significant research on the history of the to assistant lab technician. As might be In 1999, he was named collection Maurer School of Law and the university. expected, the bacteriology lab offers a development librarian. In this capacity, he With Linda Fariss, he co-wrote Indiana number of great work anecdotes. One of helped shape the law library’s print and University Maurer School of Law: The the most colorful from Keith’s brief stint in electronic collections in American law. The First 175 Years, published by IU Press in bacteriology stems from the time he was law library has long held a reputation for November 2019. He also collaborated on drafted to handle a specimen from a our vast research collections; this Trustees and Officers of Indiana patient suspected of having been exposed reputation is due in large part to Keith’s University, Volume III: 1982–2018, which to bubonic plague. Keith’s qualifications? decades of hard work. Colleagues have also came out in 2019. He was single. come to rely upon his institutional memory With his retirement, Keith looks After a year working for the of the collection. While he spent much of forward to continuing his research on the bacteriology lab, Keith began studies at his career expanding the law library’s treatment of women and families under IU’s School of Library and Information robust collections, perhaps more the Civil War pension statutes during the Science (now the Department of importantly, colleagues relied on him early 20th century and renewing his study Information and Library Science within during harder times. When the law library of 19th-century gravestone carvings. He the School of Informatics, Computing, and faced tremendous budget cuts, we relied also looks forward to more opportunities Engineering). He began at the law library on Keith’s expertise to assess what we to travel and to bringing a new puppy into as a student worker in technical services in could afford to lose and what we could not. the house. the fall of 1978, where he was responsible Likewise, Keith saw the law library through for filing catalog cards and processing new several physical moves and construction Ashley Ahlbrand books. On holiday breaks, Keith also projects during his tenure, and was again assisted with conducting the law library’s instrumental in evaluating the most critical first inventories of our collections. He pieces of the collection to maintain. completed his master’s degree in December In 2012, Keith was appointed 1979 and was appointed to a temporary assistant director for public services. In cataloging support staff position, where he addition to managing the reference and worked on retrospective conversion of the circulation departments, Keith was tasked law library’s catalog records. with developing a 3-credit advanced legal In 1980, Keith was appointed research course for the law school, which reference librarian. During the early years he co-taught from 2013 to 2017. This of his career, while working full-time at the wasn’t Keith’s first experience with

Retiring Faculty / 13 MICHAEL S. CHABIN

Michael Chabin returned to academia Michael was instrumental in helping Perhaps the most lasting and durable and Indiana University after a long career informatics build and operate its VR/AR contribution that Michael Chabin has in the computer industry. After receiving laboratory, providing students with access made to Indiana University is his a degree in computer and information to the very latest VR/AR headsets, mentorship of undergraduate research science at the University of California, computer equipment, software packages, projects. Students who take Michael’s Santa Cruz, Michael spent 25 years in motion capture suits, green screens, and courses, work with him on independent industry, working at the cutting edge of digitization tools and scanners. He study projects, or participate in VR/AR lab interactive computer systems, designing cultivated partnerships with local collaborations with external clients and developing (among other things) educational institutions, including the universally praise his enthusiastic, patient, computer-animated education tools for Indianapolis Zoo. For the IU Bicentennial and persistent advocacy of their projects clients such as the National Air and Space celebration, Michael received a grant, and interests. Even as he has been Museum, the American Bankers along with Jon Racek of the Eskenazi approaching retirement, Michael is Association, and the Harvard Smithsonian School of Art, Architecture + Design, to omnipresent in the department. He has a Center for Astrophysics. His particular create an augmented reality application seemingly endless stream of excited specialty and passion were for creating called Virtual Indiana University (VIU). students waiting outside his office in visualization tools for science education. Using VIU, any visitor to the IU search of his advice and encouragement; Among the many projects he is known for Bloomington campus with a camera- he has a similarly endless font of energy are Silkworms in Space, which was part of equipped smartphone will be able to view and interest for serving these students. the Project STARS experiments developed and interact with virtual markers placed He is one of the most passionate and in collaboration with the space shuttle anywhere on campus. The virtual signs committed teachers our department has program, and the Stellar Evolution a la appear as objects hanging in space in front ever been privileged to employ. There is no Chez Stella, which was part of the Universe of the viewer. In addition to running on question that our VR/AR laboratory and in a Classroom project developed in most major smartphone platforms, curriculum will continue to be a key draw collaboration with the Astronomical VIU can also be accessed via Microsoft’s for students for decades to come, and thus Society of the Pacific and the Strasbourg HoloLens, Oculus Rift, and other current Michael’s presence and legacy will Data Center. and emerging AR platforms. Once continue to contribute even after he Several years ago, Michael began finalized, the VIU app will be available for technically moves into retirement. teaching in the informatics department free on the App Store, Google Play, and the of the Luddy School of Informatics, Microsoft Store and will be available on all Nathan Ensmenger Computing, and Engineering. He created of the IU campuses. from scratch our entire virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) curriculum, which provides students with access to one of the most exciting technological tools to emerge in the past decade. While the most prominent uses of virtual reality involve video games, Michael encouraged his students to think broadly about the creative application of these technologies to education, science, and human health. Students in his courses certainly learned not only the technical skills required to generate synthetic VR/AR environments and experiences, to capture human motion and facial expressions, to create 3D models using photogrammetry, and to generate and edit sounds and sound effects. They also learned how to apply these skills and tools to practical, real-world situations that helped blind users navigate digital environments, visitors to zoos and museums to better understand and appreciate what they were seeing, scientists to be able to better study the natural world, and medical professionals to better serve their patients.

14 / Indiana University Bloomington DEVIN A. DEWEESE

A leading scholar of Islamic Studies thesis (1979), where the 23-year-old and one of the world’s most prominent produced an extensive (311 pages) study of researchers in his field, Devin is retiring medieval Christian and Muslim from Indiana University, his academic perceptions and idealization of the wild. home for most of his adult life. Devin Devin studied the spiritual value that graduated from IU with undergraduate medieval Europeans and Muslims of the degrees in history and religious studies in Near East ascribed to their ominous 1977. He continued for an M.A. (1979) in neighbors to the east and the north, be religious studies and then a Ph.D. (1985) they Turks, Tatars, Mongols, nomads, or from the Department of Uralic and Altaic “mythical” peoples. And although the Studies (renamed Central Eurasian Studies understanding of wilderness as a religious in 1993). He later joined the ranks of the ideal and as an alternative to the present department’s faculty and continued to world, and the presumed affinity between conduct research, teach, and also lead for a holy man and “barbarian” would remain decade our Research Institute for Inner with Devin as analytical tools, his inquiries Asian Studies, the top research institute of moved in different directions. its kind in America. Devin’s fascination with a “foreign, Devin is one of IU’s most prolific chaotic world” (in Mircea Eliade’s words) researchers. In his many groundbreaking and the portrayal of the Other evolved into contributions to the study of Islam, he has a desire to study those who had been full attention, nothing less. Another offered new ways of evaluating processes portrayed, not the portrayers. The arrival eminent critic of Devin’s first monograph of Islamization and how they shaped of the late Professor Yuri Bregel, the opens his review in the Journal of Islamic religion, society, and the foundations of foremost Central Asian historian of his Studies (1999) thus: “This is an communal identities from medieval times generation, at IU in 1981 offered Devin a exceptionally intelligent and sophisticated to the present. Devin is widely regarded as unique opportunity to study these book but it is not one for sissies.” Indeed, the preeminent scholar of Sufism in wilderness peoples on their own terms and his publications, and, as his students Central Asia. Among his accolades, he was in their own languages. A new world, can attest, his lectures, too, are rich, a Guggenheim Fellow, a Carnegie Fellow, shaped by an incredible wealth of challenging, and uncompromising (but still an American Council of Learned Societies unstudied textual sources, was uncovered. filled with humor and wit). Fellow, and a National Council for Soviet Devin’s two-volume dissertation, on a Devin has worked with numerous and East European Research Fellow. He 15-century Sufi commentary in graduate students—mostly at IU, of course, has served on countless committees, as Khorezmian Turkic on an important but also nationally and internationally, well as editorial and advisory boards in the Arabic Islamic text, reveals Devin’s serving on dissertation committees at United States (especially those based at erudition, originality, linguistic finesse, different universities (Chicago, Michigan, Princeton and Stanford) and abroad and ability to unearth unexplored tomes Amsterdam)—many of whom now occupy (including Belgium, England, Germany, and connect them to broader questions. academic positions all over the world. They Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Russia, Devin’s first published monograph, all consider Devin to be a landmark in and Uzbekistan). Islamization and Native Religion in the their intellectual genealogy. “Landmark” It’s difficult to assess what inspired a Golden Horde (1994), became an instant is used here in play with its original small-town Indiana boy (Devin hails from classic. In this “epic book,” as one noted (landmearc), mid-16th-century meaning, Speedway) to devote his professional life to critic called it, Devin not only charted as one who, by virtue of his a world so far removed from his own: to territories—textual, religious, geographic, conspicuousness “serves as a guide in the roam the Turkmen desert and the Kazakh linguistic—heretofore unknown to scholars direction of one’s course.” Indeed, many a steppe in search of local saints’ tombs in of Islam, but also shed light on the student’s academic trajectory or mode of the hope that the shrine caretakers would significance of religious conversion (or thinking has been transformed following open their secret vaults for him (many of stories thereof) for peoples and Devin’s guidance, whether in class or in them did); to mine neglected archives in communities in Central and Inner Asia. reading his published work. But despite his India, Tajikistan, and Russia, recovering It addressed themes of cohesion and students’ admiration, and the official lost hagiographies, chronicles, and competition, practice and symbolism, and recognition by many prestigious bodies, genealogical tables; to spend a year in the even state and ethnic formation. Devin Devin has remained modest and early 1980s as a research fellow in Soviet continued to explore these and other unpretentious, and still finds it difficult to Uzbekistan, forming connections that themes in the religious life of Muslims in accept praise. One hopes he doesn’t blush would last a lifetime; or to work on a daily Central Asia in many, many other studies too long at reading these lines. basis with obscure texts in five, six, seven, and publications. Devin’s extraordinary or even eight languages. Perhaps some erudition and unwavering attention to Ron Sela clues are offered in reading Devin’s M.A. detail have always demanded the reader’s

Retiring Faculty / 15 ARTHUR BENOIT EKLOF

Arthur Benoit (Ben) Eklof, a leading 1986); Soviet Briefing: Gorbachev and the Siberian exile, and the vibrant civil society American specialist in the history of Reform Process (1985–1988) (Boulder, that emerged in late imperial Russia,” Imperial and Soviet Russian education, 1989); Druzhba. Sem’ia, revoliutsiia. adding that the book “is a good read in its retired in 2019 after 42 years on the Nikolai Charushkin i pokolenie own right . . . and an invaluable addition to faculty of the Department of History. narodnikov v Rossii (1870–1930) undergraduate and graduate curricula” Eklof continues to serve as director of the (Moscow, 2016), co-authored with Tatiana (The Journal of Modern History). IU Institute for the Study of Russian Saburova; and A Generation of Agrarian historian David Darrow described Education and as senior researcher at Revolutionaries: Nikolai Charushkin and the book as “a powerful piece of the Higher School of Economics, Populism in Russia from the Great scholarship that will stand for a long time. Poletaev Institute of Historical and Reforms to Perestroika (Bloomington, It . . . demonstrates how biography can Historiographical Studies in the 2017), also co-authored with Tatiana open doors to so much more than the life Humanities, Moscow. Saburova. Major scholarly collections he of a single individual.” Eklof received a B.A. from Middlebury has edited or co-edited include The World Eklof’s research, writing, and teaching College in 1968 and a Ph.D. from of the Russian Peasant: Post- have been supported by three Fulbright Princeton University in 1977. Growing up Emancipation Culture and Society Fellowships, two research fellowships from in a family steeped in classical music and (Boston, 1990); Russia’s Great Reforms, the International Research and Exchanges literature, he was drawn early on to 1855–1881 (Moscow, 1992; Bloomington, Board (IREX), and a Midwest Consortium Russian culture, especially Rachmaninoff 1994); Democracy in the Russian School: (MUCIA)–Moscow State University Grant and Dostoevsky. His lifelong engagement The Reform Movement in Education Since (MGU). In 1987–88 he was a senior fellow with Russian history developed during his 1984 (Boulder, 1993); A Social History of at the Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson years at Princeton. He became acquainted Imperial Russia (Boulder, 2000); and Center, Washington, D.C., and in 2009 he with the Soviet Union firsthand as a Educational Reform in Post-Soviet was awarded a Department of History Fulbright and IREX scholar at Moscow Russia: Legacies and Prospects (New annual award for teaching excellence. State University in 1972–73 and, unusual York, 2005). Eklof has an ambitious program of for that time, stayed on for two more years Ben Eklof’s writings have been widely research and writing going forward, as a translator at Progress Publishers, a reviewed and highly praised. Alfred J. including finishing two book-length leading Soviet press. From this Rieber, a dean of American historians of projects, The Pedagogy of Cooperation in unprecedented three-year immersion in modern Russian politics and society, Russia: Edward Dneprov and the Politics Soviet life, Eklof gained a rich and nuanced praised Russian Peasant Schools as “the of Educational Reform in the Perestroika understanding of the culture and a love of definitive history of literacy and schooling Era and Beyond and A Distinctive Russian the language. He became convinced that among the vast majority of the Russian Culture of Schooling: Everyday Life and the prevailing Western Cold War image of population between the emancipation and Practices, 1870–1914. Eklof’s longer- Soviet society was way off base. Indeed, he the outbreak of World War I” (History of range planning, together with his saw that despite the everyday hardships Russian Education Quarterly). Christine collaborator Tatiana Saburova, involves a and shortages of daily life, Russian citizens D. Worobec, a distinguished social major archive-based research and writing lived normal lives and that most were historian of modern Russia, lauded the project focused on the zemstvos, important neither dissidents nor true believers. book as “a major contribution to Russian institutions of provincial local government Subsequently, these early insights social history and to the burgeoning in late Imperial Russia. were enhanced by regular, extended interest in the Russian peasantry” (The Beyond the academic, throughout his research trips to Russia. During the late Journal of Modern History). Historian life Eklof has been attached to the Soviet era he had an up-close view of Max Okenfus characterized Eklof’s study outdoors. Besides Russia, he is devoted to perestroika, especially relating to changes as “the fullest and most carefully researched his summer home in Maine. For many in Russian education, as a consultant to attempt to document the spread of literacy years he was a serious, competitive Edward Dneprov, who became the first in late imperial Russia. . . an original and distance runner. More recently, from his post-Soviet minister of education. His important book” (Russian Review). scenic home in the woods outside friendship and collaboration with Dneprov A Generation of Revolutionaries Bloomington he has turned to daily continue to the present. has been received with similar enthusiasm. distance cycling with like-minded friends. During his career at Indiana Sarah Badcock, a British historian of University, Eklof compiled a distinguished revolutionary Russia, wrote that “Eklof Alexander Rabinowitch publication record. Books authored by him and Saburova’s multi-faceted treatment of include the classic Russian Peasant Charushin and his milieu offer up a rich Schools: Officialdom, Village Culture and picture of the 1870’s Populist movement, Peasant Pedagogy 1861–1914 (Berkeley, of their life and work in prison and

16 / Indiana University Bloomington BARBARA JEANNE ERWIN

Dr. Barbara Erwin’s career in education Conference, and the Indiana Effective has spanned more than four decades. After Leaders Academy with the Kelley School. many years in the field, she joined the The study councils play an important role Department of Educational Leadership in the state. It is a time when school and Policy Studies at Indiana University. superintendents and other district Barb has been a clinical faculty member administrators come together to discuss since 2008. In that position, her primary policy and leadership issues with IU role has been teaching and building faculty. In her role, Barb led a monthly important field connections with school meeting of central office personnel in leaders throughout the state. She excelled Seymour, Indiana, that included 21 in these areas. This success was not member school corporations. The content surprising, given her prior work experience of these meetings was driven by issues in public schools and her passion for relevant to superintendents. The Study education. Council had a retreat each summer where Prior to joining the faculty at Indiana they spent a more concentrated amount of University, Barb served as a superintendent time with speakers and leaders. in Indiana, Illinois, Arizona, and Texas. The Partnershare was another major In Texas, she was named Superintendent responsibility for Barb. She ran of the Year and was acknowledged in approximately four Partnershare meetings numerous ways for her district leadership per semester. The Partnershare was made in the other positions. Additionally, she pushes for mid-course and end-of-course up of 20 Indiana school corporations, and was recognized by the American feedback and then actually uses that she took an interdisciplinary approach in Association of School Administrators feedback to improve her teaching providing professional development with (AASA) with the Leadership for Learning practice.” Other students spoke to how this group of school leaders. For example, Award. While at IU, she demonstrated Barb had a positive impact on their she developed joint presentations with the great versatility in her teaching and careers. School of Journalism, the psychology connected well with her students. For It should also be noted that Barb department, the Kelley School, and the example, she frequently taught helped design new programs. When Center for Evaluation and Education Introduction to Educational Leadership, creating these offerings, she developed the Policy. This group also held a monthly which is the first course in our master’s most convenient plan for students. While it technology directors’ meeting throughout program. The class includes students who may have been easier for her to teach on a the state. She also worked tirelessly on the are earning principal licensure. While week night, she felt it was best to Effective Leadership Academy with the working with these students, Barb always accommodate teachers and administrators Kelley School. This program worked with used the most relevant and recent with longer commutes and happily struggling public school districts across examples to bring the issue being volunteered her weekends to teach. More Indiana. Through the work described discussed to life. Specifically, she was easily recently, she helped create strands of above, Barb made several important able to use real world scenarios from her interest in our master’s program (e.g., connections between the educational experiences working in Indiana, Texas, finance strand, special education strand, leadership program and the state Illinois, and Arizona and connected them school law strand). Barb has shown the of Indiana. well to different theories. Students were same initiative and innovation with our When Barb was not teaching or always impressed with how quick on her Ed.S. and Ed.D. programs. Most notable is working in the field, you would find her feet she was to create hypotheticals to the role she played in establishing a fostering dogs or training for a triathlon. break down difficult course concepts. partnership with our Ed.D. students and On behalf of the School of Education and The students clearly appreciated her prior the Kelley School of Business. Barb worked the Department of Educational Leadership experience as a public school teacher, tirelessly for our students and programs. and Policy Studies program, we wish her special education director, principal, With regard to course development, the best in her retirement. We hope that superintendent, and employee of the among the nine courses taught, she was she will be able to spend more time with Indiana Department of Education. They always willing to step in wherever she was her family and three grandkids in Arizona. considered Barb to be highly credible. needed. Throughout our various programs, Beyond the course discussions, Barb was Barb advised the vast majority of students Suzanne Eckes always personable and accessible to who were pursuing a master’s, principal her students. certification, superintendent licensure, or One student wrote that “her rapport an Ed.S. She spent a great deal of time with students is impeccable—she nurtures marketing and recruiting students to our when a student needs nurturing and programs, too. challenges a student when a student needs In the field, Barb led the Study to be pushed.” It was also noted that “she Council, Partnershare, IUSAA Summer

