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Chronicle september 18, 2014
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Newsmakers Those seeking to rebrand the GOP should look to its history, wrote Prof. Heather Cox Richardson (History), author of the forthcoming book To Make Men Free: A History of the Republican Party, in an op-ed piece for The New York Times.
Andrew R. Davis joins the School of Theology and Ministry as an assistant professor of Old Testament. A scholar of the Bible and its Near Eastern environment, Davis is teaching a course on Women in Scripture and a seminar on the Book of Isaiah. Most recently, he was on the faculty of Seattle University’s School of Theology and Ministry. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, a master’s degree and doctorate from Johns Hopkins University, and a master of theological studies from Weston Jesuit School of Theology. He spent a year serving in the Jesuit Volunteer Corps. Associate Professor of Economics Mehmet Ekmekci, who served on the faculty of Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management before coming to Boston College, is an expert in game theory and its related field of mechanism design. In addition, his research interests include information aggregation, bargaining and search, and corporate takeovers. A native of Turkey, Ekmekei earned his PhD from Princeton University. In 2010, he was a visiting professor of economics at Yale University. His research has appeared in the Journal of Economic Theory, Review of Economic Studies and American Economic Review. Assistant Professor of the Practice in Hispanic Studies Silvana Falconi, a member of the Romance Languages and Literatures Department, received a bachelor’s degree in translation and interpretation in French and English at Women’s University of the Sacred Heart in her native Peru and went on to earn master’s and doctoral degrees at Purdue University. Falconi’s academic interests include Spanish language teaching, teacher training and administration, curriculum design, webenhanced technology and computer-based learning. Prior to BC, she directed the Language Program in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Indiana University, Bloomington. She has more than 20 years of teaching experience, has presented a variety of papers and organized large-scale teacher training events and conferences. Lynch School of Education Assistant Professor of the Practice in Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology Oh Myo Kim brings clinical and research expertise in such areas as adoption, eating disorders, cultural socialization, racial and ethnic identity and mindfulness. She has also focused on cultural counseling and expressive writing interventions. Kim received her PhD in counseling psychology from the University of Minnesota, where the Asian American Psychological Association and The Adoption Initiative at St. John’s University recognized her dissertation about an expressive writing intervention for adopted Korean American adults. Kim also holds a master of divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary. She was a post-doctoral researcher at The Emily Program, where she counseled individuals, groups and families experiencing eating disorders. –Kathleen Sullivan, Rosanne Pellegrini and Ed Hayward Photos by Lee Pellegrini
Calderwood University Professor of Islamic and Asian Art Jonathan Bloom discussed the origins of the black flag with white Arabic writing flown by ISIS, the militant group in Iraq and Syria that calls itself the Islamic State, in an interview with PRI’s “The World.” In an essay for Sloan Management Review, Assoc. Prof. Sam Ransbotham (CSOM) discussed what happens when the use of analytics in business stops being new and different. The Wall Street Journal highlighted research by Asst. Prof. Elida Laski (LSOE) on the correlation between the way children count as they move their tokens on a board game and their gains in numeracy, for a piece on how language relates to math skills. In an increasingly virtual world, are people losing touch with the sense of touch itself – and if so, so what? wrote Seelig Professor of Philosophy Richard Kearney in a piece published by The New York Times and the Irish Times. Research Prof. Philip Altbach (LSOE), director of the Center for International Higher Education, discussed the reason post-graduate students from India are increasingly choosing to study abroad in a piece for The Hindu. Canisius Professor and Jesuit Institute Director James Keenan, SJ, wrote about the Jesuit mission and
Timothy Mahiers ’17 with Boston Mayor Martin Walsh WCAS ’10 at last Saturday’s 11th annual Allston-Brighton Walk for Recovery. Mahiers was a volunteer for the event, a local celebration to mark National Recovery Month, an initiative led by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
“our Jesuit brand of hospitality” in a post for Jesuit Refugee Service “On Assignment,” and discussed racial understanding at colleges and universities in a post for dotCommonweal.
Publications Prof. Maxim D. Shrayer (Slavic and Eastern Languages) contributed “Lev Ozerov as a Literary Witness to the Shoah in the Occupied Soviet Territories” to the collection The Holocaust: Memories and History and published “Ilya Selvinsky and Soviet Shoah Poetry in 1945” in Around the Point: Studies in Jewish Literature
BC BRIEFING and Culture in Multiple Languages.
Time and a Half Asst. Prof. Charles Gallagher (History) presented “Synergy & Separation: Catholic Social Teaching and the ILO’s Declaration of Philadelphia, 1944” at the University of Pennsylvania, and “Authority & Anti-Judaism: Emmanuel H. Chapman, Human Rights, and the Limits of Catholic Social Activism,” at the University of
NOTA BENE O’Connor Family Professor of Management and Organization Michael G. Pratt has been named a fellow by the Academy of Management for having made “significant contributions to the science and practice of management.” “I am very honored – and a little surprised – to be receiving this recognition at this point in my career,” said Pratt, who is also the PhD director for the Management and Organization Department. “I am thankful to all of my mentors, doctoral students, co-authors and other colleagues whom have helped me on their way. Recognitions like this are given to individuals, but it takes a lot of help along the way.” The Academy of Management describes itself as “the preeminent professional association for management and organization scholars,” with a membership of nearly 20,000 in 115 countries that includes business school faculty and doctoral students, academics in related social science and other fields, and practitioners in management. Pratt noted that despite his department’s relatively small numbers, it already has produced two other Academy of Management fellows in Ferris Professor Jean Bartunek, RSCJ, and Cotter Professor Mary Ann Glynn. “I am honored to be part of such a vital department and school here on campus.” –Sean Hennessey
California, Santa Barbara. Prof. Maxim D. Shrayer (Slavic and Eastern Languages) presented “From Nabokov to Sapgir: Pushkin’s Guiding Star” at the Pushkin State Memorial Museum (Pushkinskie Gory), Russia. He also served as the chair of the organizing committee of the International Nabokov Readings, Nabokov Museum/St. Petersburg State University, Russia, where he presented “Nabokov and Soviet Culture of the 1970s: Gabrilovich, Finn, Averbakh and the Making of A Declaration of Love.” A cantata by Assoc. Prof. Ralf Gawlick (Music) titled “Kinderkreuzzug (Children’s Crusade)” was performed by the Dortmund, Gütersloh and Poznan Boys Choirs in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II in Poznan, Poland, as the final concert of the 11th International Festival of Boys Choirs.
JOBS The following are among the most recent positions posted by the Department of Human Resources. For more information on employment opportunities at Boston College, see www.bc.edu/offices/hr: Program and Outreach Manager, Office of International Programs Vice Provost for Enrollment Management Administrative Assistant, Career Center Systems Manager, Lynch School of Education Associate Vice President/Dean of Students Associate Director, Residential Life Assistant Director, Undergraduate Programs, Center for Student Formation Manager, Network Systems Associate Director, Research Initiatives, Center for Catholic Education Administrative and Fiscal Assistant- Jesuit Community