Collegium

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Collegium
INDIANA UNIVERSITY-PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE FALL 2010
Going Native: New Lecture Series Showcases Fort Wayne Natives | p. 14
Passions Pursued: Involvement and Service Increases Chances for Success | p. 16
Hands-on Politics | p. 18
From Prehistory to Insomnia: The Archaeology Connection | p. 20
2010 International Photo Contest third-place photo in the Most Picturesque or Unusual category: "Machu Picchu from the Clouds" taken in Peru by Christopher Bach (student) Other winning photos are provided throughout the Department Spotlights, p. 2-13.
Features
Going Native: New Lecture Series Showcases Fort Wayne Natives | p. 14
Passions Pursued: Involvement and Service Increases Chances for Success | p. 16
Hands-on Politics | p. 18
From Prehistory to Insomnia: The Archaeology Connection | p. 20
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Department Spotlights | p. 2
Alumni Updates | p. 24
Cover Photo: Dinosaur footprints in the dolomudstone bed (Glen Rose Formation, Early Cretaceous) of the Paluxy River, Dinosaur Valley State Park, Glen Rose, Texas, July 2009. Geosciences student Amanda Rose provides the scale. Tracks of both sauropod (big washtub-like depressions) and theropod (three-toed prints) dinosaurs can be seen. For more about the Geosciences field trips, see Department Spotlights, p. 7-8.
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Dear Friend of the
College of Arts and Sciences,
The College of Arts and Sciences (COAS)
is justifiably proud of its alumni. Your
contributions to northeast Indiana and our
larger society serve as wonderful examples
of the value and impact of a liberal arts
education. I am pleased to provide this third
annual issue of Collegium, and I sincerely
hope you will look to COAS as a life-long
resource no matter where your career and
life take you.
In 2009-10, COAS conferred 303
baccalaureate degrees, an increase of
18 percent over 2008-09. The first step
to graduation is the admission of new
students to the college. During fall semester
2010, COAS had 981 new undergraduate
admissions (up 9 percent from 2009) and
80 new graduate admissions (up 28 percent
from 2009). This fall the college is delivering
more than 32,000 credit hours, 63.1
percent of the IPFW total-an increase of
5.4 percent over record levels in 2009.
The college's work extends beyond the
classroom. During 2009, COAS faculty
published 24 books, 30 book chapters, and
143 journal articles-an increase of 20
percent over 2008 levels-which accounts
for 64 percent of aiiiPFW scholarship.
During the 2009-1 0 fiscal year, COAS
faculty received more than $1.4 million
dollars in grant and contract funding, which
matches the college's historical high. Major
awards were received from the Indiana
Department of Transportation, the National
Institutes of Health, and the U.S. Department
of Education.
During the 2010-11 academic year, COAS
will play a central role in two important
university initiatives. IPFW is participating in
the American Association of State Colleges
and Universities' Red Balloon Project. This
year-long national initiative seeks to re­imagine
undergraduate education in the
21st century, collectively address the
challenges of increasing expectations
as funding decreases, and leverage the
traditions of academic collaboration and
creativity to improve public higher education.
Secondly, COAS is committed to supporting
IPFW's participation in the American
Association of Colleges and Universities'
ongoing national initiative, Liberal Education
and America's Promise (LEAP). The LEAP
project challenges the traditional division
between liberal and technical education,
supports general education assessment
and reform, and ultimately hopes to address
the challenges posed by technology and
globalization.
By every measure, the college is growing.
The vibrancy, vitality, and centrality of our
academic programs serve as exemplars
to the rest of the university. As a group of
scholars, teachers, alumni, and citizens,
we are dedicated to the creation of new
knowledge, transference of knowledge
to our students, and expanding our
connections to the academic and cultural
life of northeast Indiana.
Finally, please keep in touch with IPFW,
COAS, and your former department. To that
end, you can now follow COAS events via
Twitter at twitter.com/coasipfw.
I wish you the best in everything you do.
Carl N. Drummond
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
Department Spotlights
Anthropology
Student Projects Abound:
Anthropology faculty
supervised a wide variety of
student projects, research,
and presentations. Assistant
Professor Christopher "Kip"
Andres took two IPFW students,
Leah Jaworskyj (B.S., '09)
and junior Eric Johnson, to
participate in his field school
in Belize. "Out-of-classroom
opportunities are not only about
learning material to accomplish
a career goal, they are also
opportunities to learn about
yourself," Jaworskyj said.
"Literature and thought can
teach people, but when they
are completely removed from
one's own reality and placed
into an environment different
from their own-this is when
they truly understand their
world, their reality, and as a
result, understand the realities
of others ."
Department chair Rick Sutter
worked with five students on
the analysis of human skeletal
remains from the Mt. Auburn
United Methodist Cemetery.
Student participants were Juan
Carlos Gutierrez-Riano (M.S.
'1 0), Amy L. Lehman (B.A. '1 0),
Nancy McVey (B.A. '1 0), Nicole
Staley, and Adrienne Taylor (B.A.
'1 0). These students presented
their research at the Midwest
Archaeological Conference in
201 0; all four undergraduates
are working toward a research
certificate. During summer
2009, Taylor also worked with
Bob McCullough, director of
the archaeological survey, on a
research project that surveyed
the extent of one of the ancient
enclosures in Fort Wayne.
Major Mayan Discovery:
During summer 2009,
anthropology Assistant Professor
Christopher "Kip" Andres and
colleague Gabriel Wrobel
(University of Mississippi)
discovered what might be the
largest previously unreported
Maya center documented in
Belize in the past generation.
Andres and Wrobel took 15
field school students to the
Cayo District of Belize for their
research project-the Caves
Branch Archaeological Survey.
Toward the end of the session,
Andres and Wrobel ventured
into the jungle with local tour
guides and came across a large
Maya site that was built on a
hill and may have been fortified.
With permission from the Belize
Institute of Archaeology, they
later named it Tipan Chen Uitz
(pronounced TEEPAN CHEN
WEETZ), which means "Fortress
Mountain Well" in the Yucatec
Mayan language.
Andres received a grant from
the Indiana University 201 0
New Frontiers in the Arts
and Humanities competition
for $42,480 to fund further
Left: Leah Jaworskyj (B.S. '09) and University of Mississippi student Brandi Dykes excavate stairs at the Maya
site of Deep Valley in 2009. Right: Assistant Professor Christopher "Kip" Andres explores the area around the
newly discovered Maya site of Yaxbe.
research on the site. During
summer 201 0, Andres and
Wrobel took more students,
including Jaworskyj as a lab
director, to Belize to participate
in the field school. With the New
Frontiers grant, they wanted to
gain a better understanding of
the city's extent, when it was
constructed and occupied, and
the features they believe to be
fortifications.
Andres and Wrobel believe the
city combined political, ritual,
and residential functions and
may have been founded late
in classic Maya history. "Our
research area is interesting
because it shows little evidence
of occupation until just before
the Maya 'collapse,"' Andres
said. "Due to this fact, we are
evaluating the possibility that
Tipan Chen Uitz represents a
center that sprung up during a
period of political balkanization
or fragmentation. The possible
presence of fortifications is
significant because it suggests
a volatile political climate may
have existed at this time in this
part of Belize. Our work is timely
because political organization
is a topic of much interest (and
debate) in Maya archaeology."
See photos, left, and more
photos at bit.ly/93uGa2.
Biology
NIH Grant: Associate Professor
Robert Visalli has been awarded
a $220,500 grant from the
National Institutes of Health
(NIH) for a research project
investigating a series of novel
drug candidates that prevent
infectious herpes virus particles
from forming in infected cells.
The new NIH grant will provide
student researchers with
extensive laboratory experience
in molecular virology. Visalli 's
three-year goals include
dissecting how various parts
(proteins) of the virus replication
machinery pack the viral genetic
material (DNA) into a capsid (a
protein shell or "the suitcase")
that together form a virus
particle capable of infecting
new hosts.
"There is a major emphasis
nationwide to involve students in
independent laboratory research
as early as possible in the
curriculum," Visalli said. "Funding
from NIH will provide biomedical­based
research opportunities to
IPFW undergraduate students,"
he continued. "Additionally, the
IPFW graduate program admits
students interested in obtaining
a more in-depth laboratory
research experience that is
on par with research at the
main campuses of Purdue and
Indiana universities. Research
opportunities in molecular
biology and virology are very
limited in this part of Indiana.
Funding from the NIH is essential
to the training of students in
northeast Indiana."
Faculty Updates: Biology is
excited to add two new faculty
this fall. Jordan Marshall is a
plant ecologist working on exotic
plant and insect invasions.
He was a postdoctoral fellow
at Michigan Technological
University, where he worked on
various issues related to invasive
plants and animals. Jennifer
Taylor is a physiologist with
research interests in arthropods
and biomechanics. She was
a postdoctoral fellow at the
University of California, Berkeley.
Postdoctoral fellow John Roe
has accepted a position at the
University of North Carolina at
Pembroke. We wish him and
his family the best as they
commence this next phase in
their lives.
Associate Professor Shree
Dhawale received a Fulbright
fellowship to travel to Manipal
University in India. Dhawale
will teach a graduate-level
biotechnology course and
conduct collaborative research
to assess the level of civic
engagement among students
at Manipal University, a private
institution.
Associate Professor Elliott
Blumenthal is the new assistant
dean for student advising in the
College of Arts and Sciences. His
new responsibilities will include
coordinating advising activities
throughout COAS; helping with
the Student Orientation, Advising,
and Registration (SOAR) program
design and activities; and
addressing issues of academic
success, including identifying
and working with at-risk
students.
New Student Research
Support: The department
is very pleased to announce
that Earthcycle Education has
contributed money to help
fund research by a student
whose focus is on improving
environmental quality. Earthcycle
Education is a new foundation
started by alumna Patricia Oppor
(B.S. '01).
Chemistry department award recipients, left to right:
Zilka, Fridholm, Keck, Tescula, Lash, Bryson, and Chair
and Professor Ron Friedman
Chemistry
201 0 Student Awards:
Kali Fridholm was awarded the
Arthur W. Friedel Scholarship, the
Freshman Chemistry Award, and
the ICUC (First Year) Chemistry
Award. Fridholm also earned
dean 's list and semester honors
during fall semester 2009-her
first term at IPFW.
Chemistry and pre-med major
Matthew Lash was awarded the
Faculty/Alumni Scholarship and
Leepoxy Scholarship. He has
earned dean 's list and semester
honors every term and is a
member of the Chemistry Club
and College Republicans.
The David P. Onwood Scholarship
in Physical Chemistry went
to Matthew Tescula, who is
pursuing a bachelor's degree in
chemistry with the biochemistry
option. He is a member of both
the Chemistry and Pre-Med
clubs and has aspirations to
attend medical school.
A Faculty/Alumni Scholarship
and the Outstanding Student
Affiliate went to Andzela Zilka,
president of the Chemistry
Club. Under her leadership,
the club conducted successful
fundraisers, two invited seminars,
and membership tripled.
The 201 0 Outstanding Chemistry
Major was, by unanimous
departmental faculty vote,
4 I lPFW College of Arts and Sciences I Fall 2010
Jessica A. Bryson (B.S. '1 0).
She plans to attend the National
College of Natural Medicine in
Portland, Ore.
Jason Corah was awarded the
William F. Erbelding Award in
Analytical Chemistry. He is a
member of the Chemistry Club,
aspires to be a middle or high
school science teacher, and has
a bachelor's degree in chemical
engineering from Purdue
University.
A Faculty/Alumni Scholarship and
Outstanding Organic Chemistry
Student Scholarship were
awarded to Zach Szczepanski.
He is also a Chemistry Club
member, undergraduate research
in chemistry participant, and
Supplemental Instruction tutor.
Faculty/Alumni Scholarships
were awarded to the following
students: Alexander Ahmadi,
who has participated in
undergraduate chemistry
research, is a Supplemental
Instruction tutor, and is a
member of the Chemistry and
Pre-Med clubs; Lindsay Bowsher,
who is vice president of the
Chemistry Club, is active in
undergraduate research, and
took a job with Sherry Labs
recently; and Susan Keck, who
enrolled at IPFW after receiving
an associate 's degree in criminal
justice at Ivy Tech Community
College-Northeast.
Communication
Fellowship Award: Associate
Professor Steve Carr was named
a Marcus Center Fellow by the
Jacob Rader Marcus Center of
the American Jewish Archives.
Carr will conduct extensive
research at the American Jewish
Archives in Cincinnati during the
201 0-11 academic year.
"This fellowship is especially
important because it provides
access to some of the most
significant historical collections
in the world related to American
Jewish History," Carr said. The
fellowship will require a month­long
residency at the American
Jewish Archives in Cincinnati.
The Marcus Center's Fellowship
Program was founded with the
intent of creating a forum where
students and scholars of the
American Jewish experience
could gather to research,
discuss, and study their chosen
topics. The program provides
fellows with an opportunity to not
only pursue their own research,
but also interact and exchange
ideas with research peers.
Roundtable Presentation:
Ann Colbert, IPFW's journalism
program coordinator, was invited
to the University of Oxford to
participate in a roundtable
discussion. The theme was
"Women and the Academy."
