http://in-lart-linux1.indysla.iupui.edu/news/index.php/site/index/ en achesnes@iupui.edu Copyright 2012 2012-05-22T19:24:05+00:00 http://liberalarts.iupui.edu/news/index.php/site/in_the_news_may_2012/ http://liberalarts.iupui.edu/news/index.php/site/in_the_news_may_2012/#When:19:24:05Z Experts from Liberal Arts departments and centers are regularly cited in the local, national, and international media. A selection from online sources provides a sampling of the types of issues and kinds of research Liberal Arts faculty are called upon to talk about in the public sphere. Also included is general Liberal Arts news covered by the media.Liberal Arts Research Receives $386,217 in External Grants and Contracts A total of $386,217 in grants has been awarded to faculty members of the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI by several government agencies and Indiana Humanities. The grants support a wide range of projects that included developing historical tours guided by a smart phone app, researching the history of women’s voting rights in Indiana, improving workplace writing skills, and studying adolescent pregnancy and parenting. Faculty, students, and researchers in history, English, and sociology received the awards. Anita Morgan, senior lecturer of history, received an Indiana Legal History Grant ($2,000) for a project called "Indianapolis Women Working for the Right to Vote: The Forgotten Drama of 1917." Joint-sponsored by the Indiana Humanities and the Indiana Supreme Court, the grant will allow Jennifer Kalvaitis, an M.A. student in Public History, to research how Hoosier women first gained a limited right to vote, then lost it when the Marion Superior Court and the Indiana Supreme Court ruled in favor of a lawsuit challenging their suffrage. Kalvaitis’s research will form the basis of her master’s thesis and the Indiana Supreme Court will determine whether Kalvaitis’ work will be used as a Continuing Legal Education course for licensed attorneys in Indiana. Rebecca Shrum, assistant professor of history and assistant director of public history, and John Dichtl, Executive Director of the National Council on Public History and Adjunct assistant professor of history, received $1,998 from the Indiana Humanities for "Celebrating the Spirit of Competition: The Hoosier Historical Smart Phone App Tour." Hoosier Historical is a smart phone app and companion website being developed by Shrum and Dichtl to feature approximately 20 customizable layered, map-based, multimedia curated tours around common themes for cities throughout Indiana. This grant will allow them, in collaboration with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology, to develop a pilot tour on amateur sports history in Indianapolis. A committee of Indiana historians, archivists, and journal editors will help determine tour content. Gail Bennett-Edelman, senior lecturer in English, and Hannah Haas, lecturer in English, will conduct the Writing Solutions seminar for the Michigan Department of Environmental Management in summer 2012, on-site in East Lansing, MI. The Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium (LADCO) provided $27,263 to cover the cost of the two-day workshop, designed to enhance employees’ writing skills. Neale Chumbler, professor of sociology and Director of the Institute for Research on Social Issues (IRSI), received a grant of $125,449 from the Indiana State Department of Health for "A Summative Evaluation of Journaling for Underserved Pregnant and Parenting Adolescents." The interdisciplinary team of experts in health communications, intercultural communications, and visual communication and design will collaborate with ISDH to implement use of a messaging device consisting of a small, customizable, modular journal, with small digital camera, by pregnant and parenting adolescents. The IUPUI team will work with a family specialist in Lake County and in Scott County to deliver journals to a group of 60 teens in each county. The journals will communicate health and parenting information to the pregnant and parenting teens, as well as provide them with space for them to express their feelings and insights. Last summer, Dr. Chumbler and a similar interdisciplinary team received ISDH funding to design and evaluate three prototype communication devices. The study participants in last summer’s project reported that the journal was the most applicable device to them. This year’s project will evaluate the efficacy of the journal as a tool for communicating health information. Tamara Leech, assistant professor of sociology, IRSI Researcher, and Director of the Survey Research Center at IUPUI, was awarded $69,631 from the Indiana State Department of Health for "The WISE (Women’s Information and Support Exchange) across Generations Program." Dr. Leech and her team will implement and evaluate one of the program ideas that emerged from the 2011 Community Conversations on Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting, funded by ISDH. It involves a 10-week program during which pairs of women - one adolescent and one adult - draw upon their existing wisdom and talents to exchange information and support. The project intends to facilitate social ties across generations that could positively affect young women’s social capital, knowledge, self-efficacy, pregnancy intentions, and ultimately behaviors related to sexual health and family planning. The program will be subjected to a three-stage evaluation plan, and the results of the evaluation plan will be submitted to the ISDH Division of Maternal and Child Health. The Survey Research Center at IUPUI (SRC), Director Tamara Leech, and Director of Operations Anne Mitchell, received $159,876 from the Indiana State Department of health for a second period of funding for "Social Immersive Media Project Evaluation (SIMPLE)." SRC will survey first time mothers who are 18 years or older who have attended a pre-natal visit to their health care provider to find out if the SIMPLE tool changes maternal and child health related knowledge and behavior. They will also use the survey to find out whether the first-time mother used email and social media to share her interaction with the SIMPLE tool. The ISDH Division of Maternal and Child Health developed the SIMPLE tool following a survey performed last year in which participants were contacted by telephone and Facebook.    Centers, English, Grants, History, News, Research, Sociology 2012-05-22T19:24:05+00:00 http://liberalarts.iupui.edu/news/index.php/site/liberal_arts_faculty_receive_209000_in_iu_iupui_research_grants/ http://liberalarts.iupui.edu/news/index.php/site/liberal_arts_faculty_receive_209000_in_iu_iupui_research_grants/#When:19:21:50Z Fourteen Liberal Arts faculty have received IU/IUPUI research grants in support of their research totaling $209,000.  