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SBS DEVELOPMENTS 2012 A Publication for Alumni and Friends of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences http://sbs.arizona.edu

Welcome to SBS — “The People College” It’s been a busy and exciting year. SBS units have been active in the creation of several interdisciplinary programs that will

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better equip our students for a changing

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world. Among them are the new bachelor’s

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John Paul Jones III. Photo by Ari Palos.

degrees in eSociety and in Care, Health and Society, as well as the new professional Master’s in Development Practice. We are also expanding our community outreach with partners as diverse as The Loft Cinema and the Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. We are innovating in ways that meet the needs of our students and the wider community we serve. This issue of SBS Developments will reveal how, in the face of tuition increases,

Inquiries may be addressed to: SBS DEVELOPMENTS The University of Arizona College of Social and Behavioral Sciences P.O. Box 210028 Tucson, Arizona 85721 520-626-3846

donors have stepped up to provide educational opportunities that change lives

The University of Arizona is committed to equal opportunity in education and employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation and is committed to maintaining an environment free from sexual harassment and retaliation.

In this issue, you will also learn about gifts from the Karabots Foundation, the

— from study abroad opportunities to graduate fellowships to Magellan Circle scholarships. In SBS, we don’t just turn out graduates, we strive to create global citizens who leave the UA with a more expansive world view than when they arrived.

Omidyar Network, Karl Eller and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. These gifts are helping support the School of Anthropology, the National Institute for Civil Discourse, the Freedom Center and the Southwest Center, respectively. They will enable us to continue excellent work on topics ranging from food security to the excavation of the birthplace of Zeus. I am extremely grateful for the significant

Cover art: “Pomegranates” is a painting by Marsha Dahlquist from Baja California Sur, Mexico. Pomegranates, a drought-tolerant fruit, were brought to New Spain by Spanish missionaries. On page 16, you can read about the work of Gary Paul Nabhan, who, with funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, is combating food insecurity in the borderland states. To see more artwork from Dahlquist, go to marshadahlquist.blogspot.com/.

investments these donors have made in SBS. Each dollar is, in its own way, a vote of confidence in “The People College.” As we move toward a new academic year, please know that our energy and entrepreneurial spirit is fueled by the financial support of donors like you. Thank you for your continued support! Sincerely,

John Paul Jones III, Dean College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

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The University of Arizona’s role in the excavation of the birthplace of Zeus just got thunder-sized. A generous donation from Nicholas and Athena Karabots allowed the UA to hire Professor David Gilman Romano, one of the principal archaeologists behind the dig at Mt. Lykaion in Greece.

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When David Romano was nine years old, his parents took him, their only child, to Europe for the summer. As soon as they arrived in London, his mother, a self-taught historian, took David to an area of the city bombed from World War II. She pointed out specs of red mosaic in the ruins that were most likely from a nearby excavated Roman villa. “This made a huge impression on me,” says Romano, “to see earlier civilizations in the great big modern city of London. It was really my mother who first interested me in archaeology and antiquity.” When Nicholas Karabots was nine years old, he was a shoe-shine boy from the South Bronx in New York City. He lived in a cold-water flat with his mother and father, brother and two sisters. As a teenager, he became involved in gangs. Years later, the two men would cross paths when Romano, who was then a faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania, asked Karabots, now a successful businessman, if he would be willing to support a project he was working on: the excavation of Mt. Lykaion, reported to be the birthplace of Zeus. Karabots said “yes,” and the rest, as they say, is history.

Nicholas and Athena Karabots had been supporting the excavation for several years when the opportunity arose for David Romano to join his Mt. Lykaion partner Mary Voyatzis in the School of Anthropology at the University of Arizona, which easily has one of the best archaeology programs in the country.

“At the heart of many archaeological projects is a map,” says Romano, pictured in his UA Archaeology Mapping Lab.

With a donation from the Karabots Foundation, the UA hired Romano, strengthening its Mediterranean archaeology program and establishing itself as the U.S. home for the Mt. Lykaion excavation, one of the most important digs in Greece. Building a Legacy Nicholas Karabots’ passion for giving back stems from his own hardscrabble early life. “It was a very, very difficult period,” he says. He credits his parents and brother for keeping him from spiraling further into trouble and helping him straighten out his life. After high school, Karabots had to forgo college in order to help his mother with the rent. He ran a printing press and began learning the printing business. “Although there was never a person who advanced any funds to help me out, there were people in business who extended a hand to me and

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Professor David Romano (left) with Athena and Nicholas Karabots at Mt. Lykaion.

gave me opportunities,” says Karabots. He met Athena, his wife of 57 years, through relatives. “She was the total opposite of me,” he laughs. “She was refined; she was educated; she was from a good family who had a business.” (continued on next page)

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Is Mt. Lykaion the Birthplace of Zeus? In the 3rd century BCE, the Greek poet Callimachus wrote a hymn to Zeus asking the Greek god whether he was born in Arcadia on Mt. Lykaion or in Crete on Mt. Ida.

“She has tolerated a lot from me over the years,” Karabots adds. “She raised three wonderful daughters, while I was too busy to really attend to family matters. She is a wonderful lady.”

of Philadelphia, the Franklin Institute Museum, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Montgomery Hospital in Norristown, Pa., the William Jeanes Memorial Library, as well as other organizations involved with youth from underserved areas.

Karabots is now the chairman of the Spartan Organization and its family of companies, which includes Kappa Media Group, the nation’s largest publisher of puzzle magazines and books.

“Our feeling is that if we save one life from the inner city, then we’ve accomplished something,” says Karabots.

My soul is all in doubt, since debated is his birth. O Zeus, some say that you were born on the hills of Ida; others, O Zeus, say in Arcadia; did these or those, O Father lie? “Cretans are ever liars.”

“We are fortunate in that my wife and I have done very well for ourselves financially,” Karabots says. “But what do you do with your money? Do you give it to your kids and spoil your grandchildren? No, I don’t believe in that. I’d rather turn around and help other children in underserved communities.”

When Romano and Voyatzis first came to Mt. Lykaion, the villagers immediately asked them, “If you come to work here, can you prove that Zeus was born here and not in Crete?”

By his own estimation, he and Athena have donated around $50 million in the last five years on causes that help “inner-city kids find their way.” The recipients of their generosity include the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, the Children’s Hospital

Since the researchers have found evidence for the cult of Zeus going back to at least the Mycenaean period, the Arcadians are sitting pretty.

At right, artifacts from the excavation: a) Rock crystal lentoid seal with an image of a bull. b) Terracotta horse figurine. c) Arcadian League silver stater (coin) featuring either Artemis or Despoina.

Although the Mt. Lykaion project doesn’t focus on underserved youth, the project’s training of students is the first reason Karabots cites when explaining his support. “I was very impressed with what David was doing with the young kids, and I became enamored with helping him teach these kids different aspects of history and the profession,” says Karabots. Romano says that the Karabots’ interest in people, especially students, is evident whenever they visit the site. “We had 55 people in our dining hall, or

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A miniature bronze hand of Zeus, holding a silver lightning bolt, excavated at the ash altar.

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our dining palace as we call it, and Nick and Athena would go around and talk to everybody. It wasn’t just shaking hands. It was spending time with everyone in the room,” Romano recalls. Karabots is also a loyal contributor to the Mt. Lykaion project because his parents were from Greece. In fact, his mom, Constance Chrisomalis Karabots, came from the village of Anavriti, Sparta, which overlooks Mt. Lykaion. His support is a way of honoring them and his Greek heritage. Digging into History In 2004, Romano and Voyatzis began directing the Mt. Lykaion Excavation and Survey Project, which is now a collaboration with Anna Karapanagiotou, the director of the ΛΘ’ Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, under the auspices of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. The project involves scholars from all over the world, including UA geologist and former Provost George Davis.

They have been excavating what is most likely the first Mycenaean mountain-top shrine from the ancient Greek world. The site contains an open-air ash altar, and, lower on the mountainside, a stadium, bathhouse, hippodrome for chariot races, and other structures. The researchers are trying to answer questions about the origins of Greek cult and Greek athletics. Research findings include: • A substantial Mycenaean shrine (1400-1200 BCE) on the southern peak of the site. There has never been a true Mycenaean mountain-top shrine in Greece before now. • Evidence of “continuity of cult,” which means they have seen the same practices at the ash altar going on from the Mycenaean period to the Classical period (ca. 500 BCE), which is very unusual in Greece. • A rock crystal seal bearing an image of a bull, of probable Late Minoan times (1500-1400 BCE), suggesting an early connection between the Minoan isle of Crete and Arcadia.

• Evidence of activity at the altar of Zeus that goes back to 4,000 BCE. Previous to their work, the earliest date that was known for altar use was 700 BCE. This means the use of the altar predates the accepted origins of the worship of Zeus in the Greek world. The researchers continue to explore the relationship between Mt. Lykaion and the more famous sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia, only 22 miles away. Since there is now evidence that the sanctuary at Mt. Lykaion existed first, they think it is possible that Mt. Lykaion was the model for the sanctuary at Olympia. The project provides a rich training ground for aspiring archaeologists. During excavation years, more than 35 students work at the site. This summer, which represents a “study and analysis” year, around 15 students made the trip. Romano says the work is perhaps more tedious than outsiders think. The students work in the hot sun, engaged

Students working at the altar at Mt. Lykaion. (Photo inset, l-r): Athena and Nicholas Karabots, Mary Voyatzis, Nikos Kostopoulos, former president of the Cultural Society of Ano Karyes, and David Romano during a visit by the Karabots to the excavation in 2006.

