Spring 2013 Newsletter * Volume 16, Issue 1

College of Humanities and Public Affairs Spring 2013 Newsletter * Volume 16, Issue 1

Mission Statement for CHPA The faculty of the College of Humanities and Public Affairs helps students to understand the nuances of social and political structures, criminal justice, culturally-based ethical and interpersonal behavior, religious systems, and economic processes within a global, historical, and contemporary context. CHPA presents the concepts contained in the University’s Public Affairs mission and applies them to real-world problems and situations so that our students will be better prepared to become citizens and leaders. Focus on Dean’s Corner: Dean Victor H. Matthews Spring 2013

After what seems like an interminable Missouri winter, it is pleas- ant to turn our thoughts to spring and to look back at what our students, faculty, and alumni have accomplished over the past few months. A virtual stroll through the articles in this issue of the CHPA Newsletter will take you to locations all over the world and in our own backyard – from Study Away experiences in China and Croatia to the local History Day competition, the Mad City Money simulation, and the Annual Criminology Conference held on our campus. What is really exciting is that our faculty and students are living the Public Affairs mission of the university and discovering how it opens up all sorts of educational possibilities and pathways. As always, the college has sponsored a number of nationally and internationally known speakers, but it is really refreshing to see that these presentations are so well attended that some, like the presentation by the Holocaust survivor Eva Mozes Kor, required a change of venue to accommodate the crowd. I am also pleased to point out the professional opportunities provided to our students to read papers and network with scholars at academic meetings in our region. In this way we are able to expand the classroom experience and provide the interaction with scholars and practitioners that will help change our students’ lives and careers. Of course, I am also pleased to point out the scholarly achievements of our faculty and the prestigious awards they have received for teaching. They are the university and it is for this reason that students come to us for their education. And, finally, I want to encourage you to read about our alumni and friends who have made a financial contribution to the work of the college and provided scholarship support for our students. Please consider joining them in helping us to provide the richest educational experience possible. And now I return to my opening statement and wish you a productive and engaging spring and summer season. If your travels bring you to Springfield, please stop by and see us. College of Humanities and Public Affairs Spring 2013 Page 2

Inside This Issue: Page: Dean’s Corner...... 1 CHPA News!...... 3 CHPA Public Affairs - Ethical Leadership...... 4 - Community Engagement...... 6 - Cultural Competence...... 8 College News Center for Archaeological Research...... 11 Criminology & Criminal Justice...... 13 Economics...... 14 History...... 16 Philosophy...... 19 Political Science...... 20 Religious Studies...... 23 Sociology & Anthropology...... 25 We Remember: Bill Van Cleave...... 27 CHPA Giving...... 28

April 2013 Events April 8 -- Springfield’s Hidden History of Diversity: A Panel Discussion featuring Holly Baggett (HST); Stephen McIntyre (HST); David Richards (LIB); and Richard Schur (Drury). It will be at 7:00- 9:00 pm in CAR 208. April 9 -- CHPA Research Forum, featuring Dr. Liz Sobel, ANT, who will speak on “Race, Class, and the Cemetery Landscape: A Study of Hazelwood Cemetery in Springfield, Missouri,” at 12:30-1:30 in STRO 250. April 9--12 -- Missouri State University Public Affairs Conference (http://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/conference/) April 18-19 -- Statewide Collaborative Diversity Conference (http://diversity.missouristate.edu/ conference/) April 25-26 -- Student Anthropology Conference April 27 -- Graduate Interdisciplinary Conference (http://graduate.missouristate.edu/IDF.htm) April 30 -- Workshop for Critical Inquiry in the Humanities and Social Sciences presents Dr. Kevin Olson, Political Science, U. of California, Irvine, who will speak on “Chimeras of Political Identity: The Problem of the People in Revolutionary France” at 4:00 pm in LIB 101. College of Humanities and Public Affairs Spring 2013 Page 3 CHPA News!

Fosters Establish Endowed Scholarships in Economics and Political Science Tony Foster and his wife Lynnette Foster (at left) have established two new, endowed scholarship funds in the College of Humanities and Public Affairs, one in Economics and the other in Political Science. They also have contributed additional funds to two existing endowed scholarships in Philosophy and History in order to increase the size of the scholarship amount in future years. Foster is a 1981 philosophy (then under political science) graduate from MSU and he is an officer in the Foster Hospitality Group, which builds and manages assisted living and memory care facilities in several states. He serves on the MSU Foundation Board of Trustees as well as the CHPA Advisory Board.

Alice Fleetwood Bartee Endowed Fund Dr. George Connor, Political Science Department Head, announces the establishment of an endowed fund to create an annual speaker series in honor of Dr. Alice Fleetwood Bartee. A teacher for thirty-five years, Alice impacted the department, the university, the community, and, most especially, her students, in a way that few could claim. According to Dr. Connor, the initial goal is to raise $250,000, with an ultimate goal of raising $1 million. Once the initial goal is met, an advisory board will be established to facilitate the selection of speakers; speakers with national prominence in the fields of constitutional law, the judicial process, and legal education. To support this project, Rowman and Littlefield publishers are re- printing Alice’s 2006 book, Privacy Rights: Cases Lost and Causes Won Before the Supreme Court. As supplies last, donors who make a commitment of $250 or more will receive a copy of this special edition. To contribute to this endowed fund to honor Dr. Alice Fleetwood Bartee and help us create an annual speaker series that will honor and, more importantly, continue Alice’s legacy of teaching, research, and service, please visit the website: http://politicalscience.missouristate.edu/AliceBarteeEndowment.htm or At left, Alice Fleetwood Bartee; contact the Political Science Department: [email protected], above, Alice and Wayne Bartee 417-836-5630. College of Humanities and Public Affairs Spring 2013 Page 4 blic Affairs! Criminology Pu Conference Highlights Ethical Leadership Public Affairs Mission, Leaders in the Field On Tuesday, February 26 and Wednesday, Febru- ary 27, 2013, “Exploring the Public Affairs of Criminology and Criminal Justice” - The 5th Annual Missouri State Uni- versity Criminology and Criminal Justice Conference was held in Plaster Student Union. The conference included 16 varietal panels by professionals in the field, faculty and students, an “Opportunities Fair” with 28 organizations looking for students to become employees, interns, and or volunteers, 4 keynote speakers addressing the pillars of the university’s public affairs mission, a “COPS: Springfield” Above, winners of the conference paper com- presentation in the evening and a student paper and presenta- petition, from left: Shauna Perkins (2nd place), tion competition. The panels included the Greene County Heather Lepper (1st place, undergraduate), and Medical Examiner, the U. S. State Department, the F.B.I., Jamie Kim (1st place, graduate); below, confer- CASA, Harmony House, BACA, Greene County Probation ence participants; at bottom, Barney Brown and Parole - Restorative Justice Reparations Board, and many presents at the Criminology and Criminal Jus- tice Conference in February more. The keynote speakers included Dr. Gilbert Brown (the Provost fellow of Public Affairs at Missouri State Uni- versity), Barney Brown addressing ethical leadership, Aim 4 Peace discussing cultural competency and the Center for Dispute Resolution presenting on community engagement. An estimated 1000 participants were in attendance at the conference this year, including an audience of 300 persons at each the presentation by Barney Brown and the “COPS: Springfield” evening presentation. All in all, the conference was a successful event despite the wintry weather that was in Mis- souri during the last week of Feb- ruary, and we are looking forward to further success during April 2014 for the 6th Annual Missouri State University Criminology and Criminal Justice Conference. For more information, please contact the conference coordinator, Ms. Yarckow-Brown at [email protected]. College of Humanities and Public Affairs Spring 2013 Page 5 Ethical Leadership

