ByGeorge!

April 20, 2004

Kudos!

Recognition of the awards, honors, and recent publications of the GW faculty and staff


Acknowledgements:
Harvey Feigenbaum, professor of political science and director of the Institute for Global and International Studies, ESIA, was invited to participate in a debate hosted by Radio Svizzera Italiana with Ignacio Ramonet, editor-in-chief of Le Monde Diplomatique, over European perceptions of America, March 12.

Christina Puchalski, associate professor of medicine and director of GWish, SMHS, addressed GW’s 2nd Annual Women’s Leadership Conference March 26. She co-lead the “Learning Ourselves” workshop along with Roslyn Green, professor at Bowie State University. Puchalski also presented testimony entitled “The Engagement of Spirituality as a Vital Part of Working with Patients in Health and Healing,” summarizing the forefront in spirituality and medicine, for the National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine’s Strategic Planning Forum March 22.

Lilien F. Robinson, professor of art history, CCAS, and retiring chair of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee, was recognized with a Senate resolution of appreciation introduced by President Trachtenberg and adopted by acclamation at the Senate’s April 9 meeting. The resolution recognized “her extraordinary contributions” as a member of the Senate for 25 years, 11 of them as executive committee chair. She also served on four other committees and highlighted her “qualities of leadership, collegiality, diplomacy, fairness, kindness, patience and unwavering commitment to reasoned discourse and deliberation.” The resolution also acknowledged her 40 years of “dedicated service” in the Department of Fine Art and Art History, including 23 years as chair.

Kim Thachuk, visiting professor of international affairs, ESIA, presented the paper “The United States Approach to the War on Terrorism,” at the International Studies Association meeting in Montreal, March 17–20. The panel, sponsored by the Singapore Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies for the International Security Studies section, was called, “Hegemony and Counter-Terrorism: Comparing American and Southeast Asian Approaches.” She presented the keynote address on “Transnational Threats” to the US Northern Command Joint Interagency Coordination Group March 24.

Awards:
John Hanchar, assistant professor of geology, CCAS, was named a Mineralogical Society of America Distinguished Lecturer for 2004–05 and will deliver nine lectures in North America and Europe on his research on the effects of radiation damage in synthetic and natural minerals.

Publications:
Jonathan Gil Harris, professor of English, CCAS, published “Sick Economies: Drama, Mercantilism and Disease in Shakespeare’s England” (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004).


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