ARMY Sociology  Alternative Spring Break: March

Volume 2, Issue 1 SOCIOLOGY PROGRAM, D EPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES & LEADERSHIP

November 1, 2008

Upcoming Events: ARMY Sociology  Alternative Spring Break: March

 2009 AKD inductions: April Director’s Note  Spike Lee as Guest Speaker Greetings from West Point where the leaves are changing colors and falling from the trees as 2008  American Soldiers in Iraq: Spring comes to a close. ARMY Sociology has had another rich year. Cadets continue to come as we  Global Leadership Conference continue to build and steward it along. We said good-bye this year to the Sociology Class of 2008 in style—arguably one of the most cohesive classes in recent memory. In addition beloved colleagues have moved on—MAJ Bill White to Fort Riley and eventually Iraq and Dr. Ryan Kelty Inside this issue: has set-up shop at Washington College in  Director‟s Note Maryland. This summer we welcomed Dr. Judith Rosenstein from Wells  Trip Section of the Century College and CPT Jason  Cadet and Faculty Trips Toole from Purdue University to the  Who Got What? Sociology Faculty. We Graduation „08 had a tremendous recruiting year with the  Alternative Spring Break in NOLA Class of 2011. Lots of you have sent pictures  Dr. Charles Hunter Coates Award and notes making this a for Excellence in Sociology Recipi- rich second edition of the ent—2LT Amie Foster ARMY Sociology Newsletter. We hope you  ARMY Sociology Classes find it of interest. Please 2008 AKD Inductees continue to keep in touch, be safe, make a difference, and make us proud and be sure to drop us a note. In particular, send us an ARMY SOCIOLOGY t-shirt from an exotic locale. This year‘s best  ARMY Sociology Around the World photo comes from Dr. Kaffes, Hellenic Military Academy, Greece, sporting an ARMY Sociology t-  ARMY Sociologists on the Move shirt below the Acropolis in Athens, Greece (see page 8). Emily Perez Receives Valor Award

 Segals Receive the BS&L Distin- guished Former Faculty Award

 Faculty Research Introduction to New Faculty

Soon to be 2LT Randy Shed (Sociology „08) reflects on the rite of passage that is graduation.

Army Sociology Program Website is located at http://www.dean.usma.edu/bsl/ ARMY Sociology Page 2

Cadets in PL470: Cinematic Images of War and the Military and faculty attended the NYC premiere of Spike Lee‟s (center) latest film Miracle at St. Anna in September. Cadets walked the Red Carpet and Mr. Lee promised to visit the class this fall at West Point . David Swanson (Sociology „10) called it the “Trip Section of the Century.”

Below: ARMY Sociology in the house—2008 Firsties now LTs Jenna Berneskis, Jackie Oeser, Dani Hellman and Amie Foster with Dr. Kelty at the Spring Sociology Fiesta in Highland Falls.

Photos with books on spring break!

Above: MAJ KeKe Langkamp visualizing her lesson plan on Emotional Deviance in the Deviance & Social Control course. Sociology majors include from left Jazmine Stephens („09), Lene Baxter („08), and Jenna Lafferty („09). Volume 2, Issue 1 Page 3

Introductory Sociology cadets and sociology majors along with MAJ Darcy Schnack attend the Eastern Sociological Society Meetings February 21-24 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City.

Dr. Bruce Keith (left), Dr. Morten Ender (rear) and cadets run Crescent City Classic in New Orleans during the Alternative Spring Break for Operation Provide Comfort II in New Orleans.

CDTs (left to right) Kelly McKeon, Mark Kratchovil, Evelyn Zhang, and Leslie Willey with Dr. E atop the Zugspitze in the German Alps during the PL399: German Life and Culture. Army Sociology

Page 4 Branching: Who Got What?

ARMY Sociology Class of 2008 ARMY Sociology Class of 2009

Name Co. Branch Name Co Branch

Cortlandt Armstrong D3 Armor Catlyyne Arreguin D4 Lene Baxter C2 Quartermaster Zachary Eakins B3 Ryan Brence F1 Air Defense Art SOCIOLOGY PROGRAM, Benjamin Franklin B1 DEPARTMENT OF Jenna Burneskis B2 Medical Services BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES Andrea Gongaware B3 & LEADERSHIP Mary Ford A2 Quartermaster Amie Foster G3 Engineers Ashley Holzmann A4 Sociology Newsletter ATTN: MADN-BSL Wilson Galyean C2 Infantry Jenna Lafferty F3 United States Military Academy Allison Gould B4 Adjutant General Jeffrey Laughlin F1 Official Mail and Danielle Hellman B2 Ordinance Distribution Center Ashley Rowland B1 646 Swift Road Jackie Oeser C3 Quartermaster West Point, New York Jazmine Stephens C3 10996-1906 Heather Owney B3 Signal David White D1 Randy Shed E4 Infantry Newsletter Contact: Leslie Willey H2 Eric Wilson A2 Infantry Dr. Morten Ender Eric Wong D3 Infantry Phone: 845.938.5638 [email protected]