Retiring Faculty / 17 JOSEPH G. FISHER

Joseph Fisher retires at the end of spring Institute, and of the Financial semester from the accounting department Management Program for the American at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana Institute of Certified Public Accountants University, leaving a legacy of high (AICPA). He has served on several AICPA scholarly accomplishment, extensive task forces and has presented at many service, and teaching excellence. AICPA industry conferences. Joseph received his undergraduate Joseph has extensive review expertise, degree from Brigham Young University, serving as a research reviewer at many magna cum laude (1981). He received his academic journals. He has served on the Master of Arts (1985) and his Ph.D. (1987) editorial boards of several journals, in accounting from The Ohio State including The Accounting Review and University. He began his academic career Accounting Organizations and Society. at the University of Arizona, moving from Joseph has served at the national, there to the Amos Tuck School of Business industry, and school levels. He has been at Dartmouth College, where he was very involved in the American Accounting promoted to associate professor. He joined Association (AAA), serving as president of the Indiana University faculty in 1993 as both the management accounting section an associate professor and was and the accounting, behavior, and subsequently promoted to full professor. organizations sections (each has in excess He currently holds the Harry C. Sauvain of 1,400 members). In addition, he served Chair and previously was the Fed Ex and academic business journals including several terms on the AAA National KPMG Faculty Fellow. He had worked The Accounting Review, Decision Sciences, Council. earlier at Deloitte as an external auditor Strategic Management Journal, Journal At the Kelley School of Business, and is a certified public accountant. of Management Accounting Research, Joseph served in numerous capacities. Joseph taught at all levels in the Behavioral Research in Accounting, Sloan One of his key roles was serving two terms Kelley School, but his major teaching Management Review, Academy of as the accounting department chair assignments were in the traditional Master Management Journal, Public Choice, (2004–10 and 2013–14). Under his of Business Administration program. He Accounting, Organizations and Society, leadership, the department developed new has been honored with numerous teaching and Journal of Cost Management, programs and initiatives. In addition, awards at multiple universities. Former among others. during his tenure as department chair, the students note his “generosity of spirit,” Joseph’s primary research interests accounting department was always ranked “ability to make a potentially dry topic focus on the intersection between financial as one of the top accounting departments extremely interesting,” and “quirky sense numbers and human behavior, particularly in the nation. of humor.” They also note “his deep the behavioral impact of financial numbers Joseph’s retirement will give him concern that students are grasping difficult and the use of financial information in more time to spend on his varied outside concepts,” “his mentorship and help in managerial decisions. His early work interests, including cycling and tennis. In finding key summer internships,” “his focused on contingency control. He found addition, he hopes to travel, especially on ability to apply and relate academic that financial control effectiveness was a cycling tours. Nancy, his wife, and he have concepts to the real business world,” and function of firm environment and strategy. cycled in many countries and hope to “his ability to create a great learning His later work relied on an experimental continue this activity. In addition, his wife environment, both in and outside of class.” approach and much of this work addressed is conversational in French and he hopes In addition, Joseph wrote several business budgeting systems. Budgeting systems are to make progress on learning the French cases that have been used at numerous nearly ubiquitous in all business firms; language. He also notes that his two sons universities. In summary, Joseph was a however, many firms note dissatisfaction live about as far apart as possible in the very successful instructor who cared with current budgeting practices. His continental United States (Fort Lauderdale deeply about pedagogy and his findings suggest that financial numbers, and Seattle). He expects to spend more students’ learning. budget structure, power, and other time in these two locations, ideally Fort Joseph taught at many international variables can have significant impacts on Lauderdale in the winter and Seattle in the universities, including International firm outcomes. His academic work has summer. He also looks forward to finding University of Japan, Theseus Institute been cited in numerous business and new skills and interests and seeing which (France), EDHEC (France), Melbourne practitioner publications. Joseph became ones stick. Business School, Helsinki School of one of the go-to persons for academic and In summary, Joseph has left a lasting Economics, Aalto University (Finland, industry conference presentations on impression and legacy at the Kelley School Singapore), and National University budgeting systems. His work has been of Business. We wish him well on his of Singapore. very highly cited and has opened new future journeys and adventures. During his productive research research avenues. career, Joseph published with numerous Professor Fisher is co-author Jamie Pratt co-authors articles, books, and book of Cost Management for Tomorrow, chapters in the most prestigious sponsored by the Financial Executives

18 / Indiana University Bloomington JORJA FLEEZANIS

“Prepare to say goodbye to Jorja Fleezanis, Music Festival (1990–2007); artist in the rebel with a violin,” announced the residence at the University of California, headline of an article in a Minneapolis Davis; guest artist and teacher at the San newspaper in 2009, when she left the Francisco Conservatory (1981–89); artist concertmaster position with the Minnesota and mentor at the Music@Menlo Festival Orchestra. Jorja joined the IU Jacobs (2003–08); teacher and coach at the New School of Music to assume the position of World Symphony (1988–2008); faculty professor of music (orchestral studies and member at the Academy of the West (2016 violin) and the Henry A. Upper Chair in to present); and a visiting teacher on Orchestral Studies. Being a rebel or, several occasions at the Boston perhaps more accurately, a pioneer, with Conservatory, the Juilliard School, and or without the violin, may be the best way Interlochen Arts Academy and Summer to describe her approach to all things Arts Camp. musical, and perhaps nonmusical as well. Within weeks of her arrival on Jorja was born in Detroit, Michigan, campus in the fall of 2009, her impact on the daughter of Greek immigrants. Her the Jacobs School of Music was immediate parents were not musicians but loved and notable. The five orchestras of the classical music. Early interest in the piano school were playing with a rigor and sheen gave way to the study of the violin through the likes of which had not been heard or a local teacher and icon, Ara Zerounian. seen in a long time. This transformation Mr. Zerounian was a gifted and Edo de Waart’s invitation to serve as was most noticeable in the violins and the sympathetic mentor whom she admires concertmaster of the Minnesota Orchestra other strings as well. Her coaching filtered and reveres to this day. She attended Cass for the 1989 season, she became one of the through every orchestra, with results that Tech High School, a beacon for the arts in first female concertmasters of a major sounded near-professional and inspired. Detroit, and became even more orchestra—a pioneer, indeed. One of her favorite projects during her enthusiastic about the violin and ensemble She spent two decades with the time at the Jacobs School has been the playing. Because of Zerounian’s affiliation Minnesota Orchestra, collaborating with preparation and mentoring of groups— with Interlochen Center for the Arts and its three music directors and premiering containing both faculty and students— national music camp, she attended the several works for her instrument in the performing works of the Second Viennese summer camp program, and later the process. One work, John Adams’ Violin School, most notably those of Schoenberg. Interlochen Arts Academy, further fueling Concerto, was given its world premiere by So what new paths lie ahead for this her passion for music. her with the Minnesota Orchestra in 1994, pathfinder, this pioneer? Jorja will Her college training was at the with Edo de Waart conducting. It has since continue her association with the Jacobs Cleveland Institute of Music and then the become a standard piece in the solo violin School whenever it is mutually agreeable Cincinnati Conservatory. Immediately repertory and has been recorded several and when she can tear herself away from upon graduation, she joined the Chicago times. She considers it one of her greatest her many personal projects. The most Symphony and then helped start and serve achievements. She soloed annually with immediate project is the building of a as concertmaster of the Cincinnati the orchestra, and brought to her dream home in northern Michigan near Chamber Orchestra. After this period, she performances a sense of musical both Lake Michigan and Lake Leelanau on helped found and was violinist of the Trio adventure, if not outright musical the western side of the lower peninsula. d’Accordo, which performed for nearly rebellion. Besides the contemporary She has always loved the water and four years. She then became associate concertos of Barber, Britten, Ligeti, boundless forest of this area, and the new concertmaster of the San Francisco Sessions, Hindemith, Szymanowski, and home will help store and preserve the Symphony, where she played until 1989. Weill, she offered Gubaidulina’s extensive library of her late husband, During this period she met and married Offertorium, Hartmann’s Concerto Michael. She will be just minutes away Michael Steinberg, the noted music critic, Funebre, Martin’s Polyptich and the from relatives in the area, as well as lecturer, and writer, who was then the Tippett Triple Concerto. She also gave the Interlochen, which was such a great orchestra’s program publications director American premiere of Britten’s Double influence in her young life. It will be her and artistic advisor. This union had an Concerto for Violin and Viola with her mentoring and coaching of orchestras, immense professional impact on Jorja; colleague Thomas Turner. however—both student and professional, through Michael’s influence, she began to During her entire career, Jorja has domestic and foreign—that will most likely see a larger vision of her art. During this maintained strong roles as a teacher, fill her days. period, she was a founding member of the mentor, and coach. She was an adjunct FOG Trio, which also featured pianist faculty member of the University of Lawrence Hurst Garrick Ohlsson and cellist Michael Minnesota’s School of Music; faculty Grebanier. When she accepted Maestro member of the Round Top International

Retiring Faculty / 19 DAVID JOSEPH FLINDERS

David Joseph Flinders describes himself as Another important influence from “a secondary generalist with interests in Dave’s years at Stanford was his long- curriculum theory and school reform.” lasting relationship with student colleague Those of us who know Dave, while Stephen Thornton (University of South recognizing his gifts as a scholar, more Florida). They have worked for decades as often remark on his more human co-editors of the highly regarded attributes. “A gentle soul,” “a caring and Curriculum Studies Reader, first published compassionate man,” someone who in 1997 and now in its 5th edition. “readily makes connections to others,” who Thornton says this about Dave: “Writing is “affable and unflappable,” is how several with him is a singular pleasure, as he is a current colleagues recently described him. generous and consummate collaborator.” Many remarked on his calmness and quick The Reader, an expansive volume, is wit that act to defuse even the most fraught considered a groundbreaking collection of situations. Colleague Dan Castner essays and articles by prominent connected Dave’s positive personal curriculum theorists and educational dispositions directly to his abilities as a philosophers from the 19th century to the scholar, saying, “It is interesting to think of current day. Dave’s affable personality as a vital part of In 1986, together with Noddings and his accomplished career. Few individuals Thornton, Dave published his first article, have the ability to simultaneously be a titled “The Null Curriculum: Its Theoretical giant in the field of curriculum studies, Basis and Practical Implications,” which while also embodying a wonderful sense of appeared in Curriculum Inquiry and was intellectual humility. For example, his republished online in 2014. Since that first ability to codify disparate and even feuding publication, Dave has been prolific, factions of the curriculum field is truly publishing 12 books and over 50 book unparalleled.” chapters, articles, and other publications. his directing and serving on dozens of Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Dave His first book, Voices from the Classroom dissertation committees. Notably, and was the middle child of three, raised by his (1989), launched an important strand commendably, Dave’s support as teacher, mother, who was a first grade teacher. He of his work examining responsive advisor, and mentor was extended to many attended the University of Utah, where, teaching practices, work that led to students who because of background or despite being accepted conditionally, collaboration with renowned educator and area of interest did not fit traditional molds he graduated magna cum laude in 1978 environmental activist Chet Bowers on or expectations. (B.A. English with sociology minor). Upon Dave’s next two books. Another important Dave’s legacy will be his numerous graduation, he taught high school English strand is his contribution to the study and contributions to the field of curriculum in nearby Sandy, Utah, after which he application of qualitative methods in studies in the form of the work he has relocated to California to teach middle research. He has written extensively and disseminated and the lasting influence of school English, social studies, and then taught about educational criticism, his leadership in numerous positions on ESL. While employed as a teacher, Dave narrative inquiry, and connoisseurship in executive boards and committees within earned M.A. (Education, 1981) and qualitative studies. his professional organizations. Just as education specialist degrees (program Recipient and nominee of numerous importantly, his spirit and influence are evaluation research, 1984). teaching and mentoring awards, Dave truly stamped on the countless students whose Dave continued his studies at is, as IU colleague Cary Buzzelli noted, lives he touched, now mostly teachers and Stanford University, completing a Ph.D. in “beloved by his students.” In additional to academics themselves, through his lessons Curriculum and Instruction in 1987. There popular graduate seminars, he was an about being kind, humane, and generous he had powerful mentors who influenced important leader in the Community of in their work with others. his personal philosophy of curriculum and Teachers, a highly specialized teacher Dave and his wife, Lynn Flinders, who the course of his academic career, including licensing program that is student-governed married in 1987, are both dog lovers. As of Elliot Eisner, his advisor, and Nel and co-led by students and faculty. Dave’s this writing, they reside in Bloomington Noddings, instructor for seminars. Both students say they appreciate how he with their current pooch. Lynn, who is Eisner (education reform, arts education, connects to them as individuals, and how recognized as a gifted painter, is a and qualitative research) and Noddings they enjoy the way he starts each class with disabilities advocate and retired from her (ethics of care in education) are intellectual something light-hearted and humorous—a position at IU as an academic advisor. If giants in the field of curriculum. Dave joke, pun, comic, etc.—sometimes drawing you run into Dave, be sure to ask him for would go on to publish with both Eisner laughs, other times groans. His knowledge the punchline to: “Rene Descartes walks and Noddings and to write, teach, and do of curriculum and expertise in qualitative into a coffee shop . . .” presentations about the influence of their methods and his well-earned reputation work throughout his career. for being a supportive mentor resulted in Mary Benson McMullen

20 / Indiana University Bloomington KAREN MICHELE FORREST

Karen Forrest’s life began as the efficacy of treatment tools, and developed University, the University of Georgia, and granddaughter of Jewish Ukrainian improved methods for treatment of these St. Louis University. Her students immigrants in Long Island, New York. She clinical disorders. Consequently, her work consistently speak highly of her and seek did not know at the time that she would has had clinical impact. Some of her most her out for advice. Her career-long have a career as an applied speech scientist cited work translates directly into clinical outstanding teaching contributions were and would spend most of her life in the practice. For example, she has developed acknowledged when she received the Midwest, much of that time in diagnostic criteria for evaluating speech Trustees’ Teaching Award in 2018. Bloomington, Indiana. Karen first served disorders in children and has not only Her service to the university and on the faculty at the University of shown that certain commonly used community has also been profound. As Wisconsin–Madison and then was tenured therapeutic techniques are ineffective but examples, she served as director of and promoted to professor at Indiana has provided better techniques that have graduate studies for eight years and then University. In the more than 30 years that evidence-based support of their efficacy. as chair of the Department of Speech and Karen has worked for Indiana University, Karen’s research program was also Hearing Sciences from 2005 to 2013. The she has advanced research and clinical highly attractive to federal funding department has clear effects from her practice in the area of speech science; agencies. Her first federal grant, awarded leadership: she oversaw two clinical influenced the lives of thousands of by the National Institute for Deafness and programs that are ranked #12 and #13 in students, particularly Ph.D. students; and Communicative Disorders, was to evaluate the nation. She has been on countless served in a variety of leadership roles. the speech of individuals with Parkinson’s university committees for tenure, While Karen’s career trajectory was disease. Yet throughout her time at IU, her promotion, and strategic plan somewhat circuitous (as research and work has had a broad focus. She has development. Professionally, Karen has academic paths often are), she spent the received funding to study speech chaired grant review panels for the last 30 years working in the area of applied perception and speech production in National Institutes of Health and served as speech science. Her career path started children, healthy older adults, and adults an editor for the top peer-reviewed journal while she was a senior at Washington with neurogenic disorders. A Ph.D. student of her field. University in St. Louis, where she studied recently conducted work with Karen on the Indiana University has been fortunate psychology. At that time, she took a class in effects that age-related hearing loss has on to have Karen as a faculty member. Her hearing science, which led her to write a the production of speech sounds. multifaceted strengths have impacted IU thesis on the topic of auditory perception Along with her contributions to the across its missions of research, teaching, while she was conducting research at the research community, Karen has and service. She will be greatly missed by Central Institute for the Deaf. After contributed considerable time to both the the faculty for sure, but more importantly graduating, she returned to the East Coast teaching and service missions of the by the students. Now she is off to a new and worked at Bell Labs in New Jersey, university. She has taught 20 different adventure. She and Michael are looking where she was encouraged to pursue a undergraduate and graduate courses while forward to moving to the Berkshires in doctoral degree in auditory science. She at IU, trained 12 Ph.D. students, and Massachusetts, where her lifelong best took that advice and traveled back to the overseen 8 master’s theses and 17 friend lives. We wish them great joy in this Midwest to study at the University of Iowa undergraduate honors theses. Many of new journey. in the top-ranked communication sciences these students have secured excellent and disorders program. While there, Karen positions at universities such as Marquette Jennifer Lentz initiated a research program on the effects of auditory feedback on speech production. At this point, Karen had found her calling. At Iowa she also met her husband of over 30 years, Michael Johnson, and realized that the Midwest was now her home. Throughout the last three decades, Karen’s research has focused on motor speech disorders, which are pathologies of the ability to produce speech sounds. They are often caused by Parkinson’s disease, developmental speech disorders, or other neurological impairments. Motor speech disorders can affect both children and adults, and Karen is notably one of the few speech scientists who has published on speech disorders across the life span. Her work has been influential in many ways: She has contributed to a better understanding of mechanisms responsible for motor speech disorders, evaluated the

Retiring Faculty / 21 RALPH F. GAEBLER

Ralph Gaebler retired from the Jerome His arrival coincided with the law school’s Hall Law Library on February 29, 2020. decision to build a graduate program for Ralph has had a long and storied career foreign law students, a program Ralph has with the law library. From furnishing the worked closely with ever since, both in law faculty with their first desktop providing research instruction and by computers in the 1980s to building the law serving on the program’s admissions library’s foreign and international committee. For students in the program collections, Ralph will leave an indelible completing dissertations, Ralph provided mark on the law school and law library, significant research assistance and came to and will be dearly missed. know those students quite well. Some of Ralph grew up in Madison, the most rewarding relationships Ralph Wisconsin, and attended Brown has had at the law school have been with University. Already showing an interest in our foreign graduate students. libraries, Ralph served as the student In addition to his duties as the member of the library committee during international and foreign law librarian, his time at Brown. He majored in German Ralph participated in other shared literature with a concentration in German responsibilities, such as the creation of medieval literature, graduating in 1981. displays in the law library lobby. Most He then briefly took a position at the notably, in 2004 he worked on a display Syracuse Public Library before deciding to with Dick Vaughan organized around Hess go to law school the following year. desktop computers at the time was the v. Indiana, a first amendment case that Ralph moved to Bloomington and business school, this was a hard sell. In originated in Bloomington and made its entered the Indiana University School of October 1987, Ralph took a new position way to the Supreme Court of the United Law, earning his J.D. in 1984 through the at the University of Pennsylvania’s Biddle States, where two law school professors, law school’s accelerated program. While in Law Library. At Penn, he served as a public Tom Schornhorst and Pat Baude, law school, Ralph joined the JAG Corps services librarian with special successfully argued the case in favor of through the United States Navy. He responsibility for computer services, Gregory Hess. As a result of the display, attended Officer Candidate School in tending the law school’s local area network the law school held a symposium that Newport, Rhode Island, and served on of Wang computers. In addition to his featured many of the case participants and, active duty at the naval base in Norfolk, computer services responsibilities, Ralph in conjunction with the IU Bicentennial, a Virginia, for the summer of 1984. During served as a library liaison to several historical marker commemorating the case this time, he served in the Navy members of the Penn law school’s faculty, was placed in the law library just this year. prosecutor’s office and worked on two including future senator Elizabeth Warren, Ralph is also an accomplished scholar, criminal trials. By the end of that summer, for whom he provided frequent having published three books and several Ralph realized that he was more interested research assistance. articles related to foreign and international in legal research than in the practice of law, Ralph returned to the IU law. He took a sabbatical in academic year and resigned his commission. He returned Bloomington law library in June 1990 as 2003–04 to earn his master’s in philosophy to IU, entered the School of Library and our international and foreign law librarian. from IU, and has published several articles Information Science, and earned his For Ralph, this was an ideal job because he in this area as well. Master of Library Science in 1985. could harness his foreign language skills in Retirement brings more time for He was hired as the computer services conducting legal research for patrons. He rewarding volunteer opportunities. You librarian at the law library in 1986 and received a West European Studies Summer might see Ralph the next time you’re at held this position until October, 1987. Language Study Grant to attend a French Global Gifts, our local free trade store. He As the computer services librarian, he was immersion program sponsored by the is also excited for new experiences, such as responsible for setting up IBM 80-86 dual University of Western Ontario at Trois- his recent pursuit of playing the mandolin, floppy disk desktop computers on every Pistoles, Quebec, during the summer of and he looks forward to more time to travel. faculty desk. While some faculty were 1991. He was the first grantee West had enthusiastic about this technology change, sponsored to learn French anywhere other Ashley Ahlbrand others were skeptical about whether than in France. computers would make much difference in As the international and foreign their professional work; therefore, part of law librarian, Ralph managed and built the Ralph’s job was to promote the notion that law library’s collection of international computers could be helpful. Since the only and foreign legal materials and provided other unit on campus to have faculty service in the use of those materials.

