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February 2011 Founders' Day Convocation
Two current and one former member of the Political Science Department were honored during Founders' Day Convocation:
Award for Excellence in Research
Associate Professor of Political Science Michaelle Browers received the Award for Excellence in Research. The award is presented annually to an outstanding young scholar in the College.
Jon Reinhardt Award for Distinguished Teaching
Professor of Political Science Helga Welsh received the Jon Reinhardt Award for Distinguished Teaching. The award recognizes an experienced member of the College faculty, distinguished as a teacher in the broadest sense of the word and for exemplifying the ideals of a liberal arts education.
Donald O. Schoonmaker Faculty Award for Community Service
Professor Emerita of Political Science Jack Fleer received the Donald O. Schoonmaker Faculty Award for Community Service. Fleer joined the faculty in 1964 and retired in 2002. The award was established in 1988 by the Wake Forest Alumni Council to recognize extraordinary community service of a respected teacher-scholar from the College or the Calloway School of Business and Accountancy. The award is named in memory of Professor of Politics Donald Schoonmaker.
Other News:
Michaelle L. Browers, Associate Professor of Political Science, has been awarded a prestigious year-long fellowship by the National Endowment for the Humanities. During the academic year 2010-11, she will study and write on Arab Shi'i Political Thought Since 1958: A Generation's Politicization. Her work focuses on a generation of Arab Shi'i intellectuals who studied in Najaf, Iraq, in the 1960s and went on to found some of the most important Shi'i political and social organizations in various Arab countries.
David Coates introduced his new book "Answering Back: Liberal Responses to Conservative Arguments" (Continuum Books, 2010). Click here to access the news story. Judy Woodruff interviewed David Coates on PBS.
Will Walldorf's book Just Politics: Human Rights and the Foreign Policy of Great Powers (Cornell University Press, 2008) was named the best book in International Security by the International Studies Association. Read the interview with Will Walldorf in which he talks about the current state of U.S. human rights policy (posted on Window on Wake Forest, 22 December 2009).
More News Stories:
- Peter Siavelis on politics and immigration
- Sarah Lischer on Western Aid and Famine
- Impact of 9/11
- Middle East and South Asia Program
- Helga Welsh, the value of mentoring http://news.wfu.edu/2011/05/03/the-value-of-mentorship/
- David Coates, article in Huffington Post http://news.wfu.edu/2011/05/03/the-prolific-pundit/
- Peter Siavelis talks about Cuba
- Kathy Smith on Laura Bush and Michelle Obama.
- Kathy Smith on First Ladies in the United States.
- David Coates, Rebecca Matteo and Michael S. Lawlor, debate on pending health care reform.
- Michaelle Browers, teaching political theory.
- David Coates, financial meltdown.
- Katy Harriger, politics, race and the Supreme Court.
- Sarah Lischer, human cost of war.
- Luis Roniger, transcending boundaries.
- Peter Siavelis, President Obama and U.S. Foreign Policy in Cuba and Latin America.
- Helga Welsh and Miki Felsenburg, dealing with a difficult past.