East Carolina University, where he was
also the first distinguished professor of
arts and sciences. In 1978, he founded
the internationally acclaimed magazine
Tar River Poetry.
books of poetry, including "If Lan-
guage" (2005), a collection of 56 para-
graph-length anagrams, and "The
Others Raised in Me" (2009), a se-
quence of 150 "plunderverse" poems
created by deleting words and letters
from William Shakespeare's sonnet
150.
Bonaventure in 2002. Murphy returned
to campus to visit creative writing
classes and give a reading.
career advice and options
jors had an opportunity March 14 to
learn about career options during a
panel discussion in the Hall of Fame
Room. The following sociologists par-
ticipated on the panel: Jeff Reed and
Gary Abraham, local lawyers; Lisa Ok-
erlund from the Council on Addiction
Recovery Services; Dr. Randy John
from the Seneca-Iroquois National Mu-
seum; Dr. Roger Keener, director of
SBU Wellness Center; and Jamie Ryder,
an SBU graduate from the class of 2005
who works with AmeriCorps. Bruce
Campbell was also present to discuss
the SBU graduate counseling program.
speaker and workshop
talk April 27 on "Political Evil: Post-
Arendtian Intentionality in Studies of
Sovereign Violence and Mass Atrocity,"
then held a workshop with Interna-
tional Studies faculty members April
28. The workshop was an opportunity
for the 10 contributing faculty mem-
bers to consider further enhancements
of the program and its curriculum. In-
ternational Studies is a recently initi-
ated major. The very first students to
graduate with the degree did so this
year. The major has witnessed rapid
ception and enrolls some 20 majors. A
new program of minor studies has also
been initiated.
of International Studies students in his
career, is Edward Diggs Endowed Pro-
fessor in the Department of Political
Science at Virginia Tech, where he also
is a faculty member in Virginia Tech's
programs in Government and Interna-
tional Affairs, The Alliance for Social,
Political, Ethical and Cultural Thought,
and the Institute for Governance and
Accountability.
books, numerous articles, as well as
two books on pedagogy and teaching,
Weisband's talk was part of his work
on genocide, crimes against humanity,
and political evil.
learner-centered education
2012 winner of The Political Science
Award, presented his senior capstone
paper "Immigration and the Determi-
nants of Welfare Generosity" at the
New York State Political Science Asso-
ciation meeting. Dr. Bart Lambert,
Bremmer's capstone paper adviser, ac-
companied him to the conference.
stipends for blogging about internship
and study abroad experiences. Ashley
Oliver blogged about her fall internship
in Washington, D.C., and Mike Terry
blogged about his semester in London,
England. Additionally, the department's
internship coordinator, Dr. Bart Lambert,
set up a meeting with representatives
from the university's two Washington in-
ternship programs -- The Washington
Center and SUNY Brockport semester in
Washington program. The department
encourages its students to pursue intern-
ship possibilities.
Nashville and a current member of
SBU's Board of Trustees, presented a
well-attended talk on the importance of
public service -- and options to exer-
cise it in the political realm. In addi-
Dana DiSomma, who is working as an
operational marketing executive for the
multi-national cosmetics company In-
tercos, discussed how a political science
degree prepares students for a wide
array of careers in an increasingly glob-
alized world.
new technologies, internships
and research opportunities
Twenty-First Century," faculty in the
Department of History started several
initiatives that introduced students to
new technologies in the classroom, gave
students hands-on experience in using
new digital equipment and programs,
and developed new ways in which fac-
ulty and students can collaborate on re-
search.
eral students worked with professors as
research assistants during the year.
Student Leah Brownstein assisted Dr.
Thomas Schaeper, professor of history,
with two projects: deciphering an 1801
travel journal written by Benjamin
Franklin's grandnephew Jonathan
Williams Jr., and piecing together frag-
ments about the biography of World
War I veteran and Olean native Priv.
Frederick A. Kittleman. Student Jason
Mahar aided Dr. Elise Devido, assistant
professor of history, in compiling a biog-
raphy of Buddhist monk and spiritual
leader Thich Nhat Hanh. Rachel Ro-
driguez was a research assistant for a
manuscript about Jack Kirby that Dr.
Phillip Payne, professor of history, is
working on with Paul Spaeth, and she
read a draft of a manuscript Payne is
working on about the 1920s stock mar-
ket bubble and 1929 market crash.
Women's Study Program, was aided by
student Amber Cheladyn in her research
into the profile of masculinity which
George Washington embodies. Student
Lauren Perkins helped Dr. Maddalena
Marinari, assistant professor of history,
on an article about the opposition to the
passage of the 1952 Immigration Act, as
well as a bibliography of books published
about American immigration history.