Future History Teacher Awarded Lillard “Del” Davis, a non-traditional BSED/His- tory and Accelerated Masters student, was recently The Ozark Teacher Corps Grant awarded the Ozark Teacher Corps grant from the Community Foundation of the Ozarks (CFO) for $8,000 to facilitate his goal of teaching secondary students in rural Missouri. The Ozarks Teacher Corps is a three year-old scholarship program sponsored by the Chesley and Flora Lea Wallis Trust through the CFO that focuses on recruiting highly qualified teaching candidates to serve in rural schools within the Missouri Ozarks. The applicant process is highly selective and applicants must be nominated by their respective teacher education department head and provide a letter of intent to hire from a rural school superintendent in order to apply to the first phase of the process. Those who are selected during the second phase are awarded a scholarship of $4000 per year for up to two years. In addition, CFO awards privately funded grants for rural school partnerships. For more information visit: http://www.ruralschoolspartnership.org/ozarks-teacher-corps Mr. Davis (at left), from Norwood, enrolled in MSU-West Plains and began his general studies at the Mountain Grove satellite campus, completing his AA in General Studies and in Teaching. After being awarded the Ozark Teacher Corps scholarship, he joined the other eight members of the Corps’ class of 2012-13. He transferred to Missouri State in Fall 2012. Mr. David described his experience training with the Corps: “The membership in Ozarks Teacher Corps has been wonderful. I have received insight, ideas, resources, and training for rural specific issues that is preparing me to be much more effective in working with the students and with the community in these areas. In today’s world we can no longer just teach our students academics. We must also show them how to become an integral part of their community and encourage them to be active in working to address the social, economical, and political issues around them. The Ozarks Teacher Corps is providing me the training and resources I need to accomplish this.”

MSU Common Reader Inspires Students during Spring Break Emma Donovan, Religious Studies major, and other MSU students were in Clarkston, Georgia, a city north of Atlanta, as part of a Service Learning Spring Break experience in March. Inspired by the MSU GEP 101 Common Reader for 2012, Outcasts United, by Warren St. John, the students were slated to work with refugees; one of their first tasks was to help in the Jolly Community Garden in Clarkston. Community members and students often had difficulty understanding one another, but facial expressions, smiles, and working together eased the language barrier for everyone. This experi- Emma Donovan, right, and ence was followed by a visit to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Museum. Their blog can other MSU students be found here: http://msuservicelearningexperience.wordpress.com/ College of Humanities and Public Affairs Spring 2013 Page 6 ublic Affairs! History Day PCommunity Engagement

Area History2013! students competed at the Region 7 History Day Competi- tion held at Plaster Student Union on the Missouri State University Campus on February 22, 2013. Participants in grades 6-12 conduct in-depth research on individual topics related to an annual theme and present their findings in one of several formats -- exhibit, performance, documentary, website, or research paper -- designed to foster creativity and imagination. These presentations are evaluated at a series of local, state and national contests. The local competition is sponsored by the History Department at Missouri State University. Twenty two teachers entered their middle school and high school students in the competition. The top three students from each category will compete at the state level in April at the Univer- sity of Missouri-Columbia. This year’s theme is “Revolution, Reaction, Reform in History”. Each June, 50-55 Missouri students compete with more than 2,500 of the best and brightest from across America at the national contest in College Park, Maryland. National History Day is not just a day, but every day! For more than twenty-five years the National History Day, a year-long educataion program, has promoted systemic educational reform related to the teaching and learning of Dr. Abidogun (left) and Dr. Mor- gan interview Junior Individual history in America’s schools. The combination of creativity and scholarship built Exhibit entry (left) into the NHD program anticipated current educational reforms, making National History Day a leading model of performance-based learning. The NHD program serves as a vehicle to teach students important literacy skills and to engage them in the use and understanding of museum and library resources. The program inspires students to study local history, and then challenges them to expand their thinking and apply knowledge of local events to the national or even worldwide scene. An example of this is seen in the reactions of two of the students who presented on refugees. On the recommendation of one of the judges at the event, the two students attended the presentation by Eva Mozes Kor at MSU (see related story, page 9). The girls chat- ted energetically all the way back to Strafford after the event about how to incorporate Ms Kor’s personal experience into their performance, and to research further about the refugees who had little choice after liberation as to where they were relocated and how many of them eventually immigrated to Israel - tough topics for two eleven-year- olds. The program also teaches students to become technologically literate through the use of computer and Internet research methods, and the use of technologically advanced applications in their presentations. Winning students from Charlene Free’s Hollister Middle School entries, with Gail Emrie, District 7 Coordinator College of Humanities and Public Affairs Spring 2013 Page 7 Community Engagement

PLS Professor Receives Grant for Disaster Response Dr. David Johnson, Assistant Professor in Political Science, received a grant to construct a simulation city (at left), for his Disaster Response classes. Different disaster scenarios will befall the city; and students will gain a real world perspective on what to do and not to do as an emergency management professional. Tonight’s scenario involved a plane crash in the middle of downtown.

