Three distinguished faculty members in SBS have been named the first-ever Magellan Circle Earl H. Carroll Fellows. Professors Susan Karant-Nunn, Charles Ragin and Mary Stiner are receiving one of the highest honors that SBS can bestow on its faculty.
"Our Magellan Circle Fellows Program supports and rewards innovative research, excellent teaching, and service to the UA and to the field. Thanks to the generosity of Judge Carroll, we are able to recognize professors whose international stature enhances the entire University."
- Ed Donnerstein, Dean of SBS
“The History Field Institute allowed me to experience first-hand the environment and culture found along the Colorado River. Gaining knowledge and experience of these features, as well as the geology, archaeology and history of the region, was interesting and informative.”
~ Bryan Turo,
history graduate student
Photo above: Mary Stiner, Charles Ragin, Susan Karant-Nunn, 2008 Earl H. Carroll recipients.
The Magellan Circle
Three distinguished faculty members in SBS have been named the first-ever Magellan Circle Earl H. Carroll Fellows. Professors Susan Karant-Nunn, Charles Ragin and Mary Stiner are receiving one of the highest honors that SBS can bestow on its faculty.
Each award consists of a one-time stipend of $5,000 and lifetime membership in the Magellan Circle. This award is made possible by the generosity of one of our founding Magellan Circle members and board members, the Honorable Earl H. Carroll
2008 Magellan Circle Earl H. Carroll Fellows
Susan Karant-Nunn - Division for Late Medieval and Reformation Studies
Susan Karant-Nunn is an international expert in German Reformation and early modern social history. Karant-Nunn, a Magellan Circle member, is the North American co-editor of the Archive for Reformation History. She recently completed her fourth single-authored monograph, The Reformation of Feeling: Shaping the Religious Emotions in Early Modern Germany. Karant-Nunn is the winner of the Roland H. Bainton Book Prize and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship. Karant-Nunn also played a central role in raising funds for the endowment of the Heiko A. Oberman Chair in Late Medieval and Reformation History.
Charles Ragin -Sociology
Charles Ragin’s ground-breaking contributions to comparative research have changed the way sociologists and political scientists conceptualize and study large-scale social change. Ragin has helped bridge the division between “quantitative” and “qualitative” approaches in the social sciences. His 1987 book The Comparative Method is a classic that is used by social scientists around the world. He received the International Social Science Council’s prestigious Stein Rokkan Prize in Comparative Research.
Mary Stiner- Anthropology
Mary Stiner is an internationally recognized archaeologist whose research has had a major impact on anthropology, especially in Upper Paleolithic human ecology and demography, evolutionary anthropology, zooarchaeology and taphonomy. Stiner received an NSF Career Award for her work on Neanderthal paleoecology. She has done archaeological fieldwork at sites in Italy, Israel, Turkey, Portugal, Greece and France.
FACULTY GRANTS AWARDS
2008
• Diane Austin, associate professor in the Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology (BARA), received $2,000 to work with undergraduate students on improved low-cost housing in Nogales, Sonora.
• Thomas R. McGuire, BARA professor, received $1,500 to study the impact of recreational fisheries’ activities on the communities and the ecology of the Upper Gulf of California.
• Marcela Vásquez-León, assistant research anthropologist in BARA and the Center for Latin American Studies, received $1,500 to work on a collaborative video documentary as a communication tool for Southern Paiute communities.
Spring 2008
TEACHING AWARDS
• Susan M. Knight, Assistant Professor of Practice in Journalism
Knight has served for the past four years as the School of Journalism’s curriculum coordinator. She has been recognized by her peers across the country as a leader in developing innovative teaching practices. “Students have praised Professor Knight’s cutting-edge instruction, mentoring activities outside class, and deep interest in helping each individual achieve academic and professional success,” says Jacqueline Sharkey, head of the School of Journalism.
• V. Spike Peterson, Professor in Political Science
Peterson studies feminist international relations theory, global political economy, nationalism, democratization, heterosexism, human rights, and critical poststructuralist and feminist theory. “I was in Professor Peterson’s feminist political theory class and can easily say it was one of the high points of my undergrad career,” wrote a student.
• Dereka Rushbrook, Lecturer in Geography and Regional Development (GRD)
Rushbrook teaches three to four courses each semester — such as “Economic Geography” and “Geographic Research Methods” — and does extensive advising with students. “Dereka Rushbrook is one of the most popular teachers in our department,” says J.P. Jones, head of GRD. “Yet she is always demanding and never relaxes her standards.”
• Laura Langer, Associate Professor in Political Science
Langer teaches courses on judicial process and behavior, civil liberties, law and public policy and American state institutions. “Professor Langer spends a great deal of time working one-on-one with her students to make sure they are prepared to succeed on the job market,” says William Dixon, head of the political science department.
2008 Magellan Circle Scholars
We are pleased to announce our 2008 Magellan Circle scholars! Due to the generosity of their Magellan Circle patrons, each scholar received $500 and the chance to meet their patron at a luncheon in November 2008.