Colbert's contribution was a
discussion on the way the media
have portrayed women who have
won Nobel Peace Prizes. While in
the U.K. , she also did additional
research.
Communication Sciences
and Disorders
Deaf Culture Event: What's
everyday life like for those
with hearing impairments?
In March, the Department of
Communication Sciences and
Disorders (CSD) hosted "Deaf,
Deaf World" to offer an evening
of immersion into deaf culture.
The event participants travelled
between booths, interacting with
Participants from the 2009 IPFW Pass-Abilities Theatre Camp
New Children's Camp: A
new event, the IPFW Pass­Abilities
Theatre Camp, was
"staged" by CSD students
and faculty during fall break
2009 and earned kudos from
participants and the media.
In conjunction with CSD 405
Computer Applications in
Speech/Language Pathology,
the department hosted a
weekend day camp for
Augmentative and Alternative
Communication (AAC) device
users ages 6-20. An article
about the camp appeared in the
January 28 issue of ADVANCE,
a bi-weekly publication for
speech-language pathologists
and audiologists.
The 2009 camp was free,
thanks to community donations
and a $750 grant from the Eta
Rho chapter of Psi Iota Psi.
Four young people from Allen
County, two from Ohio, and one
from Michigan took part in the
camp.
While the overall focus
of the camp was social
communication, the campers
took part in a "theatre"
production using their
communication devices on
Sunday evening, followed by
a reception for the actors.
Campers received aT-shirt
and a "Donny" award (IPFW's
version of the Tony award)
at the end of the weekend.
Parents painted sets and made
simple costumes. Everyone
agreed that the camp was
a success.
The fall 201 0 IPFW Pass­Abilities
Theatre Camp was
October 8-10, and the Sunday
evening performance, You Are
Special, was based on the
Max Lucado book of the same
name.
members of the deaf community
at each booth. The booths
represented different factors
of everyday life. Participants
could not use spoken language
to communicate; they were
limited to American Sign
Language, other non-sign
language gestures, or as a
last resort, a written message.
The deaf community members
"scored" participants based
on how well the message was
communicated. At the end of
the evening, a guest speaker
from the deaf community led a
discussion about the experience
and prizes were awarded for the
highest scores.
Student Honors and
Awards: Graduating senior
Elizabeth C. Learnard (B.S. '1 0)
was named the Outstanding
CSD Major for 2010. Besides
being an outstanding student,
Learnard was elected president
of ASL PAH! and the Speech and
Hearing Club (SHC), and was
a student worker in the CSD
department for three years. The
Psi Iota Xi Theta Sigma Chapter
in Syracuse, Ind., purchased her
textbooks for graduate school
as a gift.
Senior Megan Bowers was
chosen for the generous
scholarship awarded by the
Anne M. Balentine Foundation.
She will serve as SHC treasurer
this fall. Senior Carlee Andress
was awarded the generous
Downtown (FW) Sertoma William
Doctor Scholarship. Andress'
goal is to provide services to
infants in the neonatal intensive
units and to toddlers, so she can
help to prevent communication
disorders.
Senior Sarah Herendeen
received the Psi Iota Xi Delta
Gamma (FW) Donald Doster
Memorial Scholarship. She will
be the SHC club president in
the fall. Senior Julia Hein was
awarded the Psi Iota Xi-Eta
Rho Chapter (New Haven, Ind .)
Scholarship. She wants to work
in a healthcare setting, serving
pediatric clients. Senior Kirsten
Ferrigan received the Psi Iota
Xi-Theta Theta Chapter (Fort
Front row, left to right: Carlee Andress, Julia Hein, and Megan Bowers.
Back row, left to right: Lucy Hess, Kirsten Ferrigan, Elizabeth Learnard,
Sharon Egly, and Jonathon Dalby. Not pictured: Sarah Herendeen.
2010 l~ternati~nal ~hoto Contest second-place photo in the Most Picturesque or Unusual category: "Eiffel
Tower taken m Pans, by Matthew Amstutz (student)
Wayne) annual CSD Textbook
Award for her scholarship and
for her interest in helping people
with diverse communication
disorders.
Faculty Excellence
Award: Sharon Egly (B.S.
'90), department alumna
and continuing lecturer, is
the recipient of the 201 0
Leepoxy Award for Excellence
in Undergraduate Teaching.
Egly received the award for her
innovative IPFW Pass-Abilities
Theatre Camp for children who
use AAC devices. For more about
the camp, see the spotlight entry
on page 5.
English and Linguistics
Summer Grant Award:
Assistant Professor Troy Bassett
was one of only two Indiana­based
recipients of National
Endowment for the Humanities
(NEH) summer grants in 201 0.
6 I IPFW College of Arts and Sciences 1 Fall 201 o
The NEH Summer Stipend helped
Bassett expand the database,
"At the Circulating Library: A
Database of Victorian Fiction,
1837-1901 ," with the goal
of eventually including every
Victorian novel. Currently, the
online database accounts for all
three-volume novels (totaling
5,300) written between 1835-
97 (see www.victorianresearch.
org/atcl).
"I thought being nominated by
my peers at IPFW for the grant
was a great honor, so winning an
NEH summer stipend is really the
icing on the cake ," Bassett said.
"I feel tremendously grateful
to everyone who supported my
project, and the grant will make
'At the Circulating Library' even
more useful to scholars."
Bassett travelled to London in
July to work on the database.
In addition to the NEH grant,
he received the Fredson
Bowers Award from the U.K.
Bibliographical Society to help
fund his research trip.
Award and Honorarium:
Assistant Professor Rachel Hile
is the first recipient of Disability
Studies Quarterly's Tyler Rigg
Award and honorarium for the
best annual paper on literature/
literary criticism. The award was
for her essay entitled "Disability
and the Characterization of
Katherine in The Taming of
the Shrew."
According to one judge, the
essay is "ground-breaking and
a theoretically rigorous work
on disability and gender in the
early modern period . . . an
outstanding example of the
interpretive power of disability
studies for literature, in general,
and for Shakespeare, in
particular."
Modernizing Medieval
Mysteries: Students in
Assistant Professor Damian
Fleming 's fall semester 2009
Middle English literature class
were able to hone their acting
skills when they were challenged
to re-enact and translate a York
mystery play. This medieval
play cycle consists of 48 plays
covering religious history from
the creation to the last judgment
that were staged on the feast
day of Corpus Christi in the city
of York. The plays follow orthodox
teaching but have a slapstick
edge to them. "While these plays
are a bit controversial today, the
medieval audience wouldn't have
been offended by them ,"
Fleming said.
Fleming asked his class to
translate medieval mystery plays
into modern-day language and
turn those translations into
productions that could help their
classmates better understand
each play's Middle English and
the performance context. "I
wanted the students to take the
same liberties with the material
as the original presenters did.
This assignment was not based
on great theatre, but rather a
way to get students engaged in
material. Presenting the material
in public brought the preparation
up a notch ."
Senior Christopher "C.Ray"
Harvey worked with his group
to enact the story of Adam and
Eve 's fall from grace. "Personally,
I found the activity challenging,
but enjoyable," Harvey said. "Our
task was to reinvent the York
script, a task that requires one
to break down the language and
the intent in order to repackage
it. Going through this process
allowed me to gain a better
understanding of the concerns,
motivations, etc., of the York
authors, especially in terms of
their religious lives." A portion of
Harvey's group project, "The Play
of Adam and Eve," is available at
bit.ly/82vN3c.
Outstanding Research
Award Winner: The IPFW
2009 Outstanding Research
Award was given to Professor
George Kalamaras. As a part
of the award, Kalamaras
presented a special lecture,
"Surrealism Beyond Dali: Poetry
and the Practice of Paradox."
The lecture, an overview of
his research during the past
several decades, discussed
the importance of Surrealist
literature and art beyond the
popular depictions by such
figures as Salvador Dali. A
poet as well as a scholar,
Kalamaras also read some of his
own poems influenced by the
Surrealist movement.
Geosciences
Faculty Research and
News: Professor Anne Argast
has a fairly substantial text about
a kaolinite/smectite interlayer
clay from the Pipe Creek
Sinkhole (PCS) in Grant County,
Ind., awaiting publication. The
clay is particularly interesting
because it is formed by
weathering under conditions
similar to what would be found
in a Mediterranean climate. The
fact that it came from PCS in
sediments about 4-5 million
years old provides important
information about the mid­continent
climate before the
last set of glaciations, and is
consistent with the information
that Professor Jim Farlow
is finding in his research on
contemporaneous frogs and
snakes from the site.
Farlow continues to plug away
on several research projects,
mostly working in collaboration
with IPFW faculty and students
as well as researchers at
other institutions. One project
examines the fossils from the
PCS. A large site description is in
press with the Indiana Geological
Survey, and other recent PCS
publications, including studies
on a new species of fossil
hare, descriptions of carnivore
coprolites, and analyses of stable
isotope geochemistry of the
fossiliferous sediments. Farlow
was also able to return to work
on his Texas dinosaur footprint
and related projects, after having
them on the back burner for
so long due to PCS (see cover
photo). Graduate student Cory
Kumagai is working with Farlow
on shape variability of the feet of
American crocodiles from
Costa Rica.
Student Presentations:
Assistant Professor Benjamin
Dattilo has been working on the
Ordovician stratigraphy of the
Cincinnati region in Kentucky
and southern Indiana with
Assistant Professor Benjamin Dattilo and students from GEOL G420 Regional Geology Field Trip collect rock
samples for conodonts from the base of the Eureka Sandstone near Ibex, Utah, in May 2009. Foreground,
left to right: Courtney Ubben, Phil Bremer, Amanda Straw, Jeffrey Grimm, Zachary Ramey, and Dattilo.
Background, left to right: Amanda Rose, Holly Friddle, and Justin Smith.
Penelope McLorg, gerontology program director, presents Stacy Refner
(B.S. '10, communication sciences and disorders) with the 2010
Gerontology Award for Excellence.
students Michael A. Harrison
(B.S. '08), Nicholas B. Flores (B.A.
'1 0), and Philip A. Bremer. These
students presented posters at the
2009 North Central Section GSA,
and this year, Flores presented
on further developments in
stratigraphy.
Student Trips: During spring
semester 2008, Assistant
Professor Benjamin Dattilo taught
the first section of GEOL G319
Elementary Field Geology, which
included a trip to Michigan 's
Upper Peninsula (UP). This was
a small group: Rachel C. Nyznyk
(B.S. '1 0), Jadda C. Moffett,
and Wayne Rust. Dattilo took
advantage of the small group by
doing a little exploring of the UP.
Highlights of the trip included a
visit to Copper Harbor, Marquette,
Pictured Rocks, and Whitefish
Point. A second trip to the UP, with
a larger group of students, took
place in May and was conducted
with the help of Assistant
Professor Aranzazu Pinan-Llamas.
During spring semester 2009,
Dattilo, with continuing lecturer
8 I IPFW College of Arts and Sciences I Fall 2010
Raymond Gildner, took GEOL
G420 Regional Geology Field
Trip students on a whirlwind tour
through the Colorado Plateau
and Great Basin. They visited
such sights as the Petrified
Forest, Meteor Crater, the Grand
Canyon, Las Vegas, the Arrow
Canyon Range (Nev.), Ibex (Utah),
the Great Salt Lake, and active
Dinosaur digs near Moab, Utah,
and Florissant, Colo. (See a
photograph from the field trip on
the previous page.)
Professor Jim Farlow led trips
to the famous dinosaur footprint
sites of the Glen Rose Formation
(Dinosaur Valley State Park,
Glen Rose, Texas). The field trips
included working on a track site
mapping/photomosaic project with
colleagues from Texas Parks and
Wildlife and paleontologists from
Spain, England, and elsewhere.
New Directions in Learning:
Continuing lecturer Raymond
Gildner has been working on
furthering online education. During
the past two years, he has given
talks around the country, most
recently in Hawaii. This work is
taking an exciting new direction:
mobile learning. The thrust of his
work is exploring and advancing
the usefulness of mobile devices
(cell phones, iPods, iPads, etc.)
in higher education. Although
the work only began during fall
semester 2009, he has already
been asked to talk about it to
other interested parties around
the university.
Gerontology
Program Growth: The
Gerontology Program continues
significant growth in the number
of students pursuing the
gerontology certificate. Enrollment
in the introductory gerontology
course also continues to grow.
The Gerontology Program is one
of the largest certificate programs
in COAS. Recent graduates served
their practicums in locations such
as nursing homes, audiology
practices, in-home services, adult
daycare centers, communication
disorders clinics, or community
centers.
Student Award: The first annual
Gerontology Award for Excellence
was presented at the 2009 COAS
Honors Banquet. The award
honors accomplishment by a
graduating gerontology certificate
student in disciplinary courses,
multidisciplinary courses, and a
practicum field experience. The
201 0 award recipient was Stacy
Refner (B.S. '1 0, communication
sciences and disorders) who is
now pursuing a master's degree
in speech-language pathology
at the University of Oregon, and
plans to continue work with
geriatric clients.