USMA Graduation 2008: Dr. Morten Ender (left), Dr. Bruce Keith, and Dr. Ryan Kelty prepare to march into Michie Sta- dium on Graduation Day . Right, Dr. Kelty (left), 2LT Danielle Hellman (Sociology „08), 2LT Allison Gould (Sociology „08) and Dr. E weather the rain with shower caps on Graduation Day in Michie Stadium. ARMY Sociology Page 5 Alternative Spring Break in New Orleans working again -- not partying

For the second consecutive to service.‖ ―I‘m sure the two LTs the members of the Lakeview sense of usefulness ... it really year the Lakeview Civic Improve- could have been doing one hun- community. made my spring break meaning- ment Association of New Orleans dred other things.‖ ful.‖ Loc Bao was perhaps the hosted cadets and faculty mem- Ender, a Sociology professor at most reflective of the team, quip- bers from the U.S. Military Acad- ―Last year the project was a USMA and occasional competi- ping, ―It is easy when you are emy from March 14th to 24th to huge success,‖ said Ender, ―we tive runner, noted a high point of living in comfort to forget that lead a major revegitation and exceeded all expectations in terms the trip stating, ―We were invited others are suffering … it‘s cliché civic beautification project. Con- of what a team of 12 cadets and to run in the Crescent City 10K but things like this really do teach tinuing their work from last year faculty could accomplish. No job run with two days notice. The you to take nothing for granted.‖ and focused on repairing green was too difficult for us.‖ The community members arranged for project this year further galvanized us to run, and two days later I spaces in the Lakeview commu- Dr. Keith emphasized, the community to again solicit found myself running my first nity that were devastated by Hur- ―USMA had a direct impact on contributions from local busi- 10K with 17,500 people. It was a ricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005, the local community. For exam- nesses and community members big party. I outpaced three cadets the project was called ―Operation ple, in 2007 during the Spring for the trees, shrubs, and materials so my ego is still flying pretty high. Sudden Impact II.‖ Break visit, approximately 8 of needed for the project. Because After rising fairly early for the run, every 10 homes in the Lakeview of last year‘s efforts, local residents we ate lunch and went right back The cadets – Alexander Bowl- neighborhood remained uninhab- came out in force to provide lodg- to work. Our crew was tena- ing, William Budke, and Stepha- ited; by 2008, 8 of every 10 ing, transportation, and meals for nie Sefren [‗09]; Loc Bao, Kim- cious.‖ homes were inhabited. Members the cadets, as none of them were berly Cowan, Steven Nelson, of the Lakeview community at- from the New Orleans area. The In a March 27 story in the The Nathaniel Sheehan, and Ashley tributed this shift in fortune in project was a collaborative effort Times-Picayune, reporter Jeannie Sorensen [‗10]; and Brittney part to the landscaping efforts of centered out of the Lakeview area Paddison Tidy wrote: ―All the O‘Connell and Joterrica Wil- the USMA cadets.‖ However, not-for-profit volunteer coordina- young men and women who have liams [‗11], Office of the Dean, other neighborhoods remain tor centers called ―Beacons of come to our neighborhood in the Vice Dean for Academic Affairs blighted, particularly in Gentilly Hope.‖ Cadets and faculty again past two years are a credit to West and sociology professor Bruce and the lower 9th Ward sections worked with local residents and Point. I have no doubt that these Keith [Ph.D.] and Behavioral of New Orleans. The Beacon of volunteers from around the coun- young Americans will become Sciences and Leadership depart- Hope community members en- try to plant hundreds of trees, leaders of our nation. This gives ment and sociology Professor couraged the USMA delegation plants, and shrubs and create all of us inspiration and hope for Morten G. Ender, [Ph.D.], volun- to continue its support of some of flower beds around Lakeview signs a brighter future.‖ ―While the teered to go to New Orleans these neighborhoods that have adorning the roads going into the reward is in the work,‖ says Ender, during their 2008 spring break to yet to rebound from the disasters, ―there‘s some psychic groceries provide 11 consecutive days of Lakeview section of New Orleans. which occurred nearly three years gained from statements like this.‖ help to the community in its ago. ―Much as been accom- In addition to working full Similarly, Cadet Sefren noted that continuing redevelopment ef- plished, but much work remains,‖ days, cadets were featured in the ―the greatest thing about the trip forts. The trip this was co- said Keith. sponsored by the Cadet Scouting local newspaper -- The Times Pica- was probably the food and the Club and the Office of the Dean. yune, visited the World War II The trip, which began last year as Museum in New Orleans, partici- Axel Ender prepares the soil for planting trees in Lakeview / New Or- an idea between LTC Irving pated in the St. Patrick Day Pa- leans during the Alternative Spring Break work there. Ten cadets, two Smith (BS&L) and Ender, took rade, toured the more devastated sociology faculty, and two LTs participated as well. on a new energy and focus this areas of New Orleans, attended year. Ender was the only mem- Easter Mass at the historic St. ber of last team to return from Louis Cathedral and were recog- West Point. However, 2LT nized by the Archbishop, and David Mudek, who participated were hosted for Easter Dinner at last year as a Firstie, and 2LT the home of New Orleans resi- Carlos Munoz both took their dents MG and Mrs. Tom Sands personal leave time after graduat- [USMA Class of 1959], which was ing from the Basic Officer Lead- attended by six other West Point ership Course to work with the graduates and their spouses in- cadets and New Orleans commu- cluding Mr. Robert Shaw (USMA nity before going to their units. Class of 1968), President, West ―Having Dave return,‖ said Point Society of the Mid-Gulf who Ender, ―especially bringing in his organized the event. Additionally, peers and after graduating, shows the cadets were treated to a com- how committed our cadets are to munity pot-luck and sendoff by ARMY Sociology Page 6

