COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES Dr. Jim Gustafson presented a paper, “Double Agent Characters in Contemporary Fictionalizations of the Conquest: Carmen Boullosa’s Duerme,” at the Southwest Council on Latin American Studies (SCOLAS) in Santa Fe, New Mexico (March 25, 2010). Dr. Gustafson also led a group of students on a Study Abroad trip to the University of Granada, Spain (June 1-July 2, 2010). Dr. Jim Harrison presented a paper “Parzival and the Great Mother,” at the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters meetings at Dixie State College (April 2010). Dr. Harrison and Dr. Terry Blodgett also organized a high school German Language Festival which hosted over 150 high school students on March 29, 2010. Dr. Harrison also chaired the Grace A. Tanner Symposium in January 2010 and has completed his tenure as Chair of the Department of Foreign Languages and Humanities after eight years of service. Dr. Olga Godoy read “La Habilitacion de Rinconete y Cortadilla” at the II Congreso Intercontinental de ALDEEU in Phoenix, Arizona (April 2010). Dr. Rachel Kirk presented the paper “A New Chavez” at the Symposium on Language, Rhetoric and Democracy, sponsored by the Grace A. Tanner Center at SUU (January, 2010). During the spring semester the Hispanic Center Interpreters Club, which Dr. Kirk advises, began to send one interpreter per week to the free clinic in Beaver. Additionally, Dr. Kirk was in charge of the Spanish Language Fair, held in late March. Over 200 middle and high school students attended. Dr. Elise Leahy led a group of students on a Study Abroad trip to Paris, France in May 2010. Elise also presented a paper
entitled “Twenty-first Century Memoir in France: Mona Ozouf” at the Women in French Conference at Wagner College on Staten Island (June 2010). Dr. Rosa Alvarez Perez co-organized with Dr. Elise Leahy the French High School Language fair on February 10th and also the 2010 French Film Festival featuring 5 prized French films. Dr. Perez also presented a paper entitled “’Plusieurs Horrible et Abhominables Fais’: The Condemnation and Fall of Hugues Aubriot, the Provost of Paris”, at the 8th International Symposium on Medieval and Early Modern Culture at the University of Arizona, Tucson (May 6-9, 2010), as well as “Une Langue, une Passion, un Comat: Une Lecture de Léonora: L’Hisoire Enfouie de la Guadeloupe à Travers Le Monolinguisme de L’autre” de Jacques Derrida at the Women in French Conference, Wagner College, New York City (June 10-13, 2010).
History & Sociology Dr. Bradley J.
Cook published the
book Classical Foundations of Islamic Educational Thought through Brigham Young University Press. He also coauthored the article: “Transformative Learning: UAE, Women, and Higher Education,” in the Journal of Global Responsibility, 1 no. 1 (2010). In June, he presented the paper: “Mormon Engagement with Islam” delivered at the Foundation for Interreligious Diplomacy, Inaugural Conference at the University of Southern California. Dr. Cook is also developing an Honors World Religion course he will teach this fall. In October, 2009, Dr. Mark E. Miller served as Chair and Commentor for the Mormon History Association Panel, “Wiring and Rewiring Western Identities: Race, Mormons, and Frontier Mythologies,” at the Western History Association Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado. Dr. Earl Mulderink was named SUU’s “Outstanding Educator” at the 2010 Commencement. Dr. Mulderink also presented “Rural Service-Learning at Southern Utah University” at the 13th Annual Continuums of Service
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