The faculty are appointed in the departments/programs of communication studies, philosophy, English, world languages and cultures, history, anthropology, museum studies, religious studies, philanthropic studies, and political science. Information on the research projects follows in alphabetical order by faculty member: Jennifer Bute, assistant professor of communication studies, received a $14,824 Developing Diverse Researchers with InVestigative Expertise (DRIVE) grant for her project "Managing Private Information about Miscarriage: Couples’ Perspective." The project will explore how couples manage private information about the experience of miscarriage, using in-depth interviews with couples to identify the challenges and dilemmas they face as they decide whether and how to tell members of their social network (e.g., relatives, friends, coworkers) about their experience. Andre De Tienne, professor of philosophy, received an IUPUI Arts and Humanities Internal Grant worth $30,000 to assist with the Peirce Edition Project, "Digital Redesign of Scholarly Editions: A Collaboration between Humanities and Informatics Researchers." The project, in collaboration with the School of Informatics, will lead to the design and implementation of a high-end open-source web-based scalable and comprehensive production and dissemination platform to be used by the Peirce Edition and the other four editions of the Institute for American Thought. Fred DiCamilla, associate professor of English, was awarded an IUPUI Arts and Humanities Internal Grant for his research project, "The Mediating Function of Metaphor and Myth in Constructing the Role of America in the World: The Hilary Clinton Hearings for Secretary of State." The $6,314 grant allows DiCamilla to examine Clinton’s opening statement to the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Secretary of State nomination hearings to the similar statement given by former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. A book on metaphor and myth in political discourse in regards to the United States’ role in the world is also in the works. John R. Kaufman-McKivigan, professor of history and Director of the Frederick Douglass Papers, will use a $15,000 IUPUI Arts and Humanities Internal Grant to host an October symposium entitled "Rediscovering the Life and Times of Frederick Douglas. Following the publication of the first ever scholarly edition of Douglass’ third and final autobiography, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, the symposium will bring together internationally recognize scholars in history, literature, political science, law, and Africana Studies to present original research on Douglass, utilizing the new edition. Elizabeth Kryder-Reid, associate professor of anthropology and museum studies, was awarded an IUPUI Arts and Humanities Grant for $29,652 for the upcoming symposium, "Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Art, Race, and Civic Space." In this collaborative project, IUPUI faculty and invited scholars will present papers at a symposium on the theme "Listening to the City: Identity, Displacement, Renewal," and will engage in a public conversation to be broadcast and/or podcast. The proceedings will be published in an edited volume, and the project will develop curricular materials to accompany the podcasts for use in classroom settings. Elizabeth Monroe, associate professor of history, was awarded a $5,000 IUPUI Arts and Humanities Internal Grant for research on her project "Legal Practice in Local and Appellate Courts in the Early National Period." This award will enable Monroe to visit archives in Virginia and Maryland to complete research for a legal biography of William Wirt, the longest seated Attorney General (1817-1829) in U.S. history. Very few lawyers can match Wirt’s record of 168 U.S. Supreme Court cases, many argued in his private capacity (not as Attorney General). In addition Wirt advised presidents James Monroe and John Quincy Adams on the important legal issues of their administrations like the Monroe Doctrine and the illegal slave trade. The biography will show how the promises of the revolutionary era in the form of state and national constitutions played out in the courtrooms of Virginia and Maryland in the early national period. Kevin Robbins, associate professor of history, received an IUPUI Arts and Humanities Grant for his research project, "The Messy History of ‘The Butter Plate:’ Radical New Media, Police Action to Contain Popular Visual Protests, and the Internationalization of a Graphic Arts Community in Modernizing Paris, 1900-1914." The award of $8,480 allows Robbins to examine the foundation, business operations, administrative personnel, affiliated radical graphic artists, overt and covert police surveillance, and wider civic and international influence of L’Assiette au beurre ("The Butter Plate"), a radical and satirical Paris journal published from 1901 to 1912. Robbins will visit French archives, view formerly secret files and surveillance reports of the Paris Prefecture of Police, and present a paper on his research at the University of Nottingham. Genevieve Shaker, assistant professor of philanthropic studies and Director of Communications and Creative Services, was awarded a $4,950 IUPUI Arts and Humanities Internal Grant for the upcoming book, Faculty and the Public Good: The Philanthropic Meaning of Academic Work. The book, edited by Shaker, features 18 chapters authored by nationally renowned scholars and practitioners. It breaks new ground by examining the philanthropic behavior of faculty who believe they serve the public good when they choose to engage in academic endeavors beyond what is required of them, as a result of personal philosophies, ideas, and values. The book is currently under peer review by the IU Press for its "Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies" series. Elizabeth Wood, associate professor of museum studies and teacher education; Public Scholar of Museums, Family and Learning, received an IUPUI Arts and Humanities Internal Grant for $4,984 to work on her project, "Interpreting the Family Museum. This award enables Wood to travel to "The Loft," a family museum on the Peirce Homestead in Mount Desert Isle, Maine, representing the collective material history of five generations of the Scribner-Paredes family. Wood will document the collection and use "digital storytelling," that is, producing a web-based video and audio exhibit of interviews with family members, to examine the meaning and interpretation of the