The College of Humanities and Public Affairs joined with CHPA and Religious Studies Lora Hobbs, Senior Instruc- tor in Religious Studies, over Professor Turn Shoes into Food the winter to collect unwanted shoes to contribute to the Sole Food project. Over 300 pounds of shoes were collected, which means about 600 meals distributed to severely malnourished people and shoes given to people in Haiti and parts of Kenya. Ms. Hobbs (at left), in cooperation with Shoeman Water Projects founder George Hutchings, created the Sole Food project in 2010 to benefit Friends Against Hunger, an organization dedicated to minimizing hunger on local and global scales. The project operates year-round, with a core group of local volunteers, “the Sole Pa- trol” (below), that collects, hauls, sorts, and loads tons of used shoes that are shipped to the Shoeman Project. Usable shoes are sent to people in Third World countries, while the remainder are sold and the money is used to buy food for needy families in the area and other countries. Since the project began it has grown immensely, working with more than 100 groups; the majority are local, although the project is now collecting shoes regionally and nationally. For more information on the Sole Food project contact Lora Hobbs at [email protected] or visit the website www.SoleFood.us College of Humanities and Public Affairs Spring 2013 Page 8

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Political Science Students Travel to Croatia, Bosnia During the week of Spring Break, Associate Professor David Romano (Political Science) led a group of 12 students to Croatia and Bosnia for a study abroad course -- “Understanding the Yugoslav Civil Wars.” Students lived in Dubrovnik on the Adriatic coast for a week and received lectures from Profes- sor Romano and Professor Brautovic of the University of Dubrovnik. They were hosted by the Inter-University Consor- tium of the University of Zagreb. Visits included sites important to the 1991-95 civil war, the village of Ston (famous for its oyster cultivation -- not every student was familiar with oysters and some found Above, the group enjoying a traditional Croatian dinner at the them “difficult”) and the city of Mostar in home of professor Brautovic south of Dubrovnik; at top, an Otto- Bosnia, which was the site of some of the man bridge in the center of Mostar, Bosnia fiercest fighting in 1994. The trip was one of the many travel opportunities offered to Missouri State students by the Study Away Programs office. For more information, contact the office: [email protected], 417-836-6368

MSU Student Studies Language, Culture in China Missouri State Global Studies student and Religious Studies student worker, Crystal Wilson, is spending the year in China as part of the university’s Study Away program in Da- lian, China. Over winter break she traveled to Taiwan and, while there, visited the Longshan Temple in Mengija (at right). College of Humanities and Public Affairs Spring 2013 Page 9 Cultural Competence

Thousands Attend Guest Lecture by Holocaust Survivor Eva Mozes Kor Holocaust Survivor Eva Mozes Kor (at left and below), spoke to an overflowing audience at McDonald Arena in February on “Forgiving Dr. Mengele.” Ms Kor described her experiences as one of the “Mengele Twins” in Auschwitz during World War II and about her recovery from the Holocaust and her remarkable decision to forgive the Nazis. Through her museum, www.candlesholocaustmuseum.org, and her lectures, she has dedicated her life to giving testi- mony on the Holocaust, providing a message of hope for people who have suffered, and working for causes of human rights and peace. This public lecture was cooperatively sponsored by a Missouri State University Public Affairs Grant, the Office of Public Affairs Sup- port, the College of Humanities and Public Affairs, the Department of Modern and Classi- cal Languages, and the Department of Religious Studies.

CHPA Students Publish in Research Journal LOGOS Seven CHPA students had their papers published in the Fall 2012 issue of Logos, MSU’s journal of undergraduate research produced by the Honors College: • Nathaniel Lucy, Global Studies: “Ozark Jubilee: A Crossroad in American History” • Stephen Barnett, History: “Monsters of Their Own Making: Understanding the Context of the Rise of the ‘Golden Age of Privacy’” • Aaron Henson, Philosophy: “The Confession” • Zachary Biondi, Religious Studies and Philosophy, “Caught Up: The Tenability of the Rapture” • Jacqueline Byrket (Religious Studies) with Adena You-Jones (Psychology instructor): “The Many Faces of Adolescent Depression” • Andrew McIntyre, Sociology: “Leos Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen” College of Humanities and Public Affairs Spring 2013 Page 10 Cultural Competence CHPA Fuses Public Affairs, Cultural Competence, & Fun in Chinese Spring Festival

The College of Humanities and Public Affairs joined the Department of Modern and Classical Languages, the Office of China Programs, and the Chinese Students and Scholars Association in sponsoring a re- sounding spring welcome. MSU and Springfield communities celebrated the week-long Spring Festival, often called Chinese New Year ushering in the lunar year of the snake. Lion dances and a Shaolin martial arts performance, calligraphy and painting demonstrations, a Chen-style taijiquan form, dumpling workshop (with many tasty samples), tea ceremony, Chinese musical performanc- es were just some of the celebratory events. Most took place at Siceluff Library, the original headquarters where several years ago Dr. Weirong Schaefer inadvertently launched the now-annual (we hope) event. Little did Dr. Schaefer realize how popular this introduction to Chinese culture would be. Looking tired but happy on the last day of the celebration, Dr. Schaefer mused on the past week: “We even had a day care class of 20 this year”: An auspi- cious portent indeed for the future of Asian Studies, presently a minor, at MSU! In addition to the financial generosity of the sponsors, time and effort donated by professors, artists, experts and students from both the university and the Springfield communities made the event possible. “The best thing about this is seeing the local and international students talking ideas with each other—I learned so much from talking to a Chinese student who was here—she explained what was going on while we ate dumplings,” noted one party-goer. “Sometimes the most memorable experiences are the small, informal ones.”

Clockwise from above: Hing Wah Hatch, painter and artist, tells children about Chinese culture; Samantha Vandepolder and Fei Wang, both History 380 students, display souvenirs from the calligraphy demonstration by Dr. Weirong Schaefer; Lion Dancers from the FuHok Studio; One of the four display cases in Siceluff Hall organized and arranged by Dr. Weirong Schaefer, who collected many artefacts from generous local donors. Siceluff library decorations were also generously lent by local donors, too. College of Humanities and Public Affairs Spring 2013 Page 11 Center for Archaeological Research News by Dr. Neal Lopinot, Director, Center for Archaeological Research Field School at Horseshoe Fossil Spring The Center for Archaeological Research (CAR) in cooperation with the Department of Sociol- ogy and Anthropology offered a summer intersession field course in archaeology from May 21 to June 8, 2012. This 3-week session took place at the Horseshoe Fossil Spring site, located on a ridge in eastern Law- rence County, Missouri. The field course was taught by Jack H. Ray, Assistant Research Professor and Research Archaeologist at CAR. Sixteen students received training in archaeological field survey, mapping, and excavation, and in basic laboratory analysis. Students also learned how archaeologists preserve and interpret archaeological materials. Artifacts recovered as the result of the field school and also by the landowner indicate that the site was occupied intermittently over Above, MSU students excavating and screening at a span of more than 8,000 years, although the primary the Horseshoe Fossil Spring site occupations occurred during the Middle Archaic (ca. 7,000–5,000 years before present), which coincided with a period of warm and dry climate called the Hyp- sithermal Interval.