22 / Indiana University Bloomington GLENN GASS

Glenn Gass has been an integral part of student shows: “Part of it is the power of Indiana University and the Jacobs School the Beatles but even more is the power of of Music for more than 35 years. So Glenn Gass—your passion, your openness, integral, in fact, that Glenn was voted IU’s your stories. YOU make people love them, Best Professor repeatedly in Indiana Daily and that is quite a gift to give!” Another Student polls and was given the Alumni sent a beautiful letter to Glenn many years Association Student Choice Award for after a class, saying: many years. The Bloomington I will carry the afternoon of Independent and Bloomington Voice 9/11/2001 with me to the edge of the reader polls declared him Best Professor at cliff. That day is burned in mymemory. IU every year from 1993 to 2001, at which There were 400 people packed into that point the category was renamed “Best hall who were looking for a voice to help Professor at IU except Glenn Gass.” guide them forward and you took that Glenn has taught more than 60,000 responsibility extremely seriously. It was a IU students since developing his first rock moment/hour of Kerouac without commas history course in 1982. The courses he and punctuation. It was an hour of pure created were the first rock music histories expression that provided relief for a to be offered through a music school and generation that is soon to lead the country are now the longest-running courses of forward. Keep doing what you do their kind in the world. best! Best! I am very proud to have taken Glenn’s rock history surveys and class, Glenn decided to follow in his your classes. Keep on jumping sir! courses on the Beatles and Bob Dylan have father’s teaching footsteps and returned to It is this personal investment that taken on legendary status as some of Indiana to begin work on his doctorate in has set Glenn apart and created welcoming Indiana University’s most enduringly composition in 1978. He composed many and unique classes. Another student wrote: popular courses. Glenn is the only person works and won several composition Thank you for the joy you have to receive the Herman B Wells Lifetime awards, but his rock courses were already embodied and also for your tears that you Achievement Award twice (in 2000 and well established at IU by the time he shed so freely when playing “In My Life” or 2003) and had the bittersweet honor of completed his degree in 1985. Glenn talking about losing John, and many other receiving it from Herman B Wells himself decided to remain in Bloomington after times. That made it ok for all of us to cry. My in his last public appearance. He is also receiving, to his astonishment, a faculty Dad passed away in 2014. He loved music the recipient of IU’s Sylvia Bowman appointment teaching rock and roll at the and your class has been a way I get to be Distinguished Teaching Award, the IU Jacobs School of Music. He attained the with him again. Trustees’ Teaching Excellence Recognition rank of associate professor in 1993 and Glenn has long been the public face Award, the Society of Professional professor in 2001. In 2011 he was awarded of music in general studies throughout Journalists Brown Derby Award, the Eli both the Rudy Professorship and the local and state communities. His genuine Lilly Fellowship, and many other teaching Provost’s Professorship. love for teaching and students comes awards and honors, including an Glenn is the author of A History of through in every interaction and will be Ameritech Faculty Fellowship and several Rock Music: The Rock-and-Roll Era and greatly missed. Perhaps the Beatles said it course development grants for the creation other publications, but teaching has long best: “And in the end, the love you take is of his cutting-edge, multimedia classroom been his central mission. He has given equal to the love you make.” teaching resources. He was inducted into countless presentations for IU’s School of the Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Continuing Studies and Lifelong Learning Constance Cook Glen Teaching in 1991, and in 2013 a generous programs, the IU Women’s Colloquium, donation from former Trustee P. A. Mack the IU Foundation, IU and DePauw established the Glenn Gass Scholarship. retirees groups and class reunions, We are so grateful that Glenn returned regional IU campus organizations, and to his roots. He was born in Greencastle, innumerable charity fundraisers in Indiana, where his father was a math Bloomington, Indianapolis, Greencastle, professor at DePauw University. He and elsewhere. He has also offered several attended Phillips Academy Andover and overseas studies courses on the Beatles in received his bachelor’s degree from the England, happily attended by his wife and New England Conservatory of Music. sons Mathew and Julian, who were a Following graduation, Glenn taught in a toddler and an infant for the first offering, federal penitentiary in Wisconsin, in 1998, and both enrolled as IU students which was a defining experience in his for the last, in 2017. understanding of music’s importance both Over the years, students have let in society and on the most deeply personal Glenn know of his impact. They seem to of levels. After an inmate, in tears, told him intuitively understand his gifts and absorb he was “not in prison” when he was in his his passion, as this note from a current

Retiring Faculty / 23 GERARDO M. GONZÁLEZ

A fearless education activist, Gerardo M. I reflected on my parents’ sacrifices and González was named dean of the IU School their words about the importance of of Education in July 2000 and, as he has education.” BACCHUS has chapters on noted, this appointment was the pinnacle college campuses across the county and of his career. Gerardo served as dean for continues to be active as the BACCHUS 15 years and then continued as professor Initiatives of NASPA. of higher education and student affairs, Gerardo accepted his first faculty consistently modeling what it meant to be appointment in 1987 at the University of engaged in activist education. Literature Florida as an associate professor without surrounding education reform defines tenure. His leadership and commitment to activist education as “an intentional education activism propelled him into educational practice in which participants being appointed interim department chair engage in guided learning activities that in 1989. It didn’t take the faculty long to help them understand themselves as recognize that Gerardo was the ideal capable of effecting change for social and colleague to lead them into the future, and ecological justice.” Throughout his he became the permanent department professional and personal life, Gerardo has chair of counselor education as a full been a model for how to intentionally professor with tenure in 1990. Continuing create conditions for change that are to advocate for social justice on campus, he centered on effecting social justice through was appointed to associate dean. In 1999, the power of education. In 2018, Gerardo 1969, where he became enthralled with the UF provost asked Gerardo to serve as M. González authored his memoir, A psychology, and specifically Eastern interim dean of the college. It was at this Cuban Refugee’s Journey to the American philosophy courses. It was during this time point that IU made the call to ask Gerardo Dream: The Power of Education. This that he met and fell in love with his wife, to consider the deanship. heart-warming memoir captures the Marjorie Ann Reilly, whom he married on As dean, Gerardo was a tireless life-long educational journey of a respected April 10, 1976. He graduated from the advocate for the values of public education mentor, colleague, and friend. University of Florida (UF) in 1973 with a and the need to prepare highly qualified In his own words, “I am a Cuban B.A. in psychology and received a Ph.D. in teachers. The culmination of his role as an refugee who arrived in the United States counseling and higher education education activist happened while he shortly after Fidel Castro came to power. administration in 1978. It was clear that served in this role. During his deanship, We fled a regime we wanted no part of, Gerardo was going to be a change agent in U.S. News & World Report ranked the IU whose economics and ideology we higher education. During his doctoral School of Education as one of the nation’s distrusted. But in the United States my studies at UF he founded Boost Alcohol best education schools for 15 consecutive father, mother, sister, and I suffered Consciousness Concerning the Health of years. In 2012, Hispanic Business named dislocation, isolation, and fear.” Anyone University Students (BACCHUS) in 1977, him one of the 50 most influential who knows Gerardo knows that the as a peer education program. BACCHUS Hispanics in the United States. In 2015, support, love, and guidance that come became a national not-for-profit Memorex listed him among 30 highly from family are at the core of his anecdotes corporation in 1980, and Gerardo was influential deans of education in America. about how to use the power of education to named president and CEO. In 1986, when In 2018, he received the Distinguished be an education activist. Gerardo, born on Gerardo announced he would be stepping Alumnus Award from UF. September 24, 1950, in Placetas, Cuba, is down from his role, he received a letter During retirement Gerardo looks one of two children of Elio Angel González from President Ronald Reagan that forward to spending time with Margie, his and Armantina González Torres. His sister, acknowledged his commitment to children, Justin, Jarrett, Ian, and Julie, Maritza, keeps the family’s photographic BACCHUS. The accolades were incredible, and his grandchildren. Margie and history. His parents believed education was but what resonated with Gerardo the most Gerardo are building their dream a path to a better life, with his father often was the following: “Nancy and I are proud retirement home in Florida. We will miss saying, “Mira, Gera, mira a mis manos. of the work you have done to help make a his insight and guidance into navigating Quiero que estudies para que cuando tú safe and healthy tomorrow for our nation’s complex issues, but most of all his tengas mi edad tus manos no estén como young people. That’s a fine contribution to infectious laughter and warm collegiality. las miasLook (Gera, look at my hands. I your adopted homeland.” Again in his own want you to get an education so that when words, Gerardo notes, “He acknowledged I Danielle DeSawal you’re my age your hands don’t look was an immigrant, a refugee in an adopted like mine).” homeland. He praised my contribution. Gerardo began his higher education I’d overcome my difficult beginnings, journey at Miami Dade Junior College in and done something meaningful. Again,

24 / Indiana University Bloomington DANIEL JOSEPH GREINER

Daniel Greiner joined Indiana University Not every faculty member can deliver advocate for the I-Core student for the fall semester of 1997. He was hired a quality experience to students in experience. As interest in business as an to teach the most important of all large-lecture format. Dan delivered I-Core undergraduate field of study grew over undergraduate courses for the finance finance material to three 250-student the years, Dan also was an active and department in the most visible sections every fall and to additional large enthusiastic mentor to develop new undergraduate teaching assignment in the I-Core sections in the spring or summer. In finance instructors to share the load. His Kelley School of Business (and, arguably, addition to the challenge of providing willingness to guide these incoming core Indiana University Bloomington). For the required material that will engage a large faculty made their lives easier, provided a past 20 years, Dan handled the finance number of non-majors, the logistics of uniform product for the students, and set component in the Integrated Core (I-Core) large sections can destroy the learning the standard for passing along the with distinction, winning the top Kelley environment for students. Dan was instructional material and delivery quality teaching award and numerous Indiana extremely successful in both material into the future. University Trustees’ Teaching Awards, delivery and course management in these In addition, well before the current Kelley Graduating Senior Teaching large sections. He made substantial appropriate interest in financial literacy, Awards, and Kelley student-voted teaching contributions to both curriculum and Dan was a strong believer in providing awards. Dan did this despite the fact that policy. Dan also worked to introduce students with finance material that they the finance component of I-Core is technology to the classroom and the could use in their personal lives. He considered some of the most quantitatively classroom material, including an early use routinely used classroom exercises to challenging material by the students. of tablet devices. which students could relate. For example, The Integrated Core is a set of four Prior to Dan’s arrival, the finance to illustrate the important of cash flow courses—finance, leadership, marketing, department frequently used advanced timing, he would discuss the trade-offs and operations—required of all business graduate students to provide this crucial involved in buying versus leasing an undergraduate students and taken instruction. This approach lacked the automobile, a choice many students will simultaneously to emphasize the consistency and standardization that is face in their personal futures. integrative nature of the various business vitally important to high-quality delivery of Extending his student interaction disciplines within a successful modern-day the material. Dan provided a degree of beyond the classroom, Dan was a valuable business entity. Since it is a Kelley School professionalism with a sense of high advisor to students both formally and of Business requirement, almost 2,000 standards, integrity, and fairness to informally. On the formal front, he acted as students will experience I-Core this students. Soon after joining the I-Core the department’s coordinator in the academic year. To make it an integrative team, Dan was chosen to coordinate the undergraduate program, dealing with experience, instructors must coordinate group effort. He emphasized standardized issues related to student advising, class what they teach and when they teach it policies, material delivery, and scheduling, and curriculum development. with three other instructors. They must be examinations across the various sections of He also developed a new course for the sensitive to the fact that instructors in each the course. Later, he was put in charge of department, F408: Real Options and course rely on key material being the I-Core case experience. The Strategic Capital Investment. Possibly conveyed to students in all of the courses. culmination of I-Core is a real-world case more importantly, he spent many hours I-Core is a lynchpin in the Kelley exercise where the students must use the counseling students with regard to their experience that attracts large numbers of material presented in class to propose a finance career aspirations. students to Bloomington and, for many solution to a business problem. Given the As Dan and his wife, Sue, return to students is the highlight of their number of administrative obligations of their geographic roots in the Southwest undergraduate academic experience. the course coordinators, they do not have and their love of outdoor activities, we Furthermore, I-Core is critical to attracting the bandwidth to focus much attention on wish them the very best. majors to the departments represented. this capstone experience. Dan stepped in, Over the years, Dan created a unique created new cases, reworked old cases, Bob Jennings academic experience for approximately changed the student peer evaluation 15,000 students; he is more responsible process, and altered the student-faculty than most other finance faculty for making communication process related to the finance the most popular major on the casework. Throughout his time in Bloomington campus. Bloomington, he was perceived as an

Retiring Faculty / 25 MICHAEL GROSSBERG

In 1995, Michael Grossberg came to and the university. Indiana University Bloomington as Most notably, Mike became professor professor of history and editor of the of law in 2001—a reflection of his truly American Historical Review. He had interdisciplinary scholarship and teaching. already achieved distinction as a graduate Serving as longtime co-director of the student at Brandeis university, visiting Center on Law, Society, and Culture, Mike assistant professor at Wellesley College, also taught classes in legal history and and then assistant and associate professor family law for the Maurer School of Law. at Case Western Reserve University. Mike’s In addition, Dean Austen Parrish notes, prize-winning first book, Governing the Mike was a “fabulous colleague” and Hearth: Law and the Family in “caring mentor.” Interested in the broader Nineteenth-Century America, had made ramifications of law and justice, Mike him a major figure in the field of legal became founding director of the College of history. His terms as chair of the Arts and Sciences’ Political and Civic Department of History at Case Western Engagement Program. According to his and editor of the Law and History successor, Lisa-Marie Napoli, he was Review had underscored his broad “courageous and innovative” in working institutional and scholarly vision; his “to make the program distinct in its ability fair-minded, humane collegiality; and his to train students to become engaged in considerable leadership skills. public life.” As if his many commitments At IU, those qualities served him well repeatedly won election to the weren’t enough, Mike served as interim over his decade as editor of the American departmental Executive Committee. chair of the Department of Criminal Historical Review (AHR), one of the Meanwhile Mike’s second book, Justice from 2012 to 2015. Leading a world’s leading scholarly journals. The A Judgment for Solomon: The d’Hauteville department as an outsider is one of the AHR’s global scope and high standards Case and Legal Experience in Antebellum most demanding tasks in academia, but make the editorship challenging at any America, cemented his reputation as a Mike effectively guided criminal justice time. But Mike joined the Bloomington- leader in his field. Three co-edited through a challenging period. “Though the based journal just as the internet and volumes; a flood of articles and book position required him to be firm at times,” digitization revolutionized scholarly chapters; and a tidal wave of talks, a colleague recalls, “he always exuded a publication. During his editorship, the lectures, and other public appearances sense of humor and good will as he deftly AHR went online and pioneered digital- further expanded the reach of his ideas. reshaped the department’s mission born articles. Overseeing the evaluation of Focusing on the intersection of law and and culture.” thousands of manuscripts and the review social change, he broke new ground by Even as he devoted himself to of thousands more books, Mike sought to integrating family history with legal university life, Mike received recognition ensure that in an age of specialization, the history, a field long dominated by well beyond campus. He has been review would speak across specialties to economic concerns, and by insisting on president of Bloomington’s Community common concerns and overcome the children’s importance in the law. So Mike Justice and Mediation Center and board marginalization of fields within the widened the scope of legal history, just as member of the American Civil Liberties historical discipline. “Mike Grossberg is he expanded the range of the AHR. For Union of Indiana. He has won prestigious largely responsible for making the many younger scholars, his collaborator Guggenheim and American Council of American Historical Review what it is Professor Hendrik Hartog of Princeton Learned Societies fellowships. He has today. . . at the cutting edge of scholarship University observes, Mike’s “genuinely served as a distinguished lecturer for the in the digital age,” says Professor Robert canonical” work “changed their lives, Organization of American Historians and Schneider, his editorial successor. made them reassess what they wanted to as president of the American Society for Mike’s highly visible editorship positioned do, helped them find their calling and Legal History. A frequent visiting scholar him for broader leadership as president of their vocation.” at the Department of Child Studies, the International Commission on In recognition of his scholarly and University of Linköping, Sweden, he has Historical Journals of the Congress of departmental contributions, Mike became received the Doctor of Philosophy (honoris Historical Sciences and co-founder of the the first Sally M. Reahard Professor of causa) from the university. History Cooperative, an electronic History in 2006. Meanwhile, his range of In retirement with his wife, Tina, scholarly publishing organization. commitments helped shape Bloomington Mike will continue his civic involvement Despite the demands of editing, campus life. He served as a member and his work on various scholarly projects, Mike established himself in the of the Bloomington Faculty Council, including a book, Kids Matter: Protecting department. Teaching courses in legal co-chair of the Alliance of Distinguished Children in Modern America. His history, he won a Teaching Excellence and Titled Professors, a supporter of the colleagues in the Department of History Recognition Award. He served for decades Individualized Major Program, and a and across the campus will miss his as the advisor to pre-law students, member of numerous committees for the collegiality, wisdom, and powerful frequently chaired the U.S. field, and College of Arts and Sciences, the campus, humanistic commitment.

Michael McGerr 26 / Indiana University Bloomington DAVID CARLTON HAEBERLE

Nurturing and helping things grow is what teaching awards, reflects the innovation to a league of his own is the extension of David excels at, be it exotic species of koi and effectiveness of the pedagogy that his teaching connection with students and timber, his current passion, or David employs in his classes. He simply beyond graduation. His creation of an undergraduate finance students. I cannot does not believe in a one-way transfer of investment banking network provides a think of anyone else in the department or knowledge but harnesses the experiences cohesive forum for over 800 alumni of his indeed the Kelley School of Business who of his students to foster a culture where program at various stages of their careers. has had such a lasting impact on so many learning occurs in multiple directions. He This network provides a mutual support generations of undergraduate students. makes teachers of all his students. An system that encourages long-term loyalty The available data show that since 2005, example of this is his creative melding of and fosters a sense of community among over 7,000 students have felt his influence! graduate and undergraduate students in Kelley alumni working in the financial He has single-handedly made the Kelley his banking program. His creation of industry. Of much greater import is the School a beacon for the highest quality collaborative work groups where everyone continued growth and development that undergraduate applicants seeking careers is both a teacher and a learner benefits the the network enables for the alumni. in the financial industry by shaping a undergraduate students by exposing them Graduates help each other develop their program that is the envy of elite business to the leadership and mentoring of the human capital through formal and schools. And in perhaps the most graduate students. At the same time, the informal workshops and mentoring and remarkable innovation, he has instituted a graduate students, in working with the help younger alumni make successful series of initiatives to carry his mentorship undergraduates, get to develop their career transitions. This network is and teaching environment beyond leadership and motivational skills in a indicative of the manner in which David students’ graduation. manner exactly mimicking the team views his charge: not just as a temporary David has achieved signal recognition culture and assignment of professional commercial transaction during students’ for the Kelley School with his development responsibilities in financial companies. four-year sojourn here, but as a continuing of the Investment Banking Workshop Another hallmark of his teaching style relationship in which he and the school (IBW) and Investment Banking Network is his extensive utilization of alumni remain vested in students’ growth and (IBN), an intellectually rigorous, (upwards of 60) from industry to enrich success. In doing this, David has broken programmatic sequence of courses and his classes. A particular innovation of his is the normal classroom boundary and activities to prepare students who wish to to use these alumni in “Super Friday” extended it far into his graduates’ begin their professional careers working sessions—daylong events focused on the professional careers. His unparalleled in the corporate finance function of different aspects of the business of commitment to the development of his investment banking firms. Undeterred by investment banking. This approach serves students’ full potential marks him out as a location and the incumbent advantages of the dual purpose of bringing leading-edge teacher of the highest order. established schools, he set himself a practice and verisimilitude into the David is hanging up his classroom hat seemingly unattainable goal and classroom while simultaneously fostering to pursue his many entrepreneurial succeeded. Solely because of his activities, the growth of the students in multiple interests, including the aquaculture of the number of investment banks interested dimensions. Student growth occurs exotic species, forestry, and the financing in Kelley students has skyrocketed from a through one-on-one mentoring sessions of innovative business ideas. However, we paltry two to as many as 60! He now with the visiting practitioners and through hope and anticipate that his long routinely places over 75 students each year the detailed self-reflection demanded of association with IU—starting as an adjunct in highly competitive investment banking the students. David uses such lecturer in 1992 after receiving his B.S. in internships and a similar number in opportunities not only to engage in Business in 1983 and his J.D. and M.B.A. full-time positions, something that only discipline-based teaching but to foster in 1986, all from IU—will continue in other one or two better-endowed Ivy League ancillary skills essential to success— ways. With his growth DNA, that schools can match. As a result, over 800 leadership, communication and association can only redound to the benefit Kelley students have established persuasion, work ethic, integrity, and of the Kelley community. themselves successfully in the financial professionalism. He has also recently industry since his first graduating class in extended his reach by crafting a finance Sreenivas Kamma 2004. The acknowledgment by his students diversity program to engage and develop and their parents of his transformative students not historically represented in the legacy is palpably clear to any witness to financial industry. his graduation events. While David’s classroom innovations This success, recognized by as many and effectiveness are outstanding by any as 12 different and highly sought-after norm, the contribution that catapults him