museum’s artifacts to the member of the family. Edward Curtis, professor of religious studies and Millennium Chair of the School of Liberal Arts, was awarded a $25,475 New Frontiers in the Arts and Humanities Grant to research and write a book entitled Islam in the Global African Diaspora. The book, the first to offer a global comparative history of African diasporic Muslims, will describe and analyze black Muslim religious life in the Middle East, South Asia, Europe, North America, South America, and the Caribbean. Each chapter will present a synthetic historical account of African diasporic Muslim communities in a given geographic region in addition to featuring a more in-depth case study of one contemporary Black Muslim community. Aaron Dusso, assistant professor of political science, will use a $15,000 New Frontiers in the Arts and Humanities Grant to fund a survey of 1,000 people who voted in the 2012 presidential election to test the quality of their voting when they have incomplete information about the candidate’s positions on significant issues. The research supports Dusso’s project, "Voting Correctly: A Survey Experiment Measuring and Explaining the Effect of Incomplete Information on Voters’ Choice of a Presidential Candidate," and will lead to a new methodology for testing the premise that a significant percentage of people vote "incorrectly," that is, for the candidate who in actuality does not best reflects their views. Kelly Hayes, associate professor of religious studies, was awarded a New Frontiers in the Arts and Humanities grant for $19,350. The award helps Hayes continue her ethnographic exploration of alternative religions that have multiplied rapidly in a time of dramatic political, economic, and social changes in Brazil in the last 30 years. This award will fund her ethnographic research in Brazil that will lead to her second published monograph, Spirits of the New Millennium, with multimedia resources stored on a companion DVD. Elizabeth Wood has signed a publisher’s contract for a book entitled, "The objects of Experience: New Considerations for Object-Based Learning in Museum," aimed at museum exhibition design and development teams. The book, with research and development funded by a $22,750 New Frontiers in the Arts and Humanities Grant, will offer new considerations on how objects and artifacts play a role in the meaning and experience of museum visitors and how to reposition the role of the object in the museums and other informal learning environments. Iker Zulaica Hernandez, assistant professor of Spanish linguistics, was awarded a Research Support Grant for $7,192 for his project "A Corpus-Based study of the Interactive Tense-Demonstration in Spanish." Hernandez will use electronic language corpora, or databases of transcriptions of written and spoken naturally occurring texts and conversations, to perform an empirical analysis on the function of Spanish demonstratives in written and spoken discourse. He will test the hypothesis that a specific set of Spanish words (demonstratives) behave differently under specific contextual conditions, which fully determine the way Spanish speakers use them appropriately.     Anthropology, Centers, Communication Studies, English, Grants, History, International, Museum Studies, News, Philanthropic Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Religious Studies, Research, World Languages and Cultures 2012-05-22T19:21:50+00:00 http://liberalarts.iupui.edu/news/index.php/site/cochrane_mullen_peterson_honored_at_iupui_retiring_faculty_luncheon/ http://liberalarts.iupui.edu/news/index.php/site/cochrane_mullen_peterson_honored_at_iupui_retiring_faculty_luncheon/#When:19:06:41Z Three Liberal Arts faculty were recognized May 1, 2012, at University Place Hotel during the annual IUPUI Retiring Faculty Recognition Luncheon.Chancellor of IUPUI Charles Bantz thanked the retirees for their years of service saying: "You have helped to build a great university. And you have given to generations of students the best legacy of all-the ability and commitment to keep learning, which is the instrument of a meaningful life."IUPUI Executive Vice Chancellor Uday Sukhatme added his thanks and remarked: "Your contributions have shaped IUPUI into Indiana’s premier urban public research institution… As you leave your formal duties, be assured that those who follow will do their best to realize all your hopes for what IUPUI can become."The School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI recognizes the following three faculty members who have or will retire during the remainder of the 2011-2012 academic year:* Jennifer Cochrane (Senior Lecturer in Communication Studies)Jennifer Cochrane became an Associate Faculty member in the Department of Communication Studies in 1980 and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2006.  Her teaching has been recognized with several awards, including: the Most Valuable Associate Faculty award and the Teaching Excellence Recognition Award.  Jennifer will continue to teach one online public speaking course each semester and hopefully have time to enjoy her beautiful apple orchards and the scenery of her rural home with her husband. (Excerpted from remarks by Kristy Horn Sheeler, Associate Professor of Communication Studies and Department Chair.)E. Theodore Mullen, Jr. (Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies)Ted Mullen arrived at IUPUI in 1978 from Harvard, where he earned a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations.  He has established himself internationally as a scholar of the Hebrew Bible, thus helping to pioneer high research standards in the Department of Religious Studies.  Professor Mullen was known as a rigorous and demanding teacher and a trusted mentor for many of IUPUI’s most gifted undergraduates.  From 1998 until 2009, he directed the IUPUI Honors Program and served as associate dean of University College, of which he was a founding faculty member.  (Excerpted from remarks by Peter J. Thuesen, Professor of Religious Studies and Department Chair.)Ursula Niklas Peterson (Emerita Associate Professor of Philosophy)Ursula Peterson has been a member of the IUPUI Philosophy Department since 1990 and held appointments in the Warsaw University Institute of Philosophy, the Peirce Edition Project, and the IU Center for Language and Semiotic Studies. She is the winner of an IU Trustees Teaching Award.  She is a scholar with broad and fascinating interests-interests that include semiotics, existentialism, utopianism, renaissance philosophy, American philosophy, philosophy of art, philosophy and tragedy, and philosophy of literature. Among students she is widely known as one of the most available, caring, helpful, and encouraging professors on the liberal arts faculty. (Excerpted from remarks by John J. Tilley, Professor of Philosophy and Department Chair.)