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in repetitive tasks and painstaking note taking. “Not many kids want to live in a village with a population of 17 on a mountain top and no Starbucks,” he says. According to Voyatzis, Romano works hard to bring in some needed levity. “David has a wonderful sense of humor. We do a lot of laughing on the dig,” Voyatzis says. “David likes to mimic an old Greek grandmother (a “yiayia”) and when he does, he speaks in a funny high-pitched voice and says silly expressions in Greek. David also loves to have the whole team over to his house for a “Sky Bar” once a week on the project. Drinks and snacks are offered and everyone gets a little dressed up.” Back in the Desert Romano has jumped into his work at the UA, quickly setting up the Archaeology Mapping Lab, which will benefit students from all over campus, including those in anthropology, classics, history, architecture and geography. The lab is dedicated to the scientific study of ancient cities and sanctuaries, using digital cartography, GIS (geographic information systems), remote sensing and other spatial analysis technologies. Romano, together with his colleagues, has also been working on an initiative of the Mt. Lykaion Excavation and Survey Project to

create the first large-scale heritage park in Greece, the Parrhasian Heritage Park, and an archaeological museum in Megalopolis. Romano believes these may help the people in the local community turn to their cultural heritage and be less reliant on the local coal mine — which is running out of coal — for their economic survival. Romano and Voyatzis are also currently working on a lengthy, preliminary report of the results from the past seven years of excavation and research. “Now that David is here it is much easier for us to work on our joint publications together,” said Voyatzis. “We can be much more productive.” “We now have ready access to other scholars working on our projects from geosciences, physics, the Arizona State Museum, etc.,” adds Voyatzis. “There is now a critical mass at the UA for Mt. Lykaion!” Romano is excited to be at his new academic home and is effusive in his appreciation of Nicholas and Athena Karabots. “The Karabots have been fantastic supporters of me and Mt. Lykaion and everything it represents from the very beginning. They have been loyal and genuinely interested in our success. I think the world of them.”

Tom Keating: A Hands-On Donor Tom and Reenie Keating are hard-core fans of the UA. You will find their names on the BIO5 building and on the Alumni Plaza, and they support the College of SBS, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the College of Fine Arts, the Honors College and UA Athletics. But it is the Keatings’ support of the Mt. Lykaion project that gives Tom Keating the best opportunity to get his hands dirty. He has volunteered at the excavation since 2009 and is returning again this summer. Keating wrote in 2009: “I have just returned from 7 weeks in Greece where I participated in an archaeology excavation on Mt. Lykaion in Arcadia. My job was Asst. Director, Logistical Support. In simple terms, I was almost a daily shopper — about 25 minutes away in Megalopolis. I was the “fixer” of all things mechanical that can go wrong on any project and its housing, and I also built anything that needed to be built. I was also a driver helping to keep our students where they needed to be. My dual goals were to keep our student excavators, surveyors, architects and specialists supplied and functional so they could maximize their time in the trenches. Also to make their quality of life in the villages as comfortable as possible — no matter the marginal state of repair of some of the houses we lease. And, finally, to pull distractive work from our codirectors so they could focus on project goals, responsibilities and leadership. There is no question that I achieved my goals and received overwhelming gratitude from all in return. And for me, the experience ranks right up there in the top 10 of my lifetime. God bless our young people — being around them and working for and with them is rewarding beyond words!”

Photos (At left): The Mt. Lykaion team in June 2010. The sanctuary of Zeus is in the background, and the altar of Zeus is on the mountain peak in the distance. (Top): Reenie and Tom Keating.

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In addition, the Institute received a significant capacitybuilding grant from the Omidyar Network to hire an executive director and underwrite research talent.

Last year, we announced the creation of the National Institute for Civil Discourse in the wake of the shooting tragedy in Tucson on Jan. 8, 2011.

“I’ve been looking forward to spending more time on program development,” said Jane Prescott-Smith, the managing director of the Institute. “The grant from the Omidyar Network will allow us to significantly compress the ramp-up time for the Institute to become fully operational.”

The Institute strives to advance the understanding and practice of civil discourse to strengthen our democratic traditions and improve governance and public decision making. It is committed to fostering vigorous debate on issues of national importance, while requiring that participants not question the legitimacy, good faith or motives of those with whom they disagree.

One of the major plans for the next year is the development and funding of a message campaign to persuade constituents to hold their representatives accountable for engaging in constructive dialogue and principled problem solving. Another initiative is targeted directly to elected officials and seeks to build trust across partisan lines.

The past year has been filled with many positive developments for the Institute, including an executive conference in Washington D.C., a strategic workshop at the National Press Club, the distribution of research grants, and the addition of Gabrielle Giffords to the executive board.

In an unusual turn of events in the fundraising world, Joe Goldman from the Omidyar Network approached the Institute, expressing interest in supporting its mission. Goldman leads the organization’s efforts to improve civil discourse in the United States.

Pamela and Pierre Omidyar. Photo by Eric Millette.

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The Omidyar Network — established by Pierre Omidyar, the founder of eBay, and his wife, Pamela — makes investments in both nonprofit and for-profit companies and is committed to creating opportunities for people to improve their lives and make powerful, lasting contributions to their communities. ”The future health of the American republic depends on our ability to work across party lines to solve the greatest problems facing our country,” said Goldman. “We are honored to have an opportunity to support the Institute and its important mission of improving the quality of discourse in our nation’s politics.” “We are so grateful to the Omidyar Network for investing in this Institute,” said Brint Milward, the director of the School of Government and Public Policy, who has been sharing leadership duties for the Institute with Sally Rider in the James E. Rogers College of Law. “Their gift will allow us to take the momentum we’ve been building this year to a whole new level.”

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The Michael Bonine Memorial Travel and Research Award honors the curiosity and adventurous spirit of a much-loved professor. Photos (At right): A talented photographer, Mike Bonine captured this image of the Tuareg tribesmen of Mali. (Inset, top): Mike in Antarctica, as penguins get curious. (Inset, bottom): Mike Bonine and Donna Swaim (far left), senior lecturer emerita in religious studies, led students on life-changing treks, such as this one to Timbuktu.

Kevin Bonine recalls how his father, Mike Bonine, used to send him and his sister, Kim, off to school with the words, “Become a world leader!” Kevin later realized that his dad meant that in order to be a world citizen and think broadly about global issues, you have to explore, study, and expand your horizons. Mike Bonine, a geographer and the founding director of the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies, died on Dec. 21 of intestinal cancer. He will be remembered for not only his academic acumen, but also for his faithful pursuit of expanded horizons. An intrepid traveler, Mike explored more than 120 countries on all seven continents, and he introduced many students to the wonders of travel on study abroad trips. To honor that adventurous spirit, Mike’s family has established the Michael Bonine Memorial Travel and Research Award. The fund will provide summer travel and research awards for undergraduates in any major and for graduate students in

the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies. Born in 1942, Mike grew up in Abilene, Texas. An active Boy Scout, Mike was always open to adventure. After high school, he and some buddies drove down to the Yucatán Peninsula in an old, International Harvester Scout. Later, Mike’s doctoral research took him and his wife, Marilyn, to Iran. Kevin recalls accompanying his dad on a trip to Morocco and Tunisia when Mike was measuring the orientation of the Qibla — the direction to Mecca — in the mosques to infer when parts of the city and its streets were laid out. “I learned to count in French playing ping pong with the local kids in Rabat,” said Kevin, now an adjunct assistant professor in ecology and evolutionary biology at the UA. Mike joined the UA in 1975 as a human geographer. He served as executive

director of the Middle East Studies Association of North America from 1981 to 1989 and head of the Department of Near Eastern Studies from 2001 to 2011. Under Mike’s leadership, the department was transformed into the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies in July 2011. Mike’s research focused on Iran and the Middle East, arid lands, and urbanization and its consequences in the 20th century. Most recently, he was editor of the book “Is There a Middle East?: The Evolution of a Geopolitical Concept,” which was published last fall. Kevin said his father spoke to him about the scholarship before he passed away. Mike believed that travel could be a transformative experience for students, forcing them “outside their bubble.” “He wanted more deserving students to have the opportunity to open these doors of exploration and appreciation of the medley of global cultures,” Kevin said.

To donate to the memorial fund, please go to: www.uafoundation.org/give/fund/MikeBonine

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In 2009, archaeology graduate student Eric Heffter volunteered at a European Upper Paleolithic site in Breitenbach, Germany.

Anonymous donors create the Lewis and Clark Fellowships to support graduate student exploration of paleoanthropology.

When you think of “Lewis and Clark,” you probably think of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the transcontinental expedition to the Pacific Coast by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. However, in establishing the Lewis and Clark Fellowships in Paleoanthropology, anonymous donors chose to honor the contributions of scholars Lewis R. Binford and F. Clark Howell to the study of human evolution. The new fellowship will support three graduate students a year (for up to three years) in the Ph.D. program in the School of Anthropology. The awardees, who receive $25,000 a year, must be pursuing studies in paleolithic archaeology or paleoanthropology. “As a paleoanthropologist myself, I’m especially cognizant of how important this fellowship is by allowing our School to recruit and retain some of the very best post-baccalaureate students interested in pursuing the story of human evolution from an interdisciplinary perspective,” said John Olsen, acting director of the School. “All of us in the School of Anthropology are immensely grateful to the fellowship’s donors.” “I am very thankful for this fellowship, because raising funds for graduate students is one of my top priorities,” said John Paul Jones III, dean of the College of SBS. “Graduate funding not only helps

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the next generation of researchers and teachers, it also helps our departments maintain their top rankings.” The first fellowship awardee is Eric Heffter, an archaeology graduate student focusing on lithic technology from the European Upper Paleolithic (which some people also call the Late Stone Age), a period that lasted from about 40,000 years ago to just before the advent of agriculture. “I study how people made and used stone tools, particularly in Europe,” explains Heffter. “Stone tools are a technology that helped people better adapt to the environment. Even better, stone tools, and more importantly, the debris from making the tools themselves, are ubiquitous on most sites and are usually very well preserved.” Heffter has excavated at several Upper Paleolithic sites, including Vogelherd, Breitenbach and Willendorf II. Heffter has also helped excavate an Icelandic farmstead; participated in the excavation

of Hammondville, an abandoned iron mining town in the Adirondacks; and assisted in documenting the stern of Vasa, a 17th-century warship. “On all the sites I have worked on I held positions as an excavator (except in the case of Vasa), which is just a fancy way of saying that I remove dirt in a scientific manner in order to find artifacts which we will then use to find out how people lived in the past,” said Heffter. Heffter says the fellowship will allow him to focus on his studies and start research on his thesis, which will involve using experimental data to research the social and technical skills necessary to produce the world’s earliest stone artifacts, known as the Oldowan industry. “I was absolutely delighted to receive the fellowship,” said Heffter. “I wish to thank the donors for supporting research in paleoanthropology and archaeology, areas where funding is typically hard to come by, especially in these harsh economic times.”