Retiring Faculty / 27 MARY ANN HART

My goal with this brief biography a friend from my first day on the IU will be to bring a sense of the breadth and Bloomington campus. Her wisdom, humanity of Mary Ann Hart to a larger humor, and worldview have made her an group of individuals than simply her indispensable and cherished member of home department. my JSoM family. Mary Ann has taken Mary Ann was born in Warrensburg, the role of mentor and friend seriously. Missouri. Her father was chair of the music If I have needed an editor, song department at the University of Central recommendation, or shoulder to cry on, Missouri, and the recital hall there is she has been there before I could ask, named the Hart Recital Hall in his honor. sometimes before I even expressed the She completed her bachelor’s degree there, need. That’s what I love about her. She is a her master’s in voice at the University of sensitive, creative, and innovative thinker Illinois, and a diploma in voice from whose positive energy is contagious. She the Hochschule für Musik in Vienna two will leave behind a legacy of the love and years later. joy of singing song literature, respect for She won numerous song competitions one’s peers, and sharing one’s gifts including the Concert Artists Guild with others.” International Competition, NATS Artist I myself echo this sentiment. I had Awards, and second prize at the Carnegie been tenured at a previous institution Hall International American Music before coming to IU. I had to give up Competition. She was also awarded a Solo emerged. The first is her literacy. The tenure and earn it all over here. I never Recitalist Grant from the National following quote is from one of our doubted for one moment that Mary Ann Endowment for the Arts. colleagues on the voice faculty: “When I would treat me fairly, advise me well, and Mary Ann Hart made her New York first visited her home, I was absolutely do what she could to guide me. When she Philharmonic Orchestra début under the moved by her collection of books on our sees you walking down the hallway, she baton of Kurt Masur, and appeared with repertoire, our composers, our poets, our sees your strengths and not your the New York Chamber Symphony, craft—shelf after shelf. I consider myself a weaknesses and she helps others see them Minnesota Orchestra, Seattle Symphony reader, with much reverence for those who as well. Orchestra, San Antonio Symphony, write—but the surpassing dedication of the Her legacy will be her extraordinary American Composers Orchestra, Santa Fe person who had assembled and studied all recordings, but it will also be hundreds of Symphony, and Boston Baroque. She has these sources was something that literally students who achieved their dreams during been a guest artist with the Chamber brought tears to my eyes.” her time as chair, more than two dozen Music Society of Lincoln Center. Recital The same colleague shared the individuals who served on the voice faculty appearances have taken her to 26 following pithy quote from Mary Ann under her leadership, and the American states, Austria, Germany, herself: “No pencil, no career.” internationally renowned Jacobs School of Romania, Canada, and the Virgin Islands. Another colleague wrote: “Many times Music, which benefitted from her wisdom Mary Ann Hart has recorded for I would go to Mary Ann and say ‘I need a in countless ways. Chandos, Albany, Eterna, Arabesque, French set, written in the 1900s for a high I have only cited two themes: literacy Telefunken-Decca, and the Musical coloratura soprano,’ or ‘a German set, and mentoring. The third was raised just Heritage Society. She has a solo CD of Romantic period, for a big-voiced baritone as often: pie. Distinguished Professor American songs, Permit Me Voyage; was with a great range.’ She would, on the spot, Timothy Noble simply wrote: “She makes one of four singers chosen to record the tell me three or four ideas off the top of her the best apple pie in the world!” She seems complete songs of Charles Ives; and head. All would be perfect for the very to use baking as therapy for herself and as appeared in the tour of the Philip Glass specific situations that I had presented to bonding and sympathy for others. As much opera Hydrogen Jukebox, subsequently her. Her encyclopedic knowledge of song as I will miss her mentoring and her recording that work for Nonesuch. She was literature is awe-inspiring to me!” literacy, I would be disingenuous not to featured as a voice actor in the Disney film The second theme is her mentorship. write that I will miss her pie most of all. Beauty and the Beast. One of our colleagues wrote: “I always felt Godspeed, Mary Ann Hart. You made She served on the faculties of Vassar her support,” and “I often spoke with her a difference here. College and the Mannes School of Music about situations in which I was not sure before joining the Voice Department at the how to respond and she always gave me Brian Horne Jacobs School of Music in 1999. She has good advice.” taught voice and song literature during her Rudy Professor of Music and Fellow entire tenure here, and served as chair of the American Academy of Arts Sciences from 2004 through 2019. Marietta Simpson wrote: I asked my colleagues for some “I will always think of her as my sister help with this tribute, and three themes from another mother. She embraced me as

28 / Indiana University Bloomington JULIA R. HEIMAN

Originally from Arizona, Dr. Julia R. the Scientific Study of Sexuality (2001), the Heiman began her academic career at Richard J. Cross Award (2006), the SSTAR SUNY Stony Brook University. After Masters & Johnson Award (2006), and completing her Ph.D. in Clinical the Gold Medal Award from the World Psychology, she joined the faculty in the Association of Sexual Health (2009), Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral and was made a Fellow of the American Sciences at Stony Brook University and Association for the Advancement of held a concurrent position as research Science (AAAS) in 2012. scientist with Long Island Association In addition to her many contributions Research Institute. She trained with to research and clinical practice, Dr. renowned psychologists Dr. James Geer Heiman has served as a mentor and and Dr. Joseph LoPiccolo. Dr. Heiman advisor to many researchers currently in later joined the faculty at the University the field: Dr. Cindy Meston (University of of Washington (UW) School of Medicine, Texas), Dr. Lori Brotto (University of where she rose through the ranks as a British Columbia), Dr. Zoe Peterson talented scientist and clinician, and (Indiana University), Dr. Justin Garcia co-founded and directed the Reproductive (Indiana University), and Dr. Kathryn and Sexual Medicine Clinic to address Macapagal (Northwestern University), sexual problems in men, women, and among many other researchers and couples. While at UW she was professor clinicians. Still an active researcher and in the Department of Psychiatry and Dr. Heiman and colleagues have speaker, she has made an enormous, Behavioral Sciences and adjunct professor published over 200 journal articles and unforgettable mark on the psychology of of psychology; she still maintains clinical chapters on a variety of topics and human sexuality, and most especially in courtesy appointments and long-standing methodologies in clinical sexology, from clinical sexology. Everyone who has collaborations at UW. Dr. Heiman was sexual satisfaction in midlife-and-older worked with Julia—as a collaborator, recruited to IU in 2004 to serve as the fifth couples cross-nationally, to standards for mentor, professor, or committee director of the Kinsey Institute for clinical trials in sexual dysfunction of member—knows they are fortunate to have Research in Sex, Gender, and women, to sexual arousal response using her as a colleague, as she works tirelessly Reproduction, a leadership post she held serial MR imaging and vaginal to produce quality science and advance our from 2004 to 2013, and as professor of photoplethysmography. In addition to collective knowledge on a topic too many psychological and brain sciences and of these articles, she was co-author of a are afraid to explore. clinical psychiatry. popular human sexuality textbook in 1984. Dr. Heiman’s career has focused on She also co-authored the best-selling book Justin R. Garcia understanding patterns of sexuality from Becoming Orgasmic: A Sexual and an integrated psychosocial-biomedical Personal Growth Program for Women perspective. She has published broadly in (1976, revised 1988), which took sexology the area of sex research on male and research from the laboratory and clinic and female sexual function and dysfunction. thoughtfully applied it to the sexual She is especially renowned for her problems people face in their daily lives significant contributions to understanding and relationships. It serves still today as an psychophysiological components of sexual important cross-over reference. In 2011, arousal patterns, measurement of sexual with Dr. Donald Pfaff, she co-edited a response, sexual dysfunction treatment, landmark special issue of the journal sexuality and health, and sexual and Hormones and Behavior on the topic of relationship correlates of histories of sexual arousal. childhood sexual and physical abuse. Dr. Heiman has held multiple Her research program has balanced being leadership positions in sex research and both a careful, methodical researcher and received some of the field’s highest honors. an innovative pioneer in pushing new She served as president of the methodologies to better understand International Academy of Sex Research sexual behavior and sexual response, and and of the American Board of Family in turn applying this research to improving Psychology, and as editor-in-chief of the people’s intimate lives. It is also why she Annual Review of Sex Research (2000– has been tapped for major initiatives, 04). In 2011, she edited a special issue of such as participating in the early clinical the journal Hormones and Behavior on studies on sildenafil citrate (Viagra) sexual arousal with Donald Pfaff at and serving on sexual function drug Rockefeller University. Dr. Heiman is a review panels for the U.S. Food and recipient of the Distinguished Scientific Drug Administration. Achievement Award from the Society of

Retiring Faculty / 29 JANET A. HILLIER

Professor Jan Hillier is retiring this year on my decision to pursue my Ph.D.—and to as a clinical associate professor at the do it in Organizational Behavior. Hearing Kelley School of Business, having stories from Jan about what an incredible bookended a remarkable career with two field Organizational Behavior was, and stints at Indiana University. After earning how rewarding of a career academia is, a B.A in Sociology from DePauw University inspired me to also pursue my Ph.D. For and an M.S. in Counseling from Purdue, that, I will always be thankful to Professor Jan discovered a passion for business and Hillier.” (Anna Connors Lennard, assistant completed her M.B.A. and a Ph.D. in professor of Organizational Behavior, Organization Theory from IU. After Oklahoma State University and graduation, she spent five years at the undergraduate student at IU) prestigious consulting firm McKinsey and “What stands out most to me about Co., honing a strategic, system-oriented, Jan as an educator was how she was most problem-solving approach to her work. sought and admired by our very best Over the next 25 years she went on to students. She cherished rigor and integrity several roles as a management consultant and truth and never inflated grades or and health care administrator, specializing relaxed standards or pandered to students in organization effectiveness, leadership in any way. Not surprisingly, it was our development, and change management. highest performing students who most In the course of her career, Jan has respected and appreciated her courses.” been a psychotherapist, management In her time at IU, Jan had a great (Timothy T. Baldwin, chair, Department of consultant, and hospital vice president. influence on students and colleagues. Management and Entrepreneurship, Kelley She has been the architect of several A few select testimonials include: School of Business) organizational transformations, “One of the most remarkable and “If I could give my daughter one particularly in the health care sector. character-defining qualities about Jan is gift, it would be the strength of character Her journey also included six years as a her sincere concern for others. This came that Jan Hillier possesses. Jan embodies full-time faculty member at the Wake through in the conscientiousness with everything that a vibrant, successful, Forest Babcock Graduate School and which she approached her teaching assertive woman should be.” (Katherine serving on the board of directors of the responsibilities as well as the way in which Ryan, co-director of Communication, Center for Emerging Leadership in she always offered both a sympathetic ear Professional, and Computer Skills Minneapolis, Minnesota. and active support to students and department and long-time colleague To cap her career, Jan returned to departmental colleagues whose life and collaborator) the Kelley School at IU in 2009 and spent circumstances at the time may have been Jan’s retirement plans include more the last 10 years as a clinical associate challenging. Jan reaches out to support time to read and reflect at her own pace professor, teaching a wide range of classes people in large and small ways, and always and sharing the nurturing of a household across multiple programs: undergraduate, in ways that communicate a genuine full of pets with her husband, Craig MBA, Kelley Direct, and LAMP. Jan was interest in others’ welfare and demonstrate Hamilton, a retired theatre professor. also the founding faculty advisor and her admirable strength, decency, and She leaves a legacy of bold and rigorous champion of an organization called 180 dependability as a person. These are the teaching, and a dedication to her students Degree Consulting (a student organization qualities that best define Jan Hillier for that will be dearly missed. spawned by McKinsey & Co. and operating me.” (Jeff Covin, Glaubinger Professor at only in a select set of elite schools the Kelley School of Business and Timothy T. Baldwin worldwide), where she shepherded many long-time colleague) successful student consulting projects in “Jan was close friends with my the nonprofit sector. mother and she had a big early influence

30 / Indiana University Bloomington RONALD A. HITES

Distinguished Professor Ron Hites retired atmospheric transport of pollutants to the as an Indiana University distinguished Great Lakes. His work has had an effect on professor emeritus in January 2020, after environmental policy and, as a result, the a prominent 51-year career. Dubbed a Great Lakes are cleaner now than they “founding father of environmental were 50 years ago. chemistry,” Ron is a product of the Detroit Over his 40 years at Indiana public schools, where his interest in University, Ron brought in over science emerged. He worked his way $30 million of external funding. He has through school, starting from age 12 as a more than 400 scientific papers, and in paperboy and later as a bagboy in a total, they have been cited over 23,000 supermarket, with a goal of saving for times. He has trained almost 80 doctoral college. However, during his adolescence, students and postdoctoral associates, he spent these savings on building a many of whom are now professors in their sailboat from scratch under his father’s own right. He served as the president of guidance. Luckily, Ron was given a the American Association for Mass full-ride scholarship at Oakland University, Spectrometry in the late 1980s. He is a which was located near his home, so he fellow of the American Association of the lived at home and worked his way through Advancement of Science, a charter fellow college. He graduated from Oakland of the American Chemical Society, and University with a degree in chemistry and a charter fellow of the Society for decided to continue his education at the compounds that should not be in the Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. graduate level. He was accepted at the environment. After two years, he had He is a co-author of a widely used Massachusetts Institute of Technology sufficient external funds to expand his textbook, Elements of Environmental (MIT) in 1964, where he studied analytical laboratory, and by 1978, he had a research Chemistry, which is now going into its chemistry and focused on mass group of seven postdoctoral associates and third edition. spectrometry. He graduated from MIT in one doctoral student. Ron is beloved by generations 1968 and took a brief postdoctoral position In 1979, Ron was recruited to join of students and colleagues for being a with the United States Department of Indiana University’s new School of Public strong leader, a great teacher, and a Agriculture in Peoria, Illinois. and Environmental Affairs, and he was supportive mentor. His colleagues, who In 1969, he returned to MIT to work delighted to move to Bloomington. He appreciate his dry sense of humor and on the Viking project, which landed a mass continued to be successful with extramural admire his brilliant mind, are lucky that spectrometer on Mars in 1976. At about federal research support, mostly from the he will be around as a distinguished this time, the United Sates Environmental U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and professor emeritus. Protection Agency was formed as a result the Department of Energy. His research of the environmental movement that had asked simple questions: What persistent Amina Salamova taken hold in the United States and organic compounds are in the environment, Marta Venier Europe. Ron realized that his background and what are their sources and fates in the in mass spectrometry could be useful for environment? One of the famous stories in the analysis of pollutants in the environmental chemistry is based on Ron’s environment. He started with a simple research on dioxins, a group of ubiquitous project, studying water taken once a week toxic environmental pollutants. By 1979, it from the Charles River in front of MIT. was clear that dioxins were byproducts of Analyses showed the presence of polycyclic the production of chlorinated phenols, but aromatic hydrocarbons, and he published the finding of dioxins in municipal waste these results in Science in 1971. His combustion effluents led Dow Chemical research on the identification and researchers to suggest that “dioxins have quantitation of previously unsuspected been with us since the advent of fire.” By pollutants in environmental samples was measuring dioxins in dated sediment cores immediately recognized as novel from the Great Lakes, Ron was able to and significant. demonstrate either that fire had begun in In 1972, Ron was appointed as an this area in 1935 or, more likely, that assistant professor of chemical engineering dioxins were produced by the combustion at MIT, where he realized that to be a of chlorinated phenol-contaminated waste. successful faculty member in a technical This finding led to measurements of dioxin department, one needed to have concentrations in atmospheric samples, of substantial external research funding. This their deposition fluxes to water and land, meant big grants from federal agencies. and of their gas-phase reaction kinetics. His main idea was to apply mass During the last 20 years, Ron has spectrometry to the identification of concentrated his research on the

Retiring Faculty / 31 STEPHEN HOUGHTON

It is a true honor and privilege to write participated in service in two departments: about Professor Steve Houghton, who has percussion and jazz studies. He served as been on the Jacobs School of Music faculty Percussion Department chair at a critical for the last 19 years. A world-renowned time, making key hires that rejuvenated performer and educator, Steve began his the department, and he has served on professional life quite early—at the age of Jacobs School committees related to 20—performing as a jazz drummer with innovation, concert programming, Woody Herman’s Young Thundering Herd. curriculum, and the recording studio, and Since that time, he has performed with a on numerous search committees for who’s who of world-renowned musicians in various departments. a wide variety of styles including Gary In the wider professional world, Burton, Freddie Hubbard, the Toshiko Steve’s service has been very impactful and Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band, Bob far-reaching. He served as president of the Florence, Paul Anka, Maureen McGovern, Percussive Arts Society (PAS) from 2009 to and many others. He has appeared as a 2010, overseeing several important featured jazz soloist with ensembles developments including the opening of the around the world and has performed as a percussion museum—Rhythm! Discovery classical soloist with the Boston and Center—in Indianapolis. He has served in Philadelphia Pops orchestras, the U.S. important leadership roles with several Army Band, and the Hollywood Bowl organizations for more than 30 years, Orchestra. He has been featured on more Convention). Presiding over the ceremony including with the International than 100 recordings. was John Wittmann, head of artist Association for Jazz Education (IAJE), As an educator, Steve’s impact has relations for Yamaha. John said: “Steve PAS, the Jazz Education Network, and been felt far and wide. In addition to his Houghton has contributed immeasurably MusicFest Canada. numerous recordings, he has published to the field of percussion as a music It’s easy to see why Steve has over 30 method books, videos, and DVDs. educator and clinician and has influenced served in leadership roles with so many His Essential Styles book is considered the the careers of thousands of aspiring organizations: he is an ideas person—a drummer’s bible for anyone wishing to percussionists. During a lifetime of person with vision. He looks at a situation study drum set styles. Over the last 40 commitment to music education, he has and sees what is possible and then he years he has presented hundreds of clinics earned respect from his peers as well as works tirelessly to make it happen in a way in the United States and internationally— from the students who will become the that benefits students, the profession, and at high schools, universities, summer artists and music educators of the future.” the community. A prime example at IU is camps, conventions, and professional Steve’s vision in educating his the Holiday Celebration concert that he conferences. In that time, he has served as students has always taken a practical tone. produced for the Musical Arts Center stage an artist endorser of Yamaha drums and He often undertakes interesting and in 2011 and 2019. A lover of Christmas percussion, Zildjian cymbals, Vic Firth valuable projects—having students work music, Steve brought together faculty and sticks and mallets, and Remo world on studio recording projects or including student performers from more than a percussion and drumheads. These them in an online educational video series dozen departments in the Jacobs School of collaborations have yielded a wide range of through the Vic Firth website. These Music to create an extravaganza with educational publications including, most projects give his students real life musical orchestra, big band, vocalists, special recently, three video series for the Vic Firth experiences that they will never forget. soloists, and even the dean and the dean website: Jazz Rhythm Section 101, The While at IU, Steve has implemented emeritus. He organized this far enough in Jazz Trio—An Inside View, and Inside the many initiatives that have benefitted our advance to produce a Holiday Celebration Teaching Studio. students and he invariably christens them CD that was available for the first time at Steve is a selfless teacher and mentor. with an acronym or nickname. For combos the 2011 concert. This is just one example Not only do his students receive excellent there was Small Group Forum, which of how Steve can see the big picture and instruction on percussion, they are became SGF. Rhythm Section Master Class work to make something good happen for challenged to discuss and determine was known as RSM. The Off-Rotation everyone involved. various goals and encouraged to be Rhythm Sections were ORRS. His drum set It has been inspiring to work along organized in their studies and professional master class is referred to as Drumming with Professor Houghton. The students lives. Many of Steve’s students have Happy Hour. And after he started using his and faculty will truly miss his presence at earned wonderful careers as performers teaching studio for student recording the IU Jacobs School of Music. and educators. sessions, he dubbed it Houghton Sound. In November 2016, Steve Houghton Beyond the classroom and the stage, Tom Walsh earned the Yamaha Legacy in Education Steve has made many significant John Tafoya Award, which was presented at PASIC contributions through service. In the (Percussive Arts Society’s International Jacobs School of Music, he has fully

32 / Indiana University Bloomington YOSHIHISA KITAGAWA

Yoshihisa Kitagawa joined the Department (pronunciation) and logical form of Linguistics at Indiana University in (meaning). In a related vein, in joint work 1994 as a heavily recruited assistant with Junghyoe Yoon, Yoshi explores professor, having already made a name for various physical strategies that languages himself in the field of generative syntax as use to signal that a noun phrase is to be a primary architect of the VP (verb interpreted as the direct object of a verb. In phrase)–internal subject hypothesis, now a Korean, this relationship must be signaled principle of the theory that is introduced either via adjacency of the noun phrase to prominently in every first-semester the verb or via a special marker that affixes textbook. In the 25 years since, Yoshi has to the noun phrase, or both. Taking fulfilled his scholarly promise over and together these two case studies from over again and has shaped several Japanese and Korean, among others, Yoshi generations of IU syntacticians— argues that the superficial diversity we see undergraduates, graduates, and colleagues. in these phenomena (prosody, adjacency, In addition to his continued role in the affixation) is underlyingly unified by their development of the theory now called common status as physical markers of “minimalism,” he has left his mark on a logical dependencies. In a very recent and stunning array of subfields of linguistics important paper co-authored with clustered around pure syntactic theory: colleague Thomas Grano, Yoshi continues the syntax-prosody interface, syntax and this work on adjacency effects to propose information structure, experimental entirely around materials that he that the long-mysterious EPP (extended syntax, and sentence processing. His developed himself rather than relying on a projection principle) effects, which attention to the sound/meaning interface textbook. Over the years, Yoshi has created apparently force sentences to have has also led him to develop interests in and taught 10 different seminars for subjects, derive from simultaneous phonetics, phonology, and diachronic advanced Ph.D. students, in addition to a physical and logical requirements placed phonology, successfully crossing an wide array of graduate and undergraduate on lexical items. internal disciplinary line that few linguists classes in syntax, general linguistics, and As a colleague, Yoshi will be even attempt to navigate. In all these areas, Japanese linguistics. The many remembered for his quiet sense of humor, he has made significant contributions both dissertations that he has supervised treat for his calm and reasoned approach to any to the advancement of our knowledge of the syntax of varied languages such as difficulty, for the thorough preparation he the human language faculty and to specific Arabic, Korean, Chinese, and Spanish as has brought to every meeting of the syntax areas of inquiry inside the linguistics of well as Japanese. Yoshi’s mentoring of (or in later years, the syntax/semantics) Japanese and English. graduate students has often included reading group, and for his constant A native of Tokyo, Yoshi was trained presenting joint papers at prestigious encouragement of colleagues’ research and as an undergraduate at San José State conferences and continues long past their teaching. As an experimental syntactician, University and Tokyo’s International Ph.D. defenses. Yoshi is always in need of multiple native Christian University. He returned to the To give just a limited sense of the speaker judgments in various languages, United States in 1981 to begin a Ph.D. wide-ranging topics of Yoshi’s books and and we expect to continue to be consulted! program at the University of Arizona and articles (now numbering more than 50 Yoshi looks forward to a slightly more soon moved to the University of with no sign of a slow-down), we will focus relaxed pace in retirement and time to Massachusetts Amherst, where he finished on the last few years. Much of Yoshi’s spend with his wife, Isoko, whose love and in 1986 with the influential dissertation recent work in syntax has been concerned support over the past 50 years he deeply entitled “Subjects in Japanese and with how prosodic and other physical cues appreciates, and their family. English,” later published in Garland Press’s correlate with specific interpretive effects. Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics For example, in joint work with Yuki Barbara Vance series in 1994. The enormous long-term Hirose, Yoshi has shown that in Tokyo Tom Grano impact of this work, which hypothesizes Japanese, the same string of words is that the subject of a clause enters the interpreted as either “Are you curious syntactic derivation as part of the verb which sumo wrestler won?” or “Which phrase before being displaced to a sumo wrestler is it that you are curious VP-external position, has just been whether he won?” depending on the recognized by its republication by prosody with which the sentence is uttered. Routledge in 2019. After faculty positions This indicates an important source of at UMass and the University of Rochester, cross-linguistic variation between English Yoshi embraced midwestern life in and Japanese in terms of how question Bloomington and immediately became well scope is grammatically encoded, and also known and well loved for his introductory points toward the need for a theory of graduate syntax class that served students syntax that enables direct communication from multiple departments and was built between a sentence’s physical form