* Those who retire after this timeframe will be recognized next year.     Communication Studies, Faculty and Staff, Philosophy, Religious Studies 2012-05-22T19:06:41+00:00 http://liberalarts.iupui.edu/news/index.php/site/john_mccormick_named_a_fulbright-schuman_chair/ http://liberalarts.iupui.edu/news/index.php/site/john_mccormick_named_a_fulbright-schuman_chair/#When:12:00:46Z John McCormick, professor of political science in the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI, has been named a Fulbright-Schuman Chair for 2012-2013 by the U.S. State Department. Awarded only to U.S. citizens, the Fulbright-Schuman Chair grant allows for the continuation of studies focused on U.S./ European Union relations. When McCormick begins his term as a Fulbright-Schuman Chair in Spring 2013, he’ll teach and conduct research at the College of Europe, located in Bruges, Belgium. Included in the award are relocation and travel expenses and a monthly stipend. "Fulbrights are prestigious, particularly the Distinguished Chairs, so winning the award plays a key role in my professional development and also reflects well on IUPUI," McCormick says. "There are only about 40 Distinguished Chair awards given each year, and they are given only to recipients who the Fulbright commissions defines as eminent scholars with a significant publication and teaching record. I am delighted and honored to have been selected as part of this group." The College of Europe, where McCormick will spend five months, is exclusively for graduate students who have been selected through a rigorous admissions process. The university counts professors from all over Europe as faculty and offers students access to high profile guest speakers, such as German Chancellor Angela Merkel, former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and presidents of Italy, Estonia, Ukraine and Poland. During his time at the college, McCormick will teach a course on transatlantic relations. He hopes to be a part of the campus community, serving on thesis committees and participating in public events. He also looks forward to being located close to Brussels, home of many European Union institutions, and the research opportunities that will present. He will also use the time to do research for a planned new book on the U.S. role in European integration. This will follow a book that he is working on at the moment, scheduled for publication later this year. "The book both timely and challenging," McCormick says, "because it is being written in response to the crisis in the eurozone, and it is an attempt to respond to many of the misconceptions and confusions that surround the debate about the EU." Titled Why Europe Matters, it will be published by Palgrave Macmillan for a general rather than an academic audience. The Fulbright-Schuman Program is offered through the Commission for Educational Exchange, of which the U.S., Belgium, and Luxembourg are members.    Campus News, Faculty and Staff, International, Political Science, Research 2012-05-16T12:00:46+00:00 http://liberalarts.iupui.edu/news/index.php/site/paydar_to_be_appointed_iupui_executive_vice_chancellor/ http://liberalarts.iupui.edu/news/index.php/site/paydar_to_be_appointed_iupui_executive_vice_chancellor/#When:19:32:39Z Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Chancellor Charles R. Bantz has announced Nasser Paydar, chancellor of Indiana University East and professor of mechanical engineering, as IUPUI’s next executive vice chancellor effective June 15, pending approval by the Trustees of Indiana University. Paydar was selected for the post after an extensive national search, chaired by William Blomquist, dean of the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI and professor of political science. Paydar succeeds Uday Sukhatme, who is leaving to become the provost at Pace University. As executive vice chancellor, Paydar will play an important role in developing and guiding the implementation of the campus’s academic plans and programs. Additionally, he will oversee the process for the recruitment, hiring and advancement of the faculty, including promoting the continued success of the campus’s efforts to increase the quality and diversity of faculty. “Nasser is a well-respected leader within Indiana University and the state and brings a strong record of administrative and academic accomplishments to IUPUI,” Bantz said. “We know his collaborative and dynamic leadership style will not only benefit our students, faculty and staff, but the greater Indianapolis community.” Paydar joined IUPUI in 1985 as an assistant professor of mechanical engineering. Since that time, he has risen through the ranks as a faculty member and held various administrative positions including department chair, associate dean, executive associate dean, vice chancellor at Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus and his current position as chancellor at IU East, which he has held since 2007. At IU East, Paydar implemented a campus strategic plan focused on enrollment growth and shaping, academic excellence, reputation-building and resource enhancement; employed a new business model to generate new revenues and cost-control strategies; led an image makeover to attract top high school students; implemented online programming to expand reach and attract out-of-state students; and promoted academic excellence and nurtured faculty growth. “Under Nasser’s tenure at IU East, student enrollment increased 68 percent,” said John Applegate, IU’s executive vice president for university regional affairs, planning and policy. “His creativity and support for the Blueprint for Student Attainment, which charts a path to greater success for students at IU regional campuses while addressing the evolving role and growing importance of the campuses to the state and regions they serve, will truly benefit the IUPUI campus.” “I am extremely honored to be selected as executive vice chancellor,” Paydar said. “IUPUI’s role as a vibrant and growing urban research campus is critical to the overall success of IU, and I look forward to working together with the entire IUPUI community as we build on its strong foundation.” Paydar holds a B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Syracuse University, was the principal investigator on 18 grants totaling more than $1.3 million in funding and has been published numerous times in a variety of scientific journals. The interim chancellor for IU East will be named in the near future. Campus News, Faculty and