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An anonymous donor to the School of Journalism has been providing funds for students wishing to study abroad. Two students who received funding last summer — one to travel to Afghanistan and the other to Costa Rica — wrote thank-you letters to their patron. “I was deeply touched and delighted to read the letters from the students,” wrote the donor. “Best of all, it reminded me that I am doing the right thing. I deeply regret not having created this program for your department years ago.” Here are excerpts from those letters:

I anistan. While there, mer in Kabul, Afgh sum my nd spe to n that allowed me generous contributio ok Afghan News. Thank you for your and interned at Pajhw sis the r’s ste ma my for ch ear veloping a res conducted ining module, and de a caption-writing tra g nin sig de g, itin copy-ed at Pajhwok included My responsibilities glish speakers. En e tiv na for ms ter t glossary of foreign m” is a practice tha m. “Peace journalis lis rna des jou iso ep ace on pe ng of as a case study , rather than focusi examining Pajhwok ces sitive developments cti po d pra an m xt lis nte rna co g jou For my thesis, I am phasizin nting the peace ng conflict while em t Pajhwok is impleme avoids dichotomizi ning whether or no mi ter de in d ste ere of violence. I am int d Peace Reporting). (Institute for War an weak advocated by IWPR local media. First, the s facing independent be ge to en all dia ch me the ws t ne ou deal ab rially independent an, I learned a great test and most ich forces the edito gh wh bri ss, the pre While in Afghanist of ial ny erc ma mm port a vibrant co say the least. Also, es economy cannot sup carious situation, to ns, which offer salari eign aid organizatio donor nations – a pre for on t by or en ns ted nd tio ida pe iza de im an int lly financia eign news org d, threatened or get snapped up by for are constantly bullie dia me ws ne the y, qualified journalists ionall cannot match. Addit that local institutions . ict nfl co the various parties in y are often And, of course, the Anissa Tanweer at the Blue Mosque in the day I left in harm’s way. On Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan. er ort ok rep Afghanistan, a Pajhw r die sol can eri Am was killed by an attack. during an insurgent insights, I In addition to these about the al learned a great de politics of d an y tor his culture, ge that led ow the country – kn le asset sab en isp ind an will be istan after an gh Af when I return to e. gre de my ing complet the greatest And that leads me to mer: sum s thi lesson I learned mmitment It reaffirmed my co ll as my we as m, lis rna to jou anistan. Now gh Af commitment to I know that re, the en be ve ha that I I will. t tha d an I can go back, Thank you again for opportunity.

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Sincerely, Anissa Tanweer

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I am writing to you today to thank you for the kind scholarsh Rica and not only ex ip donation you ma plore a new country de that allowed me , but to aid me in the taking atmosphere, to travel to Costa journalism academi and to help me grow c career in such an and broaden my ho enticing and breath rizons as a young ad ult . With only a little ov er a month after ha vin g departed from Costa loved about living in Rica, I have been thi San Jose. nking of the little thi ngs I miss and 1. I loved the old Co sta Rican people. Th ey chat from their po t-shirts, and carry the rches in the afternoo mselves with a sense n rain in their incred of pride I am not use 2. The dogs without ibly outdated d to seeing among a leash. It sounds lik elderly folk. e a recipe for roadk where people carry ill, but it’s actually their dogs in their pu quite awesome to co rses or hold on to the San Jose the dogs jus me from the U.S. ir dog leashes like it’s t walk wherever the the last thing they’l y please. 3. And the food, oh l do, and here in my… the food. You’l l just have to go do no words. I couldn’t wn there and experie describe it to you if nc e a taste of it for yo I tried. urself. There are Photos (Above): Lucy Not only is it the mi nor details that hold Valencia and UA a place close to my my stay, I was unde heart, but the pictur r the stress and aca entomologist Jennifer e at large too. Seve demic pressure of my for my internship at ral times throughou classes, getting work the Tico Times, and Jandt at the La Selva t done while travelin interviewing and rep voice in the back of g, finding sources orting in Spanish. I my head, reminding Biological Institute in co uld ne me ve r tha forget the tiny chipp Rica. t I was the luckiest er kid in the world for Costa Rica. Photo by having the chance to be in Costa Lisa Button. (Top right): One weekend was pa rticularly striking. I Brenna Goth, Keith had the chance to wr by UA’s Dr. Jennifer ite an environmenta Jandt in the Sarapiqu Hickman-Perfetti and l article on an ant res i rainforest region. of her trips to the mi earch project run I contacted her via ddle of the rainfores Lucy Valencia on the email, and was able t at La Selva Biologic her as she experimen to tag along on one al Research Station ted, from 5 a.m. to School of Journalism’s in Sarapiqui for a da about 4 p.m., feedin more than a bloody y. I interviewed g bullet ants, which bullet wound. I am 2011 study abroad trip earn their name fro terrified of insects, m a sting that hurts and was shaking in to Costa Rica. Photo by my boots the whole Spending a lot of tim time I was reporting e with my source rea Mariah Davidson. . lly taught me how to writing — which can write about science only be done by giv and put as much de ing your sources a tail into my lot of time and atten tion. Though I am biling ual, I’ve always be en a little hesitant wi to the United States th my Spanish. My speaking Spanish wi parents’ jaws dropp th confidence, chatt recipes I picked up ed when I came back ering away with my while in Costa Rica. mom about all the un W hil e in Cartago, about tw I was interning, I ha heard words and d the opportunity to o hours outside of the travel from San Jos city, to interview pe walked for about 15 e to a basilica ople who were makin miles interviewing g a pilgrimage on a people who were wa water and an umbre holy day. I lking with their fam lla. Then I got on a ilie s, carrying nothing bu bus by myself and nervous about my Sp made my way toward t a bottle of anish, but after my s an unknown territo first official interview families, volunteers ry. At first, I was it be came second nature who picked up trash, to me. I spoke with restaurant owners, the back exit of the vendors, the Red Cross and church for those wh even an old man sel o had finished their my life, and I receiv ling snow-cones at lon g jou ed my first byline in rney. It was one of the most enriching the print version of experiences of the newspaper. All in all, I just want to thank you for yo ur benevolence. It rea enabled me to go wh lly was the best, an ile my parents and d I owe it all to your I were trying to find going through finan scholarship which ways to pay for my cial difficulties. I ho trip in a time where pe that one day, if I another student hopin my family was have the means to, g to study abroad. I donate a scholarsh ip just as you did to Sincerely. Lucy Valencia

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Karl Eller backs

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Karl Eller, a successful businessman and the namesake of the UA Eller College of Management, may seem like an unlikely donor for a philosophy program, but he is interested in what philosophy can reveal about how people should act and how the economy should work. Eller has a card with a series of statements that he says explains his principles and his reasons for supporting the Center for the Philosophy of Freedom. The statements include, “You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich,” and “You cannot help men permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves.” (The statements,

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often attributed to Abraham Lincoln, were written by the Rev. William J. H. Boetcker.) “I believe in individual responsibility, and I believe in freedom economics,” says Eller. “That is why I support the program.” Eller was introduced to David Schmidtz, who is the director of the Center for the Philosophy of Freedom, by his friends Randy and Ken Kendrick — the first and largest donors to the Center. Randy Kendrick invited Eller to a luncheon where Schmidtz was speaking about four years ago, and a new fan was born. Eller has been supporting the Center ever since, joining the Kendricks, the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, and many other donors in helping the Center expand.

Eller’s career path is legendary. After graduating with a degree in marketing from the University of Arizona in 1952, he began working in the advertising field, managing major accounts like Morton Salt and Mars Candy. In 1961, he was presented with an opportunity to buy an Arizona billboard business for $5 million. Eller turned that business into a multicommunication business, merged it with Gannett Company, ran Columbia Pictures, and then headed Circle K Corporation, which ran into financial problems. Eller ended up, in his early 60s, $100 million in debt. He returned to his roots, creating the Eller Media Company, which would become one of the largest outdooradvertising companies in the country, and then sold it to Clear Channel for $1.15 billion.

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On Feb. 24, the Center for the Philosophy of Freedom celebrated its move into its new offices in the UA Marshall building. The jam-packed ribbon-cutting ceremony was attended by dozens of political and business leaders, including U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl, U.S. Rep. Jeff Flake, Arizona House Speaker Andy Tobin, former Arizona House Speaker Kirk Adams, Higher Education Committee Vice Chair Brenda Barton, Karl Eller, Randy Kendrick, along with UA President Eugene G. Sander and Philosophy Department Head Chris Maloney. The event celebrated the growth of the Center, made possible by the generosity of donors. The Freedom Center started as a program in 2004, with courses such as “Conceptions of Freedom,” fellowships for graduate students, and research workshops. The program grew into a center in 2008, and four new faculty were hired. They have helped catapult the political philosophy program at the UA to number one in the world according to the Philosophical Gourmet Report. The mission of the Freedom Center is to promote the understanding and appreciation of the ideals of freedom and responsibility through published research and undergraduate, graduate and K-12 education. The Freedom Center faculty teach a flagship course every semester called “The Ethics and Economics of Wealth Creation.” They also teach courses in the philosophy of freedom, ethical

entrepreneurship, and political authority. Their graduate students teach courses on the social contract and environmental ethics. “If young people are to understand and appreciate the ideals of individual liberty and responsibility, philosophers need to be at the forefront,” says Schmidtz. “Economic analysis is crucial, but not enough.” “We need to convey that at the heart of any peaceful, prosperous, genuinely free society is a common commitment to respecting the rights and responsibilities of individuals,” adds Schmidtz.

Photos (At left): Karl Eller. (Above, l-r): UA President Eugene G. Sander, Freedom Center Director David Schmidtz, donor Randy Kendrick and Sen. Jon Kyl at the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

m Center From his days as a boy when he woke up at 3:30 a.m. to deliver papers for the Arizona Daily Star, to his current busy schedule in the bustling offices of The Eller Company, Eller is a man who knows the value of hard work. “I’m just built that way,” he says. Eller has spoken about the importance of integrity and creativity in his career success. (His book is titled “Integrity is All You’ve Got.”) He also stresses the importance of bouncing back from failure. “You are going to experience failure. You’ve got to learn from your failures and keep coming back. If you don’t do that, you’re never going to be happy.”