Field school students receiving instruction at the Steamboat Wreck Survey Horseshoe Fossil Spring site along the Missouri River The purpose of the CAR survey was to determine if any buried steamboat wrecks would be Above, the Benton No. 2 disturbed as the result of channel excavations measuring almost 200 feet in width and a little more shipwreck of than 30 feet in depth. The survey was undertaken for the Kansas City District, U.S. Army Corps of 1895 in shal- Engineers as a prelude to wetlands rehabilitation projects on two islands along the Missouri River— low water, Jameson Island below historic Arrow Rock in Saline County, Missouri and Cora Island along the one of the Missouri River just upstream from its confluence with the Mississippi River in St. Charles County, most recent Missouri. The assessment involved magnetometer surveys for a series of possible shipwreck locations steamboat that might be impacted by the wetlands development project. Most of the documented steamboats wrecks in the were ultimately buried by sediment as the Missouri River meandered study away from the wreck locations. Continued on next page... College of Humanities and Public Affairs Spring 2013 Page 12 Center for Archaeological Research News

...Steamboat Wreck Survey, continued A considerable amount of historical information was collected on 11 steamboats in the study. One steamboat, the Sam Gaty, was involved in a chain of Civil War-period events in 1863 that led to Quant- rill’s deadly raid on Lawrence, Kansas and the subsequent passage of Order No. 11. This order forced the evacuation of nearly everyone residing in Bates, Cass, Jackson, and Ver- non counties along the western border of Missouri. Another vessel, the Edna, did not sink, but was the scene of one of the largest disasters in Missouri during historic times. The boilers of this steamboat exploded in the early morning of July 2, 1842, scalding to death 55 German immigrants who were sleeping on the deck. CAR Project Supervisor Dustin Thompson with the A debris field for one buried steamboat wreck was Geometrics 858 Magnetometer documented, but it is uncertain which vessel it represents. The proposed channel segment that would have impacted this buried steamboat wreck was moved to another location, where no evidence of buried steamboat wreckage was subsequently determined.

Excavations at the Coffey Site

Location of test excavations at the Coffey site Archaeological excavations were conducted at the Coffey site, located in the northern Flint Hills of northeastern Kansas, in July of 2012. The project was funded by the Odyssey Research Program at the Univer- sity of Kansas. The Odyssey Program director, Dr. Rolfe D. Mandel, asked Jack Ray to supervise the summer dig. In addition to Jack and several students from the Univer- sity of Kansas, Rick Rogers (graduate student in MSU’s Applied Anthropology Program) participated in the dig. The Coffey site is located on a cutbank of the Big Excavations in the South Block (Jack Ray in Blue River and is threatened by continued erosion. The foreground and Rick Rogers, standing in the background) goal of the excavations was to investigate cultural deposits associated with Paleoindian and possibly pre-Clovis occupations of ca. 12,800-14,000 years ago. The project recovered artifacts associated with Paleoindian occupations and artifacts associated with younger Archaic occupations. However, no unequivocal pre-Clovis materials were recovered. Excavations will apparently continue at the Coffey site during the summer of 2013. A find unrelated to the excavations was the discovery of two fragments of a mammoth rib bone on a gravel bar more than 5 meters below the excavations. College of Humanities and Public Affairs Spring 2013 Page 13 Criminology & Criminal Justice News

State Department Representative Speaks to MSU Criminology Classes Dr. Bernie McCarthy, a Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, invited to campus Dr. Cindy Smith (at left), Senior Coordinator for The US State Department Office to Monitor and Combat Human Trafficking. Dr. Smith, who was formerly head of International Programs for the US Justice Depart- ment, spoke to classes in criminology and political science. She later served on a panel on the “Globalization of Crime and its Impact on the Ozarks” at the Third Annual Criminology Conference.

Criminology Students, Faculty Attend National Conference Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice students and faculty attended the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences national conference held in Dallas, Texas from March 19-23. They presented research papers, attended conference events, and even found time to visit some local sites! Pictured here are Pro- fessor Diane Leamy (standing, second from left), and several students. College of Humanities and Public Affairs Spring 2013 Page 14 Economics News

Mad City Money Simulates Real-Life Economy On March 4, 2013 the Center for Economic Edu- cation partnered with the Missouri Council on Economic Education to run the Mad City Money Simulation at Sky- line High School in Urbana, Missouri. Drs. David Mitchell, John Stuart Rabon, and five economics majors all helped to run the simulation playing the role of different merchants. Approximately 75 high school students participated. Students take on the role of an adult and are randomly assigned a job, income, family, and debt. The students then visit different merchants to select different types (and costs!!) of transportation, housing, food, household necessities, clothing, day care, and other wants and needs during the simulation. Throughout this time, students must use economic reasoning and personal responsibility skills where they learn concepts such as opportunity cost, budgeting, and balancing wants with needs. The merchants try to get the participants to purchase a bigger car, larger house, take the extravagant vacation to Ha- waii, etc. and students are allowed to make mistakes and suffer the consequences of their choices in a safe, but realistic, environment. Students are surprised to learn that they can’t afford a “big house with an expen- sive car all while paying for groceries and day care” on their salary. In addition, students get to experience fate in the form on an unexpected bill, such as car repair, or an unexpected windfall, such as winning a beauty contest. The students then have to readjust their budget and spending to account for this ‘visit by fate’. The Center for Economic Education is planning to replicate the Mad City Money simulation in 2 to 3 high schools in Springfield in the Fall of 2013.

