FACULTY NEWS: Department of Art

Richard Turner, professor, Department of Art, Wilkinson College, recently completed work on a new public artwork for Market Square Park in Houston, Texas. The piece is a walkway inset with fragments of masonry from local buildings. Professor Turner was a member of the original artist team that designed the park in 1992. Changing demographics of the local area required new design programmed for more intense usage. His new work salvages material from the previous park walkways, which used material originally salvaged from historic buildings in downtown Houston. Professor Turner is currently working on a sculpture for the City of Long Beach Transit Authority.

Claudine Jaenichen, assistant professor, Department of Art, Wilkinson College, has five undergraduate students from her Information Design course who will be published in a special issue of the Information Design Journal covering topics in Healthcare. IDJ is a peer-reviewed international journal and an authoritative publication in the discipline of information design. Keely Misenhimer, Brooke Brisbois, Laura Croswaite, Kailah Ogawa, and Chase Conching completed a 4-week benchmark and completed redesigned prototypes for over-the-counter medicine packaging. The objective was to test the performance of existing packaging and address issues in both written and visual language to better articulate the usability and accessibility of information and communication.

Jamie Kough, adjunct faculty, Department of Art, Wilkinson College, worked this spring and summer as a set designer and prop person for the soon-to-be- released film Not Today, which is about a California college student’s adventures in Hyderabad, India

FACULTY NEWS: Department of Communication Studies

Wenshan Jia, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Communication Studies, Wilkinson College, delivered a keynote address titled “Sino-globalization and the Intercultural Paradigm of Management” at The First International Conference on Eastern-Western Cultures and Management cosponsored by the Research Center for Eastern-Western Cultures and Management and the Intercultural Research Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, June 18-20, 2010.
Dr. Jia was also invited as Guest Speaker on “Paradigms of Intercultural Research in Contemporary China” at the second part of the Sino-German Conference Series on Intercultural Communication at Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, China, June 14-17, 2010.
Other recent presentations include: a five-part lecture series “Frontiers of Intercultural Studies” featuring his own research accomplishments for the faculty of School of Journalism, People’s University of China, May 31-June 9, 2010; “The Impact of Values and Identities on Cross-Cultural Conflicts and their Management in Multinational Corporations” at the panel “the Intersections of Cultures, Communication and Conflicts in Organizational Settings: The Case Studies of China”, June Singapore, June 24, 2010; “Face (Image) vs. Power:  a Comparative Perspective on the American and Chinese Models of Global Communication” presented at the preconference “Chindia:  Implications for Global Communication, at the 2010 International Communication Association Annual Convention, Singapore, June 22-26, 2010; and an interview on “Towards Achieving a Breakthrough Development of Intercultural Communication Studies in China” on “Dialogues with Distinguished Scholars”, China Academy for Social Sciences Weekly Scholarly Journal published in Chinese on August 26, 2010 at http://www.sspress.cn/news/12753.htm
Dr. Jia has also won several book awards with colleague Cassie Lynch, including:

• “Outstanding Academic Book” in Choice of American Library Association, 2010, with the chapter “An intercultural communication model of international relations:  the case of China” in Y. Hao & G. Wei (Eds.) Challenges to Chinese foreign policy:  diplomacy, globalization and the next world power (pp. 319-333).  Louisville, KT:  University Press of Kentucky;
• “Outstanding Academic Book” in Choice of American Library Association, 2010, with an entry “Hu Jintao” (updated, revised and expanded for reprint). book Berkshire Encyclopedia of China edited by Linsun Cheng & Kerry Brown et al (Berkshire Publishing Group LLC. 2009) in which Wenshan Jia & Cassie Lynch published an entry “Hu Jintao” (updated, revised and expanded for reprint, pp. 1075-1077
• “The Best Reference” from Library Journal, again for “Hu Jintao.”

FACULTY NEWS: Department of Philosophy

Michael Pace, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Philosophy, Wilkinson College, has an article appearing in the most recent issue of Pacific Philosophical Quarterly. “Perceptual Foundational Justification and the Problem of the Speckled Hen” criticizes several prominent theories of how experiences give us knowledge of the world. (The criticism involves a thought experiment about seeing a hen with many speckles.) He then defends a novel theory of perceptual knowledge that solves the problem.

EVENT NEWS: Bryan Fisher GRAPHIC DESIGNER, 9/29!