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Over the years, Eller thought there should be a way to teach people how to be successful entrepreneurs. He discussed his ideas with the UA School of Business and Public Administration (now the Eller College of Management). In 1984, with a founding gift from Karl Eller, the UA established one of the first entrepreneurship programs in the country. The top-ranked program has resulted in hundreds of new businesses. Now Eller’s support of the Freedom Center is benefiting a new batch of University of Arizona students. Reflecting on Eller’s generosity, Schmidtz says, “Karl Eller is a man who understands that the final exam

in “Ethics and Economics” is not a two-hour thing at the end of a semester. The test comes at you in quiet moments when you need to know that the people who trust you are not making a mistake. It comes at you in later years when you need to be able to say, here’s what my career was for. These are the values I wouldn’t compromise. And they were my values — precipitates of neither social pressure nor pre-packed ideology. Karl Eller has stood for integrity all his life. We are deeply grateful for the opportunity to prove ourselves worthy of his support.”

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a) Linguistics Professors Massimo PiatelliPalmarini and Tom Bever, Linguistics Head Simin Karimi and Noam Chomsky. Chomsky has long-standing connections to the UA, mostly stemming from the various sojourns of UA linguists at MIT where Chomsky worked for more than 50 years. b) Noam Chomsky spoke to a packed crowd at Centennial Hall; the lecture was also streamed to three overflow rooms and to Chandler City Hall. c) During “9/11 Week,” Alan Bersin, commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, spoke about the changes and challenges of border security over the last decade. d) A panel of SBS experts discussed the historical, political and cultural circumstances surrounding the 9/11 attack. e) Noam Chomsky, sponsors Creston Shields and Elise Collins Shields, and Dean John Paul Jones III. f) Retired Brigadier General John Adams, who’s also a graduate student in the School of Government and Pubic Policy, spoke about war and security during “9/11 Week.” g) The inaugural event of “Science on Screen” at The Loft Cinema was “Project Nim,” a documentary about the controversial experiment that aimed to show that a chimpanzee could learn to communicate with language if raised like a human child. The screening was followed by a panel discussion with linguist Andy Barss, primatologist Stacey Tecot and philosopher Chris Maloney.

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SBS Week— 9/11: How We’ve Changed Last year, SBS launched “SBS Week” — a series of panels, talks, movies and other activities that showcase our faculty expertise on topics of wide interest and importance. Following last spring’s SBS week on immigration, this past fall we examined the 10-year anniversary of the tragedy of 9/11. The topics of “9/11: How We’ve Changed” included terrorism, borders and security, politics, the media and historical analysis.

Noam Chomsky Lectures This February, Noam Chomsky, a world-renowned linguist, intellectual and political activist, set foot on the University of Arizona campus for the first time. He gave two formal lectures — one academic and one for the general public — which were sponsored by SBS, the Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry, the Department of Linguistics, the College of Education, Elise Collins Shields and Creston Shields, the Arizona Daily Star, and a host of other UA colleges and departments.

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Chomsky’s academic lecture was titled “What is Special About Language?” and his public lecture — which was the first lecture in the annual “SBS Lecture Series” — was titled “Education for Whom and for What?” The response from the community was tremendous: Chomsky’s two lectures were attended by more than 5,000 people. You can watch the lectures here: http://web.sbs.arizona.edu/college/node/779

f The Loft Cinema This past year, SBS began partnering with The Loft Cinema on several projects, including “Science on Screen” and the “Human Rights Watch Film Festival.” Following the movies, expert SBS faculty discuss themes of the featured movies with the audience. This fall, Communication Professor Kate Kenski will be teaching her class, “The Struggle for the Presidency,” in conjunction with a series of election movies shown at The Loft. For $5 admission per movie, community members can watch the movies with the students and stay to hear Kenski give her analysis. For details, go to: http://comm.arizona.edu/presidency

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Food Fight A powerful new ally has recently joined the fight against food insecurity in the borderland states. The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has given almost $1.6 million to fund an endowed faculty chair, held by Gary Paul Nabhan, who will lead the charge of finding solutions to the seemingly intractable problems surrounding access to healthy food for border residents, especially children.

A generous $1,575,000 investment from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation of Battle Creek, Mich., is helping the UA Southwest Center create an endowed faculty chair — held by Gary Paul Nabhan, a research scientist in the Center — to forge its new Sustainable Food Systems Program in Southwest Borderlands Food and Water Security. The program aims to reduce the high rates of childhood food insecurity, hunger and nutrition-related diseases among

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multicultural communities in borderland states. Nabhan — a MacArthur “genius” award recipient and a pioneer in the local food movement — is passionate about finding affordable and attainable ways for all people to eat healthy, fresh food.

culture, food and the environment intersect,” said Joe Wilder, director of the Southwest Center. “With the Kellogg Foundation award, Gary’s proven record of community-driven research will find renewed expression with new resources to support students, publication, curriculum, and community building and engagement.”

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Cruz and Pima Counties are food-related — either eating food in restaurants or getting groceries or stocking up on supplies for doing their own farming. This loss of revenue to Arizona businesses has costs for all of us in Arizona. We are losing a good portion of what has been a significant part of our Arizona economy since World War II.

Gary Paul Nabhan. SBS Developments spoke to Nabhan about his plans: The borderland states currently have some of the highest levels of food insecurity and nutrition-related diseases of any region in the United States. How much of that is related to the downturn in the economy? Because the state has been slow in its recovery from the economic downturn, we’ve had high rates of unemployment and underemployment. In response, families are drawing upon food banks, soup kitchens, emergency food relief, and the informal food outlets like taco trucks more than ever before. And my sense from talking to health professionals is that many people have forgone having nutritional evaluations and getting medical help for diabetes and other nutritional diseases just because their families are so strapped. On occasion, I volunteer in Nogales at Kino Border Initiative soup kitchen for recently deported immigrants. I don’t want to go into what is right or wrong about immigration politics, but it’s clear that more people than ever on both sides of the international line have been hurt by the lack of flow of tourism, labor and goods across the border that were formerly part of our transborder economic system. If I recall correctly, we’ve witnessed about a 30 percent drop in the last couple of years in legal border crossings through the Nogales ports of entry going either way. And 80 percent of the expenditures of Mexican visitors to Santa

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I don’t wish to debate the political issues as much as to tangibly help the people who currently have no safety net, particularly children in the border counties who suffer high rates of food insecurity. So quite a bit of our focus has been on collaborating with people who are taking food out of the “waste stream” and putting it back in the food economy. What is a “waste stream?” The waste stream is the edible portion of our crop production that is lost between the harvest and delivery to the consumer. The further food travels, in general, the higher the percentage that is lost into the waste stream. Sixty percent of all the fresh produce eaten in the entire U.S. in winter months comes though the ports of entry in Nogales. Because of delays with the trucks getting to the border or waiting to be inspected, a lot of that food is vulnerable to spoilage. None of the food brokers I know want to see that food wasted, so they try to get it to someone before it spoils, such as the Association of Arizona Food Banks or to the 3000 Club’s Market on the Move, which will sell 60 pounds of produce to people living in high diabetes-prone areas for just $10. And so there is quite a bit of effort now to see if we can potentially pull more food out of this waste stream — food that might otherwise end up needing to be composted or thrown away — so that it can be processed into salsas or used fresh by mobile food businesses or for feeding people. Your recent work also links water and food insecurity with climate change. Can you give an example? Some scientists suggest that recent droughts have been clearly related to

longer-term climate change, as were most but not all of the catastrophic weather events that triggered 500 counties being declared disaster areas this last year. These last two years, there was a more pervasive drought and drying up of reservoirs in the borderland states than at any time in the last 70 years. What struck me is that in the national discussion of food security, water security is hardly ever mentioned. Yet it is the key resource for food production and the resource most affected by climate change. We can’t produce food that is at a price point accessible to poor people if our food prices are going up because of water costs and the cost of hay or alfafa for feeding dairy cows. The last year, the price of hay went up four-fold from $100/ ton to $400/ton. This is going to increase the prices of food for the next three to five years. You are trying to combat malnourishment and obesity. How are these two seemingly opposite problems related? There is a remarkable paradox in the borderlands in that we have both high rates of true hunger and high rates of obesity. The prevailing wisdom on that is that when people have very limited income they try to buy cheap food in bulk and a lot of that food has what nutritionists call empty calories. So that kind of diet aggravates adultonset diabetes, which is at epidemic proportions in the Southwest. (continued on next page) The W.K. Kellogg Foundation, established in 1930, supports children, families and communities as they strengthen and create conditions that propel vulnerable children to achieve success as individuals and as contributors to the larger community and society.

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About one in every 12 people in the Southwest suffers from diabetes, and it’s probably closer to one out of every five adults in the border counties. Our hope is that if we grow more healthy food, it will provide jobs for families who are below the poverty level. And we will also be able to get fresh, locally produced foods in people’s hands in a way that reduces their vulnerability to those nutritionrelated diseases. What steps are you planning to take in the next year to work on these problems? Thanks to the Kellogg grant, we are placing some of our brightest graduate students with some of the most exciting nonprofits that are doing food justice work on a community level. Their work will include educating various ethnic communities about healthy, traditional foods as well as helping create healthy food-producing environments, which includes restoring pollinators and promoting water harvesting.

The second thing that we are hoping to do is revive a number of drought-tolerant foods that we know can play a major role in reducing diabetes and to help people who are trying to locally process them. We are also doing an inventory of various pre-statehood fruit and vegetable varieties to see which ones already have markets in our economy and how we can bring in others to restaurants and farmers’ markets. This can help small farmers gain a foothold by offering valueadded products made from crops that are well adapted to our environment. The third thing is a study of how climate change is affecting orchards and vineyards in the borderlands. We think we are losing cool winter weather, called chill hours, which fruit trees and certain vine crops need to produce sellable yields. And we want to help farmers to either adapt their production techniques or switch varieties so that we can have a diversity of fruit available in our farmers’ markets and restaurants.

What are some specific things you are doing to benefit children? Although we have just begun, we are already engaged with Healthy Snacks programs in Southern Arizona schools, hoping to document their effects on school children’s health. In addition, we are involved with student gardening projects and in assisting Girl Scouts and other youth, both in the planting of pollinator gardens and in learning how to identify, process and market Southern Arizona’s healthful wild foods, from mesquite pods to prickly pears and elderberries to wild greens, so that they can imagine starting microenterprises in the own communities. Finally, we are co-hosts of the first-ever Border Food Summit to be held in Rio Rico Sept. 16-18, where we will largely focus on solutions to child food insecurity in the border states and counties.