Pictured at left: Mr. John Rabon, seated at right, Instructor in Economics, and participants; above left, left to right: Kent Miller, Mr. John Rabon, Mi- chael Rieger, Anna Denietolis, Melanie Wilke, and Dr. David Mitchell (Assistant Professor); above right, participants at the Mad City Money Simula- tion College of Humanities and Public Affairs Spring 2013 Page 15 Economics News

In March 2013 the Economics Economics Club Club arranged for some of its mem- Members Present bers to attend the Midwest Economics Association’s annual meetings in Co- at Economics lumbus, OH. The trip was open to all students with an interest in economics Conference and was attended by Devin Moore, Bohan Chen, Zara Khurram, Jiaqi Sun, and Kent Miller. Students attended several paper sessions and had the opportunity to hear economists present their new and upcoming research ideas, as well as to get experience at professional events within the discipline. Particularly noteworthy was the fact that Devin Moore (at left), a graduating senior, presented a paper entitled, “Airfare Pricing in Hub-to-Hub Markets: An investigation of flights originating from Chicago O’Hare,” in an undergraduate research session devoted to Pricing and Competition. The paper was an extension of work that Devin had completed for his Senior Research Seminar. Congratulations, Devin!

MSU Economists Gain Recognition for Research on Light Pollution While light pollution, the undesirable effects of poorly designed and injudiciously used artificial lighting, has been the subject of considerable research by biologists and as- tronomers, the study of its economic impact is still in its nascent stage. Three members of the MSU Economics Department faculty, Terrel Gallaway, Reed Olsen and David Mitchell (at right, top to bottom), pioneered the economic analysis of light pollution and their work is now starting to get national and international recognition. Their articles have appeared in Ecological Economics, the Journal of Economic Issues, and is forthcoming in the Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. Their empirical papers combine satellite imagery with economic data to identify the economic factors which contribute to light pollution in the US and worldwide. A sepa- rate paper, in the Journal of Economic Issues, by Dr. Gallaway is more theoretical and looks at the value of the night sky as well as the reasons the issue of light pollution has been over- looked by the economics profession. Dr. Gallaway has been invited to attend The Bright Side of Night International conference in Berlin in July 2013, and has also been invited to be a plenary speaker at the 1st International Conference on Artificial Light at Night in Berlin this October. Both conferences are sponsored by Verlust der Nacht, Interdisziplinären Forschungsverbund Lichtverschmutzung. Previously, Dr. Gallaway was invited to speak at a national conference attended largely by managers and policy makers associated with the National Park Service and other public lands. Recently, Arkansas legislator Stephen Meeks introduced legislation to minimize the adverse effects of light pollution and is using one of the MSU papers, “The Economics of Global Light Pollution,” to justify his proposed bill. Specifically, he cites Dr. Mitchell’s calculations regarding the billions of dollars in wasted energy and the millions of tons of additional CO2 emissions that are directly related to light pollution. College of Humanities and Public Affairs Spring 2013 Page 16 History News History Professor Wins Carnegie Award Dr. Eric Nelson (below, right), Professor and Dean’s Fellow for Transformation in the History Department, was named a 2012 Missouri Professor of the Year and was recognized during a November 2012 Lady Bears basketball game by MSU President Clif Smart (at left, with Dr. Nelson). The Carnegie Foundation of the Advancement of Teaching and Learning and the Council for Advancement and support of Education (CASE) named 31 state award winners from which a panel of judges then determined four national winners from those finalists. Dr. Nelson was selected as a top national educator. “Dr. Nelson has a reputation as an enthusiastic professor, who engages his students in the study of history,” said Dr. Kathleen Kennedy, head of the department of history at Missouri State. “Dr. Nelson is not afraid to experiment with various methods of delivery inside and outside the classroom. He is especially adept at making use of new technolo- gies to better engage students with the material. As an internationally recognized historian of France, Dr. Nelson epitomizes the model of the teacher-scholar at the heart of the Missouri State University mission.” “It is a real honor to be recognized by such an important national organization dedicated to teaching excellence,” said Nelson. “I am grateful to Missouri State University for its support. Working for an institution that values teaching highly and supports the use of technology to transform the student learning experience makes this award possible.” Nelson holds a doctorate in history from the University of Oxford. His research interests include world history and studies in early modern France. He has published three books, written numerous articles and papers, and participated in a host of teaching and research fellowships worldwide. In addition to this honor, Dr. Nelson has been included in the list of the Top 23 Arts and Humanities Professors in Missouri by the Online Schools Mis- souri: http://onlineschoolsmissouri.com/top-college-professors-in-missouri/arts-humanities/

Dr. Brooks Blevins (at left), Highlight on Ozarks History Professor of History, was the highlight this spring on the Missouri State’s Re- search website, www.missouristate.edu/ research/. Although small in size, the Ozarks region is rich in history and tra- dition. Dr. Blevins, director of CHPA’s Ozarks Studies minor, specializes in finding and telling the stories of our unique region. View the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLHpnurwp3Q College of Humanities and Public Affairs Spring 2013 Page 17 History News

Andrew Lewis Publishes Book on Medieval Chronicler

Dr. Andrew Lewis (at right), Professor in History, recently published his book, The Chronicle and Historical Notes of Bernard Itier (Oxford, 2013) on the medieval chronicler Bernard Itier (1163-1225). According to the book description, Bernard Itier was head librarian of the monas- tery of Saint-Martial at Limoges and, as such, he had free access to the books and made notations in many of them. The largest collection of these notes comprises his chronicle: a history of the world from Creation until his own time which, in part to conserve parchment, Bernard entered in the margins of two earlier codices he had appropriated for the purpose. The largest collection of these notes comprises his chronicle: a history of the world from Creation to his own time. Dr. Lewis provides, in Bernard’s Latin and in English translation, the only complete text of Bernard’s chronicle ever published, the the fullest edition of his historical notes from other manuscripts which com- plement the chronicle. Dr. Lewis’ research interests include the history of medieval Europe and, especially, medieval France; he teaches World History to 1600 C.E., Medieval Europe, the Renaissance, Ancient Rome, and Senior Seminar.

MSU Alumna Continues Research, Public Lectures on Women’s History As part of Women’s History Month, Dr. Hilda Smith (at left), Professor Emerita in History at the University of Cincinnati and an alumna of Missouri State University, delivered a talk at MSU in January titled, “‘Letter Writer’ to ‘Account Keeper’: Skilled Women in Early Modern Art”. Dr. Smith established herself not only as an internationally recognized authority in early modern English women’s and intellectual history but also as a true pioneer and enduring influence on the more general field of women’s history both in the U.S. and the world academy. She is the author of and editor of several books and the recipient of many awards, in particular the Taft Research Center Fellow, University of Cincinnati, 2007-08. This event was sponsored by the CHPA and the History Department. College of Humanities and Public Affairs Spring 2013 Page 18 History News Professors Serve on Diversity Panel History Professors Dr. Holly Baggett (at left) and Stephen McIntyre (at far left) participated in a panel in April, “Springfield’s Hidden History of Diversity: A Panel Discussion,” along with David Richards (MSU Special Collections and Archives) and Richard Schur (Drury University), moderated by Dr. Ken Coopwood, Vice President for Diversity and Inclu- sion at MSU. The panelists highlighted the findings of articles recently published in Springfield’s Urban Histories: Essays on the Queen City of the Missouri Ozarks (Moon City Press, 2012). Dr. Baggett research interests include women’s history, American history, and LGBT history; Dr. McIntyre researches U.S. labor, the automobile, and Missouri history. The free event was sponsored by the History Department, the University Special Collections and Archives, Moon City Press/Department of English, African American Studies Committee, Division for Diversity and Inclusion, PawPrints Union Bookstore, and the Lambda Alliance.