Faculty Updates: Penelope
McLorg, gerontology program
director, has written articles for
health and disability publications
recently and serves as a public
policy representative for the
Association for Gerontology in
Higher Education. Mary Thomas,
limited-term lecturer, is an elder
law attorney who performs
extensive pro bono work and
serves on a variety of community
boards dealing with issues
related to older adults, such as
Alzheimer's disease, caregiving,
and adult daycare. Thomas'
upper-level gerontology course,
Legal and Economic Aspects of
Aging, has been a well -received
addition to the curriculum.
History
Distinguished Lecturer
Series: Chair and Professor
Bernd Fischer was the spring
201 0 COAS Distinguished
Lecturer. A Balkan scholar and
expert on Albania, Fischer gave
a lecture entitled "Albanian
Authoritarian Leaders: Have We
Seen the Last of Them?" in April.
In 2006, Fischer was elected
to the Albanian Academy of
Science, the country's most
prestigious intellectual and
scientific institution. In 2007,
he became a special advisor
to the Albanian Royal Court,
which requested his help to
define a role for the royal family
in the context of a republic. He
is consulted routinely by U.S.
and other government agencies
to analyze the current political
climate in the Balkan region .
The COAS Distinguished
Lecturer Series brings worldwide
expertise to the IPFW community
and northeast Indiana. Every
fall, a world-class scholar
from outside IPFW is invited
to campus. In the spring, one
of IPFW's exceptional faculty
is featured. The Distinguished
Lecturer Series events are free
and open to the public. For more
information, see bit.ly/bZkHWM
Second Annual
Undergraduate Conference:
The Department of History
sponsored its second
annual History Department
Undergraduate Conference in
Walb Student Union in May.
The conference featured three
topic panels: Modernity, Gender,
and Social Engineering; Social
and Cultural History of the Cold
War; and America as a Work in
Progress. Twelve undergraduate
students, 11 of them history
majors, presented papers based
on the research they conducted
in their upper-level history
courses. History faculty members
Christine Erickson, Ann Livschiz,
and David Schuster served as
moderators. Department Chair
Bernd Fischer gave the opening
remarks. Students, parents of
the participants, history and
other COAS faculty, and IPFW
staff members attended the
sessions and participated in the
discussions.
The conference allowed the best
students from the department
to share their research with
a diverse audience. The
department faculty see the
conference as an opportunity
for students-some of whom
will attend graduate school-to
experience conference dynamics
and to develop public-speaking
skills and the confidence that
comes with these skills.
The conference was recorded
by CATV (Frontier Channel
30, Comcast Channel 5).
Check CATV listings for airing
details for the first and second
conferences. The materials from
both conferences will be made
available by Helmke Library on
Opus: Research & Creativity at
IPFW (opus.ipfw.edu).
International language
and Culture Studies
Student Research Award:
Senior German major Jansen
Langle spent much of the
2009-1 0 academic year in
Freiburg, Germany, as one of the
50 DAAD (German Academic
Exchange Service) scholarship
recipients from the United
States and Canada. The DAAD
scholarship is a very prestigious
scholarship awarded once a year
to students with an outstanding
academic record and who have
demonstrated a well-defined
study and research plan for their
stay in Germany.
Langle 's research project
was a discourse analysis of
Freiburg 's efforts on becoming
the "greenest city in Germany."
He investigated how Freiburg 's
collective conscience about the
environment changed and how
this was accomplished through
media. Not only was Langle one
of the 50 scholarship recipients,
he was also one of 1 0 students
asked to write a personal blog
about his or her experiences in
Germany for the DAAD Web site
(daadabroad.wordpress.com/
jansen-langle). During semester
break, he traveled extensively in
Germany and around Europe.
French Scholarship:
Junior Cara Landrigan received
the prestigious Walter Jensen
Scholarship from the American
Association of Teachers of
French (AATF). She is the only
student in the United States to
receive this award. The study
abroad scholarship will allow
2010 International Photo Contest first-place photo in the Favorite Cultural
Interaction category: "After School" taken in Burkina Faso, West Africa,
by Lyndsy Patterson (student)
The 2010 annual Math Alumni
Dinner
her to study in Aix-en-Province,
France, for the 201 0-11
school year.
The scholarship is designed
to help future French teachers
finance a semester or a year
abroad. "The award means a lot to
me because I know I am the only
one in the country to receive it,"
Landrigan said. "The award will
help me in two ways: on a short­term
level, I am receiving money
for studying abroad, and on a
long-term level, I know I will have
access to a national association
of French teachers. But studying
abroad will have both short-term
and long-term effects for me as
well; the experiences I gain while
abroad will stay with me for the
rest of my life."
Mathematical Studies
Graduating Class: Twenty-four
students received B.S. degrees
and three students received
M.S. degrees this year-one of
the largest graduating classes
in mathematics in recent years.
Tim Carson (B.S. '1 0), Nhat
Pham (B.A. '1 0), and Corbin
Yeager (B.S. '1 0) graduated with
distinction. Pham and Yeager also
shared the Maynard J. Mansfield
10 I IPFW College of Arts and Sciences I Fall 2010
Award, given by the department
to the graduating senior who
best demonstrates excellence in
academics and extracurricular
activities during his or her
four years in the department.
Congratulations go out to all our
graduates, as well as best wishes
for the future.
Faculty Spotlight: Professor
Yifei Pan was named a 201 0
Pippert Science Research Scholar.
He won this award in 2001 as
well. This award was established
by Professor Emeritus Raymond
Pippert to support research efforts
in the sciences and mathematics.
Pan is one of the most productive
researchers in the math
department.
Associate Professor Adam
Coffman, Assistant Professor
Yihao Deng, Associate Professor
Peter Dragnev, and Pan hosted
six visiting Scholars-in-Residence
last year: Professors Debraj
Chakrabarti (Notre Dame),
Narasinga Chaganty (Old
Dominion), David Benko (South
Alabama), Johann Brauchart
(Vanderbilt), Nataly Zorii (the
Ukranian Institute), and Yu Yan
(Huntington). Visiting scholars
spend a week on campus doing
research with faculty members
and give at least one colloquium to
the department.
Math Alumni Dinner:
The annual Math Alumni Dinner
was in February (see photo, left).
About 20 math alumni attended,
along with some faculty members,
and they were treated to a
sumptuous meal, good fellowship,
and an entertaining talk by Alex
James (B.A. '02; M.A. '04). James
is a math alumnus and currently
a deputy attorney general for
Indiana. (James is also featured on
page 16 in "Passions Pursued.")
The department hopes the new
Keith Busse Steel Dynamics
Alumni Center will be available for
the next Math Alumni Dinner in
spring 2011 .
Changes: Thedepartme~
welcomed back Professor Marc
Lipman, who stepped down after
serving as the dean of COAS for
seven years. Also returning to the
department is Professor Douglas
Townsend, who is stepping down
as the associate vice chancellor
for academic affairs and director
of graduate studies. Townsend will
serve as the associate chair of
the department again. Associate
Professor William Frederick retired
after completing five years on early
partial retirement. Frederick was
a faculty member in the math and
computer science departments
for many years, and excelled in
teaching, research, and service.
He will be missed. Janet Kruse
retired as department secretary
after 15 years of service. She was
the consummate professional. She
will spend her retirement years
in Arizona. Sheila McFarland is
Kruse's very able replacement.
(See photos at bit.ly/cfcrqe .)
MATHCOUNTS® at IPFW:
Students from six area
schools participated in the
MATHCOUNTS® Anthony
Wayne Chapter Math Contest
in February in the Walb
Student Union Ballroom. The
Department of Mathematical
Sciences and the College of
Engineering, Technology, and
Computer Science co-hosted
the competition. The Raytheon
Corporation is a local sponsor of
MATHCOUNTS®.
Mathletes® from Adams Central
Community School, Canterbury
School, Edgewood Middle
School, St. Vincent DePaul
School, Summit Middle School,
and Woodside Middle School
competed individually and
as teams in written and fast­paced
oral matches. Subjects
included algebra, probability,
statistics, and geometry. Winners
advanced to the Indiana State
MATHCOUNTS® finals at Rose­Hulman
University in Terre Haute,
Ind. (See photos at bit.ly/djzXLY.)
Physics
Student Research: A number
of students in physics are
working on research with their
faculty advisors. All students
worked with Professor Mark
Masters, with Desiderio Vasquez
also advising Drew Elliot.
Senior Robert T. Dill has been
studying Rayleigh scattering
from Argon microclusters in
order to determine the size
of the microclusters. He has
developed a new measurement
technique using interferometry
in conjunction with the Rayleigh
scattering.
Senior Blaine Cox built optical
tweezers that use light to
manipulate microscopic particles
and is using them to study
Brownian motion, the random
motion that all small particles
undergo.
Junior Eric Tomek has produced
dye-doped aerogels (extremely
low-density solids, mostly air)
and is studying their use as a
laser medium and as a
light detector.
Senior Clint Reynolds has been
developing polymeric, solid-state
dye-laser systems and a special
air-bearing system for moving
the plastic laser medium.
Junior Drew Elliott has been
studying theoretical and actual
"chemical waves" in which a
chemical reaction oscillates
between two states and the
reaction propagates through
the chemicals.
Political Science
Model United Nations: Each
February, IPFW's Model UN Club
participates in the Midwest Model
UN in St. Louis. Participating
colleges send at least one
team of students, each team
representing one country of the
world (about 800 students from
approximately 45 colleges). The
purpose is to simulate debate
and negotiation in each of the
various UN bodies and pass
resolutions that propose solutions
to important global problems.
For the third year in a row,
Associate Professor James
Toole has taken a team to
the conference. IPFW team
members included graduate
IPFW students (clockwise) Joe Menze, Joe Magistri, Ley/a Mansour-Cole,
and Amanda McCann, participated in the 2010 National Conference of
College Leaders at Allegheny College in Meadville, Pa.
College Leaders
Conference: Associate
Professor Michael Wolf took
four students to the National
Conference of College Leaders:
Pathways to Civility at the
Center for Political Participation
at Allegheny College in
Pennsylvania.
The IPFW students-Joe Menze,
Joe Magistri, Leyla Mansour­Cole,
and Amanda McCann-did
extremely well in the workshops.
How IPFW's College Republicans
and University Democrats
worked together on a Haiti
earthquake relief concert,
student government funding,
and Homecoming activities
were frequently referred to as
examples of strategies other
campuses could use to build
more civility. The students
contributed frequently and
meaningfully to the workshops
and sessions, often leading
these national student leaders.
Allegheny College's Center for
Political Participation invited
campus leaders from around the
country-particularly college
Republican and Democratic
leaders.
Conference participants listened
to talks on civility in Congress,
conflict resolution, incivility
during the healthcare debate,
and (by Woln how political
disagreement in interpersonal
communication can actually
improve American democracy.
The IPFW group also went on
a dinner and boat cruise trip
as a team building exercise,
and made a presentation that
highlighted 1 0 strategies to
implement to increase civility
on their campuses, while
maintaining their principles and
beliefs.
After the conference, the
IPFW students discussed how
confident they felt in their
academic preparation. They
were able to interpret survey
data, had a firm grasp of political
institutions and political parties,
and were able to question
elements of civility against this
backdrop in very sophisticated
ways. They did IPFW proud.
Julius Smulkstys
2010 International Photo Contest
first-place photo in the Mastodons
Abroad category: "Don at
Changdeok Palace" taken in
Seoul, South Korea, by
Sharene King (student)
In Memoriam: Former chair of political science and dean
of the then-School of Arts and Sciences, Julius Smulkstys,
passed away on April 12. Smulkstys was born in Kaunas,
Lithuania, in 1930 and emigrated to the United States in 1949.
He and his wife, Isabel, lived in Lakeside, Mich.
Smulkstys came to the Indiana University Extension Center
in Fort Wayne in 1959 and retired from IPFW in 1995 as
associate professor of political science. He received degrees
from the University of Illinois (A.B., 1953; A.M., 1955) and
Indiana University (Ph.D., 1963). He served as chair of the
Department of Political Science from 1970-78; as acting dean
of the School of Arts and Letters from 1978-79 and 1980-81;
as dean of the School of Arts and Letters from 1981-87; and
as acting dean of the School of Arts and Sciences from 1987-
89. His area of research interest included Marxist theory and
practice and totalitarian systems, with an emphasis on Eastern
European countries. He published a book on Karl Marx in 197 4
and had numerous research articles published.
After he retired from IPFW, Smulkstys became an advisor to
the former president of Lithuania, Valdas Adamkus, regularly
travelling between Lithuania and Michigan.
students Travis Barnes (B.A.
'1 0), Staci Bougher (B.A. '1 0;
B.S. '09, public affairs), and
Eric Pepperman (B.A. '1 0).
IPFW's team also included
a large contingency of IPFW
undergraduate students: Zach
Cook, Lilly Dragnev, Nathalie
Garces, Chris Griffin, Chelsea
Hatfield, and Mike Peters.
This year, IPFW represented
Turkey on the four committees of
the UN General Assembly and, for
the first time, on the UN Security
Council. One IPFW student was
a Model UN staff member; so
instead of representing Turkey,
she moderated debate in the
General Assembly.
IPFW's team members work
for several months to prepare
by learning all they can about
the country they represent,
researching the issues to be
debated in the committees,
practicing parliamentary
procedures, and drafting position
papers. In 2008 and 2009, IPFW
represented Singapore and Sri
Lanka, respectively. In 2011 , the
team will represent Pakistan.