Foodsheds of the Desert Southwest What are foodsheds? A foodshed is everything between where a food is produced and where a food is consumed. Food production in the U.S./Mexico borderlands is dependent upon water for irrigation from the Rio Grande and Colorado River. However, there are a number of heritage seeds and breeds uniquely adapted to this arid and semi-arid region.

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What are some of your recent successes?

Are you encouraged by the collaborations in the community?

I would say three things. We’ve brought the oldest wheat in Arizona back into cultivation on six different farms — including one on the land of the Gila River Indian Community — and this summer it will be processed by the historic Hayden Flour Mill for the first time in 50 years. This is a low-gluten, high-protein wheat that can be grown with less water than other grain crops.

I think it’s a very exciting time. Issues in rural and urban metro areas used to seem very separated. But now, ranchers are regularly coming into Tucson to mentor our students and talk about the challenges they face. And inner-city community garden and food activists are reaching out to rural farmers and ranchers to find common ground.

A second one would be that we’ve seen a tremendous increase in grass-fed and grass-finished beef and lamb production in the state, as well as more sales in farmers’ markets and receptivity to the use of these products in restaurants. This has an impact on the economies and health of people with low incomes in our communities. Organic is certainly more expensive, but local doesn’t have to be. Third, we are working with a number of nonprofits on creating healthy local economies, especially in rural areas. We are looking at how to jump-start food microenterprises, which are some of the easiest entry points that people can use to revitalize local economies. I recently co-hosted a workshop with a new nonprofit called Local First Arizona, and by the end of the three-hour meeting, people pledged $150,000 to put back into local food businesses. It shows we have tremendous resources right here in our own community.

Twenty years ago there was much rancor between ranchers and environmentalists. Now we see so many ranchers being leaders in restoring diversity on their lands and in direct marketing healthy foods into our communities. Professor Tom Sheridan and I have just helped edit a book on the topic called “Stitching the West Back Together.” We’re also seeing these collaborations and problem-solving efforts across the public-private divide, across the aisle. I work with rural and urban people, college-educated people and landeducated people, Republicans and Democrats, Tea Party advocates as well as ex-hippies. They find commonalities through this work, which I think is not only good for our economies, but also good for civil discourse in our communities, because we are learning ways to work together for common goals.

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At the ripe old age of 60, I just want to see that some of the great ideas that have emerged out of our University and nonprofits really help Arizonans during this time of financial difficulty and emotional stress. I think the tax payers pay for our jobs and our offices, and so it’s really important for those of us who are interested in designing healthier food systems to give back in a way that has a measurable impact in our community.

Who’s at the Table? Trying to solve a problem as deep and wide as food insecurity requires an interdisciplinary team from both inside and outside the University. Nabhan is working with colleagues in the Southwest Center, including Maribel Alvarez, Jeff Banister, Tom Sheridan, J.C. Mutchler, and Joe Wilder, as well as with colleagues from the Institute of the Environment, the School of Geography and Development, the School of Natural Resources, the Center for Latin American Studies, and Tumamoc Hill. Community collaborators include Tucson Meet Yourself, Santa Cruz Heritage Alliance, Local First Arizona, the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona, Borderlands Habitat Restoration Initiative, Mariposa Community Health Clinic, Native Seeds/SEARCH, American Grassfed Association, the Western Folklife Center, and the Wild Farm Alliance.

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The Magellan Circle is a society of donors who contribute to the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. The money raised in the Magellan Circle supports the Dean’s Fund for Excellence, which funds student/faculty research, and teaching and research awards. Thank you to all our Magellan Circle members for their ongoing support of SBS! This year, Magellan Circle funds supported public outreach and educational opportunities for students, including: • Linda Lumsden, associate professor in the School of Journalism, took the UA student chapter of the Society for Professional Journalists on a trip to Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, which houses the state’s first printing press. • Tracey Osborne, assistant professor in the School of Geography and Development, is using Magellan Circle funds to develop and maintain a Public Political Ecology Lab website and to bring in a guest speaker. • Maggy Zanger, professor of practice in the School of Journalism, invited Ashraf Khalil to speak to students and the public. Khalif is a U.S. journalist based in Cairo who recently wrote “Liberation Square: Inside the Egyptian Revolution and the Rebirth of a Nation.” • SBS Week: “9/11 — How We’ve Changed”

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Photos from 2012 Magellan Circle Dinner (Top row, l-r): Rod Pace, CEO of Rosemont Copper, and Nina Pace; Gary Paul Nabhan and Joe Wilder from the Southwest Center received the “Faculty Fundraising Award”; Tom and Reenie Keating (left) received the “Outstanding Service Award.” They are pictured here with Irene Romano and David Gilman Romano. (Bottom row, l-r): Steve and Ruth Dickstein; Keynote speaker Kevin Bonine and Scott Lucas, director of the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies; Soe Myint and Susie Aye with their daughter Su Myint, the Magellan scholar speaker, and Laura and Arch Brown. Photos by Christine Scheer.

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Earl H. Carroll Fellows Diane Austin, associate research anthropologist, is well known for her work on environmental anthropology. She is using her stipend to support a postbaccalaureate internship for the Tucson Refugee Project. Joe Bonito, associate professor of communication, is an expert on small group communication and decision making. His stipend will help him update his Interaction Lab and process data from a Lego Robotics team. David Graizbord, associate professor in the Arizona Center for Judaic Studies, is an internationally recognized scholar in early modern Jewish and European history. His stipend will support conference and research travel related to a project on Zionist identity among young American Jews.

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Natasha Warner, professor of linguistics, studies phonetics and the revitalization of endangered languages. Her stipend will provide equipment for her endangered languages dictionary database.

Teaching Awards Photos from Professor Linda Lumsden’s Magellan Circle Grant (Top left): Printer James Pagels demonstrates for journalism students how to roll ink onto the 19th-century press at Tubac Historical State Park. (Top): Noor Dawari, a visiting Afghan translator for the journalism school’s State Department grant project to create a journalism program in that nation, listens as museum volunteer Elizabeth Pagels describes the life of a frontier newspaper reporter. (At right): Journalism graduate student Hannah Saletan shoots photographs of the printing press in action. Photos by Paul Ingram, a journalism graduate student.

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Rhonda Gillett-Netting, associate professor of anthropology, studies biocultural, ecological and demographic approaches to medical anthropology in Africa. Faten Ghosn, assistant professor in the School of Government and Public Policy, studies conflict management, negotiations and Middle East politics. Simin Karimi, professor and head of linguistics, studies syntactic theory, morphosyntax, syntax-semantics interface and syntax of Iranian languages.

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2011-2012 Magellan Circle Scholars We are pleased to announce our 2011-2012 Magellan Circle scholars! Due to the generosity of their Magellan Circle patrons, scholars received $500 and the chance to meet their patrons at a breakfast in December 2011. Patrons: Hervey & Susan Hotchkiss Michael Hoffman (Philosophy, Government & Public Policy and Sociology) Patrons: Margaret Houghton & Bertram Falbaum Andrew Melton (Government & Public Policy) Patron: J.P. Jones III Amelia Richey (Geography & Development) Patrons: Rowene Aguirre-Medina & Roy Medina Devin Rae Gregory (Government & Public Policy) Patron: Anonymous Nelofar Shir (Philosophy and History) Jason Watson (Middle Eastern & North African Studies and Anthropology) Patron: Michael Bonine Anna Roder (Middle Eastern & North African Studies and Judaic Studies) Patrons: Laura & Arch Brown Lindsey O’Neill (Philosophy) Dominick San Angelo (Philosophy) Patrons: Earl & Louise Carroll Chelsea Sweeney (Economics) Clarissa Valestin (Linguistics) Patrons: Dick & Mary Rose Duffield Su Myint (Government & Public Policy and Economics)

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Patrons: Jo Ann Ellison & Barbara Starrett Rachel Baughman (Communication and Gender & Women’s Studies) Johanna Haygood (Communication and Gender & Women’s Studies) Ellen Janco (Communication) Chelsea Teel (Communication) Patron: Lillian Fisher Pedro Reyes-Flores (Geography & Development) Amber Sumpter (Journalism and Government & Public Policy) Patrons: Bruce & Edythe Gissing Lashaina Mastach (Government & Public Policy and Sociology) Kelsey Olesen (Anthropology) Kristen Simmons (Anthropology) Leanne Trujillo (Latin American Studies) Patron: John Guilbert Marcea Decker (Geography & Development)

Patron: Reenie Keating Steven Gubka (Philosophy) Patron: Tom Keating Erin Clair (Anthropology) Patrons: George & Anna Kennedy Megan Alletson (Journalism and Sociology) Patrons: Steve & Nancy Lynn Emily Nerviani (Communication) Patron: Ben Menges Hector Acosta (Communication) Sara Meschberger (Linguistics and Communication) Patron: Bonham Richardson Philip Sparks (Geography & Development and Philosophy) Patron: Melody Robidoux Olivia Carvajal (Government & Public Policy) Harmony Chartier (Government & Public Policy)

Patron: Leo Roop Chelsea Halstead (Geography & Development and Latin American Studies) Patron: Rosemont Copper Michelle Coe (Geography & Development and Anthropology) Jessica Dollin (Geography & Development) Jessica Li (Anthropology) Rochelle Reuter (Geography & Development) Patrons: Vivi & Adib Sabbagh Stephanie Chace (Anthropology) Louise Williams (Philosophy) Patrons: John & Helen Schaefer Joel A. Saldaña Pérez (Mexican American Studies) Patrons: David & Andrea Stein Rachel Part (Philosophy and Judaic Studies) Melissa Title (Sociology) Patron: The Loft Cinema Mahala Lewis (Anthropology) Patron: Gwen Weiner Johnathon Hanson (Philosophy) Patrons: Ed & Keeley Wright Kelly Cruz (Anthropology) Magellan Circle Book Scholarship Patron: Steven Zelinger Lynn Garnaat (Economics)

Patron: Jan Harelson Shannon Maule (Journalism)