History Professor Receives Speaker Invitations, Max Planck Institute Award Dr. John Chuchiak, Professor of History and Director of the MSU Honors College, gave presentations as an invited speaker at several events around the world in the past several months. Many of the talks involved his work with Maya Hieroglyphic Books: in September in Dresden, Germany, and in November in Mexico. Dr. Chuchiak also was invited to give talks at the MSU Dalian, China, campus on a variety of topics, including education, immigration, and Native American culture and history. On the Missouri State campus in November, Dr. Dr. John Chuchiak, seated at left, and stu- Chuchiak, in conjunction with Dr. William Meadows (Pro- dents during his trip to Dalian, China in De- cember 2012 to deliver public lectures fessor, Anthropology) and Dr. Liz Sobel (Associate Professor, ANT), served as the organizer and co-host of the Annual Meet- ing of the American Society for Ethnohistory. The conference was a huge success, with more than 1,000 students and community members attending sessions over the four-day period. Most recently, Dr. Chuchiak was awarded a research group award from the Max Planck Institute for the Study of European Legal History for the period beginning in Summer 2013, to jointly research and write with Dr. Mark Lentz (USA) and Dr. Carolina Cunnill (France) on “Indigenous Justice in Colonial Yucatan: An Examination of the Nature and Impact of Civil and Ecclesiastical Courts on the Maya, 1550-1750.” Additionally, he was recently awarded a Max Planck Institute Research Fellowship for a joint research project. College of Humanities and Public Affairs Spring 2013 Page 19 Philosophy News

Colloquium Series Brings Noted Speakers to MSU Dr. Ralph Shain, Assistant Professor in Philosophy, in cooperation with Dr. Çiğdem Çıdam, Assistant Professor in Political Science, continues to bring noted speakers to Missouri State University as part of the Missouri State Workshop for Critical Inquiry in the Humanities and Social Sciences Coloquium Series. In Febru- ary the series hosted Dr. Gil Anidjar, Associate Professor in the Department of Religion at Columbia University, and Dr. Tom Conley, the Abbot Lawrence Lowell Professor of Visual and Environmental Studies and of Romance Languages and Literature at Harvard Univer- sity. The lecture, “So, What Is Religion?” with Dr. Anidjar, explored the expanded idea of “religion” and the inclusion in it of a grow- ing number of phenomena (sensibility, science and technology, media), even as the basic concepts such as God, faith, and ritual have remained persistently in place as determining vectors. Dr. Conley’s talk, “‘Theory’ and Its Relation to the Map and Diagram,” discussed some of the great theoretical maps of the age of discovery, as well as those with which we currently live, in the name of “diagrams” and “locational imaging”. The third event in this series will present Dr. Kevin Olson, Associate Professor in Politi- cal Science at the University of California-Irvine, on “Chimeras of Political Identity: The Problems of the People in Revolutionary France,” on Tuesday, 30 April, at 4:00 p.m. in Meyer Library 101.

Pictured at right, from top: Dr. Kevin Olson (University of California-Irvine); left to right, Dr. Çiğdem Çıdam (Political Science), Dr. Ralph Shain (Philosophy), Dr. Gil Anidjar (Columbia Univer- sity); Dr. Tom Conley (Harvard University). College of Humanities and Public Affairs Spring 2013 Page 20 Philosophy News

Students, Professors Attend Philosophy Conference

Dr. Pam Sailors, above, presents the keynote address at the MidSouth Philosophy Conference at Rhodes College in Mem- phis in February.

Above, left, Philosophy students and faculty attend the February MidSouth Philosophy Conference at Rhodes College. Faculty pictured are, front row far right, Dr. Pam Sailors, Professor and Head of the Philosophy Department; and back row, second from right, Dr. Jack Knight, Professor.

Syrian Conflict Topic of Political Science News Public Lecture

Dr. Mehmet Gurses (at right), Assistant Professor of Political Science at Florida Atlantic University, presented a public lecture on the MSU campus in November: “Who Is Winning the Conflict in Syria?” Dr. Mehmet researches democracy, ethnic and religious conflict, and the emergence and evolution of the Islamist parties in the Middle East. His publications have appeared in numerous journals, including Social Science Quarterly and International Studies Perspectives. This event was sponsored by Missouri State University and the Thomas G. Strong Chair for Middle East Studies. College of Humanities and Public Affairs Spring 2013 Page 21 Political Science News

Katelyn DeNap Awarded 2013 TUSA Summer Scholarship Political Science major Katelyn DeNap (at left) has been awarded a 2013 Ambassador Summer Scholarship Program at Taiwan’s National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) from the Taiwan-United States Sister Relations Alliance (TUSA). The Sum- mer program, which is designed for students who are interested in studying Mandarin and learning about Taiwan, includes intensive language classes as well as cultural courses, cultural exchanges, and cultural excursions. Congratulations Katelyn! Watch the video on the Political Science’s blog, http://blogs.missouristate.edu/polsci/2013/02/27/katelyn-denap-awarded- 2013-tusa-summer-scholarship/

MSU Alumnus Visits Former PLS Professor

Martin Poipoi, a graduate of Missouri State’s M.A. in Global Studies degree, took time out while in the area to visit one of his former professors, Dr. Dennis Hickey, Director of the Graduate Program in Global Studies and Professor of Politi- cal Science. Mr. Poipoi is originally from Kenya and after earning his M.A., then M.I.A.A., he is now a Bank Information Tech- nology Examiner with thte Comptroller of the Currency, Administrator of National Banks, in the Dalls field office. Above, from left: Martin Poipoi’s father, Dr. Dennis Hickey (Politcal Science), Martin Poipoi College of Humanities and Public Affairs Spring 2013 Page 22 Political Science News

Grant Funds Professor’s Travels At Home and Abroad Dr. Dennis Hickey, Director of the Graduate Program in Global Studies and Pro- fessor of Political Science, visited Republic of China ( Taiwan) from Decem- ber 18 to December 31, 2012. During his visit, he interviewed numerous government officials and academics about America’s security ties to Taiwan. The image (at left) shows him posing for a picture with two “bus attendants” at Taipei’s central bus station on Friday, December 21. The trip was funded by an external research grant from the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy. On February 25, 2013, Dr. Dennis Hickey (above) was flown to Washington, DC by the Woodrow Wilson International Center For Scholars to deliver a paper entitled, “The U.S. Piv- ot to the Asia-Pacific: Implications for Taiwan” at a conference entitled, “Taiwan and the U.S. Pivot to Asia: New Realities in the Region?” His paper was based on research conducted in Taipei in late December that was supported by an external grant.