Chapman University/Wilkinson College Visual Arts Speaker Series Presents ... BRYAN FISHER!

Bryan Fisher is the owner & creative director of perfectholiday brand design inc. and creative director of PACSUN. Fisher works to define new genres of modern branding. His work has been recognized by leading design competitions and magazines. You don't want to miss this! Tuesday, Sept. 29, Moulton Hall, 212 at 7 p.m. This event is free and open to the public! For more info., 714.997.6729.

EVENT NEWS: Tabula Poetica Poetry Reading Series - Patty Seybum 9/28

Patty Seyburn's third book of poems, "Hilarity," won the Green Rose Prize given by New Issues Press. Her two previous books of poems are "Mechanical Cluster" and "Diasporadic," which won the 1997 Marianne Moore Poetry Prize and the American Library Association''s Notable Book Award for 2000. Her poems have appeared in numerous journals including The Paris Review, Poetry, New England Review, Field, Slate, Crazyhorse, Cutbank, Quarterly West, Bellingham Review, Boston Review, Cimarron Review, Third Coast, and Western Humanities Review. Seybum grew up in Detroit. She earned a BS and an MS in Journalism from Northwestern University, an MFA in Poetry from University of California, Irvine, and a Ph.D. in Poetry and Literature from the University of Houston. She is an Assistant Professor at California State University, Long Beach. This event is free and open to the public. For MORE information call 714-628-7389 or email leahy@chapman.edu.

Talk Time: 2:30 p.m., Argyros Forum 201

Reading Time: 5 p.m., Henley Reading Room Leatherby Libraries

 http://www.chapman.edu/poetry/

STAFF NEWS: Campus Confidential

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EVENT NEWS: October 14, 2010 - A Realist’s Perspective on World Events: How Nixon would interpret what is happening today

Richard Nixon, America's 37th President.

On October 14, 2010 Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Science will host a panel discussion featuring Nixon Scholars in Argyros Forum, room 209 (B&C). The event is free and open to the public, students, staff and faculty.

2-3:30 p.m.: Nixon Scholars Panel:  

Geoffrey Kemp, Director of Regional Strategic Programs at The Nixon Center. He served in the White House during the first Reagan administration as Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and Senior Director for Near East and South Asian Affairs on the National Security Council Staff. Dr. Kemp received his Ph.D. in Political Science at M.I.T. and earned his M.A. and B.A. degrees from Oxford University.

Paul Saunders, Executive Director of The Nixon Center. In addition to being the Center’s chief operating officer, he directs its U.S. - Russian Relations Program and works on other issues, including energy and climate change, U.S. - European relations, and the role of democracy in U.S. foreign policy. He is also Associate Publisher of the foreign policy magazine, The National Interest, published bi-monthly by The Nixon Center, and Publisher of National Interest online.

Drew Thompson, Director of China Studies and Starr Senior Fellow at The Nixon Center in Washington, D.C.  Prior to joining The Nixon Center, he was the National Director of the China-MSD HIV/AIDS Partnership in Beijing. Mr. Thompson served previously as Assistant Director to the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).  He lived in Shanghai from 1993 to 1998. Mr. Thompson was the founder and Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce Transportation and Logistics Committee in Shanghai.

3:30 p.m.: Chapman students will give presentations to the experts on the panel for immediate feedback. 

For more information, please contact Jim Coyle, Director of The Center for Global Education 714.744.7074.

COLLEGE NEWS: The Laura Scudder Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences Dean’s Suite and Conference Room Dedication!

John Scudder shares stories of his grandmother Laura Scudder.

The Laura Scudder Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences Dean’s Suite and Conference Room was dedicated today in Roosevelt Hall. John Scudder, Laura Scudder’s grandson and family historian, represented the family at the dedication.

Scudder had complied and cared for the collection of his late grandmother for many years, but saw that so much more could be accomplished if the collection was displayed in an area where it could be cared for and made accessible to students and scholars.

The beautiful and one-of-a-kind display is an exhibit honoring the life of Laura Scudder and is now a permanent display in the conference room. The materials that make up the exhibit in Roosevelt Hall represent only a fraction of what the Scudder family has given to Chapman University. More on  Laura Scudder’s life resides in the Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections & Archives in Leatherby Libraries.