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Honor Roll Circumnavigators (Lifetime members) Anonymous (3) Rowene Aguirre-Medina and Roy Medina Paul and Alice Baker* Thomas and Olga Bever* Betsy Bolding Larry and Jana Bradley Arch and Laura Brown Earl H. and Louise Carroll* Raúl H. and Patricia Castro Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation Joseph and Ruth Cramer* Donald and Joan Diamond Steve and Ruth Dickstein A. Richard Diebold* Sally Drachman Richard and Mary Rose Duffield Karl and Stevie Eller Betty Feinberg Jan Harelson and John Guilbert Matthew and Julie Harelson Agnese Haury* Peter Hayes Helios Education Foundation Frederick W. Henninger, Jr. James L. and Joanne Hunter James S. McDonnell Foundation Nicholas and Athena Karabots Thomas and Reenie Keating Ken and Randy Kendrick Lessner Family Trust William Longacre* Steve and Nancy Lynn* Marshall Foundation Fletcher and

Elizabeth McCusker Bill Nugent Geertruida Oberman Eleanor L. Olsen* Melody Robidoux, the Melody S. Robidoux Foundation The Omidyar Network James and Beverly Rogers Roshan Institute of Cultural Heritage Ronald and Beverly Rose Adib and Entisar “Vivi” Sabbagh* John and Helen Schaefer* Sherwin Scott Irving Silverman Luda Soldwedel* Southwestern Foundation Raymond and Tina Spencer Estate of John F. Tanner, Sandy and Karl Elers Vital Projects Fund Estate of Barbara K. Wheat Duane and Linda Whitaker* Laurel Wilkening William and Flora Hewlett Foundation W.K. Kellogg Foundation Melvin and Enid Zuckerman Patrons — $1,500 (Student scholar donors) Anonymous (2) Rowene Aguirre-Medina and Roy Medina Michael Bonine* Arch and Laura Brown Earl H. and Louise Carroll*

Jerry and Sandra DeGrazia Dick and Mary Rose Duffield Jo Ann Ellison and Barbara Starrett Lillian Fisher Bruce and Edythe Magellan s Gissing cholar Joh nathon Hanson wit Pam Grissom* h his patr Jan Harelson and on Gwen Weine r John Guilbert Hervey Hotchkiss and Susan ParkerExplorers — (continued) Hotchkiss Gerald and LaDona Geise Margaret Houghton and Hank and Margaret Kenski Bertram Falbaum* Jan Konstanty and Jack Jewett Patricia Wallace John Paul Jones III* Diana Liverman Thomas and Reenie Keating J. Christopher Maloney and G. Alfred and Anna Kennedy Judith Nantell* Lisa Lovallo Selma Paul Marks* Steve and Nancy Lynn* Sallie Marston Sandra Maxfield Barbara Mills and Benjamin Menges T.J. Ferguson Allan and Alfena Norville Alberto and Gesine Moore Bonham Richardson Eleanor L. Olsen* Melody Robidoux John W. Olsen and Leo A. Roop* Ovadan Amanova-Olsen* Rosemont Copper Ruthann Pozez Adib and Entisar Peter Salomon and “Vivi” Sabbagh* Patricia Morgan John and Helen Schaefer Anne and Robert Segal David and Andrea Stein Elise Collins Shields and The Loft Cinema (in honor of Creston Shields Vivi Sabbagh) James Studwell and Anthony and Joan Ginny Healy* Vuturo Steve Tuttle Gwen Weiner Bill A. Wing and J. Edward and Keeley Jacqueline Sharkey* Wright* Steven Zelinger (Book Corporate Patrons Scholar Patron) Cox Communications Rosemont Copper Explorers — $1,000 Albert and Susan Bergesen Theodore and Karen Borek Garry Bryant and Margy McGonagill Esther Capin George and Marjorie Cunningham Steve and Ruth Dickstein Adel Gamal

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This past year, the Magellan Circle gave a record 47 students Magellan Circle scholarships. This growth is due largely to the rise in the number of Magellan Circle patrons who decided to sponsor multiple students. Jo Ann Ellison and Barbara Starrett only recently joined the Magellan Circle and almost immediately made a commitment to sponsor four students for the next 10 years. The generosity of the women, neither of whom is an SBS or UA alumnus, is due in large part to the SBS evangelism of another multistudent patron, Judge Lillian Fisher, who suggested they become members. Ellison, who graduated from the University of Minnesota and Tulane Law, is a semi-retired lawyer who practiced in the area of residential real estate in New

Rachel Baughman, Barbara Starrett, Chelsea Teel, Ellen Janco, Jo Ann Ellison and Johanna Haygood. Photo by Christine Scheer.

Thank you to all of our patrons who have supported multiple students: Arch and Laura Brown, Earl and Louise Carroll, Jo Ann Ellison and Barbara Starrett, Lillian Fisher, Bruce and Edythe Gissing, Jan Harelson and John Guilbert, Tom and Reenie Keating, Ben Menges, Melody Robidoux, Rosemont Copper, Vivi and Adib Sabbagh, and David and Andrea Stein. York. Starrett is a retired doctor who was a pioneer in efforts to bring quality health care to gay men and lesbians and to people with HIV infection in New York City. She served as the medical director at Riker’s Island prison in the late 1970s and helped start the Women’s Health Collective at St. Mark’s Clinic. The couple of almost 15 years divide their time between Tucson and New York City and enjoy supporting causes close to their hearts. Ellison is a Paul Harris Fellow of the Rotary Club, and Starrett is a major donor to Wingspan, Southern Arizona’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community center. And then there’s the University of Arizona.

Ben Menges with one of his Magellan Circle scholars, Sara Meschberger. Photo by Christine Scheer.

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“We actually get a lot from the University of Arizona. We support women’s basketball, and we go see dance and theatre. We felt if we used the facilities, we should be supporting the University,” says Starrett.

Meeting their Magellan Circle scholars has been especially rewarding. “It’s an opportunity to connect to a young person who is at the start of their career,” says Ellison. “We get to share in their excitement.” Starrett adds that she is fascinated by all the differences between this generation and her own, especially in the area of technology. “These are kids who have grown up in a world of immediate communication and emailed thank-you notes,” says Starrett. “I’m curious to find out if they are going to be different than we are.” Ben Menges, a Magellan Circle patron who supports two students, had a more personal reason to get involved in the Magellan Circle: a great undergraduate experience in the Department of Communication. Menges transferred to the UA from Wheaton College. “It’s a small school and it does have a good reputation, but I was bored out of my mind. I needed to do something that was interesting to me. So why not go to a gigantic school in a great climate?” He learned about the communication major during orientation. “I thought the classes I had were just so interesting and things you could use in your daily life no matter what you decided to do,” he says. What Menges decided to do was be a flight attendant with Southwest Airlines, and he was right. His degree not only helps him handle the communication (continued at bottom of page 31)

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has recently returned from a three-week trip to Rwanda “inspired and changed,” she says. She met families of the victims of genocide, people who now work sideby-side with their enemies. She studied the Gacaca court system of community restorative justice to learn about how the people of Rwanda resolve conflicts, a topic of great interest to Collins Shields within her home state of Arizona. “All of my varied past comes together with this work,” she says. Collins Shields had 15 years of a successful real estate career under her belt when her youngest child started college. For some, this may have signaled a time to slow down. But Collins Shields decided to let go of a career that was “not of her heart” and start a brand new chapter. She finished her bachelor’s degree, then completed two master’s degrees and a doctorate in cultural mythology/depth psychology. One of her first projects following graduate school was to design a leadership curriculum for young female students attending Zayed University in the United Arab Emirates that included mentoring from high-achieving women in the U.S. and Canada.

In 2001, she founded CommonWell Institute International, a nonprofit organization that provides support and grant funding for women in war and postwar countries to ensure their economic empowerment, sustainability and growth. She is also an international cultural consultant and leadership trainer for her company, CommonWell Associates Ltd. Since 2003, her nonprofit company has given micro-investments to women’s ventures in Afghanistan, buying items ranging from sewing machines to bee boxes. They are currently buying heaters and tables for a tailor training school, so the women can work in the winter and at tables instead of on the concrete floor. Collins Shields also served as executive director for OPUS Archives and Research Center in Santa Barbara, Calif., and grew the organization to a thriving program level before returning “home” to Tucson. Collins Shields serves on the boards of the Karuna Center for Peacebuilding; the Joseph Campbell Foundation; and Quantum Leaps, Inc. — an international collaboration on women’s entrepreneurship and advancement. She’s also completed certification as a peace builder from the School for International Training, which uses the program CONTACT (Conflict Transformation Across Cultures). She

is spearheading the application of that program in the United States for the Karuna Center. Given Collins Shields’ passion for cross-cultural issues and the rights of women, she is a great fit for the College of SBS. Elise and her husband, Creston, pledged a planned gift to the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies, and the School of Journalism; donated to the Women’s Plaza of Honor; and helped sponsor the recent visit of Noam Chomsky. She’s a Magellan Circle member and an SBS advisory board member, where she is the liaison to the National Institute for Civil Discourse. “I think the future of our world is based on how well people understand one another and can interface with other countries and with each other,” says Collins Shields. “I feel very strongly that the social sciences are central to answering that call.” Collins Shields is most impressed with the entrepreneurial and interdisciplinary spirit she has witnessed in the SBS departments and thinks the University of Arizona is one of the finest universities she’s been involved with. “I’m a total fan.”

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On Nov. 5, we held our homecoming bash at The Shanty, our local watering hole. SBS alumni, professors and students enjoyed The Shanty’s beautiful outdoor patio, while digging into some tasty Mexican food. Our homecoming chairwoman was Rowene Aguirre-Medina, an SBS board member and Magellan Circle patron. She is a graduate of the University of Arizona where she earned a bachelor’s degree, with a major in speech communication/ secondary education and a minor in history. Rowene established the Mary Bernard Aguirre Professorship in the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies in honor of her greatgrandmother.

Photos: a) Our homecoming student speaker Erin Clair with Je Tsongkhapa Chair John Olsen. b) Gail Healy, Margy McGonagill, Kristin Almquist, Rowene Aguirre-Medina and former UA Provost Meredith Hay. c) Teresa Vasquez and Vince Vasquez, who is a UA sociology alumnus. d) David Cuillier, the director of the School of Journalism, with Alan Hershowitz and Yvonne Ervin, a UA journalism alumnus and the director of development for the Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry. e) Rowene Aguirre-Medina was our homecoming chairwoman. SBS Dean John Paul Jones III also declared her homecoming queen for the day! Photos by Lori Harwood.