Left, Ms. Weini Li, on the left, an exchange student from People’s University in Beijing, bids farewell to Dr. Den- nis Hickey, at right, Professor in Political Science. Ms. Li and her mother plan to tour the United States before returning home to Beijing. PLS Students and Alumni Meet for Jefferson City Internship

Above right, Dr. George Connor, Political Science Department Head and Professor, meets with Spring 2013 legislative interns and Political Science alumni in Jefferson City in February. Above left, Political Science majors Daniel Bogle and Cody Holt prepare for their Spring 2013 Jefferson City internship by meeting with PLS alumna Bridgette Edghill. College of Humanities and Public Affairs Spring 2013 Page 23 Religious Studies News

REL Instructor Wins MOCRA Award Ms. Lora Hobbs (at left), Senior Instructor in Religious Studies, was chosen recently by Missouri State Master Online Course Recognition Award (MOCRA) Selection Committee for MOCRA Best in Category: Course Tech- nology and Media Value, for her REL 100, Introduction to Religion, online course. The overall winner, Stan Leasure (Business/Law) and Best in Category for Interaction and Collaboration, Shannon Wooden (English), will join Ms. Hobbs in May to be recognized at the Faculty Service Awards ceremony in the PSU Ballroom.

Stephen Berkwitz Publishes Book from Fulbright Research Stephen C. Berkwitz (at left), Professor and Head of Religious Studies, published Buddhist Poetry and Colonialism: Alagiyavanna and the Portuguese in Sri Lanka (Oxford University Press, 2013). He began this research in 2005 while on a Fulbright Fellowship in Sri Lanka, and did subsequent research and writing with the help of a sabbatical in 2006, a summer faculty fellowship in Lisbon in 2008, and as a visiting researcher in Germany from 2011-2012. His book explores transformations in Sinhala Buddhist poetry through an examination of five works by Alagiya- vanna Mukaveti (b. 1552), whose long career coincided with the development of Portuguese colonialism in Sri Lanka. His book uses poetry to uncover the historical experience and religious changes that accompanied some of the earliest encounters between Asian Buddhists and European colonizers.

Religious Studies MA Program Awarded Graduate College Grant Dr. Mark Given (at right), Associate Professor and Director of the Gradu- ate Program in Religious Studies, announced that the Department of Religious Studies has been awarded a grant from the Graduate College and the Office of the Provost to advertise their MA program through Google AdWords. Google AdWords is a service provided by Google that causes a brief ad for a “product” to appear at the top or along the side of relevant searches. Many potential religious studies grad students are finding the program through internet searches, and in the past three years there has been a significant increase in international student inquiries about the program. Two of those students are now in the program, one from South Korea and one from Iran. The use of Google AdWords will insure that even more potential students become aware of the MA in Religious Studies at MSU. College of Humanities and Public Affairs Spring 2013 Page 24 Religious Studies News

Harvard Professor Engages Students on Religion, Art Dr. Steven Ozment, McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History at Harvard University, spoke at Mis- souri State on March 25 in Glass Hall 101 by invitation of Dr. Austra Reinis, Associate Professor in Religious Studies at MSU, in collaboration with MSU’s Departments of Art and Design, Art History, Modern and Classical Languages, and the CHPA. Dr. Ozment’s talk was titled “Art in the Service of Pictured left to right: Susanna Schweizer, Steven Religion and Belief: Cranach’s Painting of Luther’s Theol- Ozment, Austra Reinis ogy” and was followed by a book signing of his most recent book, The Serpent and the Lamb: Cranach, Luther, and the Making of the Reformation (Yale University Press, 2012). This book retells the story of the German Renaissance and Reformation through the lives of two controversial men of the sixteenth century: the artist Lucas Cranach (the Serpent) and the reformer Martin Luther (the Lamb). Their collaborative successes merged art and religion into a revolutionary force that became the Protestant Reformation. Dr. Ozment also spoke earlier that day to MSU’s Mitzi Kirkland-Ives’ Art History class on “Who Is Lucas Cranach and What Has He Done for You?”

Religious Studies Students News Congratulations to Missouri State Religious Studies alumna Meghan Musy (M.A. 2012), who was just named the 2013-14 president of the McMaster University Divinity Student Association and the vice chair of the Society for Pentecostal Studies Diversity Committee. Krista Dalton (M.A. 2012) has been accepted into Columbia’s Doctoral program and has been designated a Dean’s Fellow, the highest honor conferred upon entering graduate students. She is currently studying at the Jewish Theological Semi- nary in New York. MSU Religious Studies MA alumni Krista Dalton, Matt Gallion, and Darryl Schafer, along with MSU alumnus Rev. Dr. Phil Snider and Religious Studies Senior Instructor Dr. Micki Pulleyking (at right), will present in the upcoming conference, “Subverting the Norm II: Can Postmodern Theology Live in the Churches?” at Drury University on April 5-6. Fea- tured speakers include Peter Rollins, John Caputo, and Namsoon Kang. The event is free for students and faculty. For more information, visit http://subvertingthenorm.wordpress.com Sarah A. Riccardi, a Religious Studies Graduate Assistant, was asked to be a research affiliate with the Initiative for the Study of Visual and Material Cultures of Religion at Yale University. Her research focuses on icon corners in Eastern Orthodox communities in the Ozarks. She will present parts of her research at the Midwest American Acad- emy of Religion Conference in April 2013 and the National AAR in November 2013. Additionally, she is currently serving a two-year term as the student director of the Midwest AAR. College of Humanities and Public Affairs Spring 2013 Page 25 Sociology & Anthropology News