Firstie Amy Foster (Sociology „08) received the 2008 Charles Hunter Coates Award for Excellence in Sociol- ogy. LTC(R) Charles Coates (USMA ‟57) presented the award in Cullum Hall during the Department of Be- havioral Sciences &Leadership Awards Ceremony in May during Grad Week. Dr. Ender and General Per- shing look on approvingly. Congratulations to Amy and her family.

War is much too serious a matter to be entrusted to the military. Every scientific fulfillment raises new questions; it asks to be sur- passed and outdated. George Clemenceau Max Weber The next time you‟re going through hell—keep going. Reason has always existed, but not in a reasonable form. Winston Churchill Karl Marx

Not even computers will replace committees, because committees buy computers. Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man.

Edward Shepherd Mean Margaret Mead

We cannot meet 21st Century challenges with a 20th Century I believe that a government that governs best is a government that bureaucracy. governs least, and by these standards we have set up a fabulous government in Iraq. Barak Obama Stephen Colbert ARMY Sociology Page 7

ARMY Sociology Class of 2010 ARMY Sociology Class of 2011

 Maureen Bannon H1  Avi Bakshani C4

 Michael Bertha A2  George Chewning E1

 Suzannah Burks B1  Irene Colonna H3

 Megan Meeks-Caldwell A1  Yecenia Diaz H2

 Joseph Callejas A2  Carson Featherstone H4

 Christopher Clark D1  Cortney Heaps B2

 Kimberly Mallard E4  Nicole Hilaire G4

 Kelly McKeon B4  Amanda Jones C2

 James Meredith H4  Michael Nilsen E4

 Christopher Murphy G4  Brandon Podojil B2

 Tenisha Riley D3  Jonathan Seaton F4 Sociology cadets in PL377 visit the Tenement Museum in New York City with LTC Irving Smith and Dr. Ryan Kelty  Alexandra Rosenberg H4  Jennifer Smith D1 during the Fall 2007.  Stephanie Schoeneman A4  Haleigh Taylor A4