Retiring Faculty / 33 DANIEL CURTIS KNUDSEN

After more than 40 years at IU, 22 of Bloomington. He and his wife, Linda them as department chair or program Knudsen, were co-founders and long-time director, Dan Knudsen is retiring. Dan is organizers of the annual Fourth Street widely known on campus for his selfless Festival of the Arts and the By Hand service to the university; his tireless Gallery. Dan is a gifted and dedicated support for faculty, staff, and students; gardener, growing more than a hundred and his consistent refusal to back down in heritage iris varieties at Shield Ridge response to higher administrative Farms. He is also a gourmet chef and wine authority, leading to some memorable connoisseur who pioneered hands-on exchanges in chairs and directors meetings cooking classes as part of the food over the years. curriculum at IU. Always one to embrace Within geography, Dan is admired contradictions, Dan was for many years a for his intellectual curiosity and bravery, coach of youth hockey, teaching having radically shifted fields and research generations of Bloomington youth good methods twice during his career. He began sportsmanship, but also how to body- his career specializing in cutting-edge check their opponents without the referees statistical modeling of industrial and retail noticing. Both the hockey skills and the location patterns. Bored with this work willingness to bend rules had their roots in post tenure, he dove into the use of critical Dan’s adolescence in Iowa, where he seems theory in cultural geography, pioneering to have treated law enforcement with the the use of Lacanian psychoanalysis in Dan’s strong and generous same cheerful disrespect he later accorded tourism studies. This work was recognized commitment to student development is college deans. When I interviewed at IU, by the Roy Wolfe Award for Tourism visible in his teaching record, which he told me with pride that fully half of the Research in 2009. Most recently, he paralleled his research career in spanning geography faculty at that time had juvenile switched fields and methods again, and is a jaw-dropping range of physical, social, records for (relatively) harmless youthful now doing groundbreaking quantitative and spatial science and humanities topics. hijinks; one of his favorite stories involved and spatial analysis of food-justice issues He developed and taught 40 different a police car, fireworks, and a realistic in Indiana. courses during his time at IU on subjects human dummy. In all of these intellectual endeavors, ranging from cartography to statistics to There are few people in the world able Dan has been notable for his generosity. cultural geography to urban geography and to explain both Poisson regression and the He consistently built intellectual transportation. In recent years, even while differences in how ideology is defined by partnerships with students, as recognized he served as department chair, it was Althusser, Lacan, and Zizek. Dan Knudsen via the Gordon Faculty Award from the normal for him to teach three or four is a rare bird (or perhaps better, given his Indiana University Division of Student courses per semester to make sure our love of irises, a rare flower), and the Affairs in 2011, and by the 2014–15 GPSO majors had access to all of the classes that geography department has been so very (Graduate and Professional Student they needed to graduate. lucky to have him as a core faculty member Organization) campuswide award for Dan’s inventive research and teaching for more than three decades! We are mentoring. His tourism research, for career was balanced with substantial delighted that his involvement with the example, was based in collaborative work administrative loads. He served four terms Critical Food Studies Lab and the Food with current and recent graduate students, as chair of the geography department, Studies Institute means that retirement resulting in co-authored articles, two interrupted only by a nine-year stint as the does not mark the end of his intellectual co-edited volumes, and many jointly founding director of the International engagement with IU. organized conference sessions and Studies program (now its own department). presentations. His ongoing work with For his work developing this very Rebecca Lave the Critical Food Studies Lab depends successful program, he won the John Ryan on collaborations with more than a dozen Award for Distinguished Contributions to IU undergraduates, again resulting International Programs in 2009. in co-authored presentations Outside of IU, Dan has been deeply and publications. involved in the arts community in

34 / Indiana University Bloomington ARLEN W. LANGVANDT

Arlen Langvardt retires after 33 years on moderation and generosity. But it is the the faculty of the Kelley School of Business. right orientation.” A Nebraska native, he studied liberal arts “Arlen is the epitome of a role model. at Hastings College and earned his law He is committed to the larger mission of degree from the University of Nebraska. the university and to the well-being of his Arlen joined the IU faculty in 1985 as colleagues. He cares about doing things assistant professor of business law. He was right and is a man of tradition and process, promoted to associate professor with but he is also very open to new ideas and tenure in 1991, and to professor in 1997. opportunities. He helped build a great Along the way, he was the Eveleigh department.” Professor of Business Ethics and held the “Arlen was my long-time ‘go to’ person Murray Robinson Faculty Fellowship and in the department. I trusted him the Alumni Association Faculty Fellowship. completely and he never disappointed me. Most recently, he held the title of Graf If I had a question, he was always Family Professor. available, and I valued his opinion because, Arlen is a prolific scholar and teacher, as I recall, he was always right! Arlen was a having published more than 40 law journal great colleague and a good friend all the articles and co-authored several business years I worked with him.” law textbooks. He developed 9 new courses for various Kelley degree programs, had Timothy A. Lemper 19 different class preps, taught 7,289 chair of a college English department, Jamie Darin Prenkert students, and provided advice and his brother practiced law for 42 years, his instruction to countless others. For his daughter is a practicing attorney, and his exemplary teaching and scholarship, Arlen son is an associate professor of law. Arlen won numerous disciplinary and school has even co-authored law review articles research and teaching awards. His awards with both of his children. spanned his entire career, including The final words come from Arlen’s winning the Trustees’ Teaching Award in colleagues: his second-to-last year of classroom “Arlen is kind, generous, and always teaching. polite. Every once in a while, someone Arlen served the school and campus misattributes those characteristics to his in many ways. Notable examples include being passive. Those who know him well serving as the school’s first associate dean realize that he is far from it. My favorite of academics, chairing the Kelley Faculty ‘tell’ when he’s reached the limits of his Review Committee and the campus substantial patience is that he’ll set his jaw Promotion Advisory Committee, and slightly to the side and lower his voice half serving 12 years as chair of the a pitch. He almost never loses his Department of Business Law and Ethics. politeness, but you know that the target of During his time as chair, the department that slant-jawed, low-pitched conversation doubled in size and significantly expanded is going to learn not to test him again.” its ethics and critical thinking offerings. “He is understated in his tone and The department is widely recognized as temperament. But it would be a mistake to one of the—if not the—leading business conflate that with a lack of passion for law departments in the world. promoting new ideas and approaches, Arlen has had a profound impact on supporting new faculty, and appreciating the department, its culture, its the diversity of thought to which the accomplishments, and the careers of its department is home.” members. He helped recruit and hire all “It is difficult to put my admiration for but one of its current faculty members. Arlen into words. Four characteristics Reflecting on his impact, his colleagues stand out: integrity, dedication, repeatedly referenced his kindness, thoroughness, and humor . . . what a dry integrity, moderation, generosity, genuine wit! He has worked harder than anybody friendship, and dry wit. to lead the department through decades of Arlen is also a devoted husband to his change.” wife, Mary, a proud father to his children, “He taught me how to write, to think Kyle and Tara, and a doting grandfather to critically, and to love the study of law. I try, his grandchildren, Annie and Jay. in my own work, always to do whatever he Academia and law run in their family: would do in the same position. I get it Arlen’s father was an academic dean and wrong a lot, and I don’t have his natural

Retiring Faculty / 35 MITZI LEWISON

From her first days as a teacher of Teacher Preparation for Reading immigrant schoolchildren in East Los Instruction. Through this 2003 study Angeles to her current career as commissioned by the International international scholar, best-selling author, Reading Association, the leading literacy and professor of literacy, culture, and professional organization in the field, IU’s language education at Indiana University, literacy program was named one of eight Mitzi Lewison has made a difference in the exemplary reading teacher preparation lives of learners. She has advocated for programs. The areas that served as criteria teachers and children as an elementary for this prestigious national award also and middle school teacher and assistant describe the scope of Mitzi’s teaching and principal, a children’s television content teacher education leadership: excellence in director, a literacy researcher, a teacher vision, resources and mission, personalized inquiry group leader, a curriculum teaching, apprenticeship, autonomy, designer, and a university teacher and community. educator. Across all these endeavors, she Finally, Mitzi’s most significant has approached teaching as a learner, legacy is in the field of critical literacy. critically engaging problematic aspects of She conceptualized one of the field’s top reading and writing as issues of equity and models, a way of reading that questions the social justice. commonplace and breaks down Since joining the IU faculty in 1996, commonsensical notions that create Mitzi has embarked on a scholarly journey development workshops to demonstrate barriers and marginalize groups of people. that expanded to stretch around the world. culturally responsive teaching that met Mitzi’s books illustrate how readers who She started with small study groups of the needs of Afghan teacher educators. discuss a text from multiple perspectives teachers, taking an inquiry approach to Mitzi’s leadership and service exemplify can begin to see taken-for-granted teaching that would typify all her work: the informed and compassionate inequalities in everyday situations. Her patient yet active inquiry that takes the time assistance that universities could offer to books are must-have resources on critical to first listen and learn before taking action. teacher educators in developing countries literacy for elementary and middle school The longevity and sustained success devastated by conflict. teachers and teacher educators. In the of subsequent international teaching Other collaborations include book Teaching Children’s Literature: projects were built upon Mitzi’s flexibility, curriculum development with African It’s Critical! and in their best-selling book compassion, and capacity to understand Studies at IU to create a video series, Creating Critical Classrooms: K-8 and deliver what people need in order to Windows into the World of Africa, as part Reading and Writing with an Edge, Mitzi succeed. She was the linchpin in a U.S. of an outreach mission to produce and colleagues Chris Leland and Jerry State Department outreach effort to curriculum materials for teachers. And Harste provide a roadmap for developing rebuild teacher education programs in Mitzi has just launched a new pilot project avid readers who question a text and Afghanistan. Most recently, she served as for international underserved college translate their understanding into action project director at the heart of an initiative students in conjunction with IU’s satellite for social justice. A resounding theme that spans two decades and four campus in New Delhi, India, which kicks across Mitzi’s publications is an emphatic partnerships, including the Afghanistan off in June 2020. emphasis on teacher empowerment Higher Education Project and the Indiana Mitzi’s warmth, knowledge, and tempered by a self-critical lens that can University–Kabul Education University commitment to equity infuse her courses, reveal sociopolitical aspects of everyday Project. This work enabled about 100 whether children’s literature and literacy classroom teaching practices. Mitzi’s work Afghan educators to complete graduate- methods classes for undergraduates or enlightens teachers as professionals while level English language education programs seminars for doctoral students. She respecting them as decision makers and and included the establishment of a received five awards for outstanding inquirers with the power and ability to master’s degree in TESOL. Through years teaching, including the Burton Gorman study their own practice. Her work of daily, early morning check-in Teaching Award, the highest honor for with teacher study groups and teacher teleconferences, interspersed with teaching awarded by the IU School of inquiry has earned recognition from the extended onsite visits, Mitzi worked Education. Beyond the classroom, Mitzi International Literacy Association, closely with Afghan education officials and established strong university partnerships among others. teacher educators to build their nation’s with schools that provide a collaboration Mitzi will have many new adventures capacity to deliver language and literacy model that continues today. Mitzi served in retirement, and we wish her all the best teacher education at the university level. as elementary literacy program area chair in this exciting next chapter. We also send The result was a uniquely effective English during a time when IU had one of the along heartfelt thanks for all that she’s curriculum reform project that has largest teacher education programs in accomplished, as will so many others in the impacted 18 Afghan universities. During the nation. Under her leadership, the schools, universities, and international 20 onsite visits to Kabul, Mitzi personally program was nationally recognized by the communities that she has served. developed and delivered professional Commission on Excellence in Elementary Karen Wohlwend

36 / Indiana University Bloomington SCOTT B. MACKENZIE

In 1983, Scott B. MacKenzie arrived at Upon hearing about Scott’s Indiana University’s Kelley School of upcoming retirement, several colleagues Business to begin a nearly four-decade commented on his outstanding character, career as a nationally renowned accomplishments, and impact. Professor researcher, esteemed teacher, and valued Rich Lutz, Scott’s dissertation advisor, colleague. Scott moved to Bloomington expressed his admiration for Scott’s from California after receiving his Ph.D. “off-the-charts niceness” and myriad from UCLA. Prior to that, he received scholarly achievements and contributions. M.B.A. and B.A. degrees from UCLA, He writes, “I have chaired more than 20 graduating magna cum laude and Phi Beta doctoral dissertations, and I consider Scott Kappa. Scott’s national recognition for to be the most successful. He is especially research excellence and prolific near and dear to my heart since I was the contributions to several knowledge areas one who ‘rescued’ him from the UCLA led to his appointment as the Neal Gilliatt M.B.A. program. His scholarly talent was Chair of Marketing, which he currently obvious even in that context, and he has holds. Previously, he was honored as the never disappointed.” Edgar G. Williams Faculty Fellow, and His former colleague and frequent then with the Indiana University collaborator Professor Phil Podsakoff notes Foundation Professorship. that Scott is leaving a legacy at IU that will During his academic career, be difficult, if not impossible, to equal. Scott has authored or co-authored Award—Honorable Mention), leadership “Most academics recognize Scott as a approximately 80 publications, including (Decennial Influential Article Award), and consummate methodologist who strives for more than 50 articles appearing in highly industrial and organizational psychology excellence in everything he does, and as respected, refereed professional journals (Owens Scholarly Achievement Award). the most highly cited scholar in the field of and two scholarly books. Scott’s research Scott also has an outstanding record marketing. However, his influence on the contributions span several marketing and of service to the academic marketing Kelley School, his colleagues, and his business-related disciplines, including discipline, as shown by his chairing of family and friends goes well beyond this advertising effectiveness, organizational several national conferences and serving recognition. First, he is a person of the citizenship behavior, sales performance, on the editorial boards of many of its top highest integrity who will not compromise leadership, retailing, customer satisfaction, journals, including the Journal of on his values. Second, he is a devoted and research methods. Marketing, Journal of Marketing husband, father, and grandfather who has Beyond the impressive number Research, Journal of Consumer Research, tried throughout his career to maintain an of publications, the widespread influence Journal of Consumer Psychology, Journal effective work-life balance. Finally, he has of Scott’s work (with his co-authors) is of the Academy of Marketing Science, been a role model to others in the way he evident from nearly 60 conference and International Journal of Research in lives his faith. He will surely be missed by symposium presentations and from Marketing, Journal of Retailing, and his colleagues at Kelley.” objective measures such as citation counts Business Horizons. In addition, he has Along with the entire marketing and prestigious research awards. reviewed for several marketing award faculty, I view Scott with heartfelt respect, According to Google Scholar, Scott’s body selection committees. This impressive admiration, and affection. For more than of research has accumulated more than record of scholarly reviewing attests to the 35 years, he has demonstrated his 104,000 citations, and 19 of his esteem and respect in which Scott is held expertise in research design and publications have been cited more than by his peers. methodology, his knowledge of behavioral 1,000 times each. Indeed, one of the many Scott has also received several issues in marketing and management, and papers he co-authored with his colleague awards for teaching excellence from his uncompromising standards of and friend Phil Podsakoff is the most-cited the Kelley School. For many years, he excellence in conducting and reporting his article ever published in the highly taught popular courses on advertising, research. He has an endearing sense of esteemed Journal of Applied Psychology. promotion, and consumer behavior. humor and an unwavering commitment to Thus it is not surprising that Scott has Scott has served as teacher, mentor, and Indiana University, the Kelley School, and been recognized by the Institute of role model to scores of doctoral students. our students. Scott has truly been a stellar Scientific Information as one of the “most In particular, his expertise in research exemplar of what it means to be an highly cited authors” in the economics/ methodology, including in esoteric topics academic as well as an excellent and business category every year since such as structural equation modeling, valued colleague. this designation started (2003); or that made Scott’s advanced doctoral courses a number of Scott’s publications have a “must take” on the schedules of Frank Acito received national awards for their Kelley doctoral students. He was contributions to marketing theory highly sought after for participation (Maynard Award), consumer research on doctoral committees, having served as (Ferber Award—Honorable Mention), chair or member of 34 dissertation retailing theory and practice (Davidson committees.

Retiring Faculty / 37 TERRENCE C. MASON

“Terry Mason has the soul of an artist, the power of education to transform lives, and the tact of a diplomat. You could put and through his work he’s had a lasting him in a boardroom on Wall Street, in a impact on students and colleagues around meeting with village elders in Chad, or in a the world.” jam session with jazz musicians in Rio, and Terry has taken on a number of other he would right fit in.” This observation administrative roles, including as associate from long-time friend Tim Monich conveys dean of faculties, associate vice provost for some of the depth and richness of Terry’s research, associate dean for research, character and personality and points to the academic director of IU’s ASEAN Gateway, range of his personal and professional and most notably, interim dean and dean talents. An accomplished scholar, he also of the School of Education. Holding such has taken on important leadership roles, positions requires a great deal of not only in campus administrative organizational ability, and Terry brings this positions but as director of projects aimed same skill to all his endeavors. Allen, who at transforming education in some of the has frequently been Terry’s musical world’s most challenging settings. In all partner, points out that playing together is these duties, he has displayed unmatched not just a chance to strum a few songs, for enthusiasm, humor, and integrity, with a Terry will bring along recording equipment love of music never far from the surface. and later mix the results into a Terry’s early life prefigured many of sophisticated product. Even his reunions his varied passions, abilities, and in elementary classrooms and taught with old friends are carefully planned and perspectives. He grew up in Corona, doctoral seminars on the nature of organized, with an agenda guaranteed to California—a small town at the time, but teacher education. maximize everyone’s fun and enjoyment— on the edge of Los Angeles. His father Terry also has directed several the same goal-directed leadership he was a school principal and assistant international exchange and development brings to his university career. superintendent, but also a jazz pianist programs focused on civic and teacher Describing the extent, quality, and who could hold his own with the best education, and he has given dozens of impact of Terry’s service and scholarship performers in the area. Terry began his presentations and workshops on these still fails to capture the qualities that make own musical career playing clarinet in the topics in countries around the world. His him such a unique member of the junior high band, but a decade later could approach has been notable for focusing on academic community—or perhaps it is be found busking in the streets of Paris local knowledge and culturally specific these qualities that have made his with his Martin guitar. After earning a forms of education and civic participation. achievements possible. He has broad degree in history, he went on to become an This perspective formed the basis for his intellectual interests and is an avid reader elementary school teacher, later 2012 edited book, Ethics and International of fiction and non-fiction, as well as being a undertaking graduate study at the Curriculum Work: The Challenges of wide-ranging critic and consumer of University of Liège before completing his Culture and Context. As Lew Allen, movies, television, and music. He is a dissertation, “Elementary School Students’ another long-time friend and colleague, singer, songwriter, and guitarist, and a Achievement-Related Cognitions, notes, Terry “has a real heart for passionate cook and wine connoisseur. Emotions, and Task Behavior,” at the international work” and a deep He brings youthful energy and enthusiasm University of California, Los Angeles. commitment to working closely and to all his efforts, both personal and Despite being “a real Pacific Ocean collaboratively with people in a variety professional, and he has an irrepressible beach kid,” in Monich’s words, Terry left of settings. sense of humor. But perhaps his most the West Coast, eventually landing in Some of Terry’s most notable often-noted quality is his deep loyalty and Bloomington along with his wife, Ginette accomplishments have taken place commitment to family, friends, and Delandshere (also an IU professor), and through his leadership of IU’s former colleagues. As Liza Prendergast, another their two sons, Ben and Julien. Terry’s Center for Social Studies and International friend and collaborator, says, “Terry makes service and scholarship while at IU have Education. In this role, he coordinated longstanding friendships with people of all focused on improving education, several large-scale programs sponsored different backgrounds, interests, ages, and particularly through teacher training, and by the U.S. Agency for International cultures, and he really nurtures those are especially directed at enhancing the Development, including projects aimed at friendships, even from great distances.” civic capacity of individuals and improving primary education in Macedonia, These friendships, and the work they are communities—locally, nationally, and reforming the higher education system in grounded in, are part of Terry Mason’s internationally. For many years, as Afghanistan, and increasing gender equity enduring legacy. professor in the Department of Curriculum in education in South Sudan. Arlene and Instruction, he has guided preservice Benitez, former director of the same Keith Barton teachers on how to include social studies center, notes, “Terry genuinely believes in