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Our student speaker was Erin Clair, an anthropology and physiology student who traveled last summer to China, Tibet and Mongolia as the field assistant of John Olsen, Regents’ professor in the School of Anthropology. A special thanks to our sponsor, Bill Nugent, who’s not only the proprietor of The Shanty, but is also an SBS alumnus and board member.

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Each SBS unit has chosen an update to share with alumni and friends of the College.

Erin Clair, left, traveled to China, Tibet and Mongolia last summer as Regents’ Professor John Olsen’s field assistant. Erin did her Honors thesis on “Spatial Dynamics of the Earliest Human Occupants of Tibet.”

Anthropology Assistant Professor Stacey Tecot is a biological anthropologist interested in the physiological and behavioral strategies that primates use to cope with dynamic environments. She studies the ways in which species distribute energy in response to changes in their environments to determine how they resolve the competing needs of growth, reproduction and survival. Specifically, she employs hormonal, phenological, ecological and behavioral measures to assess how species mitigate environmental stress. Her research takes place in the field and the lab. When in the field, she works in Ranomafana National Park, a montane

rainforest in southeastern Madagascar. Tecot’s new LEEP (Laboratory for the Evolutionary Endocrinology of Primates) facility promises to provide unparalleled new perspectives on the energetic aspects of primate behavior and evolution.

Communication The Department of Communication is in its third semester of offering communication classes in Orvieto, Italy, with more than 20 students in the program each semester. In addition to communication courses such as “Nonverbal Communication” and “Intercultural

Communication students taking classes in Orvieta, Italy, traveled to nearby Sienna.

Communication,” students can also take courses in Italian, classics, archaeology, sociology and psychology. When they are not in the classroom, students go on numerous field trips to Rome and throughout Italy, guided by the on-site Italian coordinator. Communication students and instructors rave about their terrific experiences studying, learning and teaching in Italy.

Gender and Women’s Studies The Ph.D. program in the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies, now in its fourth year, continues to grow. The department is also making good progress on its development campaigns — the Women’s Plaza of Honor and the Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy Fellowship — in support of the program. They recently dedicated the Hispanic Women’s Garden, the African American Women’s Arch, and the Native American Women’s Arch, signaling the achievement of major fundraising goals for the Plaza. Meanwhile, “Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy’s Interdisciplinary, Queer Career,” a panel at the 2011 American Studies Association conference, honored Kennedy’s contributions to the fields of American studies, women’s studies, and LGBTQ studies.

Geography and Development The new Master’s in Development Practice (MDP) brings together talented students and faculty who have dedicated themselves to

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Turkana preschool children. UA Research Anthropologist Tim Finan has spent years helping evaluate school feeding programs in developing countries. Finan is the director of the new Master’s in Development Practice.

reducing the grinding impacts of global poverty and to defining the pathways to enhanced well being for the under-resourced. The Arizona MDP draws from a cross-college pool of expertise and reflects Arizona’s deep commitment to the broader global community. In the program, students complete development-focused course work in the areas of public health, the social sciences, the natural sciences, and management. The program also features a field practicum that provides students with hands-on learning in an ongoing development project. To learn about sponsoring a deserving student, contact Ginny Healy at 520-621-3938.

History Professor Benjamin H. Irvin was a finalist for the $50,000 2012 George Washington Book Prize for his book “Clothed in Robes of Sovereignty: The Continental Congress and the People Out of Doors,” published by Oxford University Press. The prize recognizes the past year’s best books on the nation’s founding era, especially those that have the potential to advance broad public understanding of American history. The jury praised “Clothed in Robes of Sovereignty” as a “well-researched and imaginatively conceived work” that “provides a lively narrative and a fascinating window onto the relationship between America’s political leaders in the Congress and the people.”

Information Resources and Library Science The Knowledge River (KR) Alumni Network Mentorship Program was launched in early 2012 with KR alumni serving as mentors to the current KR students. The program, designed by a task force of KR alumni, facilitates the professional development of Knowledge River scholars through partnerships and training to support career planning, networking, and leadership development. An important component of KR’s Institute of Museum and Library Services Grant,

the mentorship program has the potential to help Knowledge River continue to be recognized as a leader in the development of information professionals serving Latino and Native American communities.

Journalism The School of Journalism received a $19,200 grant from the Gannett Foundation for a three-course, two-semester sequence that will strengthen the publication design skills of students wishing to move into careers in visual journalism. The grant is part of a partnership between the School of Journalism and The Arizona Republic, which is adding several dozen visual journalists to its ranks. The Arizona Republic has established a design center in Phoenix that will serve Gannett publications in the western United States. Funds enable the School of Journalism to teach a publication design course twice a year and offer extra guidance to students in school media courses that produce two community newspapers with dedicated websites.

Government and Public Policy The School of Government and Public Policy is launching the Graduate Certificate in Collaborative Governance this fall. The program prepares graduate and professional students to manage effectively across organizational boundaries in cross-sector networks, in interagency and intergovernmental settings, and in public/private partnerships. The courses cover many policy areas, including environmental and natural resource management, public health, social service delivery, urban planning and economic development. The certificate can be earned in less than one year by taking a sequence of three online courses and a series of intensive workshops on collaborative skill building and conflict management. The courses are designed and taught by faculty renowned for their practice and scholarship in collaborative governance.

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developments in sbs Judaic Studies The Arizona Center for Judaic Studies recently received a $50,000 gift from David and Andrea Stein to support a Visiting Professorship in Modern Israel Studies for 2012-2013. The Center is also pleased to announce its new Graduate Certificate in Judaic Studies, which has three foci: history and culture of ancient Israel; modern Jewish history and culture; and gender and Jewish studies. Students may focus on one of these fields or may create a combination of courses that will serve as the basis for a broad synthesis within the field of Judaic studies.

Late Medieval and Reformation Studies On March 7, Dino DeConcini and Beth Murfee DeConcini opened their home to help raise funds for the Ora DeConcini Martin and Morris Martin General Reformation Endowment, which supports Division doctoral students writing their dissertations. The Division for Late Medieval and Reformation Studies hopes the endowment, which presently stands at $125,000, can reach $540,000. Speakers at the crowded event included Beth Murfee DeConcini, Susan Karant-Nunn, Dean John Paul Jones III, Richard Duffield, Danielle Thu

Students in the Knowledge River Program in the School of Information Resources and Library Science.

and Dino DeConcini. The Dean remarked that the Division is the only unit in the College staffed entirely by “titled” faculty — one occupying the Heiko A. Oberman Chair and the other a Regents’ Professorship. Dino DeConcini told the guests that even small amounts of money can be extremely useful to units.

Latin American Studies This past year, the Center for Latin American Studies presented the “Borderlands Community Film Series,” which brings films about border issues to Tucson’s southside. The films are

shown for free in El Pueblo Neighborhood Center, offering the Latino and immigrant residents of the surrounding neighborhoods the opportunity to engage in topics relevant to their lives. The series included the award-winning work of international directors as well as local filmmakers like LuisCarlos Davis (“389 Miles”). Directors Luis Argueta (“AbUSed: The Postville Iowa Raid”) and Carlos Hagerman (“Los Que Se Quedan/Those Who Remain”) answered questions from the audience. The Center is proud to foster discussion about complex issues through this bilingual film series and is raising funds to continue the series in 2012-2013.

Photos (At left): Maggy Zanger visits a forward operating base in Jalalabad before boarding a helicopter to Kabul. The UA journalism professor is the project director on a $1 million grant to help the University of Nangarhar set up its own journalism program. (Below): A still from “389 Miles,” one of the films shown in the “Borderlands Community Film Series.” The film, which can be viewed on YouTube, is by SBS alumnus LuisCarlos Davis.

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developments in sbs City,” written by Lydia Otero, an associate professor in the Department of Mexican American Studies (MAS), has been named winner of a Southwest Book Award from the Border Regional Library Association. The University of Arizona Press recently published “Earth Wisdom: A California Chumash Woman,” a book by MAS Professor Yolanda Broyles-González and Pilulaw Khus, a Native American activist from California’s Central Coast. Broyles-González’s analysis explores “re-Indianization” and highlights the newly emergent Chumash research of the last decade. Micaya Clymer, Muriel Fisher and Jessamyn Schertz, members of the UA linguistics research team, at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig on the island of Skye measuring aerodynamic pressure while pronouncing unique sounds in Scottish Gaelic.

Linguistics Professor Andrew Carnie and Scottish Gaelic native speaker Muriel Fisher have put together a partnership to scientifically document and provide materials for this highly endangered language. Along with their colleagues Diana Archangeli, Michael Hammond, Natasha Warner and Adam Ussishkin, they have just embarked on their third National Science Foundationfunded investigation of the language. The Hiaki (Yaqui) language research group directed by Professor Heidi Harley is working with a precious and unique archive. Group member Maria Leyva conducted interviews with elders in the 1970s in which they recalled their experiences during the Mexican revolution when many Hiakis were forced from their homeland.

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Middle Eastern Studies In 2011, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) awarded travel grants to 10 UA graduate students to attend workshops or present papers at professional conferences. Paper titles included: “Perpetual Victims and Perpetrators: An Analysis of the [Iranian] Film Four Wives — One Man,” “Banning YouTube in Turkey: Banning a Digital Public Sphere or Protecting Against Digital Colonialism?,” and “The The photo “Satellite Dishes and Minarets” is part of the Center for Unseen Hand of War: Effects Middle Eastern Studies photography exhibit called “Transitions,” which of Violence on Maternal is open through mid-December 2012. The photo was taken by Michael Zaccaria, adjunct instructor with the School of Middle Eastern and Health in Iraq (2003 to 2008).” North African Studies, in Instanbul, Turkey. Students also organized a Middle East Studies Middle Eastern and Association conference North African Studies panel titled “Contemporary The Southwest Initiative for the Study of Middle Approaches to the Study East Conflicts (SISMEC) in the School of of Middle East Conflicts.” Middle Eastern and North African Studies coCMES hopes to raise sponsored a panel with the American Institute more funds to continue of Maghribi Studies titled “Anatomy of a Tipping supporting students’ Point,” which compared the Libyan and Syrian professional development. conflicts of 2011. In November, SISMEC helped the Arizona Center for Judaic Studies with its “Symposium on U.S.-Israeli Relations,” and in December presented the first SISMEC panel at

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developments in sbs the Middle East Studies Association conference in Washington D.C., which included graduate students’ papers on “New Approaches to Middle Eastern Conflict.” This spring SISMEC worked with the UA OLLI Continuing Education program to contribute two sessions on the Arab Spring. And SISMEC also partnered with student groups in the UA College of Law to organize a panel titled “Drones: The Past, Present and Future of the New American Way of War.”