Staff, Political Science 2012-05-14T19:32:39+00:00 http://liberalarts.iupui.edu/news/index.php/site/kelly_to_lead_iupui_arts_and_humanities_institute/ http://liberalarts.iupui.edu/news/index.php/site/kelly_to_lead_iupui_arts_and_humanities_institute/#When:19:28:47Z Dr. Jason Kelly, associate professor of British history in the School of Liberal Arts, has been appointed the inaugural director of the IUPUI Arts and Humanities Institute (IAHI). His appointment is effective as of July 1, 2012.Established in 2011, the IAHI supports campus-wide attainment of excellence in research and creative activity in arts and humanities. Its mission includes showcasing and promoting the major intellectual and scholarly contributions IUPUI faculty members from across disciplines are making in the arts and humanities. The IUPUI Arts and Humanities Institute supports individual faculty members, groups, and interdisciplinary teams in their pursuit of research and creative activity through grant programs and promoting educational experiences in the arts and humanities in academic curricula across campus. In addition, the IAHI will serve as a liaison between IUPUI and the community, fostering ongoing partnerships and ventures that advance arts and humanities endeavors. “I am thrilled to be the first director of the IAHI,” says Dr. Kelly.  “IUPUI has a vibrant, interdisciplinary community of scholars who specialize in the arts and humanities.  Their work has regional, national, and international impact, and the IAHI will be a resource to help them thrive.  IUPUI is more than a life sciences campus.  It is a university with a dynamic arts and humanities faculty as well.  The mission of the IAHI is to support their scholarship and to help them enrich the cultural landscape of Indianapolis.”  According to Dr. Kelly, the arts and humanities are essential to the mission of IUPUI.  They foster the critical thinking, imagination, creativity, and reflexivity that are needed in the rapidly changing world of the 21st century.  IUPUI faculty members’ research in the arts and humanities informs policy, improves communities, and opens new avenues for thought.  It engages students and demonstrates to them the importance of understanding the diversity of the human experience.  It challenges them to consider their responsibilities as ethical citizens in a global world. “The IAHI’s mission goes beyond campus.  It will play an important role in the city as Indianapolis continues to develop and grow.  It will work to extend IUPUI’s relationships with community partners.  Through sponsoring lectures, performances, and exhibitions, the IAHI will benefit the city and help strengthen its cultural reputation,” Dr. Kelly explains.  In the next year, the IAHI will expand its grant program and develop IUPUI’s arts and humanities programming – on campus, downtown, and online.  As Director, Dr. Kelly plans to reach out to the community to build mutually beneficial collaborative partnerships.  He is excited about sharing with the public the wide-ranging and innovative contributions that IUPUI arts and humanities faculty make both locally and nationally.   “I am happy that we have a person of the caliber of Dr. Jason Kelly as the inaugural director of the IUPUI Arts and Humanities Institute.  I expect that his many talents and enthusiasm will enable the Institute to reach its vision of being recognized nationally and internationally as an innovative leader in research and scholarship in the arts and humanities,” says Dr. Kody Varahramyan, IUPUI Vice Chancellor for Research. Prior to Dr. Kelly’s appointment, IAHI was guided by the IUPUI Arts and Humanities Council which reports to Vice Chancellor Varahramyan. The Council is comprised of faculty members from the Schools of Liberal Arts, Engineering and Technology, Informatics, Medicine, Herron School of Art and Design, and University Library. The Council will continue to help shape the future direction of IAHI and assist in the establishment and implementation of initiatives, programs, strategies, and resources. Dr. Kelly was recently elected a Society of Antiquaries of London fellow, a prestigious honor that will give him the opportunity to contribute the Society’s efforts to advance and further the study and knowledge of the antiquities in London and other countries. Created in 1707, the Society of Antiquaries of London currently has more than 2,900 members, including experts in architecture, art and architectural history. Kelly’s membership in the society comes as a result of significant achievement in the study of British art history and the history of archaeology. Dr. Kelly’s academic interests are varied and include the history of European art and architecture, the history of civil rights, and the digital humanities.  He teaches courses on the history of science, gender, and historiography.  His most recent book was The Society of Dilettanti: Archaeology and Identity in the British Enlightenment (Yale University Press, 2010). Campus News, Faculty and Staff, History 2012-05-14T19:28:47+00:00 http://liberalarts.iupui.edu/news/index.php/site/iupui_commencement_includes_first_students_to_earn_bachelors_degree_in_phil/ http://liberalarts.iupui.edu/news/index.php/site/iupui_commencement_includes_first_students_to_earn_bachelors_degree_in_phil/#When:13:33:59Z The first five students to earn a Bachelor of Arts in philanthropic studies will graduate May 13 in Indianapolis. Less than two years after the program was launched, 21 undergraduate students are now officially majoring in philanthropic studies. The program is developed and led by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University. The degree is awarded by the IU School of Liberal Arts at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, where the center is located. “The early success of this program reflects well on this generation of college students and is clear evidence that they are searching for a meaningful path for their degrees and careers,” said Julie Hatcher, director of undergraduate programs at the Center on Philanthropy. “They are excited to discover that there is a way they can turn their passion for helping others and giving back into a career and still earn a good living.” The bachelor’s degree program equips students with knowledge and hands-on experience needed to succeed in entry-level positions in philanthropy and the nonprofit sector. It prepares them for careers in fields as diverse as foundations, health care, human services, community development, education, the arts and the environment. U.S. nonprofits will need to fill 640,000 new leadership positions by 2016, according to a report by Bridgespan, a nonprofit strategy