38 / Indiana University Bloomington SUZANNE MENZEL

Suzanne Menzel was a faculty member 27 regional experts. Suzanne was the in the computer science (CS) department major force behind all the activities. First, from 1989 to 2019. She has been a pillar of she recruited and selected students from the CS undergraduate program and the across the country, found tens of heart and soul of diversity outreach in the thousands of dollars in funding to pay for department and more broadly in the their travel, and arranged their Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, accommodations; second, she recruited and Engineering. For 30 years, Suzanne faculty mentors from IU and other worked closely with other faculty members universities, and worked with them to to create a vital curriculum for core courses develop research projects suitable for a in CS. She embraced active learning weekend; third, she created websites, strategies and was an early adopter of brochures, and videos; fourth, she team-based learning and peer-led team found keynote speakers, including a learning. She established and directed a distinguished researcher from Google; long-running peer tutoring program to fifth, she consulted with experts to make support the core programming courses. the program accessible to as many as She consistently received the top teaching possible, including visually or hearing evaluations in the department. In 2012, impaired attendees; and, finally, Suzanne she was inducted into the Faculty Academy managed the logistics of actually running on Excellence in Teaching (FACET) at IU. the program. The entire event was a Suzanne actively recruited, Suzanne recruited more students resounding success. As if all that weren’t encouraged, and engaged in mentoring into CS through replicating best practices enough, afterwards she led a team of underrepresented groups to consider CS such as Try It!, which identified 20 faculty in writing a Special Interest Group throughout her career. She has found ways undergraduate women likely to be on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) to help build the pipeline from K–12 successful in CS based on past math paper about the experience so that others through graduate school. scores. She also held workshops to show could replicate this event. In response to a national initiative in students how enjoyable coding can be and Suzanne actively published findings 2003, Suzanne created an IU chapter of the to point them toward future opportunities, from these activities and was often sought Java Engagement for Teacher Training and coordinated and evaluated peer for her knowledge on how to implement (JETT), which helped 35 regional high mentoring sessions to help CS1 and CS2 these impactful programs. She has school teachers learn how to program Java students successfully complete organized numerous conferences and in anticipation of AP CS major course coursework. workshops for CS education and has been changes. During these workshops, which In 2004, she and Gloria Townsend invited to speak at national and ran from 2003–05, Suzanne raised funds, pioneered a model for small regional international conferences. She has recruited students and faculty to create the celebrations of women in computing, published a collection of CS education tracks, and ran many sessions herself. based on the Grace Hopper Celebration, papers as well. Among about 20 JETT chapters and continued to organize the Indiana Because of Suzanne Menzel, many nationwide, the IU workshops were the Celebration of Women in Computing for people, especially women, have been first to invite seasoned AP teachers to over a decade. Today there are more than inspired to join and succeed in the field of provide advice and support to high school 30 such conferences held annually computing. There are literally hundreds teachers in the transition to the new worldwide that ensure women in Indiana of researchers and employees at elite curriculum. have networking and professional companies who give credit to Suzanne for Suzanne also supported the Indiana development opportunities. sparking their interest and inspiring their University Women in Computing group Before her retirement, Suzanne studies in CS. She has a talent for creating where she advocated, secured funding, and launched the HelloResearch initiative, communities among students who teach helped train students to give “roadshow” based on a program at Carnegie Mellon and support each other in their studies. presentations, called Just Be, around the University called OurCS, which aims to As a small recognition of her legacy and to Midwest to dispel myths about computing bring more women into leadership honor Suzanne’s special contributions, the and engage younger students. Through her positions by encouraging research careers. Department of Computer Science leadership, Just Be was presented to over HelloResearch connects undergraduates established in 2019 the Suzanne Menzel 50 groups that included more than 3,000 from across the country with world-class Senior Recognition Award for outstanding students aged 10 to 25. The demand for researchers from academia and industry seniors pursuing graduate school, in these presentations was such that Suzanne for intensive research experiences. recognition of their leadership and got funding and co-organized workshops The three-day, research-focused activities that improve and expand the to train students from Indiana colleges workshop for undergraduates brought CS community through teaching (Computing Outreach in Indiana) 92 underrepresented people from 47 and mentoring. and 20 HBCUs about how to create their universities in 21 states to learn about own roadshows. research from 12 hands-on projects led by Amr Sabry

Retiring Faculty / 39 EUGENE O’BRIEN

A gifted composer, dedicated colleague, Harvard Biographical Dictionary and wise administrator, Eugene O’Brien of Music. retires from the faculty leaving a legacy of Prior to his stint directing the refined music and utmost commitment to IU New Music Ensemble, Gene was active the Jacobs School of Music, including elsewhere in the performance of new guidance through challenging times and music, co-founding the Cleveland new major construction projects. His significant music ensemble, Reconnaissance, with influence on the department, school, and Donald Erb in 1978 and serving as its university will be felt for years to come. director until 1984. He also served on the Born in Paterson, New Jersey, on production board of the Contemporary April 24, 1945, Gene was given an Music Forum in Washington, D.C., from influential glimpse into the music of 1985 to 1987. Stravinsky, Ives, and Varèse at an early age Bloomington and the IU community by his aunt, Margaret Stanley Hall. He first have been fortunate to hear performances studied composition with Robert Beadell of Gene’s wonderfully crafted compositions at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, in faculty and student chamber, ensemble, where he completed undergraduate and and orchestral programs. The New Music graduate degrees in music in 1967 and Ensemble in particular has relished 1969. A Fulbright scholarship then opportunities to perform works such as enabled him to study with Bernd Alois Mysteries of the Horizon, Embarking for Zimmermann at the Staatliche Hochschule Jacobs School bear his influence and are Cythera, Taking Measures, and In The für Musik in Köln, Germany. testament to his love of and sage advice to Country of Last Things, which was Gene next studied briefly with Iannis the school. featured on the NME’s west coast tour in Xenakis and John Eaton at IU, but left to In addition to the prestigious Rome 2003. Chamber works such as Close accept the Rome Prize and a two-year Prize, Gene received an Academy Award in Harmony, Fancies and Goodnights, and fellowship at the American Academy in Music from the American Academy of Arts Black Fugatos are always a treat to hear, Rome from 1971 to 1973. and Letters as well as awards from BMI; as is his latest composition, the Appointed to the faculty of the The American Society of Composers, monumental Algebra of Night for voice Cleveland Institute of Music in 1973, Gene Authors, and Publishers; and the League of and piano quartet. His music never fails to studied with and then succeeded Donald Composers/International Society for exhibit superb contrapuntal technique, Erb as chair of the CIM composition and Contemporary Music. He has received vivid imagination and orchestration, theory department in 1981. Two years Guggenheim, Rockefeller, Fulbright, elegant architecture, and always fantastic later, he completed his Doctor of Musical National Endowment for the Arts, and invention. It draws a listener in with the Arts degree at CIM and Case Western other fellowships, and has been clarity of line and intent, expressive Reserve University. In 1985, he joined the commissioned by the Fromm Foundation quality, and adventurousness—not to music faculty at Catholic University in at Harvard University, the Serge mention the evocative titles! We in the Washington, D.C., where he taught for two Koussevitzky Foundation in the Library of Composition Department are looking years. Gene joined the faculty of the Congress, the Meet-the-Composer/Lila forward to bearing witness to the next Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Wallace Reader’s Digest Fund, and many stage of Gene’s creative life with its in 1987, directed the New Music Ensemble American and European performers and renewed focus on music composition. from 1990 to 1992, chaired the ensembles. We wholeheartedly congratulate Gene Composition Department from 1994 to His music has been heard in concerts on his retirement and thank him for his 1999, served as associate dean for by the Cleveland Orchestra, the Italian years of service to the school. instruction from 1998 to 2002, and was Radio (RAI) Orchestras of Rome and the school’s executive associate dean from Turin, and the Omaha Symphony; as part David Dzubay 2002 through 2016. In the latter capacity, of the Saint Louis Symphony Discovery Gene served as steadfast advisor to Dean series and the Louisville Orchestra New Gwyn Richards and offered valuable Dimensions series; and in numerous other insight and fair-minded perspective to concerts and festivals throughout this many a committee. country and abroad. Recorded on the CRI, As executive associate dean, bringing Golden Crest, Crystal, Fontec, Capstone, to bear his early study of and interest in and Indiana University labels, his works architecture, Gene was integral to the have been published by Codex Nuovo, development and realization of plans for G. Schirmer, and Boosey & Hawkes. the newly constructed East Studio Building Biographies and descriptions of his work and the addition to the west of the Musical are included in The New Groves Dictionary Arts Center. Indeed, these widely praised of American Music, Baker’s Biographical major improvements to the facilities of the Dictionary of Musicians, and The

40 / Indiana University Bloomington GARY PIKE

“What a long, strange trip it’s been.” given his productive publication record That is a well-known Grateful Dead lyric and the number of awards he had received that Gary Pike might choose to describe his for his work. In addition to his awards career journey from political speechwriter from the Association for Institutional to higher education researcher, full-time Research, he also received the Outstanding university administrator, teacher, and Assessment Research Award from the research advisor to scores of doctoral American College Personnel Association in students. More recently, he might refer to 1998 and was named a senior scholar by another classic Dead lyric, “Every silver that organization in 2000. lining’s got a touch of grey,” referring to Gary has rendered significant service the long, pony-tailed, more-gray-than- to the field of higher education. In 2015 he black hair and full beard that he now served as president of the Association for proudly sports. While he travels more Institutional Research, and for three years these years to deliver talks about his he was a member of that organization’s research, and less so to follow the Dead board of directors. He is currently finishing and other jam bands, his playful passion a five-year stint as editor of one of the for clear, creative, and thoughtful analysis premier higher education research of the college student experience has journals, The Review of Higher Education. earned him the respect of colleagues, an Gary Pike is among the most generous array of leadership roles and awards, and a scholars in the field, sharing his talent with significant number of protégés who will legislators were beginning to consider as a students and colleagues to help advance extend his legacy in the field. potential measure of college quality for use the field of higher education research. Gary Pike’s tenure at Indiana in performance-funding schemes. He had collaborated with a number of IU University began in 2006, when he Gary has often been introduced higher education scholars before coming to accepted the positions of executive director to national audiences as someone with IU, including Trudy Banta and George of information management and a gift for understanding statistics and Kuh, noting on his arrival, “When I came institutional research at IUPUI and for explaining complex concepts with here it was a real sense of coming to associate professor of higher education in remarkable clarity. He has developed a someplace. It really was an opportunity to the Bloomington-based Higher Education long-standing reputation as one of the work with people I knew, I liked, and I and Student Affairs (HESA) program. Prior most productive scholars in higher respected, and that’s an awfully nice way to to joining the IU faculty, he served as the education research. This reputation is finish up your career.” director of institutional research at based on over 100 articles published in While at IU, Gary has involved Mississippi State University from 2003 to peer-reviewed journals, one-third of which students in his research and writing; 2006 and for 10 years before that, director appear in the discipline’s highest-impact- they have also been his co-authors of of student life studies at the University of factor journal, Research in Higher articles and co-presenters at professional Missouri in Columbia. He began his higher Education. He won the Association for conferences. His colleagues and scores of education research career at the University Institutional Research annual Charles F. doctoral students in the higher education of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) Center for Elton Best Paper Award a record seven program are very happy that he spent Assessment Research and Development, times. Gary also received the association’s 14 very productive years at Indiana where he first worked with Dr. Trudy most prestigious research award, the University. His care for and devotion to the Banta, who would eventually bring him to Sidney Suslow Award, for his lifetime development of young scholars have Indiana University. contributions to higher education research become his most recent hallmark. Students Gary’s work at UTK helped establish and scholarship. And that was in 2010! His know that if they really want to learn how that university as a pioneer in the research has delved into many aspects of to apply statistical methods to higher assessment of college student outcomes higher education student and institutional education research, they cannot find a and institutional effectiveness. This status success including the impact of residential better teacher, advisor, and mentor in the brought an award for UTK from the learning communities, the importance of field than Gary Pike. “Nothing left to do National Council on Measurement in high school on freshman success, adult but smile, smile, smile.” Education and recognition by the learners, and the connection of U.S. News Organisation for Economic Cooperation and World Report rankings to measures of Victor Borden and Development at a conference for learning quality. He has delivered over Trudy Banta European university leaders in Paris. Gary 100 presentations and workshops across also participated in research in the 1980s the United States and Canada. that raised uncomfortable questions for When he joined the IU faculty in the major testing companies about the 2006, there was no question about Gary concept of value added, which many state entering as a tenured associate professor,

Retiring Faculty / 41 JAMIE PRATT

Jamie Pratt was born in Indianapolis Accounting in an Economic Context is in in 1951 and attended Bishop Chatard High its 11th edition, and he has published a School. After being drafted by the Chicago second textbook, a casebook, and a variety White Sox in 1969, an offer that he turned of innovative educational software down, he attended Purdue University, products. Jamie is particularly proud of where he majored in Industrial the success of a number of doctoral Management and played varsity baseball students whose dissertations he chaired. for four years, winning the MVP award in His students currently include the dean of 1972 and the 1973 Big Ten Intercollegiate the University of Washington’s Foster Conference Medal of Honor for academic School of Business, chairs of the and athletic excellence. He earned a accounting departments at Villanova doctorate in Business Administration from University and the University of Alabama, Indiana University’s School of Business in and the Perella Chair in the Department of 1978, and with his spouse, Kathy, moved Accounting at Lehigh University. to Seattle, Washington, where he began his Even in retirement he continues to academic career at the University of publish educational materials, earning the Washington, and where Kathy began to title of National Registry CPE Sponsor work at Price Waterhouse (now from the National Association of State PricewaterhouseCoopers). Boards of Accountancy, a title that allows Jamie served on the University of him to offer internet-based video financial Washington faculty from 1978 to 1990, Kelley School of Business Full Professor reporting and analysis courses that can be and during that time period earned the Research Award, the American Taxation completed by CPAs for continuing rank of full professor with tenure, started a Association Outstanding Manuscript education credits. family with Kathy, and took visiting Award, and International Research Fellow In retirement, Jamie plans to positions at the Banking Institute at the at the University of Manchester. This continue a presence in the world of University of Zurich (1981–82) and at outstanding record also includes holding accounting by maintaining an active blog Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Business the prestigious Alva L. Prickett Research on LinkedIn that periodically offers (1989–90). Chair of Accounting for 10 years until commentary on interesting current In 1990 Jamie and family moved to retirement as well as numerous invited developments in the practice of accounting Bloomington, Indiana, and he accepted a research presentations at top universities and finance. He is also CEO of PRATTedu. position as professor of accounting at the throughout the United States, Europe, and com, which offers video-based financial School of Business, soon to become the Asia. In addition, Jamie served as associate reporting and analysis courses on the Kelley School, and has remained here editor at The Accounting Review, the internet. He and Kathy, who just since. During that time period, Jamie took American Accounting Association’s celebrated their 42nd anniversary, are a visiting position at INSEAD in primary research journal, and chaired the the parents of three grown boys and two Fontainebleau, France. Jamie served as research program at the annual meeting of lovely grandchildren (and hopefully still chair of the Kelley Accounting Department the American Accounting Association. counting). They move around among three from 1998 to 2004 and chair of Graduate Jamie has taught financial homes: a condo in downtown Bloomington, Accounting Programs from 2006 to 2007. accounting and financial statement a lake house in Brown County, and a lovely In addition, he chaired the committee that analysis at all levels. His impressive record home on Harbour Island in the Bahamas, created the Graduate Accounting as an educator includes over 30 teaching an island he has visited since he was a boy Programs, which for over 20 years has awards and recognitions for teaching in the early 1960s. Jamie still enjoys delivered two highly successful master’s- undergraduate, master’s, and Ph.D. sports, playing tennis and a variant of level accounting programs. As the students. Not only has he received basketball, and volunteering as the junior originator of these programs, Jamie was numerous teaching awards from the Kelley varsity coach for the Bloomington High honored with an innovative teaching School of Business, but he also received School North baseball team. It is not award for curriculum development from awards from the University of Washington unusual to find him with a shovel digging the Kelley School of Business. (Seattle), Northwestern University, and around in the landscape, tinkering on the Jamie’s professional accomplishments INSEAD. piano, or at a computer key board typing are many and varied. His research has He has taught all over the world, including out his poetically licensed version of the examined the processes and consequences Seoul (South Korea), Beijing (China), history of Harbour Island. of financial reporting, auditing, and Ryazon (Russia), Tokyo (Japan), Mikkeli investment decisions. His research record (Finland), and at universities across Joseph Fisher includes 33 peer-reviewed articles (20 of western Europe. He has also published which appear in the most prestigious frequently in accounting education accounting research journals), earning for journals and was chosen Outstanding him the following honors: Department of Educator of the Year by the Indiana Accounting Lifetime Achievement Award, Society of CPAs. His textbook Financial

42 / Indiana University Bloomington W ILLI AM W. R ASCH

William Rasch served thrice as Germanic Chaouli has noted, the one model that got studies chair and once as founding chair of to Bill, that brought emotion to the cool the Department of International Studies, demeanor of the “chairman,” was the so perhaps it’s natural that his colleagues perfectly ordinary “chair,” who quietly put associate him with Sinatra, “the chairman institution above interest. That model of the board” himself, on whose sets he’d “filled Bill with overwhelming respect,” to eavesdropped in the ’60s as a kid in Miami, which he responded in kind: “He honored stationed outside the exit at the Hotel the rules of the game even when they did Fontainebleau. Not the dubious man, but not favor him, and he always placed the the voice of the Songbook, the impeccably- good of the institution above his own timed swagger, inspired Bill as he interest.” In a factious world, keen on its journeyed from Miami urchin to pugilistic interests, convinced of the purity of each modernist working at the legendary 8th private intention, Bill never hesitated, Street Bookshop in New York City, and when a conflict arose, to take the hit eventually found his calling with a Ph.D. in himself, to have someone else’s back, to German, which he earned on the coast encourage whoever was down, to inspire kitty-corner to Miami’s at the University of us whenever departmental life threatened Washington, studying romanticism with to run thin. This we tended to take for Ernst Behler and 18th-century pedagogy granted; the right thing happened quickly, with Jeffrey Peck. Romanticism and the without chance to quibble before his Enlightenment are wide fields, to be sure, Bill’s career demonstrates an abiding characteristic sign-off: “I leave it at that.” but the breadth of Bill’s erudition doesn’t interest in intellectual history, especially But it wouldn’t hit the right note to get at what stands out most in his scholarly the trajectories of the Enlightenment, leave it at that, at Bill Rasch, moralist profile: his incisiveness, the sharp turn of starting from its own misrecognitions in malgré lui. Something there misses the phrase, the wryness that can’t but also the late 18th century. Along with his many mark. As much as we counted on Bill for mock the vanity of the life of the mind. A articles and edited volumes, Bill’s books— his sure-handed sense of the right thing to conversation with Bill takes off for Bombay Carl Schmitt: State and Society (2019); do, it does him no favor to ignore his with Sinatra and winds up in Mandalay Sovereignty and Its Discontents: On the handy spite for moralists, to misread that with Lotte Lenya (or is it Marianne Primacy of Conflict and the Structure subtle sneer (at himself?) as nothing more Faithfull?) cursing Surabaya Johnny for of the Political (2004); and Niklas than posture. Yes, we relied on his fairness, his seductive lies. That’s the kind of stiff Luhmann’s Modernity: The Paradoxes of but the Bill we encountered day-to-day romantic enlightenment of which Bill, in Differentiation (2000)—point to his wasn’t a moralist. As much as he regretted addition to his erudition, remains a master. interest in thinking about large structures not teaching more often the literature he To hear it from Bill’s many loyal such as states or universities, especially as loved (and songs he cited), what Bill never doktorkinder (dissertators) in German they came into focus in the Enlightenment relinquished, what you sensed whenever departments across the country, he poured as institutions seemingly adhering to laws you exchanged ideas or crossed paths or a rich burgundy of theory in the graduate we could understand and enact in order to heard his response in a colloquium, was seminars he’s taught since arriving at IU in establish harmony between nature and the lesson he learned at the Fontainebleau 1990. The wider field of Germanic Studies reason. But as his titles make clear, Bill or on 8th Street: the right measure, the bit confirms how his influential readings of was unpersuaded by arguments about of syncopation, the beat of irony that the social theorist Niklas Luhmann and harmony and law; in his work we learn, dashes sentimentality before clarity turns the political theorist Carl Schmitt burst rather, about conflict, paradox, to mush. That’s the indispensable Bill, the the comfortable bubbles of moral contingency, and discontent. Bill didn’t see one who, alongside his dutifulness, abided righteousness that frothed the glass of the world modernity had wrought through by his conviction in the crisp discernment German theorizing after the 1960s. His rose-colored glasses. It is a tragic world, of taste. ability to capture a realistic stringency in filled with air wars, emergency powers, the German social-critical tradition has pacification instead of peace, unintended Benjamin Robinson transformed our field. Though Bill’s consequences, and warily supervised thinking eventually moved away from the public life. To see these aspects of our beatniks and modernists of the 8th Street world didn’t mean to affirm them; Bill Bookshop to the heady theorists of Berlin simply acknowledged them as part of and Bielefeld, he never lost his sense of society, as something for which we— streetwise irony, of transcendental liberals, moderns, colleagues, students— homelessness (cf. Lukács and Dylan), and can take responsibility or continue to pay of how no one answers the sad-eyed the costs. As a scholar and chair, Bill chose prophets, the Cassandras, out of sympathy to recognize conflict, not embolden it. with neoliberalism’s imperial pretentions. Quite the contrary. As colleague Michel