Psychology
New Colloquium Series: The
Department of Psychology, along
with Psi Chi (the IPFW chapter
of the national honor society
of undergraduate psychology
majors) and the Psychology Club,
began the Psychology Colloquium
Series during fall semester 2009.
The lecture series brings IPFW
psychology alumni who now are
professionals in the field back to
the campus to speak to current
12 1 IPFW College of Arts and Sciences I Fall 201 0
students about their work. The
first speaker was Jenna Harmeyer
Shepherd, a clinical psychologist
at a pain management clinic in
Fort Wayne. The second speaker
was Joan Poulsen, an assistant
professor of psychology at
IUPU-Columbus, who gave a
presentation in February.
Sociology
GRASP: IPFW's Graduate
Association of Sociological
Practitioners (GRASP), an
organization for sociology
graduate students, is in its third
year of operation. In April, the
group sponsored a campus event
that featured Elijah Anderson,
a distinguished Yale University
sociology professor and expert
on urban inequality, who has
authored several books on urban
sociology and social problems.
GRASP members also attended
the American Sociological
Association conference in Atlanta
in August. GRASP currently
has 30 active members, which
includes current and former
graduate students as well as
sociology professors.
Sociology Student
Association: During fall
semester 2009, the Sociology
Student Association (SSA)
sponsored another successful
Sociology Awareness Week.
The 2009 events provided the
IPFW community with valuable
information about the sociology
of health. The SSA also started a
new lunchtime lecture series­the
Sociology Student Association
Presents-a successful series
that will continue.
Diversity Training Class:
Students in two sections of SOC
S300 Race and Ethnic Relations
combined class requirements
with service to the IPFW
community by offering diversity
training to IPFW students and
employees. In April, the students
organized two diversity-training
sessions designed to promote
anti-racist education. One
session featured round-table
discussions facilitated by eight
students; the other featured
presentations from three
students.
The purpose of the class
assignment was to help students
understand the importance and
value of diversity and further
promote anti -raci st attitudes,
as well as to give students
hands-on experience to apply
their knowledge and skills. "I
asked students to make lesson
plans for diversity training and
present their plans, so they will
understand that sociological
knowledge and theory are
relevant and extremely helpful
in their lives," said Mieko
Yamada, assistant professor of
sociology. "I want them to apply
their knowledge by educating
their friends, families, and
members of community. I believe
the best learning takes place
when students can link their
knowledge and skills from class
to their own professional fields. "
Women's Studies
Take Back the Night:
Bringing the community together
to support the end of violence
toward women is what "Take
Back the Night: Shatter the
Silence, Stop the Violence" is
all about. In March, the IPFW
Women's Studies Program,
Center for Women and Returning
Adults, Indiana-Purdue Student
Government Association, and
Student Affairs sponsored the
annual "Take Back the Night"
event. The public was invited to
attend the event, which included
a half-mile walk around campus,
beginning at Cole Commons on
the Waterfield Campus.
The candlelight vigil concluded
at Walb Student Union, with
closing remarks by Deputy
Chief Dottie Davis of the Fort
Wayne Police Department,
who discussed creating a
community climate where sexual
and domestic violence are not
tolerated.
Undergraduate Research
and Travel: Women 's studies
major Layli Magers presented a
paper at Southern Connecticut
State University's 19th Annual
Women 's Studies Conference:
Women and Girls of Color:
History, Heritage, Heterogeneity.
Her presentation, "Reclaiming
the Sacred Sisterhood in
Feminine Movement: The
Dance of Birth," explored the
art of the belly dance as a tool
for reinforcing communication
between women, strengthening
kinship, and empowering
childbirth.
Several women 's studies
students-Amy Arehart,
Elizabeth Lehmann (B.A. '1 0),
Magers, Jennifer Netting (B.G.S.
'1 0), and Amanda Parker­attended
the 2009 National
Women's Studies Association
Conference in Atlanta from
November 11-15.
In April, Lehmann, Parker,
Tammi Kerr (B.A. '1 0), and
Alysia Marshall presented their
research from women 's studies
courses at the 22nd AnnuaiiU
Women's and Gender Studies
Undergraduate Conference at
IU-Southeast.
Honors and Awards: At the
annual COAS Honors Banquet,
Amanda Parker received the
Joan Daley Uebelhoer Award
for 2009-1 0, an award that
recognizes both academic
contributions and activism
related to women's issues.T
2010 International Photo Contest second-place photo in the Favorite
Cultural Interaction category: "Mingling Cultures" taken in Cairo, Egypt,
by Kevin Bathke (student)
2010 International Photo Contest first honorable mention in the Favorite
Cultural Interaction category: "Sisters" taken in Mandili, Iraq, by Tiffany
Krevec-Kelly (student)
LECTURE SERIES
By Cathleen M. Carosella
When the conversation turns to
"brain drain," IPFW's Associate
Professor of Philosophy Quinton
Dixie knows he is an exception to the rule.
Many young people who leave Fort Wayne do not return
permanently even if, like him, they want to. And recently,
he realized two things about the "brain drainers" he knows:
1) those who left still feel strong connections to Fort Wayne
and 2) many work on diversity or race-related issues.
So when he was thinking about creating a service project that
could help both IPFW and local high school students, Dixie
combined the "brain drainers"' hometown connections with
their shared interests to create the Native Tongue Lecture
Series.
Starting in spring 2010, twice each year for the next five,
Fort Wayne natives will return to the city to engage with the
IPFW, their high school, and the local communities. Each
Native Tongue presenter will give a public lecture at IPFW
on a race- or diversity-focused topic and meet with students
at IPFW and his or her former high school to discuss
academic development, pathways to professional success, and
his or her lecture topic. Students from local high schools and
IPFW, as well as the general public, will also be encouraged
to attend the free evening lectures.
14 I IPFW College of Arts and Sciences I Fall 201 0
Associate Professor
of Philosophy
Like others, Dixie experienced a racial awakening when he
left Fort Wayne. He said when he was young he felt "no sense
of group consciousness on the part of the African American
community;' and he felt that others did not understand the
racial history of African Americans in Fort Wayne. However,
"going away to college heightened my senses about race and
race relations." Through the Native Tongue series, Dixie
wants the returning "natives" to encourage current students to
engage with these topics while they're still in Fort Wayne.
The series' first speaker, Terrence Johnson, echoed many of
Dixie's thoughts. He said, "there was so much silence about
[race] when I was growing up. I don't remember Jewish
students or conversations about anti-Semitism. Diversity was
Lutherans and Catholics. People only talk about [race] when
there's a problem."
Concordia High School graduate and Florida State University
religious studies professor Amy Koehlinger uses Fort Wayne
as the "metric by which [she] judges other places." She loves
that "people invest in infrastructure and quality of life in Fort
fOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT:
Native Tongue Lecture Series:
ipfw.edu/ departments/ co as/ news-events/ native-tongue.html
IPFW Calendar: ipfw.edu/ calendar
Wayne because they want their children
to grow up in a safe and enriched
world: the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo,
the TinCaps' new Parkview Field, the
fantastic Allen County Public Library,
the parks, and such are the result of the
commitment that people in Fort Wayne
have to this place, to making it the best
place it can be."
Koehlinger, the
fall 20 1 0 Native
American Teens on the Move (ATOM)
that high school student Johnson
organized through the Urban League.
ATOM was created for teens who
needed to know more about "the road
to success." Johnson said, "Culturally,
the time when ATOM was started
[late 1980s] represents an interesting
moment for African Americans. The
Cosby Show and
other shows were
Tongue presenter,
loves the "solidity"
she feels from and
about the city. It
••• creating a new
image for us; there
was a revival of
African American
history on TV;
is why she brings
her children back
':.for johnson) the event
was a special homecoming
because the audience and there was the
development of rap
to Fort Wayne for music." So when
lengthy visits every
summer. Koehlinger
attended Concordia
High School with
Dixie, and she
included family) friends)
and mentors who came to
reconnect with the person
he had become as well as
he thought to
himself "What can
I do?;' ATOM was
formed.
views his invitation
to contribute to
the series as her
opportunity to "give
back just a little
others who came to meet
johnson and his ideas for
the first time."
By the time
Johnson graduated
from Harding, 100
people were part of
ATOM, and they •••
to the community
that shaped and
nurtured me as a
young person, to share my work
back home."
Paul Harding High School graduate
Johnson is assistant professor of
religion at Haverford College, a small,
~aker-influenced liberal arts school
in Pennsylvania. He knew at an early
age he wanted to leave Fort Wayne, and
his mother, a single parent, encouraged
him to connect with people who
could help him reach his goal. Johnson
was inspired and helped by family,
neighbors, and community leaders with
whom he came in contact through his
volunteer and paid work at places like
the Urban League and Frost Illustrated
(where high school student Johnson
met college graduate Dixie).
Dixie was impressed by Johnson's
drive, especially the success of African
went on college
visits, were featured
in publications
including Frost Illustrated, and did all
they could to expand their horizons.
This April, Johnson gave the inaugural
Native Tongue Series lecture, "Crisis
of the Soul: Reflections on Death,
Memory, and Religion in Toni
Morrison's Beloved."
According to Johnson, "The lecture's
topic is one that someone can deal
with even ifhe or she has not read the
book-trying to piece together the
idea of memory and tradition, and a
testing of oppression as a way to open
a conversation around how we imagine
ourselves as not only Americans but
also those questioning roles such as that
of religion, gathering fragments from
the past to tell that story-religion in
public life."
Beyond the lecture's focus on religion
and self-identity, for Johnson, the event
was a special homecoming because the
audience included family, friends, and
mentors who came to reconnect with
the person he had become, as well as
others who came to meet Johnson and
his ideas for the first time.
Before the evening lecture, Johnson met
and spoke with students at Harding and
IPFW. He also gave generously of his
time after the evening lecture to answer
questions from the audience, further
clarifying his ideas on race, religion,
politics, and many more topics.
Significant to Johnson was that,
although "Harding's demographics have
changed;' the students were interested
in his message, opinions, and ideas.
He (and Dixie) also know that getting
students, especially minority students,
onto a campus can show them that
these places aren't closed to them-so
the series, like the now defunct ATOM
before it, can help in that way as well.
Paul Harding High Schoof graduate and
Assistant Professor of Religion at Haverford
College, Terrence johnson, was the series'
first speaker.
Johnson knows it is difficult for anyone
to place his or her ideas in other
peoples' boxes (especially with regard to
religion and identity). He points
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INVOLVEMENT AND SERVICE INCREASES CHANCES FOR SUCCESS
By Kendra A. Moms
'1t doesnJt matter what your
major is, youJll probably never
get a job in your field.)) It's a
depressing statement) but in the current
economy) students and new college graduates
alike struggle to find that first job. Four IPFW alumni
recently shared with Collegium that career readiness
involves more than just time spent in the classroom.
Alex 0. James (B.S. '02, M.S. '04, mathematics; A.S.
'03, computer science), Nathaniel 0. Hubley (B.A. '06,
philosophy), Betsy Yankowiak (B.S. '03, geosciences), and
Tina S. Moen (B.S. '09, mathematics; A.S. '09, information
systems) all agreed that their own efforts, combined with
opportunities available through their IPFW programs, were
integral parts of the process.
Becoming a lawyer isn't something one just falls into,
and attorneys James and Hubley said they worked hard
during and after classes. Since pre-law students can
choose from a variety of undergraduate majors, they must
certainly choose wisely-future lawyers need to learn
critical thinking and logical reasoning skills as well as gain
writing and research experience. Extracurricular activities
or volunteer work should be sprinkled in one's schedule
during spare time. Don't have any spare time? Make some.
H ubley, who now practices law in Fort Wayne,
explained, "My first year at IPFW, I was
thinking, 'Okay, get good grades: but my
second year I said to myself, 'Build the resume.' One
thing led to another, time flew by, and it got me where I
wanted to go."
While pursuing a philosophy degree, Hubley was elected
vice president of the IPFW student body and selected as
an IPFW Ambassadon, student representatives who help
organize campus events. Ambassadons are often mentored
by university alumni who are working professionals in
the region. Hubley said he appreciated meeting with his
mentor, a lawyer, who offered tips on passing the LSAT,
16 I IPFW College of Arts and Sciences I Fall 201 0
how to choose and be accepted into a law school, and how
to stand out as a lawyer.
From both his Ambassadon mentor and Associate
Professor Duston Moore (philosophy), Hubley learned
that even during law school he had to continue building
his resume. ''I'm a glutton for punishment;' Hubley shared
while laughing. "Just non-stop busy all the time. I wanted
to really get involved, and if something sounded like a
great idea, I just, well, got involved."
Hubley's motivation and work ethic paid off; besides his
IPFW accomplishments, he was elected to the student
bar association at the Valparaiso University School of
Law, worked for area firms and a judge, and was elected
to serve as an editor of the Valparaiso Law Review-an
exceptional accomplishment. An acceptance essay was
required for consideration as the Review editor; Hubley's
essay, "The Untouchables: Problems with Vocational
Testimony;' is cited regularly by scholars today. He also
organized a symposium, "Torture: Justifiable?;' for the
Review during his final ye~r.