(Left to Right: Chapman President James Doti, Dean of Wilkinson College Patrick Quinn, John Scudder, Former Dean of Wilkinson College Roberta Lessor)



Thanks to the generosity of Laura Scudder’s relatives and the Marjorie Mosher Schmidt Foundation, Chapman students of history, marketing, business and law will have access to an incredible archive of materials showcasing and honoring Laura Scudder’s career  as a nurse, lawyer, inventor, business owner and humanitarian.

FACULTY NEWS: Department of English

Mark Axelrod, Ph.D., professor of English, Wilkinson, is serving as a film mentor for HATCH and its signature event, HATCHfest 2010, a film festival that will be held in Bozeman, Montana Sept. 22-25.  HATCH is a year-round non-profit organization, based in Bozeman, designed to develop and foster the growth of creative minds in various industries through mentorship, exposure, and networking. Read More!

FACULTY NEWS: Department of Art

Department of Art adjunct faculty member Jamie Kough worked this spring and summer as a set designer and prop person for the soon-to-be- released film Not Today. which is about a California college student’s adventures in Hyderabad, India.

FACULTY NEWS: Department of Art

Department of Art Professor Richard Turner recently completed work on a new public artwork for Market Square Park in Houston, Texas. The piece is a walkway inset with fragments of masonry from local buildings. Professor Turner was a member of the original artist team that designed the park in 1992. Changing demographics of the local area required new design programmed for more intense usage. His new work salvages material from the previous park walkways, which used material originally salvaged from historic buildings in downtown Houston. Professor Turner is currently working on a sculpture for the City of Long Beach Transit Authority.

DEPARTMENT NEWS: History Major Wins American Historical Association National Essay Competition

Hailey Giczy (’09) has won the Raymond J. Cunningham Prize for the Best Article by an Undergraduate for her published senior thesis "The Bum Blockade: Los Angeles and the Great Depression." The American Historical Association, the largest and most important organization of professional historians, offers the Raymond J. Cunningham Prize for the best article written by an undergraduate student and published in a history department journal. This prize is a major national award from the nation’s premier historical organization, evidence that the History program is a vital part of Chapman University’s rise to national prominence.

Hailey and her senior thesis mentor, Professor Leland Estes, will attend the American Historical Association’s annual awards banquet in Boston this coming January to receive the award. The winning author and the winning journal each receive a $200 prize.

Hailey’s article was published in the first issue of the History Department’s award-winning on-line historical journal Voces Novae. You can read the article in Voces Novae.

Hailey’s article had also previously won the Phi Alpha Theta Nels Andrew Cleven Prize, another prestigious national undergraduate award.

Her paper explores a little known aspect of Los Angeles History in the depths of the Depression. In 1936 the Chief of Police decided to erect a "bum blockade" both at home and on California's borders to rid the city of dust bowl migrants and others thought to be undesirable, and to keep these sorts of people from coming in the first place. However, though it only lasted a month and drew the fire of many on the left, it nonetheless seems to have had a considerable popular backing. Hailey in fact argues that the blockade was indicative of a spirit in this state at the time to go to considerable and perhaps even unconstitutional lengths to preserve its "imagined" view of itself as a sort of middle class utopia against what was widely seen as tide of unwashed Okkies flooding in from the east.

Hailey did a considerable amount of primary research, and she was aided in this research by a special grant from the Chancellor's Office. She used memoirs, newspapers, magazines, and also spent a considerable amount of time in the archives of the Los Angeles Police Department.

EVENT NEWS: Orange County Register's Award-Winning Food Columnist, Nancy Luna

The Humanities in the Workplace lecture series continues this fall with the Orange County Register’s award-winning food columnist and Fast Food Maven, NANCY LUNA, appearing Sept. 21 at 10 a.m. and again at 11:30 a.m. in Leatherby basement, Room 17.
Once you hear Ms. Luna speak, you’ll never eat at McDonald’s again. The lecture is free and open to the public 

DEPARTMENT NEWS: History Department Majors and Minors Celebrate the 150th Anniversary of Chapman University with a Special Issue of their Award Winning Voces Novae

Voces Novae, Chapman University’s award winning student historical journal, will publish a special issue in the spring of 2011 devoted to the history of the university, especially its meteoric rise to national prominence in the last 30 years.  This special issue will take full advantage of its Open Journal Systems software, with its extensive audio and video capabilities, to present creatively this history as a series of interviews with those people who were centrally involved in this rise--key professors, administrators, staff members and trustees.  While this vast project will be overseen by members of the Department of History, including journal advisor Lee Estes, the actual task of preparing for and doing interviews, as well as editing and putting these interviews online, will be in the hands of History majors and minors formally trained in the required skills by Jana Remy, Associate Director of Instructional Technology.  This special issue of Voces Novae will be debuted at the Southern California Regional Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society Conference, to be held here at Chapman on April 9^th, and again at the 150^th Birthday Party and Campus Open House on May 7^th.

