Writing Across the Curriculum… on to the 50th SELECTED PAPERS, POETRY AND ESSAYS FROM GRADUATE LIBERAL STUDIES STUDENTS, ALUMNI, FACULTY VOLUME VII - 2015 Writing Across the Curriculum… on to the 50th Volume VII – 2015 GRADUATE LIBERAL STUDIES AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY JOHN DOLAN, PH.D. ASSOCIATE DEAN ANNE RIDDER, MALS ‘82 EDITOR John Dolan, Ph.D. John Dolan is the Associate Dean of Liberal Studies programs at Georgetown University’s School of Con- tinuing Studies. Dr. Dolan brings a wealth of experi- ence in academic program development and oversight, as well as in non-traditional learning environments. Be- fore he began his career in academia, he worked in pri- vate industry from 1989 to 2003 for major media com- panies, such as the Washington Post Company and Knight Ridder, as well as AT&T and BellSouth. He joined his alma mater, Pennsylvania State Uni- versity, in 2003, and served as an instructor and admin- istrative leader for a variety of marketing, public rela- tions, and media concentrations, as well as professional education programs for corporate audiences. He spent his last three years at Penn State as a senior administra- tor in the College of the Liberal Arts. He joined The George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs in 2013 as Director of Executive and Professional Education. At GW, he was responsible for the development, execution, and overall management of an executive education program with both open en- rollment and customized professional education pro- grams, bringing the unique expertise of the School’s faculty to audiences all over the world. — ∞ — Writing Across the Curriculum…on to the 50th Associate Dean’s Note The publication of this latest volume of Writing Across the Curriculum comes early in my tenure as Associate Dean of Liberal Studies at Georgetown’s School of Continuing Studies, and at a time when some in the mainstream media are asking why the liberal arts are still relevant. I hope that this edition helps answer that question in no uncertain terms. In my short time here, it has been very rewarding to get to know our students, faculty and alumni, and to see our program in action through observing our courses, workshops and thesis defenses and through this collection of essays, reading their work. It is clear we have an abundance of committed faculty, students and alumni in our program, and the schol- arship they are producing is inspiring. Our scholars are being recognized for their contributions to the field through association awards, journal publications and even book contracts. I am proud to be part of a program that encourages the study and dissemination of research around these important topics and issues. This collection of works represents but a small sample of the interdisciplinary, values-based study that is taking place in Georgetown’s Graduate Liberal Studies community, as well as some reflective pieces that illustrate the transformative impact our pro- gram has had on some of our faculty and alumni during its forty year history. I am grateful to those who have shared their work as part of this col- lection. This commitment to excellence is but one example of the strength of our Graduate Liberal Studies program, and an exemplification of what has sustained its forward momentum for more than forty years. We hope you enjoy it. — John Dolan, Associate Dean Liberal Studies vi Writing Across the Curriculum…on to the 50th Editor’s Note Reflecting on the culmination of the 40th anniversary of the Graduate Liberal Studies degree program, we gathered course papers recom- mended by our faculty and short essays and poems contributed by our alumni and faculty to produce the 7th volume of Writing Across the Cur- riculum. Dr. John Dolan, Associate Dean, joined us mid-year celebrating where we have been and more importantly mapping out our trek to the 50th anniversary and beyond. Scholarly writing documents our mastery of ideas, our understanding of the past, and dictates hope for the future. Assisting students with pen on paper or fingers on the keyboard are our faculty, the librarians, and Dr. Kathryn Temple and her Writing Services. Together they provide the students tools to strengthen their research skills, organize their notes, and tackle the art of good writing. Toolbox in hand, students complete short and long papers, answers to doctoral qualifying examination questions, theses, and more. Students and graduates whose course papers were recommended for this publication took the next step to polish and update their papers. Fac- ulty and alumni submitted varied styles of writing and content, repre- sentative of the Program’s interdisciplinary curriculum and focus on hu- man values and ethics, to express their ideas for the future. Together we strived to have the commas, colons, and indents “in line and in order” to show off each fine piece of research and writing. May our readers join me in congratulating the student writers and thanking the faculty who recommended their course papers. Also, my gratitude goes to the alumni and faculty whose contributions provide a great send-off for Liberal Studies’ journey, “on to the fiftieth.” — Anne Ridder, Assistant Dean Graduate Liberal Studies WRITING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM…ON TO THE 50TH CONTENTS PREFACE The LSP Is the Place to Be! by William A. Douglas ................................................................. 