 Ashley Sorenson D3  Kristopher Valencia A4

 David Swanson F2  Melvin Walker A3

 Bradley Swanson E4  Daniel White A4

 Patricia Todd E2  Kathleen Woodhams B1  Jay Twitty C3

 Gordon Weir E1 Alpha Kappa Delta 2008 Inductees

AKD is the International Socio- The keynote speaker for the 2008 logical Honor Society. Members induction ceremony was Dr. have achieved an overall GPA of Donna Gaines. Donna is the 3.0 and maintained this same author of Teenage Wasteland: Sub- The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is standard in their sociology major urbia’s Dead End Kids. Her BS&L the day you have stopped leading them. They have as well. Additionally, each mem- talk was titled ―Youth Suicide and ber must be at least a junior and either lost confidence that you can help them or con- Its Impact in Military Contexts.‖ rank in the top 35 percent of their Her website is: http:// cluded that you do not care. Either case is a failure of class academically. www.donnagaines.com/. leadership. The purpose of AKD is to pro- Congrats to the 2008 Inductees: Colin Powell mote human welfare through the association of a fellowship group CDT Jenna Burneskis interested in developing scientific CDT Andrea Gongaware knowledge that may be applied to CDT Jenna Lafferty the solution of social problems. CDT Ashley Rowland CDT Leslie Willey ARMY Sociology Page 8

Dr. George Kaffes, Hellenic Military Academy, Greece, sports an ARMY Sociology t-shirt below the Acropolis in Athens, Greece.

MAJ Todd Woodruff travelling to Baghdad with new friends.

CPT Augusto (“Gus) Giacoman (Sociology „04) somewhere in South- west Asia winning hearts and minds of the next generation.

LT Caroline Hidalgo (née Nichols) (Sociology „07) 0resides over the re- enlistment of SGT Pierce somewhere in Southwest Asia.

CPT Robin Vandeusen (Sociology „03) (center black top) visits his brother Joseph with the Vandeusen family on Acceptance Day. Robin is currently stationed Mosul, Iraq.

ARMY Sociology goes to BOLC: 2LTs Danielle Hellman (Sociology „08) and Jackie Oeser (Sociology „08)) sent smiles this past summer from the Basic Officer Leadership Course. Volume 2, Issue 1 Page 9 ARMY Sociologists on the Move

☺ 2LT Sarah Dreyfus (Sociology „07) is making the world a better place from Iraq. See the full story at: http://westcountyjournal.stltoday.com/articles/2008/07/15/news/sj2tn20080708-0709cfj-chiraq0.ii1.txt.

☺ Mike Izzo (Sociology „03) began graduate school in Urban Planning and Design at UC Berkeley.

☺ Marquese Lewis is applying to MBA programs in the Southeast region.

☺ LTC Scott Efflandt and wife Ann attended the BS&L Alumni Tailgate October 25.

☺ 2LT Lene Baxter (Sociology ‟08) is a research analyst at West Point working for Dr. E in the Sociology Lab.

☺ 2LT Kirsten Rowe (Sociology „06) will join USMA Admissions as an Outreach Officer in June 2009.

☺ 1lT Grace Freeze (née Glaze) (Sociology „05) recently returned from Iraq and visited West Point with her husband.

☺ 2LT Chelsea Frehulfer (née Cunningham) (Sociology „07) is stationed in Alaska. Her undergraduate thesis paper titled United States Army Spouses: Fear, Communication, and Job Satisfaction During Operation Iraqi Freedom II‖‖ received the Elise M. Boulding Undergaduate Student Paper Award at the American Sociological Association meetings this past summer in Boston.

☺ MAJ Remi Hajjar recently returned home to Fort Huachuca after a six month deployment to Afghanistan.

☺ 1LT Erica Chabalko (née Urban) (Sociology ‟05) sent summer greetings from the 10th Mountain Division in Iraq.

☺ Dr. Ryan Kelty joined the Sociology Faculty at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland.

☺ 1LT Daniel Hwang (Sociology „06) and his platoon are headed to Iraq this Fall with the 25th Infantry Division.

EMILY PEREZ RECEIVES VALOR AWARD

Daniel and Vicki Perez, parents of 2005 graduate Second Lt. Emily Perez (Sociology „05), along with West Point Athletic Director, Kevin B. Anderson recently displayed the Award of Valor that was posthumously presented to Emily during the 2008 NCAA Honors Celebration Janu- ary 13 in Nashville, Tennessee. Emily, a member of the track and field team here, died September 12, 2006 in Al Kift, Iraq, from injuries sustained when an IED deto- nated near her HMMWV during combat operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. ARMY Sociology Page 10

Mady and David Segal Receive the 2008 BS&L Distinguished Former Faculty Award!