consulting firm. Graduates reflected on their goals and experiences: •Arisha Kahn: “I want to work with an internationally based nonprofit that seeks solutions on a larger level. I have the resources, the ability, the education and the passion it takes to help others. I am confident in saying that it is now my time to lead.” •Mark Lighthizer: “I have seen philanthropy transform the lives of individuals and learned that I enjoy working in an environment that provides social welfare relief. My long-term career goal is to be a social entrepreneur working to empower and enrich all aspects of a community and its people.” •Brittany Sears: “Working with others toward the greater good is something I will practice for the rest of my life. I will step out into the real world with the knowledge, skills and dispositions to advance my individual and professional goals as a professional fundraiser empowering the cause and well-being of others.” “This is a degree whose time has come,” said Patrick Rooney, executive director of the center. “Nonprofits comprise about 10 percent of the U.S. workforce and have a growing need for well-educated, thoughtful leaders. Philanthropy is increasingly complex, and working in it successfully demands more deliberate and sophisticated preparation. These students are prepared to meet those challenges.” The graduates have already made a significant impact through service learning projects and internships. Students developed a summer enrichment program for homeless children, wrote grant proposals, created a new program evaluation method for a social services agency and assisted in fundraising. They served in internships at Central Indiana nonprofits, including St. Vincent Hospital Foundation, Riverview Hospital Foundation, School on Wheels, Mary Rigg Community Center, Horizon House (a service provider for the homeless) and the Athenaeum Foundation. “It’s exciting to see that students in the first graduating class have had so much success in achieving the impact that they are intent on making throughout their lives,” said Dwight Burlingame, director of academic programs and associate executive director at the Center on Philanthropy. “We are proud of their numerous achievements and congratulate them on being the first to earn this unique degree.” Two of the students will travel to China this summer to learn about rapid changes in philanthropy and civil society there. Both also are enrolling in the Master of Arts in philanthropic studies program at the Center on Philanthropy. Campus News, Commencement, Philanthropic Studies, Student Accomplishments 2012-05-14T13:33:59+00:00 http://liberalarts.iupui.edu/news/index.php/site/in_the_news_april_2012/ http://liberalarts.iupui.edu/news/index.php/site/in_the_news_april_2012/#When:12:00:56Z Experts from Liberal Arts departments and centers are regularly cited in the local, national, and international media. A selection from online sources provides a sampling of the types of issues and kinds of research Liberal Arts faculty are called upon to talk about in the public sphere. Also included is general Liberal Arts news covered by the media.Senator Richard Lugar under Attack from all Sides The Indianapolis Star, April 1, 2012 Senator Richard Lugar is facing one of his toughest elections yet.  Groups have lined up with his opponent, Richard Mourdock, including fiscal conservatives, social conservatives, and tea party groups, causing Lugar’s campaign to weaken.  The major issue Lugar has faced in this election is the issue of his home location.  Margaret Ferguson, Political Science professor, stated that usually being an incumbent is an advantage, but this year that is not the case.  Ferguson continues to say that Lugar’s campaign has done a poor job handling the issue of his home, making voters feel like he is not a Hoosier.  [Article] David McIntosh is Latest Candidate to Confront Residency Issue The Star Press, April 5, 2012 David McIntosh is the latest politician to defend his Indiana residency. Brian Vargus, Political Science professor, believes the issue will cost McIntosh votes in a close race.  Margaret Ferguson, Political Science professor and chair, explains that residency issues are significant in this race because the country’s mood has turned against those viewed as Washington insiders.  The expectation is that those in Congress keep symbolic home state residences; however it often does not make sense when most of their work is performed in Washington. [Article] Christians and Jews Rediscover Interracial Heaven The New York Times, April 6, 2012 Just south of downtown Indianapolis, sits a historic neighborhood that has been partially demolished due to the Interstate and Lucas Oil Stadium.  Over fifty years ago this neighborhood, Southside, housed two very different ethnic groups: African American Christians and Sephardic Jews.  Associate Professor of Anthropology, Sue Hyatt, and her anthropology students, researched and gathered oral histories from current and former residents, and will soon publish a book about their findings exploring how two different ethnic groups coexisted side-by-side during a tumultuous era in U.S. history.  [Article] [Additional Link] Comics that Care, Michael Malone WishTv 8, April 9, 2012 Comics that Care is a live comedy show that benefits the Salvation Army to help provide food and shelter to the hungry and homeless.  The event was sponsored by the IUPUI Communication Club, with a special appearance by Mike Polites, Lecturer in Communication Studies. [Article] Whiting Hosts Three Day Historical Preservation Conference Nwitimes.com, April 10, 2012 Curt Barsic, IUPUI graduate student in Public History and intern with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, is quoted in this article about the annual Preserving Historic Places: Indiana’s Statewide Preservation Conference, in Whiting, Indiana. The conference featured several guest speakers including Phillip V. Scarpino, Professor of History. [Article] Battle for Pence’s House Seat Draws Plenty of Candidates The Indianapolis Star, April 13, 2012 Eight candidates filed for the May 8 Republican Primary while the Democrat field only has five candidates. So far, the front runners are Republican Chairman Luke Messer, financial advisor Don Bates Jr., and real-estate investor Travis Hankins.  Brian Vargus, Political Science professor, states it is clear that Messer is the favorite among the Republicans; the other Republican candidates will have to work hard to build name recognition. [Article] Sarah Pulliam Bailey:  Indiana’s Mormon Movement The Indianapolis Star, April 13, 2012 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints will likely begin building the temple, their first in Carmel, Indiana, this summer.  