Category: Professional Notes

Jason Davidson Published in Volume

Jason Davidson

Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs Jason W. Davidson’s chapter, “Italy at War: Explaining the Italian Contribution to the Kosovo War (1999),” was recently published by Lexington Books in a volume edited by Giampiero Giacomello and Bertjan Verbeek titled Italy’s Foreign Policy in the Twenty-First Century.

Marjorie Och Publishes on Giorgio Vasari

Marjorie Och’s article, “Vittoria Colonna in Giorgio Vasari’s ‘Life of Properzia de’ Rossi,'” has been published in Wives, Widows, Mistresses, and Nuns in Early Modern Italy:  Making the Invisible Visible through Art and Patronage, edited by Katherine McIver (Ashgate 2012).

Ranjit Singh to be Featured on Public Radio Program

Ranjit Singh

Ranjit Singh, associate professor of political science, will reflect on his experience with Bahrain’s royal family in relation to last year’s uprising in the Middle East during an interview on the “With Good Reason” public radio program beginning Saturday, January 7.

The interview can be heard on January 7 at 4:30 p.m. on WCVE 88.9 FM and on Sunday, January 8 at 7 p.m. and Monday, January 9 at 12:30 a.m. on WAMU 88.5 FM. The segment, “Reflections on Arab Spring,” is expected to be online beginning the week of the show at http://withgoodreasonradio.org/2012/01/reflections-on-the-arab-spring/.

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Schiffrin and Stebbins Presenting at National Psychology Conference

Hilary Stebbins

Holly Schiffrin, associate professor of psychology, and Hilary Stebbins, assistant professor of psychology, are presenting at the 34th annual National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology conference from January 3 to January 6.

Holly Schiffrin

Stebbins is presenting “It’s Not That Boring! Active Learning Activities That Help Make Teaching Biopsychology More Fun and Effective” at a participant idea exchange on Tuesday, January 3.

Schiffrin is presenting “Predicting Student Success in Introductory Statistics for Psychology: You Can Lead a Horse to Water, but You Can’t Make Him Drink It” at a poster session on Thursday, January 5.