Dr. Mady Wechsler Segal and Dr. David R. Segal, in tandem, are the recipients of the 2008 Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership Distin- guished Former Faculty Award presented at the Gathering in April 2008. They exemplary candi- dates to be “…recognized and esteemed as Depart- ment [of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership] former faculty and staff who have made significant contributions to the United States Military Acad- emy, the Army, and society and whose accomplish- ments, affiliations, and careers have honored the legacy of excellence at the Department.” Through their professional journey together, they have shown unending department loyalty and continuous support, have attained professional accomplish- ments and achievements unparalleled by their peers, and have given service selflessly. Both served as Visiting Professors (1988-1989) and Mady served Students with their Teachers: (Back) Dr. Morten Ender and Dr. Ryan Kelty. Left to on the Board of Visitors (1997-1998). Right LTC Irving Smith, Dr. Mady Segal, and Dr. David Segal receiving a Cadet Tarbucket as BS&L Distinguished Former Faculty.

U.S. Military Academy at West Point: 26 Year Trend of Sociology Majors, 1986-2011 25 Sociology had another banner year with 17 majors declared from the Class of 2011. 20

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1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 USMA Year Cohort Volume 2, Issue 1 Page 11 Newest ARMY Sociology Faculty

Dr. Judith E. Rosenstein

Judith E. Rosenstein is an Assistant Professor of Sociology in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership at the United States Military Academy at West Point. She came to USMA after a year at Wells College in Aurora, New York. She earned her Ph.D. from Cornell University in 2007 and completed undergraduate work at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, earning a B.S. in Mathematics and Sociology. This fall she is teaching Introductory Sociology and Social Inequal- ity. In the spring, she will again be teaching Introductory Sociol- ogy, along with Social Theory and Deviance and Social Control. Her research focuses on bias, particularly as it relates to race, gender, and sexuality. She is enjoying getting to know the USMA community, through community activities, athletic events, and mentoring football players and managers. She lives in Wappingers Falls, NY with her husband Alex.

Captain Jason Toole

Captain Jason Toole joins us from Purdue University where he recently completed a Master of Science in Sociology. Prior to graduate school, he commanded a light engineer company in 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division in Paktya province Afghanistan and Fort Drum, New York. A sociology undergraduate student at Ohio University, he completed the ROTC program as a Distinguished Military Graduate and was commissioned as an Engineer Officer.

Today we hear the importance of the human element in our current counter insurgency operations. As a student of sociology I feel this is second nature when our discipline trains us to examine and explore the groups and processes that shape our everyday lives. Regardless of our areas of military expertise, the Army provides us with the skills and references to accomplish these specialty tasks. Much rarer, and infinitely more difficult to develop, is a fundamental understanding of the social currents that affect us and our adversaries alike.

Sociology provides an academic portal that lets us view the world from a disciplined perspective. The obvious is not always so. As a gateway discipline, the historical, contemporary, economic, political and cultural all fall within our pur- view. Regardless of our branch of service, there are few undertakings that can prove as valuable, universal or applicable to our current struggles home and abroad.

The amassed body of sociological theory and commentary provides limitless potential for the attuned warrior to mine. This has nothing to do with ivory towers or dusty academe, but everything to do with diverse all volunteer units, families, military culture and tribal councils, enduring cultures, insurgent [social] networks and so much more. In terms of utility, grab your sociological leatherman, I know it will also serve you well.

I am very excited to join the team and greatly look forward to sharing my experiences while learning. Go Army! Volume 2, Issue 1 Page 12 ARMY Sociology Faculty Research Carlton-Ford, Steve, Morten G. Ender and Ahoo Tabatabai (2008). ―Iraqi Adolescents: Self-Regard, Self- Derogation, and War.‖ The Journal of Adolescence, 31:53-75. Dolan, Carol A. and Morten G. Ender. (2008). ―The Coping Paradox: Work, Stress, and Coping in the U.S. Army.‖ Military Psychology, 20(3):151-169. Ender, Morten G., Ryan Kelty, and Irving Smith (2008). ―Sociology at West Point,‖ Armed Forces & Society, 35(1):49-70. Rohall, David E. and Morten G. Ender (2008). ―Race, Gender, and Class Differences in Attitudes toward the War in Iraq among Military Personnel‖ Race, Gender & Class, 14(3-4):99-114. Rosenstein, Judith E. 2008. ―Individual Threat, Group Threat, and Racial Policy: Exploring the Relationship between Threat and Racial Attitudes.‖ Social Science Research 37:1130-1146. Segal, David R. and Morten G. Ender (2008) ―Sociology in Military Officer Education‖ Armed Forces & Society, 35(1):3-15.