Since receiving a juris
doctorate with honors,
Hubley moved back to Fort
Wayne, works downtown in
a local firm that specializes
in medical litigation, and
lives with his wife who is
expecting their first child,
a boy, in October. He also
recently joined the College
of Arts and Sciences'
( COAS) Community
Advisory Board. Hubley
hopes to find time to
volunteer with IPFW's
Ambassadon program,
but only when he finds
Nathaniel 0. Hubley (B.A. '06,
philosophy) volunteered as an
Ambassadon while at IPFw;
served as an editor of the Valparaiso
University Law Review while earning
time between teaching at a his ]D. at Valparaiso University,
and now serves on the COAS
nearby community college, Community Advisory Board.
serving the public through
the Northeast Indiana
Volunteer Lawyer Program, and working at his full-time job.
• •
~ .. , .• , •,
• • His five-to-ten year plan includes starting a firm with his
wife, a fellow lawyer he met at Valparaiso, and running for
local political office. ''I've been so fortunate to receive all
the scholarships and men to ring over the years, and I just
feel obligated to give."
Also practicing law and committed to helping
others is math alumnus Alex James, who is
currently a
deputy attorney general
for the State of Indiana.
Math is not a common
pre-law field of study,
but James attributes
much of his success in
law to his education in
math at IPFW.
"To be honest, my
analytical reasoning is
based in mathematics;'
he said. "For instance,
mathematical
proofs require you
to justify each and
every conclusion
with citation to
Alex 0. James (B.S. '02, M.S. '04,
mathematics; A.S. '03, computer
science) was the keynote speaker at the
20 I 0 Math Alumni Dinner.
some theorem or already established principal. The
law is the same way ... having done so many proofs and
mathematical arguments, doing this is almost second
nature to me."
James received a juris doctorate from the University of
Notre Dame Law School, but he still describes math as an
"ongoing interest" and wants to teach math and conduct
mathematical research in the future. As a law student,
James taught pre-calculus classes at a college near South
Bend and worked as a law clerk. Besides his work as
deputy attorney general, he teaches classes at a community
college and researches mathematical algorithms within the
medical field in his spare time. All this while also being a
full-time father and husband.
At IPFW, before James decided to go to law school, he
was a teaching assistant (TA) in the math and computer
science departments, and he helped both Professor
Emeritus Peter Hamburger (mathematics) and current
COAS Dean Carl Drummond (geosciences) conduct
research. Since that wasn't enough to keep him busy at
IPFW, he also played pick-up basketball during lunch
• • • • • • •
with Professors David Legg (mathematics) and Yifei Pan
(mathematics) and Associate Professor Robert Sedlmeyer
(computer science). He was on a team during his last year
of graduate school that won the intramural tournament. "I
still have the T-shirr;' James said.
"For the most parr;' he said, "I spent a great deal of
time in the math department either pestering teachers
with questions on homework or helping with various
research projects." "Pestering" is probably not a term that
James' former professors would use, but his success as a
professional is closely connected to the amount of time he
spent with them in and outside of class.
James seems to have used each experience to fine-tune
his skills as a lawyer. Hamburger's calculus class required
"extensive research projects" as a part of the tests, and he
continually expected the best from his students. James said
this course was the sole reason he decided to make math
his undergraduate major.
Professor Steven Hollander's (English) writing course
required "almost surgical precision" when it came to
analytical writing-a skill that has been invaluable to him
as a lawyer. (Hollander passed away just before James'
final in this course.) James attributes his public speaking
skills to Professor Douglas Weakley (mathematics) who
encouraged James to start the master's degree program and
become a TA.
And James continues to learn about his own strengths
and interests. "The longer I have been in government
litigation, the more I have come to realize that there are
some parts to litigation that I tend to gravitate toward:
litigations strategy, writing briefs, writing responses to
motions, and discussing legal theories .... I like the fine
minutia oflegal argument. I like new cases and new
areas of law, which is something I often encounter in
government litigation."
James' passion to never quit learning about himself and
the world around him is easily apparent to an outsider, and
this drive keeps him involved and active, something he
shared with past and present IPFW students when he was
the keynote speaker at the 2010 Math Alumni Dinner.
so a math graduate, Tina S. Moen moved from
her home in suburban Olso, Norway, to attend
PFW and play on the women's basketball team
(2005-09). She wasn't sure of a major when she first
Continued on page 28
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By Cathleen M. Carosella
rrl really liked the hands-on approach to
learning. I think this class allowed us to
work our way into an understanding! and
some things ... are best learned by trying. 11
Such is early education major Angela Spuller's analysis of her
experience in POLS Y307 Indiana State Government and
Politics during spring semester 2010.
I
While he expects much from them, Downs designs class projects
that, in his words, "require students to produce a part of a larger
work product. This allows [me] to evaluate each student individually,
[and the] final work product allows students to see what their part
was in the larger project, and how it related to other parts of the
product." These group-oriented projects accommodate the complex
work/school schedules that many IPFW students maintain, while also
ensuring that students meet the university's academic expectations.
Plus, the students learn how to participate in, contribute to, and
complete group projects-essential skills in today's workforce.
From researching the background and predicting
the fiscal fallout from Indiana's property tax caps to
learning how Indiana's state budget is constructed by
trying to pass one as a class, the students in Assistant
Professor Andrew Downs's POLS Y307 class studied the
idiosyncrasies of Indiana politics, using both regional and
national counterparts as points of comparison.
CCThey
realized,
Because the class focuses on questions
of politics and policy, students often
face a universal dilemma: problems
Downs, director of the Mike Downs Center for
Indiana Politics, regularly teaches POLS Y307, a course
in which students actively examine Indiana's unique
political landscape. The interdisciplinary
focus also helps students refine their abilities to make
connections across disciplinary boundaries and to
as often is the
case, there is no
single correct
answer to a policy
question, even
though some
answers are better
than others. "
with multiple possible solutions. So,
for example, in their research on and
assessment of the property tax caps,
students discovered that each positive
result had at least one repercussion that
affected another group negatively. They
realized that often there is no single
correct answer to a policy question, even
though some answers are better
than others.
identify cause-and-effect relationships that extend beyond the
topics at hand.
Downs organizes the class around projects such as an in-class state
budget exercise or a mock constitutional convention that enables
students to experience coalition building, passing legislation, and
working with people who have different viewpoints. Students also
research how the creation of local historical districts can affect a
community or analyze how property tax caps will affect individuals,
corporations, and communities. Beyond the research and analytical
skills students employ to complete their assignments, the projects
teach students the importance of examining all sides of an issue,
analyzing how issues are interconnected, and understanding the
motivations and actions of public officials.
18 I IPFW College of Arts and Sciences I Fall 2010
Downs wants the class to evolve:
"I'm thinking about asking the
students involved in the tax-cap
project to participate in a
panel discussion that will be
recorded for CATV and mOon. The
discussion will cover the history
of the caps, who the winners and
losers will be if the caps [did]
and [did] not become part of the
constitution, and why Hoosier
voters will or will not vote for the
state constitutional amendment.
Joseph (Joe) Menze, an IPFW
political science major and 2010
Lugar Scholar, thoroughly enjoyed
the experience of drafting a new
article for the Indiana Constitution's
Bill of Rights.
I think this could be a good service to the voters in Indiana. And it
will show off some IPFW students." (Please note that Collegium was
at press when the vote on tax caps occurred .)
Pennsylvania. (See Department Spotlights, page 11 for more about
the Pennsylvania conference.)
Joseph (Joe) Menze, an IPFW political science major and 201 0
Lugar Scholar, thoroughly enjoyed the experience of drafting a new
article for the Indiana Constitution 's Bill of Rights. Menze knows that
he will benefit personally and professionally by
Other students also learned that making group decisions can be
more complicated than it seems, and that in order to make decisions
for the state, legislators must put aside their own wants to decide on
the needs for all. Spuller, whose words opened th is article, said, "I
learning Robert's Rules of Order and mastering
the art of coalition building.
He shared how he and a small group
of student "delegates" decided to hijack
the convention and use their coalition
to pass "silly" amendments such as
naming themselves as nobility who do
not have to pay taxes. These amendments were
quickly struck out. Through these (albeit playful)
actions, Menze and his classmates learned
how outside moves are used to pass items in
the legislature, the role of "behind the scenes"
agreements, and how/why legislative bodies
get bogged down. The class ultimately did
pass a new bill of rights that is slightly different
from the current one-including additions that
allowed anyone 20 years of age or older to
carry a firearm and a statement that Indiana's
CCln the class (and
at IPFW), don't
hold back. Dive right
in. Get those questions
out there. You'll enjoy
class more, the more
you're involved. If
you want to make a
comment, throw it out
there or it won't be
heard. Don't be afraid
to throw it out there."
learned that this is not something I would
want to be a part of, as I have very clear
ideas of what I want or think the state
needs, but the class taught me a lot."
Both Menze and Spuller shared that
the course was more complex and, at
times, more difficult than they expected.
However, as Menze puts it, "In the class
(and at IPFW), don 't hold back. Dive
right in. Get those questions out there.
You 'll enjoy class more, the more you 're
involved. If you want to make a comment,
throw it out there or it won 't be heard.
Don 't be afraid to throw it out there. Push
for what you want."
So, it seems that Downs' goal to help
students understand Indiana's unique
political system and structure while
Bill of Rights is not dependent on the U.S. Constitution 's
Bill of Rights.
helping IPFW students learn vital analytical skills works, especially
for students who are ready to, as Menze's words and deeds show,
"get involved and take all of the opportunities available." T
Menze, president of IPFW's College Republicans, also enjoyed
learning how to work with people who don't agree with him. He
credits POLS Y307 and joint ventures with the IPFW University
Democrats with teaching him how to maintain friendships while
disagreeing: "Because I plan to go into constitutional law, I will have
to work well with people from all over the spectrum. I like that I
have learned first-hand that I can disagree with people and still be
friends with them ." Menze has already put these ideas into action
by working with IPFW's University Democrats to jointly organize a
benefit concert for Haiti and to attend conferences in Chicago and
MIKE DOWNS CENTER
FOR INDIANA POLITICS
(IPFW Center of Excellence):
mikedownscenter.org
From Prehistory to nsomnia:
The Archaeo ogy Connection
By Cathleen M. Carosella
Each year the scope and scale of research done by the College
of Arts and Sciences' faculty increases. However, they are not
always working alone. In many IPFW departments, like COAS'
Department of Anthropology, student assistants help faculty expand
research horizons. Whether it is discovering Mayan ruins in Belize
(see Department Spotlights, page 2), uncovering Native American
villages in Indiana, or creating new directions in insomnia research,
anthropology faculty and their students are in the thick of it.
Like other COAS faculty, Assistant Professor Hal Odden
(archaeology) enjoys providing undergraduate students with
opportunities that, at other universities, are reserved for
graduate students. As examples, he cites how, through the IPFW
Archaeological Survey, student field workers learn how to use
cutting-edge geophysical equipment (see page 22) and, in his
insomnia study, how student researchers helped implement his
project plan, refine the methods, and after some training, conduct
interviews.
Insomnia Study: Breaking New Ground
Odden 's research assistants helped him gather data from insomnia
sufferers about their illness and their treatment regimes. In doing
this, Odden and his assistants are breaking new ground in their
discipline and providing information that could help medical
professionals better understand insomnia.
As Odden notes, about one-third of the U.S. population reports
some sort of insomnia, with about 10 percent suffering from
chronic insomnia (sleeplessness more than three times per week).
He also explains that the Center for Disease Control 's Healthy Days
survey (a health-related quality of life assessment used in a portion
of Odden 's study) places insomnia in the same disease range as
chronic illnesses such as cancer and depression.
According to Rachel (Pull ing) Wilson (B.A. '09, political science), the
study revealed a "complex relationship" between mental distress
and insomnia: "Many of our participants expressed discouragement
regarding their treatment of insomnia; many have employed
multiple treatment [types] to no avail. It is my hope that our study
20 I IPFW College of Arts and SCiences I Fall 2010
will lead to more discussions between patients and clinicians about
insomnia, and that patients will be frank about their condition and
clinicians will take patient complaints seriously."
The research team gathered data through interviews and a
questionnaire. Odden trained the students in research interview
techniques, so they were prepared to deal with the emotional and
ethical issues interviews could raise (interviewees crying, sharing
personal medical information about depression or anxiety, revealing
details about drug use, and so forth). Students progressed from
observing interviews to doing interviews with Odden to (for some)
interviewing on their own.
The student researchers played many roles. IPFW student
Kevin Hinton helped early on and performed a few interviews.
Anthropology and psychology major Victoria (Vicki) Salzbrun and
Wilson helped with interviews, data assessment, and various
presentations. Anthropology major Emily Wright and French major
Amber Osterholt transcribed interviews. Odden designed the coding
system, but as interview data came in, the students helped Odden
refine the initial system, and Salzbrun handled portions of the
quantitative analysis of the data.
