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JUNE 2014
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on Twitter with #SISSummer!
There was an aura of excitement in the packed
SIS atrium on May 13. That was because of a
visit from José Mujica, the charismatic, bluntspoken president of Uruguay. Read More. Watch
the Video.
Watch the latest SIS Spotlight
video about urban growth with
Assistant Professor Malini
Ranganathan.
Associate Professor Susan Shepler’s new book,
Childhood Deployed: Remaking Child Soldiers in
Sierra Leone, examines the difficult reintegration
of former child soldiers in Sierra Leone. Read
More.
Alumni Spotlights
SIS recently launched a one-of-a-kind class on
gastrodiplomacy - Conflict Cuisines: An
Introduction to War and Peace through
Washington’s Ethnic Restaurants - taught by
Johanna Mendelson Forman, an expert on
international conflict. Read More.
SIS in the News
This coming academic year will mark the start of
the Olson Scholars Program for undergraduates
at SIS. The program is a living memorial to
former SIS Dean William Olson. Read More.
American University has one of a handful of
beekeeping programs in the DC area. Assistant
Professor Eve Bratman, head beekeeper at AU,
says pesticides are a threat to bee colonies.
Read More.
A team of AU graduate students, led by SIS
Professor Ken Conca and others, traveled to
Costa Rica to assess AU's efforts to mitigate
carbon emissions by investing in that country's
“Payment for Environmental Services” program.
Read More.
Chaplain Joe Eldridge,
SIS/MA ’81, inspires a sense of
giving at AU.
Carla Seaquist, SIS/BA ’67,
writes about challenges to U.S.
identity.
Assistant Professor Simon
Nicholson and Michael
MacCracken: "Technology to
the Planet's Rescue?" U.S. News
& World Report, June 6.
Scholar in Residence Johanna
Mendelson Forman and
Brian Finlay: "Brazil's World
Cup Ennui," The Hill, June 6.
Carola McGiffert, President of
the 100,000 Strong Foundation,
and Jim Hall: "US-China
Student Summit Creates
Tomorrow's Relationships
Today," The Huffington Post,
June 5.
Professor Gordon Adams:
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"Obama's Big, New
Counterterrorism Plan is a Hot
Mess," Foreign Policy, May 30.
Professor Amitav Acharya:
"The End of American World
Order," The Hindu, May 29.
Assistant Dean Anya Schmemann led a workshop at the Council on Foreign
Relations for the inaugural recipients of Humanity in Action's Diplomacy and
Diversity Fellowship, which includes SIS graduate students Kia Hall and
Giselle Lopez. The fellowship brings together American and European
graduate students for an intensive program in DC and Paris. Read More.
(Photo credit: Kaveh Sardari)
Professor Robin Broad: "Does
the US Need Another Round of
Trade Deals?" The Hill, May 28.
Professor Judith Shapiro:
"Striving for Wealth and Truth in
China, in Face of Monolithic
Government," The New York
Times, Books, May 25.
Assistant Professor Malini
Ranganathan: "Unpacking the
2014 World Urban Forum’s
Agenda," GEP Blog, May 22.
A certified sustainable site, the SIS building manifests American University’s
values. AU’s first LEED-certified building, SIS earned LEED Gold in 2011 and
features a 27 kW photovoltaic solar array, dual-flush toilets, waterless urinals,
low-flow plumbing, and sustainable plantings. Read More.
Professorial Lecturer Jeffrey
Bachman and Jeannie
Khouri: "Obama Did Not End
Torture," Congress Blog, The
Hill, May 22.
Honors
Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer Fanta Aw, president and chair of the Board
of Directors of NAFSA: Association of International Educators, spoke at the
association's annual conference in San Diego, CA on May 27.
Congratulations to SIS graduate students Tschuna Gibson and Rachel
Mann on being awarded Rosenthal Fellowships, which provide students at
APSIA member schools the opportunity to spend a summer working on
international relations issues in the U.S. government.
Assistant Professor Carl LeVan
and Priscilla Achakpa: "6
Ways to #BringBackOurGirls in
Nigeria," The Christian Science
Monitor, May 20.
News
Follow Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies Akbar Ahmed's research project:
Journey into Europe: Islam, Immigration, and Empire.
Find out about cross-university course enrollment, now available through IR
Online.
Read an interview with Alec Ross, former Senior Advisor for Innovation to
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, about the future of technology and
Professor Amitav Acharya:
"Narrowing the Academia-Policy
Divide in International
Relations," East Asia Forum,
May 2o.
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international relations.
Save the date: SIS Opening Celebration on August 22!
Alumni
Apply to be part of the SIS Student-Alumni Mentoring Program.
Dean Jim Goldgeier: "Who's
Afraid of Free Speech?" Politico
Magazine, May 18.
Stay up to date on alumni news and events.
Update your contact information.
Keep up with your classmates on the Class Notes page.
To hire an AU student or alumnus/a, contact Alumni Career Programs
Coordinator Pat Oltmann.
Professorial Lecturer Jeffrey
Bachman: "Does the Obama
Administration Care About
Innocents Killed by Drones," The
Huffington Post, May 16.
Save the Date: All-American Weekend on October 17-19!
RSVP now: SIS Alumni Chapter Baseball Game; Washington Nationals vs.
Milwaukee Brewers; Friday, July 18, 7:05 PM.
Register now for SIS Industry Days at USIP on September 5.
Assistant Professor David
Bosco: "Is the ICC Investigating
Crimes by U.S. Forces in
Afghanistan?" Foreign Policy,
May 15.
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