FACULTY NEWS: Department of Communication Studies

Wenshan Jia, Associate Professor of Communication Studies: Keynote Address on "Sino-globalization and the Intercultural Paradigm of Management" at The First International Conference on Eastern-Western Cultures and Management cosponsored by the Research Center for Eastern-Western Cultures and Management and the Intercultural Research Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, June 18-20, 2010.

FACULTY NEWS: Department of Art

An installation of large-scale photographs by Stephen Berens, assistant professor, Department of Art, Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences, were recently included in an exhibition at the Poor Farm, a international exhibition and artist residency program in Wisconsin. The installation consists of two 5’x12’ photographs shot approximately 45 feet apart looking out the front windows of the Poor Farm in March. In August the photographs were installed directly opposite the windows from which they were shot, flipping the landscape north to south and from midsummer to early spring. Since the images were produced using a robotic tripod head that allowed100 separate photographs of the site to be seamed together to form one image it allowed the viewer to see the landscape more clearly in its reproduction than by looking out the windows at the landscape itself. They will be displayed a year allowing the relationship of the photograph to the view out the window to change as the landscape changes.

FACULTY NEWS: Department of Art

Professor Alex Segade is part of a three-person art collective called My Barbarian that has a show in Mexico City at a museum called Museo Experimental El Eco. Read in Spanish, read in English.

FACULTY NEWS: Department of History

Lori Cox Han, Ph.D., professor, Department of Political Science, Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences, recently attended the annual American Political Science Association meeting in Washington, DC, where she presented a paper titled “A Moving Target: How the State of the News Industry Determines White House Communication Strategies.” She also completed a four-year term on the executive board of Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honor society

FACULTY NEWS: Department of Art

Lia Halloran, assistant professor, Department of Art, Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences, is co-curator of The Los Angeles Art Association’s exhibit, Measure for Measure, an unprecedented all-media exhibition at Gallery 825. The exhibit, conceptualized and curated by globally renowned Harvard Physicist Lisa Randall, Ph.D., opens Friday, Sept. 10, with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m. The gallery is at 825 N. La Cienega Blvd.

EVENT NEWS: From Holocaust to World Trade Center, how best to remember?

The complex art of creating memorials and meaningful commemorations will be the topic of The “1939” Club Lecture Series on Sept. 21, when renowned Holocaust scholar and author James E. Young, Ph.D., presents “Stages of Memory: Challenges of Memorialization from the Holocaust to the World Trade Center.” The lecture will begin at 7 p.m. in Memorial Hall’s Chapman Auditorium. Admission is free and open to the public. Read More!

EVENT NEWS: Pulitzer-winning poet opens Chapman series

If you want to open a poetry series with a bang, best start with the poet who writes “little thought-bombs detonating in the mind long after the first reading.”

That’s how the Pulitzer Committee described the work of Rae Armantrout, who won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for poetry and opens Tabula Poetica’s Poetry Reading Series at Chapman University on Tuesday, Sept. 14. Armantrout will deliver a talk at 2:30 p.m. in Argyros Forum 201, and a poetry reading at 5 p.m. in the Henley Room of Leatherby Libraries. President Jim Doti will introduce the poet. Read More!

FACULTY NEWS: Department of Sociology

Victoria Carty, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Sociology, Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences, recently published a book with Routledge Press titled, Wired and Mobilizing: Social Movements, New Technology, and Electoral Politics. The manuscript examines how new information technologies, including the Internet and new forms of social media, facilitate and enhance collective behavior to promote social change through both contentious and electoral processes.

EVENT NEWS: ‘Altered Appropriations’ in Guggenheim Gallery

A new exhibit opened Tuesday in Chapman University’s Guggenheim Gallery, taking viewers into a meticulous, obsessive world of art that seeks fresh ways to visualize and present the familiar. Called “Altered Appropriations: Making Strange,” the exhibit features works by Abigail Reynolds, Kim Rugg, Curtis Mann, Soo Kim, Ishmael Randall Weeks, Mickey Smith and Peter Wegner. Read More!