Anthropology Sponsors Series of Panels by Students on Islam On March 5, 2013, the Department of Sociology and Anthropology sponsored the fourth in a series of panel discussions on Islam. The panels, all open to the public, were organized at the request of the participating students and faculty from all over the university and were facilitated by Dr. Margaret Buckner. The participants decided on the theme of each panel discussion as well as the topics discussed. Each discussion ended with a question and answer session. Attendance at the events ranged from 75 to 150 people. The first panel, “A Muslim Student Panel: Understanding Islam”, took place in Fall 2011 and featured three male students. The next semester, Spring 2012, three Muslim women (two students and a faculty member) responded with their own pan- Alaa Abdelhakiem, above, el: “Muslim Women listens to participants on Have Their Say: Chal- one of the panels presented lenging Stereotypes by students on Islam about Islam”; topics included Islam and women’s rights, Muslim women in history, cultural diversity within Islam, and modesty and the head scarf. The third panel, in Fall 2012, was titled “Personal Encounters with Islam and Politics in the Middle East: First-hand Experiences of MSU Students”; participants included both international Muslim students and MSU students who had studied in the Middle East. Topics for this panel include political systems in Middle Above, panel members listen to questions from Eastern countries, the role of Islam in politics, Shariah students and faculty during the presentation Law, violence and terrorism, women in politics, Islam and democracy, and the Muslim Brotherhood. Finally, the Spring 2013 panel, “Relationships in Islam”, dealt with the relationships with God, between Muslims and non-Mus- lims, among friends and neighbors, between boys and girls, and, finally, within the family, between husband and wife and parents and children. We hope to continue this series in the future, so that Muslim students and faculty of our university can continue to dispel misconceptions about Muslims and challenge stereotypes about Islam.

At left, Dr. Robin G. Amonker, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, returned to campus to visit his colleagues in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. Pictured are, from left to right, front row: Christy Titus (Administra- tive Assistant, SOC/ANT), Dr. Amonker, Dr. Bill Meadows (Professor, Anthropology); back row: John Harms (Profes- sor and Sociology Program Coordinator), and Tim Knapp (Professor, Sociology). College of Humanities and Public Affairs Spring 2013 Page 26 Sociology & Anthropology News

Sociology Students Research Local Communities Dr. Tim Knapp, Professor in Sociology, reported on the activities of Sociology’s current undergraduate Research Assistants describing their community-based research work.

Nicole Anderson (at right) is working at the Com- munity Partnership (above) Amanda Stadler is assisting Mr. Lyle Fos- of the Ozarks. She ter (Instructor, Sociology) this semester in studying the has been entering and African American community in Springfield through an analyzing data from ethnographic lens. Their exploration is loosely modeled a homeless vulner- after the famous Middletown studies of Muncie, Indiana, ability index survey initially completed by Robert and Helen Lynd in the in conjunction with 1920s and 30s. Amanda is conducting informal inter- the 100,000 Homes views with city residents and gathering archival literature national initiative to on the history of Springfield’s African American com- secure housing for the munity. One goal of the project is to better understand homeless. Her report the difficulties of living in a town with chronically low from the vulnerability diversity. surveys will allow officials at The CPO to determine exactly which people are most vulnerable to chronic illnesses and life-threatening conditions and what their specific immediate needs are. She also will work later in the spring term on an assessment report for the CPO’s C.A.S.H. financial management course for low-income working families.

Elizabeth Bartlett (at left) is working with Dr. Lisa Hall (In- structor, Sociology) on two projects. The first project is a lon- gitudinal in-depth interview study of breast cancer survivors. Her work involves assisting with interview guide instructions and converting audio cassettes to CDs, so that information from recorded interviews can be organized and analyzed. The second project is a public sociology activity that connects students with community agencies that deal with a variety of social problems. Elizabeth reports that her RA experiences have given her the skills to apply sociological research methods to real-world situations, and that she has become more aware of the jobs available after graduation.

Leah Woods has been working with Dr. Michael Stout (Associate Professor, Sociology)to establish the theoretical and empirical links between social capital and civic and political engagement. Her literature review and data analysis from the 2012 Ozarks Regional Social Capital Survey helps local officials to better apply Continued on next page... College of Humanities and Public Affairs Spring 2013 Page 27 Sociology & Anthropology News ...Sociology Students Research, continued information about social capital to concrete programs and activities to bolster civic participation in Springfield and surrounding communities. Ms. Woods also has conducted assessment studies for the Neighbor for Neighbor program, which is an effort to build bridging social capital within two low-income areas of Springfield. The program is being conducted by a consortium of city government, non-profit, faith-based, and educational organizations.

At right, Dr. Michael Stout, left, and Leah Woods.

We Remember:

DepartmentBill of Van Defense andCleave Strategic Studies Keith Payne, Ph.D., Department Head Department of Defense and Strategic Studies

William R. (“Bill”) Van Cleave, Professor and Director of the Defense and Strategic Studies Program at the University of Southern California (USC) from 1967-1987, and Emeritus Professor, Director and Founder of Missouri State University’s Department of Defense and Strategic Studies (DSS), passed away on March 15, 2013 at his family home in Idyllwild, California. He was 77 years old. Prof. William R. Van Cleave was an exceptional educator and public servant. He combined the finest of academic qualities with an equally outstanding record of working directly in the public interest in senior government service. He was a much-beloved professor for thousands of students over the course of decades at the University of Southern California and later at Missouri State University. He also served on the first US delegation to the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks with the Soviet Union, and later as a key advisor to presidential candidate Ronald Reagan. He effectively and successfully integrated these two different professional careers in a way very few have or can--and his students benefited all the more for it. Prof. Van Cleave believed that the formulation and direction of government policy should benefit from rigorous scholarly analysis. He did not simply talk that talk, his integrated career of academic excellence and public service will have a positive impact for generations as his students and their students carry on his example of scholarly rigor and public service. He founded his graduate program for defense and strategic studies at the University of Southern California in 1971 to advance this vision of graduating cohorts of students who could and would bring sound analysis and scholarship into government service. Hundred of his former students now occupy some of the senior-most positions in government, industry, nonprofit research organizations and academia, and they do indeed carry on Professor Van Cleave’s example. That is, perhaps, his greatest legacy. For them, he was an incomparable mentor, friend, and constructive critic. He will be missed greatly. College of Humanities and Public Affairs Spring 2013 Page 28 CHPA Giving Would you like to contribute? Here’s how!

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