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College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Volume 14, Issue 3 December 2012 Student Activities ECONOMICS Ozlem Barin (advisor Ihsuan Li) was awarded a Foundation Grant for, “An Analysis of Labor, Infrastructure, and Education Issues Brought By the North Dakota Oil Boom,” November 2012. Jongha Jung (advisor Ken Park) was awarded an IRC Supply Grant for his paper, “Testing the Capitol Asset Pricing Model (CAPM),” November 2012. GOVERNMENT Dr. Fred Slocum, Dr. Kevin Parsneau, Joe Ebbinga, Will Lomker, and Ben Shakespear attended the Minnesota Political Science Association Conference at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, November 10, 2012. Child Welfare Training System program. This mandated training for all new Child Welfare county employees and this is the first time that MnDHS has allowed students to complete this program before graduation, October 2012. The Department of Social Work recognized several students who had previously received scholarships and/or were BSSW and MSW Title IV-E Child Welfare Scholars at the Annual Social Work Honors Day 2012, November 2, 2012. Leah Elbert, Tiffany Breckenridge, and Sarah Sater were honored as Social Welfare Scholars Joe Ebbinga, Dr. Kevin Parsneau, Dr. Fred Slocum, Will Lomker, and Ben Shakespear at the Minnesota Political Science Conference SOCIAL WORK Ravy Elizabeth Lieng and David Wentzel will be completing their bachelor’s degrees by completing their social work practicum working with children and families in the military, November 2012. Kelsey Pilcher and Jackie DeFrance were members of the first group of BSSW students in the Mn Child Welfare BSSW Consortium to participate in the MnDHS 1 SOCIOLOGY AND CORRECTIONS Dan Flaaen, a former MSU graduate student, now at the University of Wisconsin-Richland Center, presented, “We’re “Fed” Up and Tea’d Off: Frame Analysis of the Tea Party Movement,” at the Joint Meetings of the Sociologists of Minnesota, Wisconsin Sociological Association and the Wisconsin Political Science Association in River Falls, WI, October 2012. Heather Bradford presented, “Fences and Frames: How Power and Opportunity Limit Reproductive Rights Frames,” at the Joint Meetings of the Sociologists of Minnesota, Wisconsin Sociological Association, and the Wisconsin Political Science Association in River Falls, WI, October 2012. Elisabeth Marie-Joy Mumford presented, “Females in a Male Dominated Space,” at the Joint Meetings of the Sociologists of Minnesota, Wisconsin Sociological Association and the Wisconsin Political Science Association in River Falls, WI, October 2012. College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Good News Rachel Verde presented, “The Role of Collective Identity and Sociological Association and the Wisconsin Political Science Emotions in the Animal Rights Movement,” at the Joint Association in River Falls, WI, October 2012. Meetings of the Sociologists of Minnesota, Wisconsin Faculty and Department Activities Hamburg Germany. Haus Rissen is a non-partisan and private institute for civic education founded in 1954. The lecture was cosponsored by the U.S. Consulate in Hamburg. The audience was primarily composed of Bundeswehr (German) and U.S. Army officers training together in the Joint Command, November 5, 2012. ECONOMICS Phillip Miller was elected to be the vice president of the Missouri Valley Economics Association, Fall 2012. Phillip Miller was interviewed by ESPN.com regarding the lockout of NHL players that is ongoing, November 2012. GOVERNMENT Tomasz Inglot participated in a special international and interdisciplinary seminar on the “Cold War and the Welfare State” at the Nobel Peace Institute in Oslo, Norway. He presented a paper, “Western Welfare States Watched from the East During the Cold War: Condemnation, Competition, and Creative Learning, November 11-14, 2012. Joseph Kunkel delivered the keynote address for the Fulbright Alumni Association Welcome Meeting at the International School, Frankfurt, Germany. He spoke on the topic of: "The 2012 U.S. Election: How We Got Here, What Happened and What Comes Next?" The audience was composed approximately 60 Fulbright alumni; Germans who had studied or researched in the U.S. and a few Americans currently on Fulbright appointments in Germany, November 10, 2012. Joseph Kunkel was interviewed by Annette Helfman of the Lohrer Echo, Lohr Germany about his visit with relatives in the Kunkel's ancestral village of Wiesthal and his week-long tour of Germany lecturing on the U.S. elections, November 5, 2012. Joseph Kunkel spoke to Mankato Area Lifelong Learners giving "Post-election Analysis" at Bethel Baptist Church, November 15, 2012. Pat Nelson was awarded a Faculty Improvement Grant to complete her terminal degree at Walden University, November 5, 2012. Fred Slocum gave a talk on Southern politics to a collegelevel, Concurrent Enrollment U.S. Government class, Saint Peter High School, Saint Peter, November 21, 2012. The Law Enforcement Program honored faculty and students for the 