Amy Bergendorff (Psychology); Patron: Gwen Weiner
Matthew Chomiak (Near Eastern Studies); Patrons: Gerald & LaDona Geise
Nancy Cordova (Political Science); Patrons: G. Alfred & Anna Kennedy
Ronald Coronado (Psychology/Political Science); Patrons: Bert Falbaum & Margaret Houghton
Adam Donatelli (Psychology); Patrons: Alberto & Gesine Moore
Karin Finkelstein (Communication/Judaic Studies); Patrons: Kenneth & Linda Robin
Janet Fox (Geography/Regional Development); Patron: Bonham Richardson
Celia Gaitz (Latin American Studies); Patrons: Tony & Joan Vuturo
Ghazal Ghazi (Near Eastern Studies); Patron: Michael Bonine
Lori Ginsburg (Psychology); Patron: Susan E. Newman
Marissa Hernandez (Psychology); Patron: Revell Rayne
Jason Hushour (Near Eastern Studies) ; Patrons: Adib & Vivi Sabbagh
Rory Isbell (Geography/Regional Development); Patrons: Chuck Strub & Doris Chapel
Ashlee Jones (Sociology); Patrons: Dick & Mary Rose Duffield
Hannah Koehn (Anthropology); Patrons: John W. Olsen & Ovadan Amanova-Olsen
Carlos Leon (Psychology); Patrons: Earl & Louise Carroll
Matt Lewis (Journalism); Patrons: Michael Chihak & Hilda Oropeza
Danielle Myers (History); Patrons: John & Helen Schaefer
Lauren Prow (Communication); Patron: Mary A. Goodman
Jorge Quintero (Latin American Studies); Patron: Leo A. Roop
Nicholas Robbs (Journalism); Patrons: Bill Wing & Jacqueline Sharkey
Dexter Santos (Communication); Patron: Benjamin Menges
Emily Sanschagrin (Geography/Regional Development); Patrons: Jerry & Sandy DeGrazia
Indu Shekar (Economics); Patrons: Conrad & Ann Plimpton
Joshua Smith (History); Patron: Anonymous
Merlynda Sol (Anthropology); Patrons: Chuck & Pat Pettis
Alejandra Torres (Latin American Studies); Patrons: Raúl & Patricia Castro
Jennifer Vega (Psychology); Patron: Esther N. Capin
Morgan Decker (Sociology)
Leanne Trujillo (Latin American Studies/Political Science)
Chase Velasquez (Political Science)
Nicholas Wilson (Communication)
Patrons: Bruce & Edythe Gissing
Amanda Anderson (Communication)
Jenna Davis (Journalism)
Juliana Foster (Latin American Studies)
Charmainge James (Psychology)
Ozlem Silverstein (Philosophy)
Patron: Pam Grissom
Photo above: Last spring, Katherine Morrissey, associate professor of history, received Magellan Circle funds to help send students to the Southwestern Environmental History Field Institute. History graduate student Bryan Turo (pictured above at right, with Tom McCarrick) attended the Field Institute.
2008 Magellan Circle Honor Roll
An enthusiastic thank you to our Magellan Circle members for their ongoing support of SBS faculty and students. We value your commitment!
Circumnavigators
(Lifetime members)
Anonymous (2)
Paul and Alice Baker*
Tom and Olga Bever*
Larry and Jana Bradley
Earl and Louise Carroll*
Joseph and Ruth Cramer*
Donald and Joan Diamond*
A. Richard Diebold*
Agnese Haury*
Frederick W. Henninger, Jr.
Jim and Joanne Hunter
Ken and Randy Kendrick
Lessner Family Trust
William Longacre*
Roy Mankovitz and
Kathleen A. Barry-Mankovitz
James and Beverly Rogers”
John and Helen Schaefer*
Sherwin Scott*
Irving Silverman
Luda Soldwedel*
Duane and Linda Whitaker*
Patrons
($1,500 (Student scholar donors)
Michael Bonine*
Esther N. Capin*
Raúl H. and Patricia Castro
Michael Chihak and Hilda Oropeza*
Jerry and Sandra DeGrazia*
Richard and Mary Rose Duffield*
Bert Falbaum and Margaret Houghton*
Gerald and LaDona Geise
Bruce and Edythe Gissing
Mary A. Goodman*
Pam Grissom*
Al Kaszniak and Mary Ellen Beaurain*
Tom and Irene Keating
G. Alfred and Anna Kennedy
Todd and Carole Lundmark
Benjamin Menges*
Alberto and Gesine Moore
Susan E. Newman
John W. Olsen and
Ovadan Amanova-Olsen*
Charles and Patricia Pettis*
Conrad and Ann Plimpton
Revell Rayne
Bonham Richardson
Ken and Linda Robin
Leo A. Roop*
Adib and Entisar “Vivi” Sabbagh*
Chuck Strub and Doris Chapel
Anthony and Joan Vuturo
Gwen Weiner
Bill A. Wing and Jacqueline Sharkey*
Explorers $1,000
Paul Allvin and Rhian Evans Allvin
Dennis and Sherrill Bambauer
Theodore and Karen Borek
Arch and Laura Brown
Garry Bryant and Margy McGonagill
M. Virginia Clyde*
Steve and Ruth Dickstein
Edward Donnerstein and
Deborah Levine Donnerstein*
Greg and Lisa Fahey*
Lillian Fisher
Adel Gamal
LouAnn Gerken
Father Andrew Greeley*
Fritz and Gayle Jandrey
John Paul Jones, III*
Susan Karant-Nunn*
Dale Kunkel and Leslie Kent Kunkel*
Steve and Nancy Lynn*
J. Christopher Maloney and
Judith Nantell*
Jim Manilla
Gary Marcus
Selma Paul Marks*
Eleanor L. Olsen*
Evie Pozez
Jack and Doris Riehm
Melody S. Robidoux
Marjory C. Slavin
James Studwell and Ginny Healy
Lucia Uihlein
J. Edward Wright*
Carla Zingarelli-Rosenlicht
For more information, contact Lori Harwood at 520-626-3846 • Editor