While Salzbrun did not think she would enjoy the research part
Left to right: Jacob Hawkins, Vicki Salzbrun, Rachel Wilson
(students) and Hal Odden (assistant professor).
of the study, she eventually changed her
mind: "I actually enjoyed doing the research
and now have better knowledge of what
goes on 'behind the scenes."' Salzbrun
and Wilson also helped design and present
a poster for a session at the Society for
Medical Anthropology conference at Yale
University. According to Odden, they "were
two among very few undergraduates at this
conference, and they helped with the poster
construction and answered questions
during the actual poster presentation."
Salzbrun also worked with Odden to create
a presentation for IPFW's Health & Wellness
program. During this session, Odden
presented the data and other information
the researchers had gathered on insomnia
and stress, and then Salzbrun went
through some relaxation techniques and
visualization exercises with the audience.
For Salzbrun, working on the study
impacted her professional as well as her
academic life. She owns a yoga studio,
and in her work as a massage therapist
Rachel (Pulling) Wilson (B.A. '09, political science), above, along with Victoria (VickO
Salzbrun designed and presented this poster for a session at the Society for Medical
Anthropology conference at Yale University
and yoga instructor, she discovered that insomnia affects a
surprising number of her clients. Being more aware of what they
are facing, Salzbrun says, "has inspired me to work on alternative
methods of treatment, and it also helps me talk with clients
about their situation, as I understand more about what they may
be experiencing." While she plans to earn a master's degree in
health psychology and public health, even if she does not go into
academia, her work on this project has helped her understand what
academia is like and benefitted the clients with whom she works.
Wilson entered the medical anthropology program at Southern
Methodist University in Dallas this fall. She says, working on the
insomnia project "solid ified my decision to apply to graduate school.
Through my participation, I was able to learn and apply hands-on
skills, which I couldn't do just sitting in class. I hope I can take
this research experience and use what I have learned throughout
this process and apply it to my graduate studies." Wilson admits
that being a research assistant is not the most glamorous job,
but she knows the skills she learned, the participants she met,
and the connections she made are invaluable. Plus, for students
considering graduate school in anthropology and many other areas,
research experience is increasingly important.
According to Odden, his student assistants provided far more than
mere grunt work. Their suggestions, such as recruiting participants
through Facebook, helped propel the study forward, and they
caught some points of data interpretation he had missed. Odden
was pleasantly surprised by the students' ability to manage some
difficult interview situations to make the interviewees comfortable
enough to discuss difficult issues. And, most importantly, he doesn't
think he could have completed the study without his research
assistants' help-they did about one-third of the interviews,
transcribed most of them, and helped with the data analysis.
Odden has finished coding the data and hopes to have an article
ready for publication in late 2010. He also hopes that, along with
the benefits to insomnia suffers and medical professionals this
research could ignite, he has been able to help propel his student
researchers forward, professionally and academically.
IPFW's Archaeological Survey:
Breaking Old Ground
"Prehistoric" means dinosaurs, cavemen, ice ages, and mastodon
bones like those in Kettler Hall, right? Yes, but not always. For
example, when Bob McCullough, director of the Department of
Anthropology's Archaeological Survey (one of IPFW's many Centers
of Excellence), calls something "prehistoric," he can be referring to
finds from any era that predates the arrival of Europeans in
North America.
Established in 1981, the Archaeological Survey (AS), according to
its Web site, is a "community service enterprise and instructional
support service" that serves "as an umbrella for cultural resource
Colle~t'LAW\. 1 21
management and research-based archaeological activities" for this
region. The survey is regularly contracted by government agencies
or private firms to perform archaeological surveys on new road
or building sites, and it regularly receives grants from the Indiana
Department of Natural Resources (DNR)-money that helps fund
many projects including the field school course on which many
students receive their first taste of archaeological work.
ANTH P405 Archaeological Field School, a 6 credit hour course,
is often a student's introduction to the AS. In this summer course,
students work at an off-campus dig with McCullough and other AS
staff. Many students said their ANTH P405 experience is what drew
them into the field, literally and professionally.
At present, ANTH P405 and other fieldwork happens at the
Strawtown Koteewi Prairie Park and the Taylor Center for Natural
History (Strawtown) in Hamilton County, Ind ., where AS members
and teams from three other Indiana universities work regularly.
Strawtown has 144 dig sites dating from 12 to 1400 CE, including
the remains of an enclosed village in which Native Americans lived.
As McCullough explains, "the site represents the intersection of
three cultural groups-a Great Lakes group, a Central Ohio Valley
group, and Oneona Prairie Indians." McCullough did not realize the
extent of these tribes, which include the first farmers in Indiana,
until he began doing background research about Strawtown 's
former inhabitants.
For more infonnation, visit
Strawtown Koteewi Park and the Taylor Center for
Natural History:
www.hamiltoncounty.in .gov/parks_details.asp?id=2932
IPFW Archaeological Survey:
ipfw.edu/archaeology
Archaeological Survey Ongoing Research:
i pfw. ed u/ centers/ archaeology /research
Beyond sites like Strawtown, much of the AS's work is funded
through contracts from various sources such as the Indiana DNR,
Indiana Department of Transportation (IN DOT), and other grant
sources. The money awarded through contracts and grants funds
much of the AS's research and the field school. Luckily, McCullough
and his team can get plenty of help with grant applications, project
proposals, and other documents from peers, AS staff, and
current students.
These contract proposals and grant applications are part of a
learning/teaching cycle that benefits the AS and its students. Not
only do some students help McCullough and other faculty write
proposals and perform other tasks on the "business side" of AS
22 I IPFW College of Arts and Sciences I Fall 201 0
operations, they often write academic papers with AS faculty. As
Scott Hipskind (B .A. '06, anthropology and anthropology research
certificate) explains, "Because funding is a main factor, we learned
about the business side of archaeology instead of just the topic. We
saw how to run an entire dig. The cycle of learning something in
class and then teaching it to the next group of field school or other
students helped reinforce learning and helped us learn
processes better."
McCullough says he "tries to get the students fully engaged in the
process by letting them handle all aspects of the projects," from
the writing of grants and proposals to working on the projects that
winning those grants or contracts provide.
The Hamilton County Parks Department oversees the land on which
the Strawtown site is located and, according to McCullough, has
been a great partner. The parks department has built workspace
on the site and donated funds to get the AS back every year. As
McCullough points out, "It's much easier for students to become
engaged because it is a long-term investment. We return to the
site each year, work with artifacts in the lab on campus, and work
in permanent structures built on the site." Field school students
and volunteers learn how to organize, gather, and process data.
Some students also learn how to write technical reports, handle site
photography, use cutting-edge geophysical equipment, and more.
For Colin Graham (B.A. '06, anthropology), actively using the
knowledge and skills he learned in ANTH 405 reaped personal and
academic benefits. He
said because he went
out and did something
with the information and
principles he learned in
class, "it all fit together
better."
Graham, who switched
his major from business
to archaeology soon
after taking his first
archaeology class
at IPFW, is currently
employed by the AS as
a staff archaeologist.
His specialty is using
geophysical survey
equipment, which is
used to map out village Scott Hipskind (B.A. '06, anthropology)
sites, structure locations, uses geophysical survey equipment
and so forth by "X-raying" to map out village sites and structure
the ground. locations by "X-raying" the ground.
Graham recently managed an AS contract project for IN DOT. He
wrote up the final report on the geophysical and other surveying of
a prehistoric site that happens to fall in an area where IN DOT will
be doing some construction. Graham estimates that his AS work is
split fairly evenly between research, grant, and contract work-a
nice balance between academic and professional work.
McCullough, like Odden, stresses that without the assistance of
student workers and research assistants, the AS would not be
able to do as much. For example, when the survey received some
new geophysical equipment a few years ago, student Mariah
Yager (B.A. '06, anthropology and interpersonal and organizational
communication) developed a more efficient way to use one of the
machines, meaning that the AS gets better results than those who
showed them how to use the equipment.
And students who learn how to operate the geophysical equipment
are acquiring experiences that many cannot gain until they are
graduate students or have jobs in the field. Graham plans on
staying with the AS, but he knows that the geophysical expertise
he has gained opens many career doors for him, possibly even
graduate school. The three alumni interviewed for this piece stress
that their experience using high-tech equipment, contributing to
research projects, and working in the field provided them with
advantages in their professional and academic careers-an
opinion McCullough shares.
Many AS student workers become co-authors or credited
researchers on the AS reports. Sharon Smith (B.A. '1 0,
anthropology and psychology) has been working for the AS since
summer 2008. She credits her AS experiences with providing her
with many academically, professionally, and personally useful skills,
such as how to pay attention to small details, improved computer
skills, and the benefit of discovering something "that interests me
and that I enjoy doing."
Smith 's area of interest is prehistoric ceramic analysis. One
project she worked on involved cataloging, database management,
Continued on page 31
Students work at Strawtown Koteewi Prairie Park in Hamilton County, Ind., where AS members and teams from three other Indiana
universities work regularly Strawtown has 144 dig sites dating from 12 to 1400 C~ including the remains of an enclosed village.
AltA W1 V1 i u pdt>.tES
Anthropology
Scott Hipskind (B.A. '06)
began a master's degree in
archaeology at the University
of Mississippi in 2009.
Sara Miller (B.A. '09) is
pursuing a master's degree
through IPFW's Department of
Biology.
Matthew Neu (B.A. '09)
was accepted to the graduate
program in archaeology at the
University of York (U.K.).
Shelby Putt (B.A. '09) is
attending the University of
Iowa and was excavating
Homo erectus sites in
Indonesia in summer 2010.
Misty Wolfe (B.A. '09;
A.A. '0~ womens studies)
is pursing a master's degree
in public health at Emory
University.
Biology
Brittany Blomberg (B.S.
'09) worked with Professor
George Mourad and Associate
Professor Robert Visalli on
testing the antimicrobial
activity of immobilized
antimicrobial agents for
BioAdvanTek, a company
based in Angola, Ind.
Blomberg was admitted to the
doctoral program in coastal
and marine system science at
Texas A&M University-Corpus
Christi for fall semester 2009.
Her doctoral research on the
effects of climate change and
land use changes on coastal
ecosystems will be under the
supervision of Paul Montagna.
Daragh Deegan (B.S. '03)
received a travel award from
24 I lPFW College of Arts and Sciences I Fall 2010
the Society of Environmental
Toxicology and Chemistry
to present his research at
the society's New Orleans
conference in November
2009. His graduate work at
IPFW is being supervised by
Associate Professor Robert
Gillespie.
Michael Derickson (B.S.
'09) has been accepted into
the Indiana University School
of Medicine-Indianapolis.
His graduate work at IPFW is
being supervised by Professor
George Mourad.
Amber Hetrick (M.S. '09)
was accepted into Des
Moines University's College of
Osteopathic Medicine in Iowa
in 2009. Her IPFW graduate
work was supervised by
Professor George Mourad.
Erin Kingsbury (B.S. '08,
MS. 'J o) has been accepted
into the physician 's assistant
program at the University of
St. Francis. Her graduate work
at IPFW was supervised by
Associate Professor Robert
Visa IIi.
Tyler Mansfield (MS.
'08) is employed by Dow
AgroSciences in Indianapolis,
and was recently promoted to
a research scientist position.
He will develop molecular
markers to map/fingerprint
Quantitative Trait Loci (QTLs)
for agronomically important
traits in soybeans and other
important crops. His graduate
work was supervised by
Professor George Mourad.
Patricia Oppor (B.S. 'OJ)
has formed a new private
foundation, Earthcycle
Education, to support
environmental and peace
studies at the college level.
Earthcycle has already
provided IPFW's biology
department with funding
to reward a student who
is working on research
directed toward improving
environmental quality.
Mairaj Sami (M.S. '09)
was accepted into the
Indiana University School
of Medicine-Indianapolis in
2009. His IPFW graduate work
was supervised by Professor
George Mourad.
Padma Tummala (B.S.
'08) entered the physician's
assistant program at the
University of Findlay in Ohio in
January. Her undergraduate
research was supervised by
Associate Professors Elliott
Blumenthal and Ahmed
Mustafa.
Communication
Adam Bodnar (B.A. '09)
produces the Out Loud series
of poetry events at downtown
Fort Wayne's Dash-In, where
numerous IPFW students,
alumni, and faculty have
performed.
Stasha Dirrim (B.A. 'JO)
completed an internship as
a Northeast Indiana Regional
Partnership (NEIRP) marketing
associate and in an elected
official's office in 2007 and
2008. A businessman starting
up a software and design
company took note of her
NEIRP efforts and offered
her a position as marketing
coordinator. She accepted the
position with Aptera Software
and has been working for
there since January 2009.