11 ALUMNI: “Who Do You Say That I Am?” by Jeanne Anastasi ...................................................................... 13 One Winter Day in Washington, A Brilliant Autumn Day on Tallinn by Jill Marie Dougherty ............................................................... 17 Liberal Studies: No Longer a Luxury, but a Necessity? by Matthew D. Lewis .................................................................. 21 Not Only Explorers by John S. McClenahen ................................................................ 25 Now Voyageur, into 2016 by Robert F. Murray .................................................................... 27 Trail Cairns by Christy Wise ............................................................................ 33 ALUMNI/FACULTY: Roads Taken and not Taken: Thoughts on “Little Boy” and “Fat Man” Plus-70 by Michael Duggan ...................................................................... 37 Professional Life and Liberal Studies by Charles A. O’Connor III .......................................................... 47 FACULTY: Educating Public Intellectuals by Francis J. Ambrosio ................................................................ 51 ix A Historian’s Reflections on Liberal Studies by James H. Hershman ................................................................ 55 Liberal Studies: The Time of Your Life in the Present – in the Future by William J. O’Brien .................................................................. 59 Writing as a Way of Knowing: Twenty Years of Writing Services by Kathryn Temple ....................................................................... 63 Graduate Liberal Studies: Future Tense by Gladys B. White ...................................................................... 67 STUDENTS: Women’s Empowerment and Peacebuilding A Case Study: Women’s Role in Tunisia’s Revolution and Democratization Process by Stephanie J. Bagot ................................................................... 71 The Bolshevik Revolution as Seen through Art: Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita and Tarkovsky’s Andrei Rublev by Linda H. Buckley ..................................................................... 97 Personalizing Medicine and Protecting Health Data: An Ethical Analysis by William A. Cessato ............................................................... 115 Humanity Needs the Humanities by Alicia Tenuta Cohen .............................................................. 127 Liminal Space: Moments of Grace in Annie Dillard’s The Maytrees by Joanne Rutkowski .................................................................. 135 Justice Brandeis and the American Workplace by Michael Schuman .................................................................. 145 From Early Renaissance to High Renaissance - Changing Visions of Female Beauty Between Piero Della Francesca's “Madonna Del Parto” and Titian's “Sacred and Profane Love” by Iryna Sirota-Basso ................................................................ 169 x WRITING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM…ON TO THE 50TH PREFACE The LSP Is the Place to Be! by William A. Douglas, Ph.D. William Douglas is an educator who is trained in the field of International Relations and specializes in de- mocracy in developing countries, international ethics, and international labor affairs. He has lived and worked in Germany, Korea, Peru, and China and has three dec- ades of experience in developing, and teaching in, la- bor education programs throughout Latin America. He has been a Professorial Lecturer for 34 years in Georgetown University’s Liberal Studies Program. As a Professorial Lecturer at SAIS since 1992, he has taught courses on International Ethics and on Labor in Developing Countries. He holds a B.A. in Political Science from the Uni- versity of Washington, an M.A. from SAIS at Johns Hopkins, and a Ph.D. in Politics from Princeton Uni- versity. — ∞ — 11 PREFACE – DOUGLAS GRADUATE LIBERAL STUDIES THE LSP IS THE PLACE TO BE! College grads, at a certain age, Often enter into a stage In which they will begin to question The prevailing widely-held suggestion That the fact that they have graduated