Peter Thuesen, Professor of Religious Studies, believes the temple in Carmel will be a place full of religious activity and will help raise the profile of the LDS Church.  With Mitt Romney’s Presidential campaign, Mormonism has been receiving lots of attention.  Jan Shipps, Professor Emerita of History and Religious Studies, says Mormonism is moving into the mainstream, which will put pressure on the church to be neutral, which will be difficult when you have "one of your own" in the presidential election. [Article] Butler to Hold Research Conference Inside Indiana Business, April 13, 2012 Butler University hosted the 24th annual Butler University Undergraduate Research Conference on April 20.  Students from over 40 colleges and universities participated, with 400 student presentations. This year’s conference included a group of IUPUI anthropology students who examined the impact of the Super Bowl on Indianapolis. [Article] New IUPUI Theatre Goes Back 400 Years for the Re-imagined Cardenio The Indianapolis Star, April 17, 2012 The History of Cardenio, which inaugurated the IUPUI Campus Center Theater, represents a significant research achievement by script reimaginer Professor Gary Taylor and director Terri Bourus, Associate Professor of English.  One of the tasks of the Hoosier Bard Productions, the staged-play arm of the IUPUI-housed and Taylor/Bourus-led New Oxford Shakespeare Project, is to "stage plays that are problematic…it takes a combination of computers and actors to make a stage-worthy play."  [Article] U.S. Chamber Endorses Senator Richard Lugar The Courier Journal, April 18, 2012 The US Chamber of Commerce is the latest national interest group endorsing Senator Richard Lugar.  Margaret Ferguson, Professor of Political Science, explains that the endorsements show a split between favoring incumbents and supporting more ideological groups.  She further states that major interest groups, like the Chamber, have given money to incumbents because they believe they will win re-election.  [Article] [Related article in the Chesterton Tribune, April 18] Revealing Statues Secrets at Indianapolis museum, One Scan at a Time The Indianapolis Star, April 19, 2012 The Northwest Radiology Network lent a CT Scan to the Conservation Department at the Indianapolis Museum of Art to help dissect five wooden African Statues without damaging them.  In 2006, Richard McCoy, an Indianapolis Museum of Art Conservator and Adjunct Professor of Museum Studies, ran a power figure through the museum’s in house X-ray.  The X-ray revealed intricate inner channels resembling a human’s digestive system.  Further research is being done on the findings from the CT Scan, and McCoy’s findings may be published in a scholarly journal.  [Article] Review: The History of Cardenio Nuvo, April 20, 2012 Over four hundred years ago William Shakespeare and John Fletcher saw potential in an episode in Don Quixote’s story.  Shakespeare and Fletcher composed a novel based on that episode and called it The Story of Cardenio.  The original manuscript was found by a playwright more than 100 years later who filled in missing pieces.  Gary Taylor, Professor from Florida State University, has spent over twenty years determining what Shakespeare wrote and what has been added.  The performance, The History of Cardenio, directed by Associate Professor of English Terri Bourus, was held in the new IUPUI Campus Center Theater in April.  [Article] Business Students Place 3rd in Midwest Model European Union UNSL Daily, April 24, 2012 IUPUI hosted the annual Midwest-Model European Union in April. The competition helps college students gain experience in European Union policies and procedures by creating proposals and prepping a delegate who will attend the event. [Article] Indiana’s Poet Laureate, Karen Kovacik, Coming for Thursday Talk DePauw University, April 24, 2012 In honor of National Poetry Month, Karen Kovacik, Indiana’s Poet Laureate and Professor of English, spoke at DePauw University this past month.  She discussed the art of political poems at the Richard E. Peeler Art Center. [Article] Inside Out Redemption and Transformation Nuvo, April 25, 2012 Sue Hyatt, Associate Professor of Anthropology, and Roger Jarjoura, of the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, were the first at IUPUI to participate in an unconventional program called Inside-Out.  Hyatt explains the program aims to bring two groups together who are unlikely to encounter each other: prisoners and students, and also expands exposure to secondary education.  On April 18, alumni from past years talked about their transformation into everyday society after graduating from the program. Hyatt, along with her colleagues, sees students’ transformation as a broader cultural evolution.  [Article] Republican Turf Changes 7th Congressional District The Indianapolis Star, April 26, 2012 Carlos May, a candidate for an Indiana Representative from the Republican Party, will soon be challenging Representative incumbent Democrat Andre Carson for his seat.  This year, seven Republicans will fight for this opening as more areas are becoming Republican.  Brian Vargus, Political Science professor, asserts it will be difficult to defeat incumbent Andre Carson since he is an influential leader in the Black Caucus in both Washington D.C. and at home. [Article] Chivalry Contrasts with Reality in Shakespearean Drama at IUPUI The Indianapolis Star, April 27, 2012Gary Taylor, Professor from a State University, and Terri Bourus, Associate Professor of English, worked together to produce play with chivalric values, heightened heroism, lingering betrayal, and violence.  The History of Cardenio is an example of the collaboration of playwrights William Shakespeare and John Fletcher. [Article] McIntosh Clams up Over Residency Issue TheIndyChannel, April 27, 2012 Fifth District Republican congressional candidate, David McIntosh, refused an interview with RTV 6 because he did not want to answer questions regarding a residency issue. Other candidates agree the refusal to discuss his residency status is an acknowledgement that this is a major issue with voters.  Margaret Ferguson, Political Science professor, agrees and says McIntosh’s refusal to discuss his residency status may cost him his position as frontrunner in the race. [Article] Election 2012: Social Media Now a Game Changer in Politics The Indianapolis Star, April 28, 2012 Social media is now a must-have in political campaigns. These social tools, such as Twitter and Facebook, speed up messages to voters.  The hardest adjustment for politicians is the speed of voters’ responses.  