Henry J. Graf (MA. )06) for Smith International, hospital. Her sons, Matt and Her research involved
is serving his vicarage year a Fortune 500 company Michael, are both pursuing analyzing infant crying and
at Faith Lutheran Church in in Houston. Her primary post -secondary degrees. the risk for Sudden Infant
Vista, Calif. responsibility is the design Death Syndrome (SIDS).
and development of technical Melissa Fuller (B.S. )09)
Ryne Hillenberg (MA. )I o) training resources for is employed with East Noble Nikki (Knight) Laycock
accepted a position at audiences in the United School Corporation as a (B.S. )06) lives in Fort Wayne
Texas A&M University as a States, Canada, Mexico, speech assistant, working and works for Southwest
compliance coordinator in Brazil, Europe, the Middle with preschool through Allen County Schools. She is
the athletics department. East, and North Africa. In fall sixth grade students. She currently working on earning
He will monitor recruiting 2010, she gave presentations is applying to master's a master's degree online
activities such as permissible on technical training at programs for speech- through Nova Southeastern
telephone calls, evaluations, conferences in Brisbane, language pathology. University. She married
contacts, official visits, Australia, and Florence, Italy. Fuller says she feels very Keegan Laycock on
awards, equipment, blessed both personally and April 4, 2009.
apparel, and meals. He professionally.
also monitors permissible Communication
Chanda Lichtsinn (B.S.
activities surrounding playing Carley (McCullough) Hower )96) is the lead pediatric
and practice seasons and Sciences (B.S. )07) graduated from therapist for the Turnstone
financial aid provided to and Disorders Miami University in Ohio in Center for Children and Adults
student-athletes. He credits 2009 and started a new job in with Disabilities and teaches
his master's degree in June 201 0 with Rehabilitative two sections a semester of
professional communication Heather Allen (B.S. )96) Services Inc., where she CSD 11500 Introduction to
for having helped him secure lives in Fort Wayne and works enjoys working with adult Communicative Disorders
the position. for Fort Wayne Community clients. She and her husband at IPFW. Lichtsinn and
Schools. Her professional are currently building a home the preschool director at
Samantha Lake (M.A. )08) interests include autism and in Monroe, Ind., and are very Turnstone presented at the
is an instructor for WorkOne, AAC. Allen reports that she is excited to return to their 201 0 Abilities Expo in Fort
an agency that helps the keeping very busy with her hometown. Wayne on "Collaboration:
unemployed find work by children ages 10, 8, and 5. Bridging the Gap between
teaching them the skills Mike Jones (B.S. )07) is Therapy and the Classroom."
they need and helping them Kami (Fiechter) Bear (B.S. currently in the Au.D. program She and her husband, Bill,
enroll in higher education. )05) lives in Bluffton, Ind., and at Ball State and started his who have been married for
She has been teaching and has two children. She earned fourth year externship in June 30 years, love to spend every
redesigning WorkOne's an MBA at Ashford University 201 0 at a private practice moment possible with their
current courses, as well as in Indiana. in downtown Chicago that grandchildren, Kerrigan
planning the development of has two satellite offices in and Brayden.
other courses. Lake is happy Mandy (Davis) DeArmond the western suburbs. He has
to have found an organization (B.S. )05) lives in Indianapolis helped the practice get its Shelley May (B.S. )08)
that she can impact positively and is working for First Steps. new vestibular and balance graduated with a master's
by applying everything she DeArmond has training in assessment clinic running, as degree from Miami University
learned at IPFW (from both both the Beckman Oral Motor well as performing diagnostic in Ohio this May. She
teaching and classes). Program and the Kaufman evaluations and hearing completed a thesis titled
Speech Praxis methods. She aid fittings. He and his wife "Repeatability of Aerodynamic
Molly Link (B.A. )09) recently bought a house celebrated three years of Measures in Children, Ages
majored in media and public in Indianapolis. marriage in June. 4.0-5.11 Years." May would
communication and minored Nancy DeNise (B.S. 79)
like to find a hospital position
in public relations. At present, Elizabeth King (B.S. )09) in the Chicago area and is
she is pursuing a master's retired in 201 0 after having completed her first year very excited to begin her
degree in professional taught for 30 years in the at Bowling Green State career.
communication at IPFW. Piqua City Schools (Ohio). University in Ohio, where
She is ready to begin a she enjoyed her coursework Emily Mcintosh (B.S. )06)
Sarah Szczepanski- new chapter in her career, and activities as a research lives in Pearland, Texas,
Wakefield (MA. )04) is a possibly a part-time position assistant for one of the and works for Fort Bend
technical training supervisor in a school, nursing home, or professors in the department. Independent School District.
Colle.~riAW\. 1 25
Her professional interests Sally Winters (B.S.'07) is $40,000 for local women
include fluency and assistive working for the Wabash- and children's charities, and
technology. She has two Miami Area Program and averages 1 ,600-plus crowds
children, McKale and Isla. completing a master's at Memorial Coliseum. She is
degree online with Nova also a member of the Roller
Erin (Bower) Morill (B.S. Southeastern University. Dome North's speed-skating
'05) lives in Coldwater, Mich., She loves working with the team, which, like derby,
and works for the Branch children at her schools. competes at national levels.
Intermediate School District. She and her husband, Bud,
She participated in the celebrated their 25th wedding Thomas E. Cool (B.S.
statewide Autism Resources anniversary in November '72) has spent most of his
and Training (START). She, 2009. career since 1983 working
her husband, and daughter on international projects,
welcomed Harper Grace into Ashley Yoder (B.S. '04) with two resident stints in
the family in December 2009. lives in Fort Wayne and London. Since 1992, he has
works for Northwest Allen worked in West and North
Tiffany Owens (B.S. '09) is County Schools. Yoder works Africa with a short stint in
working as a speech assistant with preschool to fifth grade Brazil. He and his wife have
in the Wabash-Miami Area students. She is married and been living and working in
Program for Exceptional has three children: Ethan, the Houston area since June
Children. She provides Elliot, and Emilia. 2002. Cool's work focus is
services to approximately 60 the development geology
children ranging from ages of a field offshore Cabinda,
6-21. She has applied for
Geosciences Angola. He also teaches two
graduate school, loves her introductory geology classes
job, and is anxious to see in the evenings at the local
where her professional future Dan Brinkman (B.S. junior college.
takes her. '86) continues his work in
collection management at Morgan Disney (B.S. '04)
Mariesa Rang (B.A. 'J o) the Yale Peabody Museum of works as a staff scientist for
has overcome tremendous Natural History (New Haven, an environmental consulting
odds to reach her goals. Conn.). He is working on firm in Indianapolis.
Her graduation story was a new Cretaceous Garden
published in the Fort Wayne exhibit that will have a Pamela Dugan (B.S. 'OO)
Journal Gazette. Despite footpath replicating a Texas- has worked at the Carus
hearing loss and speech based dinosaur trackway Corporation since graduating
issues that resulted from a that Professor Jim Farlow from the Colorado School
cleft palate, she is pursuing described back in 1981. In of Mines in 2008 and is
the opportunity to study November 2009, he co-led the technical development
speech pathology in graduate a geology field trip for the manager for Carus
school. She hopes to work general public to an old Remediation Technologies.
with children who utilize fossil-producing quarry in Her job allows her to travel
(or can learn to utilize) New Haven. He also edited a and present research results
augmentative and alternative picture book for the Weekly at conferences all over
communication devices. Reader's Where People Work the world. She also helps
series, called What Happens develop and evaluate new
Sarah Schmidt (B.S. '98) at a Museum? by Lisa technologies. The results
lives in Cromwell, Ind. She M. Guidone. of her Ph.D. research were
graduated in 2009 with a recently patented along with
master's degree from Western Leah Chester (B.S. '03) is co-authors Robert Siegrist
Kentucky University and is working as a geologist for the (advisor) and Michelle Crimi
currently working on her IWM Consulting Group. She (committee member). This
CFY at Goshen Community is co-captain of Fort Wayne's summer, a journal article in
Schools. Schmidt is married regional roller derby team, which she is a co-author was
and has three children, Fort Wayne Derby Girls. The published in Remediation
Morgan, Rhys, and Parker. team has raised more than Journal.
26 I IPFW College of Arts and Sciences I Fall 2010
Melissa (Poor) and Nathan his thesis. His thesis, along all fine. His car needs some History Ehrhart (B.S. '07; B.S. '02) with work by other Ball work though!
have been married for four State graduate students Alex Miller (B.A. '09) won
years and live in Bluffton, Ind. and faculty, is helping Susan Reitz (B.S. '07) the Verizon Scholarship,
Melissa is a staff geologist to decode the complex went to work for Hansen as the top intern for the
and has worked at Creek geological history of the area Aggregates in Fort Wayne. Indiana Senate Republican
Run LLC for four years. She surrounding New Caledonia. During fall 2007, she Caucus for 201 0. Miller
is working toward becoming He was awarded a teaching accepted a position as a was an intern for Majority
a licensed professional assistantship when he geologist (or environmental Floor Leader Senator Connie
geologist and earning a UST entered the program at Ball consultant) with AECOM, Lawson (A-Danville).
decommissioning license. State. Upon completion of where she is still employed.
a master's degree in 2011 , This is a position she enjoys Cheryl Truesdell (B.A.
David A. Fishbaugh (B.S. he hopes to continue in and plans to continue for '78) was appointed dean of
'76) received a master's academe for a doctorate quite some time. IPFW's Helmke Library.
degree from Indiana in paleontology.
University Bloomington in Richard Rosencrans (B.S.
1980, with a concentration Tina Hill (B.S. '06) '81) continues to work
in sedimentology. He moved completed a master's degree for Chesapeake Energy Math
to Texas and worked as in geology at the University Corporation in Oklahoma
an oil and gas exploration of Wisconsin-Madison in City, near the Oklahoma- Tina Moen (B. S. '09) , a
geologist for Mobil until fall 2009. Her thesis was Texas state line, exploring former forward with IPFW's
1987, when he returned to titled "High-Resolution for oil and gas in the Deep women's basketball team,
graduate school at IU, taking Transmission Electron Anadarko Basin. His family now plays in the first league
classes in hydrology and Microscopy Investigation of has grown, as expected. He in Switzerland for the team,
environmental law. In 1990, Nano-Crystals of Pyroxene has two daughters in college Sdent Sierre. The team won
he and his family moved to and Copper in Oregon at OU (that is, the University the Swiss Cup in the 2009
Billings, Mont., where he Sunstones." She is currently of Oklahoma) and two sons season, and they expect to
has been working in the working on a Ph.D. at UW- following closely behind, a do well this year. Her team
environmental consulting Madison. sophomore in high school started playing FIBA Eurocup
business ever since. He and a seventh grader. in 2009; they are scheduled
is on the boards of the Jen (Parks) Morton (B.S. to compete with teams
Montana Geological Society '03) recently moved back to from France, Hungary, and
and Habitat for Humanity in Phoenix, relocating with her International Portugal. Read more about
Billings, and was appointed husband's job-this time Moen in "Passion Pursued"
to the Montana Board of to stay, she believes. While Language and on page 16.
Environmental Review by in Phoenix previously, she Culture Studies the governor for 2000-04. was a park ranger for the
He also works as a part-time City of Phoenix, which was
Shontael Wanjema (B.A. Political professor at Montana State great because she could
'1 o) received a degree in
University-Billings, teaching tailor programs that focused
teaching Spanish. She has Science
a 400-level environmental on the geology of the area
been recognized within her
hydrology class. while getting paid to enjoy Travis Barnes (B.A. '1 o)
the outdoors. During her field of study, linguistics, by
Michael Harrison (B.S. first stay in Phoenix, she being accepted for graduate was accepted into the
studies at Ohio State Indiana University School of
'07) is attending Ball organized the first National
University. She will pursue Law-Indianapolis.
State University, working River Cleanup for one of
toward a master's degree in the city's newest parks, master's and doctoral studies
in Columbus, having been Melissa Fisher (B.A. '1 o) micropaleontology. During the Rio Salado Habitat
granted university funds was accepted in divinity
summer 201 0, he became Restoration Area.
for five full years. Graduate school in Ohio.
SCUBA certified and worked
as a teaching assistant for Ralph Phillips (B.S. '81) programs in linguistics Brenda Davis Lutz
the Ball State Field Camp is still working in industry are highly competitive and (B.A. '99) defended her
program. He also traveled analyst relations at Siemens the department where she dissertation at the University
to New Caledonia to acquire IT Solutions and Services. has been accepted has a of Dundee, Scotland, in June.
rock samples bearing His wife, two daughters, dog, reputation as the host of top
foraminifera to study for cat, and three gerbils are names in the field.
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Edward Ramsey (B.A.
'06) has been accepted into
law school at the University
of Cincinnati. He has also
received the College of Law
Honors Scholarship.
Andrew R. Wolf (B.A. '99,
outstanding political science
graduate) was elected as
the Region Three alternate
to the Libertarian National
Committee at the party's
national convention in May
in St. Louis. Region Three
consists of Indiana, Michigan,
Ohio, and Kentucky. Wolf
served as the chair of the
Libertarian Party of LaPorte
County from 2007-09 and
currently sits as the county
party's vice chair. He is a
resident of LaPorte County,
where he also practices law.
started classes, but she was sure that basketball was a good
way to meet students and professors. She liked that math
is universally understood and "useful in so many different
careers:' and after taking a couple lower-level classes, she
was hooked.
Math proved to be a good choice for Moen. "I think
my studies in math fit well into my physical activity
involvement because, through basketball, I express the
part of me that likes to work with practical challenges;' she
said. "Math .. .is where the part of me that likes to think
logically and theoretically gets to work on problem solving
at a more intellectual level. I would probably go crazy ifl
didn't have both aspects in my life, so I think I found the
perfect mix for my personality."