Retiring Faculty / 43 KENNETH LEE ROBERSON

Kenneth Roberson joined the Indiana and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Stuggartt, University theatre and dance faculty in Germany; and Osaka, Japan. 2014, bringing with him a long, varied, and His work on the screen has been seen deep career in theatre. A Georgia native, he in HBO’s Lackawanna Blues, Preaching to grew up loving dance, but wasn’t sure he the Choir, Brother to Brothe, and the Fox could see himself having a career in that television series House of Buggin starring field. With a sense of responsibility to his John Leguizamo, for which Kenneth family and community, he attended the received an Emmy Awards nomination for University of Georgia, graduating with a his choreography. He is the recipient of degree in journalism. Afterwards, he two NAACP Awards, two Lucille Lortel landed a job at a newspaper in Athens, Award nominations (for the off-Broadway Georgia, but he knew he wasn’t following productions of Avenue Q and A Boy and his true passion: theatre and dance. He his Soul), and a Drama Desk Award auditioned for the Alvin Ailey American nomination (for Harlem Song), along with Dance Theater after having enlisted in one an AUDELCO (Audience Development of the company’s workshops in Atlanta, Committee) Award, BET Spirit Award, won a spot with a scholarship from the and NPT Spirit Award. prestigious dance company’s school, and At Indiana University, he has moved to New York. directed and choreographed Into the There, he studied with legendary tap Woods, Sweet Charity, The Drowsy dance choreographer and teacher Henry inhabiting the same slightly cynical world: Chaperone, Urinetown, Dames at Sea, LeTang, who recommended he look into a Avenue Q. The show successfully moved and most recently, Pippin, upon IU new musical titled Black and Blue, a to Broadway and won Antionette Perry theatre’s main stages. In the academic celebration of black culture in Paris from Awards (Tonys) for Best Musical and for studio, he has taught intermediate and the 1910s to the 1940s. Kenneth was cast Best Original Score. What followed was a advanced tap classes, Broadway dance in the show, which originated in Paris. long run on Broadway as well as a national styles, and an ever-popular and unique The show eventually moved to New York tour. After a six-year run at the Golden class called Devised Theatre Through the and Kenneth made his Broadway debut. Theatre on Broadway, Avenue Q returned Medium of Solo Performance, in which He was also featured in the European tour to its off-Broadway roots for a lengthy run students learn the craft of bringing their of Sophisticated Ladies, a revue of the at New World Stages. Kenneth continued own stories forth in theatrical writing. music of Duke Ellington, and appeared on to work as a choreographer on the Not having completely given up Broadway in a revival/revision of the Broadway productions of Drowning Crow performing himself, Kenneth has been Gershwin musical Oh, Kay! and the new (inspired by Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull) working on his one-man show, titled musical Jelly’s Last Jam. and All Shook Up, which was inspired by Middle Aged Passage Crisis, which has During this time, he started to explore and featured the songs of Elvis Presley. garnered a cult following and played Joe’s a living as a choreographer. In 1998 he In regional theatre, Kenneth directed Pub in New York City and Baltimore provided the musical staging for John the world premiere of Frog Kiss at Virginia Center Stage in Maryland. Leguizamo’s play Freak on Broadway (also Stage Company; Ethel (also a world “I love working with the students,” filmed for HBO), and brought “uplifting premier), a one-woman musical about he said to Inside IU Bloomington’s Daniel movement and physicality to every scene” Ethel Waters, at Philadelphia’s Walnut Morgan in a 2015 interview. “They’re so (Variety review) in the New York City Street Theatre and Alabama Shakespeare full of energy, and they’re the reason I’m Centre Encore! production of the musical Festival; Crowns, Lady Day at the here.” Kenneth’s love of theatre and dance Purlie! He choreographed the same show Emerson Bar and Grill, and Ain’t is inextinguishable, and the students in Chicago at the Goodman Theatre. He Misbehavin’, all at the Arena Stage in (and colleagues) who have been the also choreographed the national tours of Washington, D.C.; and Once on This beneficiaries of that joy will never be Frank Wildhorn’s The Civil War, Rodgers Island, Baltimore Center Stage. Most without it again. & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, and Guys recently, he directed Nina Simone: Four and Dolls. Women in Chicago, and he will revisit that Richard Roland Off-Broadway he choreographed show at Merrimack Repertory Theatre in A Boy and His Soul at the Vineyard Lowell, Massachusetts, in January 2020. Theatre and directed and choreographed As a choreographer in regional Jazz a La Carte and Harlem Song at the theatre, he worked on the world premieres world famous Apollo Theater. He then of Ray Charles Live! at the Pasadena landed a job choreographing a new musical Playhouse and The Color Purple at the that spoofed television’s Sesame Street Alliance Theatre in Atlanta. He has taught while aiming the humor at a more mature workshops specializing in the black audience at the Vineyard. The show vernacular of theatre dance across the incorporated puppets and humans globe, including in New York City; Bahia

44 / Indiana University Bloomington JEANNE M. SEPT

When Jeanne Sept came to Indiana Archaeology of Human Origins, the the same time she supported, advocated University in 1987 to give her job talk for reviewer for Choice had this to say: “This for, and defended them in their pursuit the Department of Anthropology, I had is a superb teaching tool for an exciting of excellence. heard many in this genre. I was already subject. This resource is authoritative Jeanne was a strong national and impressed by her CV, which included enough to serve undergraduates in human international voice for the innovative ways teaching as a lecturer at Harvard and evolution and early human ecology, in which scholarship and teaching can Boston Universities and her research on as well as high school students and mutually support each other. She built on plant foods and early hominids in East general users.” the foundation of the Scholarship of Africa. We also shared UC Berkeley As with so many things, Jeanne was Teaching and Learning program, doctorates. But then, after an introduction, ahead of her time. She continued bringing increasing its scope and generating new she moved away from the lectern in the together her scholarship with her passion grant money to support faculty initiatives. Glen Black classroom, holding a sheaf of for making it a basis and a model for This was especially important in initiatives note cards held together by a small chain, teaching. In 2004, she published “The that cut across disciplines and schools, and just talked to us. It was hands down Stone Age in the Information Age: Helping where a strong campuswide voice is the best job talk I have ever heard. It also undergraduates think like archaeologists,” essential. Her innovations in the provided a glimpse of what was to come—a an article that opened up a new world for scholarship of teaching and learning career of someone who cared deeply about them. At the same time, she was opening won a national award. She also expanded her research; who cared about sharing her up new worlds for her professional faculty development and mentoring research, the thrill of it, with her colleagues associations, for example, her 2003 programs, creating collaborations across and our students; and who created spaces “African Archaeology Database & disciplines and ranks. and programs for faculty and students TimeWeb: A digital learning environment Like a good archaeologist who works to thrive. for multi-scale archaeological with the minutiae of ancient lives and Jeanne’s research at Berkeley, interpretations,” an invited paper for the environments with the goal of making the Harvard, and ultimately at Indiana World Archaeology Congress Archaeology big picture a truthful and meaningful one, University included paleoanthropology, in the Digital Age: Envisioning and she maintained the balance between African prehistory, human origins and embodying the past, hypermedia meeting the demands of administrative evolution, paleoecology, early hominin diet explorations of archaeology. Many of our record-keeping and facilitating those and subsistence strategies, primate ecology students, following her model, have farsighted programs that enhance our lives and behavior, and ultimately GIS become the go-to experts on 3D mapping, as scholars, teachers, and students. (Geographic Information System) and exciting their students, professions, In anthropology, we were fortunate to agent-based modeling of foraging communities, and tourists in similar digital have Jeanne as a colleague in our work as behavior. All of these specialized research first-hand experiences. scholars and teachers, and also as chair, interests into proto-human subsistence When Jeanne became the 13th dean once in 2003–04 and again when she left ecology, as Jeanne has said, led her out of of the faculties and vice provost for the dean’s office. She steered us through the archaeological trenches and into the academic affairs in 2004, she joined a the always-changing policies and African savannas. fellowship that began in 1940 when personnel of the university with grace, I remember the excitement when Herman B Wells, feeling the press of good humor, smart strategies, and Jeanne first presented her CD-ROM on the increasing demands on the president’s wisdom. She continued to teach and Olduvai Gorge in 1997, using it to office, created the position to share with mentor students who one day will know investigate human origins as a way of him the “general responsibility for the how lucky they were. And for everyone, she giving students the experience of what academic administration of the university.” modeled the beauty of work based on craft she called “digital digging.” It was a I was delighted when Jeanne was and imagination, the gift of community, stunning way of letting students, and some appointed dean of the faculties. She and the fundamental human need for of us who secretly envied our archaeology maintained the office as one that, at its laughter and beauty. colleagues, experience what it was like to best, represented and supported faculty in be in an archaeological field site. One all their capacities. She provided critical Anya Peterson Royce student echoed what we all were thinking: support for the academic mission and for “I really enjoyed my first venture into the excellence in research and teaching. world of CD-ROM archaeology. Jeanne The faculty are the heart of that academic Sept teaches a great course.” And speaking mission, and as dean of the faculties, she of that CD-ROM, Investigating Olduvai: held them to the highest standards while at

Retiring Faculty / 45 KATHY OVERHULSE SMITH

Carpe Diem! Just over 30 years ago, Robin Williams exhorted students of literature everywhere with this cri de coeur in the hit film Dead Poets Society. Almost immediately, Kathy Overhulse Smith responded to this directive as though it were spoken to her directly by accepting employment with Indiana University. The rest is history (and therefore rich in irony). Smith had recently defended her dissertation on the rhetorical strategies of Renaissance carpe diem poetry, so presumably she knew the risks. “Had we but world enough, and time,” we could linger over the many extraordinary administrative virtues that Smith deployed over the past three decades in service not only of her department but of the College of Arts and Sciences. Begin, as we all must, with teaching assignments. Though requirements, or simply managing the the many scores of letters of departments shrink more and more, most basic and necessary of tasks—putting recommendation she wrote on their behalf. there was a time not long ago when each students and instructor into the same For those who measure a department’s semester saw literally hundreds of space at the same time, so learning can value by the placement of its graduate classroom assignments in English alone, occur—invariably made English a better students, it is worth reflecting how many and each of those assignments required a department, and a better workplace. She successful careers have been supported at time and place to meet. To manage the had—and continues to have—an uncanny the outset by the labor of one who never scheduling for scores of academics every knack for making others feel better, even taught them in a graduate classroom. semester, and never once encounter so as we sink from crisis to crisis. This labor I am sure she will hand off with much as a single word of displeasure or “Gather ye [final exam booklets] while mixed emotions. And I am just as complaint—well, that would be unheard of. ye may,” for time is still a-flying. Every confident that the labor of undergraduate Complaints there were, as complaints course ends with a final exam, and every teaching will be set down not without there will always be; but regardless of the teacher must one day grade a final reluctance. Her course evaluations were source or form of complaint, explanations assignment. Professor Smith was known always among the department’s most (where necessary) were offered, primarily to her colleagues in her stellar, in a department that prides itself adjustments (where possible) were made. administrative capacity, and she was on the quality of undergraduate Throughout it all, a genial aura suffused known primarily to graduate students as a instruction. Majors frequently identified the department, and its every member mentor and administrator; but she was her as “the best teacher I have ever had.” grew familiar with Kathy’s incantatory known to undergraduate students as an So it is no surprise that English majors spells, and their magical charm: outstanding teacher: in intensive writing recently selected her as the professor “No biggie. We’ll work it out. It’s all good.” courses, in courses core to the major, and whom they most wanted to address their And, indeed, it was (always) “no of course in Renaissance and early class at graduation. biggie.” It was worked out. All remained 17th-century poetry. No administrative For all these reasons, and many more good. For decades, the administrative labor affects faculty more directly than that (too many to detail), the College correctly burden of her colleagues was considerably which administers, deliberates, and recognized her with a well-earned accolade lightened by the unfailingly pleasant labor coordinates general education as a culminating recognition of her of Professor Smith, who not only tended to requirements; this labor she now is distinguished career at Indiana University. much of the necessary (and often thankless) allowed to hand to others. No support for The Morley Career Distinguished Teaching labor on which all departments, especially graduate students is more important than Award for non-tenure track faculty is large ones, depend, she did so in ways that the support we offer, first in mentoring now named in her honor, as the Kathy invariably made those whose life she was their professional development and then Overhulse Smith Teaching Award. It is making easier feel better about the work in attesting to their accomplishments an honor richly deserved and a fitting that they were doing. Her good humor and and potential through letters of culmination to an outstanding career. good sense, whether negotiating with the recommendation. Many, many students She will be missed by her colleagues. College, or mentoring graduate instructors, have benefitted from the time and energy or mediating student complaints, or Professor Smith brought to visiting Romayne Dorsey helping to shape and implement the classrooms, mentoring and supervising Richard Nash ever-changing world of curricular associate instructors, and most of all from

46 / Indiana University Bloomington RAYMOND SMITH

Ray Smith graduated with a B.A., cum the halls of residence. In further support of For two years prior to his return laude, in 1975 from the University of undergraduate learning, and demonstrating as clinical associate professor to his Virginia. He subsequently earned a Ph.D. his love for teaching, Smith participated in teaching duties in the Literacy, Culture, in English Renaissance Literature in 1992 the development of the Freshman Learning and Language Education program, Smith from the University of Missouri in Project (FLP). According to David Pace of served as dean of University Division. Columbia. He came to Indiana in 1990 to the history department, the faculty leader Along with this work, however, he found establish the Campus Writing Program and of the FLP, “Ray Smith played a central the energy and time (and funding) to in 1997 was appointed as assistant role in the early meetings that created the champion the Service-Learning Program professor of language education. As IU Indiana University Freshman Learning on campus. Under his direction, service- Bloomington assistant dean in the Office of Project, and his efforts to find support learning grew from a part-time staff Academic Affairs (1993–97) and dean of were absolutely crucial to the survival of a member to a thriving program that now faculties, and then as associate vice program. The Decoding the Disciplines collaborates with local and regional chancellor, Smith developed the Campus process that emerged directly from the nonprofits throughout the state Writing Program and also created a FLP is now being used in at least 14 of Indiana. world-class writing center, Writing countries and has been the basis for more Since his return to teaching at the Tutorial Services (WTS). Thousands of than 150 books, articles, and papers.” School of Education in 2009, Ray Smith students benefited and continue to benefit As the Campus Writing Program turned his hand to graduate education, from both programs as well as other matured, Professor Smith collaborated with particular emphasis on recruiting teaching and learning initiatives that with the leadership of UITS in creating the and supporting international graduate Smith helped to launch. Indeed, Professor Teaching and Learning Technologies students, who make up a considerable Raymond Smith’s knowledge and Laboratory (TLTL), the precursor of the portion of the school’s Ph.D. and master’s dedication have resulted in many of the now much-expanded Center for Innovative programs. He chairs the admissions and most durable and noteworthy initiatives Teaching and Learning. One of the fellowship committees and teaches two for students and faculty on the signature productions of the TLTL was the introductory Ph.D. courses. He was Bloomington campus. creation of one of IU Bloomington’s first awarded a Trustees’ Teaching Award and The Campus Writing Program online courses, Traditions and Cultures of in 2019 the University Graduate School’s supports faculty as they frame assignments Indiana University, for which Smith served Faculty Mentor Award. The announcement that will deepen their students’ learning as executive producer. He committed of the Graduate School award states, and improve their disciplinary writing. considerable skill and resources to the “The award is given to a faculty member Writing Tutorial Services, one of the very project because he realized that the course who fosters long-term development of few discipline-specific writing tutorial would serve as a model for future online students. … Smith’s nominations from his centers in the world, has held well over courses; to date the course has enrolled students praised his openness, empathy, 50,000 tutorials and has supported the almost 20,000 students. professional expertise, and willingness to teaching of hundreds of instructors. The Along with other faculty, and as a part go the extra mile to ensure student prominence of the Campus Writing of his leadership in the Office of Academic well-being.” Program has been acknowledged Affairs, Smith lent his experience and In short, one would be hard pressed internationally and has been twice chosen knowledge to establishment of the to name anyone on this campus who has as the site of the International Conference Scholarship of Teaching and Learning worked more tirelessly than Ray Smith on on Writing Across the Curriculum, while (SoTL) at IU Bloomington. Under Smith’s developing initiatives to improve the Writing Tutorial Services has hosted the direction, instructional consultants quality of teaching and learning across the International Writing Centers Association. assisted nearly one in five teaching faculty Bloomington campus. In commenting on In building these outstanding centers, Ray at IU Bloomington, faculty who brought the his plans for retirement, Smith says his demonstrated that he cares deeply about same rigor used in their own disciplinary work with graduate students is the thing he the educational mission of the university. research to the study of their students’ will miss the most. In the 1990s, Ray Smith was also learning. As a result, IU Bloomington heavily involved in a Lilly Foundation became an international leader in SoTL. In Mary Beth Hines grant dedicated to improving student 2003, IU Bloomington won the Hesburgh Faridah Pawan retention by enhancing undergraduate award, “which is presented each year to the learning on campus. In particular, Smith college or university judged to have the was charged with finding the funding and most effective faculty development space for the Academic Support Centers program [SoTL] that enhances for tutorial and advising services housed in undergraduate teaching and learning.”

Retiring Faculty / 47 BRUCE MICHAEL SOLOMON

Bruce grew up in Southern California and Supporting undergraduate research began his mathematics studies at UCLA. has long been an area in which Bruce He received his doctorate from Princeton showed special interest. He served for two in 1982. His thesis, “Lipschitz Spaces years on the IU College of Arts and of Multiple Valued Functions and the Science’s REU (Research for Closure Theorem,” was written under the Undergraduates) grant board and was supervision of Fred Almgren. He joined co-PI on one of our recent National our faculty the following year, and retired Science Foundation REU grants. The on December 31, 2019. His contributions impact of his energies is felt around our to our research, teaching, and service state: his most recent REU student, Nick missions will be sorely missed. Edelen, just started a tenure-track position Bruce is an expert in geometric at Notre Dame. measure theory, a relatively young branch Bruce has consistently served our of mathematics that sits between geometry department, the College, the campus, and and analysis. For example: nature likes to the profession in significant ways. His minimize energy—a wire loop dipped in colleagues elected him to both our soapy water and removed will form a soap personnel and salaries committees; he film whose surface attempts to minimize recently served as our associate chair for area. Geometric measure theory provides two years; and he applied the same eye for the mathematical foundation for making elegance to our annual alumni newsletter such notions precise. A central challenge As an attendee in faculty meetings, Bruce as he did to his research papers. He is to show that mathematical notions of is known for his integrity and for bringing recently served on the Bloomington solutions to equations correspond to actual common-sense perspectives to even the Faculty Council and co-chaired its Benefits nice geometric objects. most difficult discussions. Committee. He also obtained NSF funding Several of Bruce’s works deal with Bruce is also well regarded for his for, and co-organized, our Bloomington surfaces that are either minimal, have substantial contributions to our teaching Geometry Workshop for four years. constant mean curvature, are harmonic, mission. He mentored two students Bruce is admired in our department or satisfy some other extremal condition. through their Ph.D. He was also an early as an academician who has always strived In some of his most influential work, proponent of innovations in instruction for balance in his life. He is a devoted Bruce and collaborators sought to classify and was awarded several IU grants father to three daughters and a devoted minimal surfaces based upon the for instructional technology and grandfather to their children. He is asymptotic behavior of the surface far from undergraduate research. An early also a pillar of the Bloomington the origin. He is also the co-author, with proponent of Mathematica, he developed a Jewish community. Brian White, of a well-known maximum project to incorporate this into our linear Active for decades on many fronts principle that precludes the possibility that algebra course. He was a dedicated at Beth Shalom, he is especially loved for two minimal surfaces, one smooth, one director of graduate studies in the 1990s his musical involvement. He is known perhaps not, could touch each other just and carried out a major overhaul of our by hundreds of Jews in town as a hazan at a point. examination system for Ph.D. students. (prayer leader) for the High Holidays.​ As a mathematician, Bruce has During this period he also wrote a He and his wife, Sue, are avid travelers an amazing ability to expose the elegant successful grant proposal that allowed the and we look forward to hearing from kernel of truth underlying arguments. department to significantly enhance our him in the coming years about tales of Along with this ability has come the desire graduate program. After teaching our exciting globetrotting. to identify and study problems that, while linear algebra course many times, he challenging, are mathematically natural developed his own text, Linear Algebra, Kevin Pilgrim rather than obscure, and whose statements Geometry, and Transformation. He Peter Sternberg are readily understandable to others. For similarly developed materials for our example, in later years, Bruce became undergraduate and graduate courses in interested in studying skew loops—loops differential geometry. More recently, he in space for which no two tangents gave a guiding hand to our faculty working are parallel. group that built our new Math of Decision As a colleague, Bruce is known as and Beauty course, to which he contributed a deep thinker. His presence in seminars a chapter on perspective drawing. Quite always enhances the experience for all fittingly, he was recognized four times in involved through thought-provoking, his career with teaching awards. on-target questions and observations.