100% passing rate of students who have written the Police Officers Standards and Training (POST) exam, November 7, 2012. Joseph Kunkel spoke on "Understanding the U.S. Election and What It Means" at Martin- Behaim Gymnasium (high school) in Nuremberg, Germany. The audience was composed of about 100 students in their last year of gymnasium, November 7, 2012. Joseph Kunkel spoke on "Understanding the U.S. Election and What It Means" at Hans Sachs Gymnasium (high school) in Nuremberg, Germany. The audience was composed of about 100 students in their last year of gymnasium, November 7, 2012. Joseph Kunkel was one of three experts giving morning postelection commentary at a breakfast gathering of business people and others at Rödl & Partner in Nuremberg, Germany. The audience was composed primarily of employees and owners of businesses, November 6, 2012. Joseph Kunkel was one of three experts giving evening preelection commentary and Q & A as part of an Election Night Party at the Deutsch Amerikanisches Instute (German American Institute) in Nuremberg, Germany. The audience was composed of Germans of various ages, students and Americans abroad, November 5, 2012. PSYCHOLOGY Kathy Bertsch was awarded a Fall 2012 Faculty Research Grant, “Assessing the Correlation Between Least Restrictive Environment and Educational Outcomes for Students with Disabilities,” November 2012. SOCIAL STUDIES Clark Johnson was awarded a Faculty Improvement Grant for visiting MSU-Partner Scandinavian universities to learn about study-abroad for SBS Students and meeting with social studies educators to learn about civic education and assessing critical thinking, November 5, 2012. SOCIAL WORK Michelle Alvarez was awarded a Faculty Improvement Grant to attend a 2-week higher education leadership seminar in Boston, MA, titled, “Management Development Program,” at Harvard University, November 5, 2012. Nancy Fitzsimons was awarded a Faculty Improvement Grant to participate in a Green Dot Violence Prevention Institute, Four-Day Instructor Certification Training to become a certified Green Dot instructor, November 5, 2012. Joseph Kunkel delivered a lecture entitled "Election 2012 and the Direction of U.S. Politics" at Haus Rissen in 2 College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Good News The Department of Social Work held their Annual Social Work Honors Day 2012 to honor alums, students, and the social work profession, November 2, 2012. Carol Goodemann at the Annual Social Work Honors Day SOCIOLOGY AND CORRECTIONS Steve Buechler presented a keynote address, “Sociology, Social Movements and the Prospects for Democratization,” at the October 2012 Joint Conference of the Sociologists of Minnesota, the Wisconsin Sociological Association and the Wisconsin Political Science Association in River Falls, Wisconsin, October 2012. Steve Buechler published a peer-reviewed, revised version of the above keynote address titled, “Movements + Elections = Democracy,” at The Society Pages: Social Science That Matters, November 2012. Steve Buechler has three forthcoming articles, “Mass Society Theory,” “New Social Movements and New Social Movement Theory,” and “Strain and Breakdown Theories,” in The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements edited by David A. Snow, Donatella Della Porta, Bert Klandermans, and Doug McAdam which will be published in February 2013. Steve Buechler’s book, “Understanding Social Movements: Theories from the Classical Era to the Present,” was named on of Choice Magazine’s Outstanding Academic Books of 2011, November 2012. Barbara Carson’s, “Teaching Restorative Justice to Education and Criminal Justice Majors,” was accepted in the Contemporary Justice Review, 2013. James Robertson’s, “What Will Be the Legacy of Dee Farmer for Transgendered Prisoners?” was published in Correctional Law Reporter, December 2012. James Robertson’s, “Exchanging Sex for Protection: Do the PREA Standards Legitimate ‘Shielding’ Arrangements Between Inmates?” was published in the Correctional Law Reporter, October 2012. James Robertson’s, “The Constitution in Protective Custody: An Analysis of the Rights of Protective Custody Inmates,” was cited in the U.S. Court of Appeals of the 5th Circuit in Morgan v. Hubert in its ruling regarding the use of protective custody in prison, November 2012. URBAN AND REGIONAL STUDIES Raymond Asomani-Boateng was awarded a Faculty Improvement Grant to improve and update the contents of MSU Ghana Study Abroad Program by identifying and visiting exciting study sites and activities, November 5, 2012. Beth Wielde-Heidelberg was awarded a Fall 2012 Faculty Research Grant, “Preserving Ghosts: Integrating a City’s Haunted History into Modern Planning and Design,” November 2012. College and Related Activities The College of Social and Behavioral Sciences honored four advisors for their extraordinary, distinguished, and special services at an award ceremony, November 13, 2012. Ginger Schmid (Geography), Tony Filipovitch (Urban and Regional Studies), Paul Mackie (Social Work), and Pedro Thomas (Corrections) 3