Kristina Sheeler, Associate Professor and Chair of Communication Studies, asserts social media is a tool, not a replacement, for campaigning.  She further states that no modern campaign can afford to ignore using social media tools. [Article] Mourdock Campaigning on His Principles Courier Press, April 28, 2012 Senator Richard Lugar and Treasurer Richard Mourdock gained national attention from their attacks on each other’s campaign. Brian Vargus, Professor of Political Science, says the Republican Senate race is about age and time in Washington, and further explains that the turnout of Social Conservatives will decide it.  [Article] Why Indiana’s Richard Lugar Could be Next Incumbent to Fall Kansas City Star, April 30, 2012 For the first time in decades, Senator Richard Lugar faces a challenging election race. Political Science professor Margaret Ferguson agrees with the potential loss for Lugar, but says a couple of months ago she would not have agreed.  She further questions if voters will choose a candidate they know almost nothing about or choose to stay with the incumbent they have known for over forty years.  [Article] Complied by Angie VinciBooher.    Anthropology, Centers, Communication Studies, Economics, English, History, Museum Studies, Political Science, Religious Studies 2012-05-14T12:00:56+00:00 http://liberalarts.iupui.edu/news/index.php/site/school_of_liberal_arts_at_iupui_and_center_for_interfaith_cooperation_offer/ http://liberalarts.iupui.edu/news/index.php/site/school_of_liberal_arts_at_iupui_and_center_for_interfaith_cooperation_offer/#When:18:44:05Z Prominent local scholars, lawyers and religious practitioners will debate and discuss the role of sharia—Islamic law and ethics—in American life at a symposium next month organized by the newly established Center for Interfaith Cooperation and the School of Liberal Arts at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. “Sharia Beyond the Headlines” offers an in-depth examination of sharia in the U.S. courts and its meaning in the lives of Muslim Hoosiers. The symposium takes place from noon to 5 p.m. Thursday, June 14, at the Indiana Interchurch Center, 1100 W. 42nd St. in Indianapolis. The symposium begins with a lunch-time presentation by Edward Curtis, Millennium Chair in the School of Liberal Arts, about the origins and meaning of sharia in Islamic history. Lunch is free, but pre-registration is required through the events page of the Center for Interfaith Cooperation’s website: www.centerforinterfaithcooperation.org . As part of the symposium, Donald Knebel, founding chair of the Center for Interfaith Cooperation and a partner at Barnes and Thornburg, will moderate a panel on "Sharia and U.S. Law" featuring Marion County Superior Court Judge David Shaheed, attorney and human rights activist Rafia Zakaria, and former Indiana Civil Liberties Union director and IUPUI professor Sheila Kennedy. Lamese Hasan, a former official at the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, will hold a roundtable discussion on the meaning of sharia in Muslim women’s lives. Roundtable participants are local activist Fatima Warsame, IU School of Social Work professor Khadija Khaja, and Amira Mashhour, lecturer and director of the Arabic program at IUPUI. Funding for the symposium is provided by the American Center of Oriental Research in Amman, Jordan, and the Council of American Overseas Research Centers through a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York. The Council of American Overseas Research Centers is a not-for-profit consortium of 22 independent overseas research centers that promote advanced research in the humanities and social sciences. CAORC member centers foster international scholarly exchange through the sponsorship of fellowship programs, foreign language study and collaborative research projects. CAORC was awarded a three-year grant from the Islam Initiative at Carnegie Corporation of New York to help increase public knowledge about the diversity of thought, cultures and history of Islam and Muslim communities and to develop a more complex understanding among Americans about Muslim communities throughout the world. Campus News, Event Announcements, Faculty and Staff, General News, International, Religious Studies 2012-05-10T18:44:05+00:00 http://liberalarts.iupui.edu/news/index.php/site/dr._richard_curtis_and_mrs._elizabeth_curtis_honored_with_iupui_spirit_of_p/ http://liberalarts.iupui.edu/news/index.php/site/dr._richard_curtis_and_mrs._elizabeth_curtis_honored_with_iupui_spirit_of_p/#When:14:42:00Z The School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI recognized Dr. Richard K. Curtis and his late wife, Mrs. M. Elizabeth Curtis, with the 2012 Spirit of Philanthropy Award. The Award honors donors and volunteers who have contributed to excellence at IUPUI.The annual IUPUI Spirit of Philanthropy luncheon and ceremony took place April 10, 2012, at the IUPUI Campus Center. The event was hosted by Chancellor Charles R. Bantz and was attended by more than 300 people including IUPUI students, administrators, deans, directors, faculty, staff, honorees and community members.  Richard "Dick" Curtis served as a founding faculty member of the IU School of Liberal Arts’ Communication Studies Department.  His distinguished career was marked by service as department chair, having honed his leadership skills as a pilot in World War II.  Elizabeth "Beth" Curtis taught U.S. History at North Central High School, serving as chair of that department until her retirement.  Dick and Beth founded the Robert and Dana Curtis Memorial Oratorical Contest (CMOC), in honor of Dick’s two brothers who were killed at war. The CMOC challenges student competitors to study and present ideas for peaceful resolution to conflict and awards significant scholarships to the top speakers.  The Curtis’ vision resulted in a new themed learning community for undergraduates focusing on conflict resolution at IUPUI that culminates in the CMOC at semester’s end.The 2012 Spirit of Philanthropy Award honors this remarkable couple’s commitment to the future, not only through education, but in their dedication to a world of peace.  Dr. Curtis was joined by his sons at the luncheon to accept the honor as a tribute to his wife and their mother, Beth.The event was sponsored by IUPUI, the Indiana University Foundation, and The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University.Photo: Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies Dick Curtis (one from left) with sons Stephen Curtis (left) and David Curtis, and Dean Bill Blomquist[Click to view a photoset of this event on Flickr] Communication Studies, Faculty and Staff, News, Philanthropic Studies 2012-05-09T14:42:00+00:00