After declaring her major, Moen studied hard to earn an
associate degree and a bachelor's degree while keeping up
with practices and volunteering her time. She and the rest
of the basketball team were involved in community service
around the Fort Wayne area, and she said, "One of the
most memorable things we did was helping Habitat for
Humanity build a house."
Anyone who has been a part of a university-level athletic
team, while trying to graduate in four years, knows that
adding in volunteer service would seem an impossible feat.
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Sociology
Julia Gorrell (B.A. '08) has
been using the skills and
knowledge she obtained at
IPFW in her position at the
Fort Wayne Metals Research
Products Corporation as its
green initiative coordinator.
She obtained a part-time
position as the energy and
environmental services
coordinator for the City of Fort
Wayne in May 2009.
Women's
Studies
Jennifer Netting (B.G.S.
'JO) started working toward a
master's degree in
professional communication
this fall. She said, "So here I
am ... an adult student earning
my first bachelor's degree
just before my 40th birthday;
married and raising two
school-aged children; and
balancing the responsibilities
of work, home, school,
and family. It's a constant
struggle, but I have truly
come to appreciate higher
education and encourage my
children as to the benefits of a
college education. I have also
been very active in student
organizations and have served
as an Ambassadon. Many of
the staff and faculty know my
children and care enough to
inquire about my family on a
regular basis. I would not be
where I am now without the
compassionate administration
at IPFW."
But Moen accomplished this, so her talents, community
service, and work ethic paid off.
After graduating, instead of working in a mathematical
field, she became a professional basketball player in
Sweden for the team, Sdent Sierre. Not many people have
the emotional, mental, and physical strength required to
work as a professional athlete, especially when living in a
different country from their loved ones. "I feel very lucky
to have reached my goal, and it shows that anything is
possible if you work hard enough and believe in yourself"
Now that Moen has fulfilled her "biggest dream:' she's
open to whatever the future holds. Though she currently
doesn't use her math skills on a daily basis, she does plan to
go to graduate school someday. For now, especially since
she renewed her contract with Sdent Sierre for another
year, she wants to reach her "full potential" as an athlete.
There's always the possibility of using her basketball skills
to further her scholarly career in the future, and Moen will
be taking an online course so she has "something useful to
do between workouts."
Whatever happens in the future regarding school,
basketball, and other interests, Moen has a positive
attitude about it, knowing she'll "create new dreams" with
each new opportunity. While her future is not defined at
this point, we can be sure that Moen will stay involved and
keep doing what she's passionate about.
Betsy Yankowiak's job as executive director at the
Little River Wetlands Project (LRWP) provides
daily opportunities to express her genuine passion
for the marshes she protects and the environment as a
whole. She identified her biggest goal as "getting adults and
children outside!"
She always knew she wanted to work outdoors and raise
environmental awareness for a living, and she chose
IPFW to start preparing for a future career. Yankowiak
seemed to know that the more experience she gained
as an undergraduate, the better. She participated in an
exchange program with Humboldt State University in
California,where she worked at the Institute for
Redwood Ecology.
Out West, Yankowiak had experiences Indiana simply
could not offer her, like visiting several Native American
reservations that were virtually untouched by today's
invasive culture. All this left her both inspired and
encouraged. "I realized I was meeting all of these cool
people;' Yankowiak said, "and everyone was coming out to
save this ecosystem. None of these people would ever come
to Fort Wayne to clean up the water, or care about where
soil is for the farmers."
She knew what her calling was right then. When she came
back to IPFW, Yankowiak and some fellow students started
the Geology Club and, because "we wanted more;' Students
Creating Respect for the Environment through Action and
Mitigation (SCREAM) was created. The clubs reinforced
what she already knew to be her passion and also taught her
leadership and delegation skills.
Starting these organizations at IPFW helped Yankowiak
prepare for graduation as well as her next two jobs: starting
a youth conservation camp and her current position at
LRWP. Since she accepted the LRWP directorship, she
has been required to spend about 75 percent of her time in
the office and 25 percent out in the field, depending on the
month. For more information on LRWP, see www.lrwp.org.
Though she isn't able to spend as much time as she
would like outdoors, she has more than made up for it
in accomplishments for the LRWP. "We've acquired a
property per year since I've been here;' Yankowiak said, and
she's usually "working with the nature preserves on different
projects, directing property stewards on projects that need
to be done, and then I organize projects that volunteers can
do, which encompasses two different departments. I direct
three employees, two work-study students, and two interns;
I run the office, manage the staff, and have a little bit to
do with fundraising." Delegating, training, inspiring, and
leading others is where Yankowiak excels, and the time she
spent sharpening these skills at IPFW now helps her save
the marshes from her office when she's not out in them.
She also attributes much of her professional success
in environmental affairs to her professors at IPFW,
mentioning Professors Carl Drummond (now dean of
COAS) and Solomon lsiorho (geosciences) specifically.
In fact, Yankowiak leads a discussion every year in one of
lsiohro's courses. She lets students know about the LRWP,
of course, but also tries "to get students to understand that
your professors are your greatest resource. They are the
experts, and they are there for students to glean all they can
from participation in lectures, research opportunities, and
academic studies."
Hubley, James, Moen, and Yankowiak agree that meeting
with professors before and after class is just as important
as involvement with on and off campus opportunities. It
is just as appealing for employers to see a high grade-point
average on a resume as it is to see undergraduate volunteer
Tina S. Moen (B.S. '09, mathematics; A.S. '09,
information systems), who also played on the
IPFW women's basketball team (2005-09),
liked the balance playing basketball and
studying mathematics provided.
work, research
experience
outside of
required
coursework,
and a men to ring
relationship
with an
alumnus. This is
good advice for
recent graduates
in a tough job
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out how African Americans often
spend time trying to prove they have
a role on campus, rather than making
their own boxes.
It's a point Dixie puts into a more
localized context: "It is rare that I am
still here in Fort Wayne and rarer that I
wanted to come back. I spent lots of
time explaining what Fort Wayne is,
who we are-which helped me develop
interest in history."
In Johnson's case, his professional
history is accentuated by the manner
in which he acquired his permanent
position at Haverford, a school that
attracts socially oriented students who
combine issues such as social justice
with their academics. Johnson took
a temporary visiting professorship at
Haverford. At the end of his visiting
contract, he discovered the department
wanted him to stay on and, more
significantly, that his (primarily white)
students had formally petitioned
the school to have him remain
permanently-something Johnson calls
"humbling and
incredible."
For Koehlinger, navigation is a daily
part of her teaching and research
interests. Her blending of history
and ethnography is challenging
because, as she puts it, she is standing
with each foot in a different field.
But, she explained, "my work ends
up being a kind of hybrid ofboth
disciplines ... [and] being part of
both academic fields helps me to see
things in my data that I wouldn't
see using one methodology alone."
This is something fully evident in the
directions her research has taken her.
During her talk at IPFW in October,
Koehlinger shared her research on
how and why Catholic nuns were
drawn to act in support of the civil
rights movement even though many
lay Catholics favored segregation.
This research and her findings are
found in Koehlinger's first book,
The New Nuns: Racial justice and
Religious Reform in the 1960s. For
a forthcoming second book, she is
researching the connection between
boxing and Catholic Americans.
••• And this need to
share history, give
back to the people,
organizations,
and communities
that helped
them, interest in
diversity issues,
and drive to help
young people
excel represent a
common thread
between lecturers
in the Native
Tongue Series.
"Koehlinger views Dixie's
invitation to contribute to
the series as her opportunity
to 'give back just a little to
the community that shaped
and nurtured me as a young
person, to share my work
back home."'
Attitudes
toward and
ideas on social
justice are a
focal point
of each study,
something
Koehlinger
feels is still
relevant today.
"I am mystified;'
Koehlinger
said, "by how
the term social
Another common thread is their
emphasis on action-the type that
leads a "non-brain-drainer" like
Dixie to organize these lectures
by "brain-drainers" to help current
students better navigate their own
academic and professional choices.
••• justice has
become a term
of derision for some people in the
present moment. As a historian,
I want to remind Americans that
the social justice tradition has been
an important and valued part of
American Catholicism, and for most
other religious groups in the United
States for over a century. I want to
make sure that this important piece
of religious history isn't lost in the
current moment where some voices
are trying to retell history in a way
that obscures and even demonizes
the long and important history of
the social justice tradition within
American Christianity."
Concordia High School graduate and
Florida State University religious studies
professor Amy Koehlinger was the Fall 2010
Native Tongue presenter.
Koehlinger's research has also spurred
her to connect with students at a
historically black college that sits
adjacent to FSU, Florida Agricultural
and Mechanical University.
Koehlinger and FAMU's Sylvester
Johnson (now at IU) established a
class-based intercampus connection:
"He and I worked to bridge our
respective universities by visiting
each other's classrooms during the
semester. FAMU and FSU have
surprisingly little contact with each
other. Given the ugly history of racial
segregation in Tallahassee's past, we
thought it was important to create
some kind of academic cooperation
between the two schools."
For Koehlinger, this joint venture
was another way she could let young
people see "that individuals can
talk about race, and even disagree,
without yelling at each other (as
often happens on television). They
also need to hear people calmly, and
with nuance, explain the complexities
of history. Too often, media talking
heads reduce very complex patterns
of historical change to reductive and
hyperbolic screeds. This is very bad for
democracy, for the nation as a whole."
With a shared focus on diversity
or race-related issues, this lecture
series will show our community
the accomplishments of our "native
tongues." On March 24,2011,
Elmhurst graduate and Assistant
Professor of Education at Indiana
University D. Ted Hall will present
the Native Tongue Series lecture in the
evening. Hall will also give a daytime
lecture on campus as part of
A tentative list of future speakers
includes John Aden (South Side
High School; assistant professor
of history, Wabash College), Joy
Bostic (Paul Harding; assistant
professor of religious studies, Case
Western University), Ernest Starks
(Elmhurst; professor of history, Texas
A&M University), Richard Pierce
(Concordia; professor of history,
University ofNotre Dame); Timothy
Lake (Snider; assistant professor of
English, Wabash College); Barry Pyle
(Concordia; associate professor of
political science, Eastern Michigan
University); and Dixie (Concordia).
Fort Wayne native back each fall and
spring for a public lecture and other
student-focused events. Young people
will have an opportunity to learn
where their ideas and abilities can take
them. And each speaker will be able to
show friends, mentors, teachers, family
members, and others what, with their
support, they have accomplished.
As Koehlinger explained when
speaking about series organizer
Dixie: ''As different as we were in
high school, he and I ended up as
colleagues in the same profession.
The lesson is this: You really are the
author of your own life, and you have
the power to choose a life path and a
IPFW's annual Diversity Showcase. profession that you find fulfilling." T
So for the next four years, the Native
Tongue Lecture Series will bring a
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photographing, and co-authoring a report with McCullough and two
graduate students on prehistoric ceramics recovered from an AS
dig site. She is also working with McCullough on the classification
of ceramic type varieties associated with a prehistoric cultural
group that once inhabited central indiana.
Another way AS students have gained valuable experience is
through the Research Experience for Undergraduates program.
Since 2005, REU students working on AS projects have produced
30 professional papers or posters. Some students' work has
been published in archaeological academic journals. Some work,
like Smith 's analysis of pottery from the Strawtown site, will be
published as an appendix to an AS report. One student, Joe Evans
(B.A. '07, anthropology), won a national student competition for a
poster about Strawtown that he created and presented as a part of
the REU program.
Hipskind is another field school graduate who benefitted from
the REU program. He came to IPFW after a brief foray studying
biochemistry in Evansville, Ind. He took the field school course in
2003 and was hired to work on the Strawtown project in 2004 (in
between he volunteered on AS sites on the weekends and designed
his course schedule to make time to work in the campus lab or the
field). In 2006, he became the AS lab manager and did that until
he left in summer 2009 for a graduate program at the University of
Mississippi, but he still works on the Strawtown site on breaks.
Hipskind's time as a student and employee on the AS provided him
with many academic and professional opportunities. He graduated
with a history minor that he eventually turned into a major and did
several REU projects (one for his research certificate). He left IPFW
with multiple publications to his name, many published through the
AS, including his grant-funded senior research project and portions
of reports co-authored with McCullough and others. Part of a grant
report he wrote in 2009 will be published in the Indiana Journal
of Archaeology in late 2010. He also presented at the University
of Miami (Ohio) on cataloguing and categorizing the arrowheads
from the Strawtown site and, as a part of the REU program, at
the Midwest Archaeological Conference on using geophysical
equipment to collect data and plan excavations.
Graham, Hipskind, and Smith all mentioned the benefits of working
with and gaining perspectives from professionals. Graham spoke
about how much he learned through his REU grant: being trained
on and using geophysical equipment, surveying a prehistoric
village's layout to map community structures that probably housed
150-200 people, producing and presenting a poster on this at the
Midwest Archaeological Conference, and working with everyone
who helped him along the way.
Each student worker also mentioned how vital it is for anyone who
has the opportunity to get additional training beyond the classroom.
Odden and McCullough agree and are as grateful for the help
student researchers provide on their projects as the students are
for the experience and opportunities working on these research
projects provides. Fortunately, many COAS faculty have research
opportunities that allow students to move beyond the classroom to
learn more and gain valuable experience for professional resumes
or graduate school applications. T
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