48 / Indiana University Bloomington ANNE DOPKINS STRIGHT

Dr. Anne Dopkins Stright will be retiring into how these characteristics predict undergraduate and graduate courses on after 25 years at Indiana University’s outcomes such as children’s school child and adolescent development, as well School of Education in Bloomington. Early behavior, self-regulation in the classroom, as on lifespan development. She also in her career, after earning an M.S. and a emotion regulation, academic taught advanced seminars on social specialist degree in School Psychology achievement, and religiosity. For instance, development, family processes, and college from the University of Wisconsin– in a landmark study published in Child teaching. In 2010, Dr. Stright’s exemplary Madison, Dr. Stright spent two years Development (one of the top journals in teaching practices earned her the Trustees’ working as a psychologist at a K–12 developmental psychology) in 2008, Teaching Award. Her work with students private school in Kuwait. This formative Dr. Stright and colleagues found support for was also recognized in 2002, when she experience was a catalyst for her long and the differential susceptibility hypothesis, received the Award of Excellence in productive career in the field of Education the notion that children differ in the extent Mentoring from the Graduate Studies and Human Development. In 1994, to which parenting experiences influence Office of the School of Education and the Dr. Stright received her Ph.D. in Human their development. That is, maternal Graduate Women Educators Network. Development from the University of parenting style was a stronger predictor Across her career, Dr. Stright chaired Wisconsin–Madison, where she also of U.S. children’s first-grade outcomes 15 doctoral dissertations. worked as project coordinator of the large (e.g., social skills) for infants with difficult Over the years, Dr. Stright’s multisite NICHD–funded Study of Early temperaments as compared to less difficult service to the profession has included Child Care. In 1995, Dr. Stright joined the infants. Infants with difficult temperaments serving as a reviewer for a variety of human development faculty in the School were better adjusted at first grade than national and international journals on the of Education at Indiana University as an those with less difficult temperaments topics of child development, behavioral assistant professor. Here, from 1996 to when their mothers’ parenting quality was development, educational psychology, 2000, she co-chaired the Health and high but had poorer adjustment when the family development, and social Human Services (HHS) Father Task Force, parenting quality was poor. relationships. She is a member of the a project of the National Institute of Child In addition to work in the United Society for Research in Child Development Health and Development (NICHD) Study States, Dr. Stright conducted a number of and the Society for Adolescent Research. of Early Child Care. Two years later, studies on the role of culture in families in Dr. Stright also served on many School Dr. Stright became the director of the Singapore and in Taiwan. She also of Education faculty committees, Human Development Program at Indiana conducted research among immigrant including Long Range Planning, University, serving in this role from 2002 Hmong families in the United States. Many Teacher Education, and Research to 2015. In 2003, she was promoted to the graduate students have benefitted from and Development. rank of associate professor. participation in Dr. Stright’s research Anne is known by her colleagues During her tenure, Dr. Stright has projects. Across 25 peer-reviewed and students for her humor, commitment made important contributions to the field publications and in countless national to advancing knowledge on child through her research on how families conference presentations, Dr. Stright development, and intellectual curiosity. affect child and adolescent development. reported on characteristics of children We wish her all the best for her retirement A common theme in Dr. Stright’s teaching (such as children’s temperament), and future endeavors. and research has been how individual characteristics of parents (such as parental traits and both family and culture interact education and personality), and Mary Waldron with or predict child attachment to the characteristics of the family system (such Joel Wong parent, as well as how they predict as marital conflict). Findings from this parenting behaviors, including research have helped to inform the field co-parenting, parent scaffolding of and her teaching. children’s problem solving, parent warmth, Child development has also been parent behavioral, and psychological the primary focus of Dr. Stright’s teaching control. Her work has provided insights and research. Dr. Stright taught both

Retiring Faculty / 49 ALICIA MARIA VITTI

Alicia Vitti, senior lecturer in Italian, America. At IU, Dr. Vitti regularly taught interweaved. While her students never retired effective June 1, 2019, after nine our basic language sequence (M100 found her courses easy, and indeed many and a half years in the Department of through M250), including M110 Italian described them as tough and based on high French and Italian at Indiana University. Language through Opera, which she expectations, they emphasized how she Dr. Vitti received a doctorate of modern revised based on her background in theatre was always prepared to respond to the languages in Italian with a secondary and dance, as well as the 300-level unique needs of each of them and how she concentration in French from Middlebury sequence of bridge courses (M300–M301) was always available for extra help. College and an M.A. in French Literature aimed at preparing our majors and minors Throughout her career, Dr. Vitti from the University of North Carolina at for upper-division courses focusing on was active in the area of pedagogical Greensboro. She joined the Department of Italian literature and culture. She also development and scholarship, as testified French and Italian as lecturer in January taught several iterations of M491 and by her participation in numerous of 2009 and was promoted to the rank of M492, our courses for graduate reading workshops and online seminars on senior lecturer in 2017. Dr. Vitti brought knowledge of Italian. topics ranging from concept mapping to with her extensive experience as a teacher Dr. Vitti combined rock-solid instructional technology; by her reviews of and coordinator of Italian language and pedagogy, extensive experience, pedagogical publications; by her service as culture at institutions such as Wake impeccable command of the subject, and reader, editor, and consultant for Italian Forest University, the University of dedication to students. She also cared language textbooks; and by her ongoing North Carolina School of the Arts, Elon deeply about the intellectual and cultural collaboration on a new high-intermediate- University, and Forsyth Technical value of language instruction. She was level textbook focused on cinema. Community College. For many years, she especially skilled at structuring her classes During her time at Indiana University, also taught and coordinated multiple along activities of increasing grammatical Dr. Vitti was not only an authoritative Italian courses at the Middlebury complexity, while never losing sight of the teacher but also a valued team player who Language Schools, which have one of the fact that language and culture, even at the was always willing to share ideas and best full-immersion programs in North elementary level, are inseparably suggestions with her colleagues and was actively present in the program’s co- and extra-curricular initiatives. Dr. Vitti is a known and respected member of the professional community of teachers of Italian and she is held in high esteem by her colleagues from other institutions in North America and Italy. On behalf of the department, I would like to express my sincere appreciation for Dr. Vitti’s important contributions, as a teacher and mentor, to the Italian program and wish her all the best for the future.

Massimo Scalabrini

50 / Indiana University Bloomington NONA K. WATT

Nona (Nonie) Watt retired from the library’s archival collection and developed Jerome Hall Law Library on May 31, 2020. it into a regular responsibility for her With more than 30 years at the law library, department. She oversaw the processing Nonie has been an instrumental leader in of several large archival projects, including heralding the library’s collections and the personal papers of a number of cataloging into the digital age. She took the distinguished faculty, alumni, and judges, lead on several major projects in the law as well as six decades’ worth of law school library, and her influence will be felt for deans’ files. When Linda, as director, had years to come. the idea to establish a digital repository in The youngest of five (and the only the law library in 2011, Nonie served as daughter), Nonie was born in Kankakee, project manager for the implementation, Illinois, and grew up in nearby Grant Park. and since then has personally loaded more Perhaps foreshadowing her future career, than 3,500 faculty publications that have Nonie began working in libraries in the been downloaded over 1.3 million times to fifth grade, in her school’s library. She date. She also spearheaded the continued to work in school libraries every reorganization of our faculty bibliography, year through high school. where she maintains lists of all types of Nonie was a first-generation college publications for each member of the law student, earning her B.A. in English school faculty, from books and book Education, with a minor in Library chapters to articles and op-eds to amicus Science, from the University of Illinois Steve took a faculty position in IU’s English briefs and advisory reports. at Urbana-Champaign in 1977. She department and Nonie began as serials Outside of her job responsibilities, continued on to graduate school at the supervisor in the law library. Two years Nonie steadfastly dedicated herself in University of Illinois Graduate School of later, she moved into the position of service to the university and the Library and Information Science, earning assistant librarian for acquisitions and profession, with a particular focus on her M.S. in Library Science in 1979. serials control. In a few short years, she faculty governance. She was elected to the Her first professional library position was promoted to head of technical Bloomington Library Faculty Council five was as circulation/interlibrary loan services; she was named assistant director times, serving as president from 2004 to librarian in the library of Lutheran General for technical services in 2012. 2005. She served three terms on the Hospital, a large teaching hospital outside Nonie has seen the law library libraries’ promotion and tenure committee, of Chicago. A few years later, soon after through several substantial technological serving as chair from 2016 to 2017. She they were married, her husband received advancements. In 1990, Nonie led her was appointed to an ad hoc task force his first tenure-track position at the department through implementation of the charged with rewriting the libraries’ University of Tennessee and Nonie took a law library’s first online library system, promotion and tenure processes and new position with the Tennessee Valley NOTIS. This was a massive endeavor for procedures in 2011, and served as the Authority (TVA) in Knoxville, serving as the entire university library system, and principal author of the committee’s revised information systems specialist. While in Nonie served as representative of the law manual in 2017. Outside of the libraries, this position, she was transferred to a library in several working groups during she has conducted significant work with nuclear power plant in Soddy Daisy, this transition to ensure our specific needs Bloomington Faculty Council committees Tennessee, to inventory contracts and were met. She worked with Linda Fariss to and was elected to serve on the Bloomington building specs. For this work environment, organize and supervise a team of student Faculty Council from 2013 to 2015. her uniform changed slightly to include a workers as they barcoded the entire law In retirement, Nonie plans to renew hard hat and steel-toed shoes. library collection. With this experience her personal genealogy research. She looks Nonie’s career in law libraries began under her belt, Nonie went through this forward to spending more quality time in October 1984, when she left the TVA entire process again, when the libraries with family and friends and the freedom to to take a position at the law firm of Hogan, switched from NOTIS to SIRSI in 2000. plan spur-of-the-moment trips. The law Guyton, London, and Montgomery in Those who work closely with Nonie library will miss her, but we wish her the Knoxville. As librarian/legal assistant admire her amazing ability to tackle large best in her well-deserved retirement. for a firm that specialized in medical projects. In addition to the two online malpractice cases, Nonie spent the library system migrations, when the IU Ashley Ahlbrand majority of her time pouring over medical libraries’ auxiliary library facility opened, records, searching for indications of Nonie became the law library’s project malpractice. Sadly, her previous brief stint manager and liaison to this facility. Over in a medical library did not endow her with the years, she oversaw the transfer of over the medical knowledge sufficient to make 100,000 volumes to remote storage. this is an easy task. Nonie has had a significant hand in In 1985, Nonie and her husband, preserving the history of the law school. Steve, relocated to Bloomington, where During her tenure, she organized the law

Retiring Faculty / 51 STEPHEN WATT

In one of his last great works, the Irish (for his book on Samuel Beckett); and novelist and playwright Samuel Beckett exemplary alumnus at the University of writes, “Ever tried. Ever failed. No Matter. Wyoming on the occasion of the seventy- Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” Such a fifth anniversary of the founding of their Beckettian ethos governed the career of College of Arts and Sciences (1993). At IU, Provost Professor of English Stephen the list goes on, including the Thomas Hart Watt—a career filled with institutional Benton Medal for Outstanding Service and intellectual risks that have left a (1993), the Tracy M. Sonneborn Lecturer meaningful and lasting legacy in the (2011), the designation Provost Professor English department, the College of Arts (2013), and the Henry R. Besch, Jr. and Sciences, and academia at large. In a Promotion of Excellence Award (2019). profession where failures are tallied daily Steve, however, ties his greatest and successes rare, Steve was a master of accomplishments to the successes of his the long game. His passionate teaching students and colleagues. He has been and mentorship have guided several new director, co-director, or member of the generations of top-notch scholars and research committees of more than 60 researchers. His groundbreaking research doctoral candidates, including several who has shaped the course of multiple now hold positions at institutions such as areas of literary and cultural studies. Brown, Michigan State, University College His administrative vision has led the Dublin, and the University of Tel Aviv. development of impactful new policies would take a leader guided by a Beckettian Many of his undergraduates have also gone and entire schools that will sustain the sensibility to succeed so profoundly at so on to produce excellent scholarship, future of Indiana University. But above many institutional transformations. including one who published a book with all else, Steve leaves his mark at IU as a Writing in three main areas—Irish Indiana University Press in 2019. bridge-builder and model colleague. studies, drama and performance studies, He remains exceptionally proud of the Steve joined the English department and critical university studies—Steve has colleagues in whose recruitment to at IU Bloomington in 1985 after receiving published over 100 articles, peer-reviewed Indiana he played a part (the two of us his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at chapters in anthologies, and reviews in among them), very many of whom Urbana-Champaign three years earlier. scholarly journals. He has authored, today rank among the leaders of the Among his many roles, he served as co-authored, or edited 13 books, including English department, the College, and director of graduate studies and then chair the major monographs Joyce, O’Casey, the university. of the English department (2001–06), and the Popular Irish Theater (1991); For many of us in English, Steve has guiding the department deftly through a Postmodern/Drama: Reading the been the heart and soul of the department, number of major transitions. He then Contemporary Stage (1998); Beckett and and just as often its voice of reason and served in a variety of decanal positions in Contemporary Irish Writing (2009); institutional memory. He is a wonderful the College of Arts and Sciences: associate “Something Dreadful and Grand”: storyteller, his tales only slightly stretched dean for strategic planning (2008–10); American Literature and the Irish-Jewish (after the Irish manner) and delivered with associate dean for undergraduate Unconscious (2015); and Bernard Shaw’s wit and spot-on impressions (including education (2010–12); and associate dean Fiction, Material Psychology and Affect: voices that range from a high octave to a for strategic initiatives (2013–15), Shaw, Freud, Simmel (2018). With his deep baritone and elastic facial expressions a position which included planning and collaborator, Cary Nelson of the University that uncannily conjure the players in the development of the newly formed Media of Illinois, he co-authored two book-length tale). His performances don’t stop there. School and the Eskenazi School of Art, studies of higher education: Academic He is a fabulous musician and bandmate, Architecture & Design. In the latter Keywords (1999) and Office Hours: most notably on the keys, and few will capacity, he led the initiative to implement Activism and Change in the Academy forget his electrifying performances with a new professional master’s degree in (2004). His edited books range from topics the College’s Band of Deans. In Beckett’s architecture. He has also served the such as nineteenth-century British and most famous play, Waiting for Godot, university as the co-chair of the American theatre to Ian Fleming and the Estragon explains, “I either forget right Bicentennial Steering Committee, chair of cultural politics of James Bond. away or I never forget.” In the English the University Committee on Centers and A select list of his national honors and department and at IU, Steve and his Institutes, and in many other posts. In awards includes research fellowships from successes will be long remembered. service to the profession, he was elected the George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard president of the Midwest Modern Foundation at Brown University, the Edward P. Comentale Language Association in 1999 and to the National Endowment for the Humanities, Shane Vogel editorial boards of journals such as the and the Harry Ransom Center at the Irish University Review (University University of Texas at Austin; the 2010 College Dublin), Theatre Survey, The Robert Rhodes Prize for Literature from Harold Pinter Review, and others. It the American Conference for Irish Studies

52 / Indiana University Bloomington JEFFREY R. WHITE

Professor Jeffrey R. White retires from most lasting impression on students. Indiana University after 37 years as a Rigor, fairness, and patience defined Jeff’s faculty member in the School of Public and approach to the classroom, and in Environmental Affairs (now the Paul H. recognition of his quality teaching he O’Neill School of Public and Environmental received several school and university Affairs) with considerable service in teaching awards, including (twice) the academic administration. Jeff grew up in IU Trustees’ Teaching Award. Wyckoff, New Jersey, playing in the Beyond the laboratory and classroom, backyard with his three siblings and the Jeff served IU and the city of Bloomington neighborhood kids. During his first in various roles. He served on the City of semester at Gettysburg College, he played Bloomington Utilities Service Board from on the tennis team, but soon discovered 1990–2004, including a two-year stint as that majoring in biology required his full the board’s president. He also provided attention. During his doctoral studies in expert advice to state and federal agencies civil engineering at Syracuse University, on topics of watershed assessment and Jeff developed his love for college management. From 2001–05, Jeff served basketball as well as for the great outdoors, as associate dean for SPEA and helped to where he conducted research on acid rain grow the number of the environmental under the direction of Dr. Charlie Driscoll. science faculty in SPEA and across Acid rain was one of the most pressing campus. In 2006, Jeff moved to the environmental concerns of the 1980s, and campus due to a clever skit by Bert and position of associate vice provost for scientists pointed to coal combustion as Ernie or the Swedish Chef. research, and he served the campus in this the culprit. However, in ways that are During the 1990s, Jeff turned his role through 2009. During this time, strikingly familiar today, the fossil fuel attention to carbon cycling and methane Jeff served on the design and planning industry argued that coal combustion was production in peatlands. Using research committees for Multidisciplinary Science not responsible and that scientists were sites in Michigan, he and his colleagues Building I (now Simon Hall), MSB-II, and making much ado about nothing. demonstrated in a series of papers that the Field Lab at Griffy Woods, the first Jeff’s doctoral research was aimed at vegetation such as shrubs and other LEED-certified building on the campus. understanding the causes and consequences wetland plants facilitated the emission of Jeff’s final round of administrative service of acid deposition on freshwater methane from peat. This work also exemplified his commitment to enhancing ecosystems. His early publications described the primary biogeochemical environmental programs at IU addressed the effect of acidification on pathway by which methane was formed in Bloomington. In 2012 he became the elemental cycling in lakes in the peat and the seasonality of methane founding director of the Integrated Adirondack Mountains of New York, emissions. These initial studies would lead Program in the Environment, a clearly showing that acidification caused to investigations into the role that campuswide program aimed at fundamental and damaging changes. Jeff’s microbial communities play in methane coordinating and growing the academic contributions in paleolimnology supported emissions in Alaska and Greenland. The and research activities throughout all of the conclusion that acidification of work in Greenland brought Jeff back to his IU Bloomington’s environmental and these lakes was a recent phenomenon limnological roots, with several sustainability efforts. attributable to sulfur emissions from publications describing the unique While the constant pounding coal-burning power plants. These studies biogeochemistry of remote lakes in required Jeff to give up tennis long ago, led to the regulation of sulfur emissions in western Greenland. As was the case with he discovered cycling along the back roads the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments, acid rain 35 years ago, climate change and of Indiana and commuted to campus by which constituted a notable environmental the accelerated melting of Greenland’s ice bike on all but the worst weather days. success story, since many acidified lakes sheets generated both scientific and public Retirement will certainly allow him more have shown significant recovery during interest in Jeff’s work. The importance of time for cycling with Legene and others, in the past 30 years. his research was evidenced in 2018 when addition to singing, hiking, camping, and Jeff joined IU as an assistant Jeff was selected as the IU Distinguished traveling with their kids and their new professor in 1983. He and his wife, Legene, Faculty Research Lecturer. granddaughter. We thank Jeff for his arrived in Bloomington expecting to stay Though he taught at both the graduate collegiality, his contributions to research, for only a couple of years. Instead, we all and undergraduate levels, generations of his passion for teaching, and his gained a valuable colleague when they SPEA graduate students inevitably commitment to Indiana University. decided to remain Hoosiers and raise their associate two courses with Jeff: Limnology We wish him the best during a well- children and a succession of loyal golden and Aquatic Chemistry. Jeff would teach deserved retirement. retrievers here in Bloomington. A favorite Limnology through 2007 and many SPEA family memory recalls that when son alumni can trace their careers in water Todd Royer Keegan and daughter Caitlin were resources to this course. Perhaps even Phil Stevens watching Sesame Street during breakfast more than Limnology, it was his take-home Jeff would have a hard time leaving for exams in Aquatic Chemistry that made the

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