Philosophy In the summer of 2012, the Department of Philosophy will host a National Endowment for the Humanities Institute on Experimental Philosophy. Experimental philosophy is a growing field in which researchers explore how and why people think about philosophical issues the way they do. Experimental philosophy has grown rapidly over the last several years, but evaluating, conducting and teaching work in experimental philosophy requires skills that are not currently part of professional training for philosophers. The Institute, co-directed by Philosophy Professor Shaun Nichols, is designed to enable participants to use experimental philosophy as teachers, practitioners and critics.

SBS Research Institute SBSRI welcomes new Director Cecile McKee, Research Support Manager Beth Stahmer, and Graduate Research Assistant Diane Daly. In the 2012 spring grant competition, 41 proposals from 10 departments were submitted, providing an exciting window into the spectrum of research pursued in the College of SBS. SBSRI awarded 19 grants, including three Faculty Small Grants, one Professorship, seven Dissertation Research Grants, five Pre-Doctoral Research Grants and three Summer Workshop for Advanced Graduate Students Grants. Please visit SBSRI’s website for more information.

Sociology Associate Professor Erin Leahey received funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for her project “Recipes for Scientific Success.” Leahey, along with Professor Charles Ragin and Cindy Cain, a graduate research assistant, are analyzing a sample of semiautobiographical essays written by prominent scientists using Ragin’s method, fuzzy-set

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Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA). By incorporating scientists’ own perspectives on their success, Leahey and her colleagues supplement traditional models of success (which emphasize the utility and novelty of a scientist’s work) by elaborating on other themes, including luck, relationships and overcoming challenges. Professor Joseph Galaskiewicz’s recent NSF-funded work examines the effects of the recession on organizational closures in Phoenix and whether these closures impacted residents’ health and well being. With the results from this research, policy makers may be able to better motivate providers to locate/stay in underserved areas and to ensure organizationally rich neighborhoods for its citizens.

interested in being a mentor or in sponsoring a youth ($100 per youth), please contact Corey Knox at cknox@email.arizona.edu.

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The Southwest Center The cover story of the April 12th issue of Tucson Weekly featured Maribel Alvarez, associate research social scientist in the Southwest Center, and her work of over 15 years, collecting, analyzing and interpreting the image of the “Sleeping Mexican” (the most notorious Mexican stereotype). Alvarez has lectured widely on this subject and applies a sophisticated semiotic and cultural historical analysis to this simple touristic object/image. Alvarez defines herself, in part, as a versatile, engaged public intellectual, working both ends of the University’s land-grant mission: deepening knowledge and sharing it publicly. Among her other major projects, Alvarez serves as program director of Tucson Meet Yourself and as trustee at the Library of Congress’ American Folklife Center.

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complexities of dealing with passengers and co-workers, but it also helped him get the job. “The first thing they did was bring me into a group interview and have us discuss a topic and problem solve,” says Menges. “I remember thinking, ‘I just learned this last month!’ My degree 100 percent got me that job.” Menges, who lives on the East Coast but travels extensively for his work, was able to attend the Magellan Circle breakfast this year and meet one of his students. “The students are so impressive. It’s really nice to see people who are that motivated and interested in their education,” Menges says. “And it is very fulfilling to see that you are making a difference in people’s lives.”

SIROW is expanding its outreach, service and research to include working with 60 Native American and Hispanic youth (grades 3-8) in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Partnering with other UA colleges and departments, a local community organization, two public schools, and the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, the project will provide a mentoring program along with informal science education (field trips). The three-year project funded by NSF also includes a research component that allows SIROW to assess the effectiveness of the program. SIROW is looking for adults to serve as mentors and to engage in program activities with these youth. If you are

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givingWAYS The Department of Sociology received a $375,000 gift from the Margaret Conrad Trust for a scholarship endowment in the names of Frederick A. and Margaret S. Conrad. The Shaol Pozez Memorial Lectureship Series in the Arizona Center for Judaic Studies is made possible by the generous support of the Pozez families. The Department of Communication received a gift of more than $180,000 from the estate of Robert D. and Nancy Wickwire to support research on alcoholism. The Women’s Plaza of Honor now houses an arch dedicated to the impact of Native American women. Each of the 22 federally recognized tribes in Arizona nominated a woman or women from their tribe to honor. In addition, UA President Eugene G. Sander started a campaign to honor Regent LuAnn Leonord in the Plaza. Leonard is the first Native American to be appointed to the Arizona Board of Regents.

Arch and Laura Brown, who are longtime supporters of the Hopi Children’s Reader, said, “The Hopi Children’s Reader is wonderful. Years ago, Emory Sekaquaptewa explained to us his vision of introducing and promoting the ancient Hopi language to Hopi children at an early age in order to reinforce the use of his original Hopi dictionary. We infectiously caught his enthusiasm and are proud to have helped support its consummation. The artwork is beautiful and telling. We are happy that one less language and its inherent culture will expire because of Emory’s vision!” Like us on Facebook! Join our SBS community for all the latest and greatest news and events from the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Join in the discussion! Tell us what you think about SBS research, comment on videos, and give us your suggestions for SBS-sponsored events. To find us, go to Facebook and search for “University of Arizona College of Social and Behavioral Sciences.”

SBS Presents “Democracy Month” In advance of the election this year, SBS is turning its sights on the topic of democracy. Plans include a forum on the meaning of freedom, a panel of political pundits commenting on the presidential election, a set of political debates cosponsored by Arizona Public Media, a book reading and a movie screening at The Loft Cinema. Details will be posted at: http://web.sbs.arizona.edu/college/democracy

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College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Departments, Schools and Other Units School of Anthropology Barbara Mills bmills@email.arizona.edu 520-621-2585 http://anthropology.arizona.edu/ Department of Communication Chris Segrin segrin@email.arizona.edu 520-621-1366 http://comm.arizona.edu/ Department of Gender and Women’s Studies Miranda Joseph mirandaj@email.arizona.edu 520-621-7338 http://gws.arizona.edu/ School of Geography and Development Carl Bauer cjbauer@email.arizona.edu 520-621-1652 http://geography.arizona.edu/ School of Government and Public Policy Brint Milward milward@email.arizona.edu 520-621-7600 http://sgpp.arizona.edu/ Department of History Kevin Gosner kgosner@email.arizona.edu 520-621-1586 http://history.arizona.edu/ School of Information Resources and Library Science Bryan Heidorn heidorn@email.arizona.edu 520-621-3565 http://sirls.arizona.edu/ School of Journalism David Cuillier cuillier@email.arizona.edu 520-626-9694 http://journalism.arizona.edu/ Arizona Center for Judaic Studies Ed Wright edwright@email.arizona.edu 520-626-5759 http://judaic.arizona.edu/

Division for Late Medieval and Reformation Studies Susan Karant-Nunn karantnu@email.arizona.edu 520-626-5448 http://dlmrs.web.arizona.edu/ Center for Latin American Studies Linda Green lbgreen@email.arizona.edu 520-626-7242 http://clas.arizona.edu/ Department of Linguistics Simin Karimi karimi@email.arizona.edu 520-621-6897 http://linguistics.arizona.edu/ Department of Mexican American Studies Antonio Estrada aestrada@email.arizona.edu 520-621-7551 http://mas.arizona.edu/ Center for Middle Eastern Studies Anne Betteridge anneb@email.arizona.edu 520-621-5450 http://cmes.arizona.edu/ School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies Scott Lucas sclucas@email.arizona.edu 520-626-9562 http://menas.arizona.edu/ Department of Philosophy Christopher Maloney maloney@email.arizona.edu 520-621-5045 http://philosophy.arizona.edu/ Center for the Philosophy of Freedom David Schmidtz schmidtz@email.arizona.edu 520-621-3129 http://freedomcenter.arizona.edu/ SBS Research Institute Cecile McKee mckee@email.arizona.edu 520-621-2188 http://sbsri.sbs.arizona.edu/

Department of Sociology Albert Bergesen albert@email.arizona.edu 520-621-3531 http://sociology.arizona.edu/ The Southwest Center Joseph Wilder jwilder@email.arizona.edu 520-621-2484 http://swc.arizona.edu/ Southwest Institute for Research on Women Sally Stevens sstevens@email.arizona.edu 520-621-7338 http://sirow.arizona.edu/

Advisory Board 2012 Steve Lynn, Chair John Paul Jones III, Dean Rowene Aguirre-Medina Betsy Bolding Esther N. Capin Earl H. Carroll Michael Chihak (Honorary) Elise Collins Shields Richard Duffield (Honorary) Michael Dunne Gerald Geise Pam Grissom Jan Harelson G. Alfred “George” Kennedy Jan Konstanty Jan Lesher Lisa Lovallo Fletcher McCusker Alberto Moore Bill Nugent John W. Olsen (Honorary) James Gordon Patterson Selma Paul Marks (Honorary) Entisar “Vivi” Sabbagh Anthony Vuturo Gwen Weiner Patty Weiss (Honorary) Edward Wright

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2012 Issue The Karabots Foundation and the Keatings Support the Excavation of the Birthplace of Zeus The Omidyar Network Bids on Civil Discourse The Michael Bonine Memorial Travel and Research Award The Lewis and Clark Fellowships in Paleoanthropology Expanding Horizons: Journalism Students Study Abroad Karl Eller Backs the Freedom Center Community Connections Food Fight: The W.K. Kellogg Foundation Invests in Food Security Magellan Circle Updates Stepping Up Support for Students Profile: Elise Collins Shields Homecoming 2011 Departmental Updates Giving Ways/Democracy Month 2012