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| Recent Accomplishments by Policy Studies Faculty and Lafayette Alumni |
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President Emeritus Arthur J. Rothkopf '55 Appointed as Head of National Chamber Foundation |
Hirschmann to lead Capital Markets and Intellectual Property centers, Rothkopf to succeed Hirschman as head of National Chamber Foundation |
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WASHINGTON, D.C.—David Hirschmann has been appointed president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber’s Global Intellectual Property Center and the Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness effective January 1, 2008. Arthur J. Rothkopf will succeed Hirschmann as head of the National Chamber Foundation (NCF), an independent, non-profit, public policy think tank affiliated with the U.S. Chamber.
Rothkopf has been appointed executive vice president of NCF and will assume responsibility for its management and strategic direction, while continuing to lead the Chamber’s Education and Workforce initiative and the Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC). BCLC is a Chamber affiliate that advances the positive role business plays in society. Rothkopf will retain his title as Chamber senior vice president and counselor to the president and today was elected to NCF’s board of directors.
“Arthur’s background as president of Lafayette College and deputy secretary of transportation make him a perfect fit for NCF,” said Donohue. “This will also enable us to consolidate the management of three of the Chamber’s affiliated 501(c)3 organizations.”
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world’s largest business federation representing more than 3 million businesses and organizations of every size, sector, and region. |
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Fred Benson `59
Benson Capital Commentary
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On the recommendation of New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, The Queen has designated Mr. Frederick S. Benson III a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM). This award, an Order of Chivalry, was instituted by Royal Warrant and is awarded "for those persons who in any field of endeavour, have rendered meritorious service to the Crown and nation or who have become distinguished by their eminence, talents, contributions or other merits."
While this award is traditionally presented only to New Zealanders, citizens of other nations may, on occasion, be recognized. Mr. Benson, the only American so honored in 2007, was recognized for his enhancement of the United States – New Zealand diplomatic and business relationships, and for his service as President of the United States-New Zealand Council, a consortium of major US firms with business ties to New Zealand.
The award was presented to Mr. Benson by Prime Minister Clark on March 20 during her visit to Washington for meetings with President Bush and members of his Cabinet.
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Mark Crain
Simon Professor of Political Economy |
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Publications
“Bicameralism and Political Compromise in Representative Democracy,”
with J.C. Bradbury, in Roger Congleton (ed.), Democratic Constitutional Design:
Analysis and Evidence, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2006.
“Terrorized Economies,” with Nicole Crain, Public Choice, Jan. 2006, Pages 1-33,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11127-006-9056-6.
Click here for Mark Crain's Lecture at the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala entitled "Volatile States: Intitutions, Policy, and the Performance of American State Economies"
Click here for information about Mark Crain's recent book: Volatile States: Institutions, Policy, and the Performance of American State Economies
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Nicole Crain
Visiting Professor of Economics and Business
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Dr. Crain extended her research into the causes and consequences of international terrorism. Her article, “Terrorized Economies,” (co-authored with Mark Crain) was published as the lead article in the January 2006 issue of Public Choice. She gave a series of invited lectures in Guatemala on terrorism, including the inaugural lecture for the Security and Defense course organized by the Security Council of the Ministry of Defense. Dr. Crain was one of five professors behind the election night broadcast, integrating research and production into the curriculum for her courses. Students from her courses contributed 11 segments to the live broadcast. |
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Olga Anna Duhl
Associate Professor and Assistant Head of Foreign Languages and Literatures |
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Courses
The policy studies program encourages students to strengthen their foreign language
skills as a foundation for understanding and participating in a globalized society.
The foreign languages and literatures department (FLL) offers a number of courses that may be used as elective courses towards the major, such as Business French, German, and Spanish, and an upper-division seminar focusing on cultural policies in France and the francophone world. Other upper-division seminars offered include German 311,
Spanish 313, and Spanish 314.
Technology
Students and faculty at Lafayette may avail themselves of economic, financial, and
policy studies related programming from hundreds of international and domestic channels. Programs may be viewed informally in the Encounter space or at any
computer workstation. Moreover, faculty and/or students can select and copy clips
from the latest-breaking news, as well as documentaries, and use them to prepare
courses and class presentations. The FLLRC offers the following native language
channels: TV5 France, TV Africa, TV Spain, Chile, Venezuela, Mexico, Germany,
Japan, and Russia. The FLLRC also receives the following domestic channels:
BBC America, Bloomberg, CNN, CNBC, Free Speech Tv, Hitn, Linktv.org,
Northern Arizona University/University House, Pbs You, Researchchannel,
University of California, and the University of Washington. |
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William Jemison
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering |
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The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) recently named William Jemison ’85, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, an IEEE Fellow “for contributions to microwave photonics for radar and communications.”
Jemison is among 268 new Fellows elevated this year. One of the most prestigious honors of the IEEE, the award is given to a limited number of senior members who have made outstanding contributions to the electrical and information technologies and sciences for the benefit of humanity and the profession. The number of IEEE Fellows elevated in a year does not exceed one-tenth percent of the total IEEE voting membership.
A dedicated teacher and mentor, Jemison has included 19 Lafayette students in his research, and has coauthored at least 16 publications with undergraduates. He is a past recipient of Lafayette’s Carl R. and Ingeborg Beidlman Research Award for excellence in applied research.
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Sharon Jones
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Acting Chair, A.B. Engineering Program
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Publications
“Inequity of the Revised Arsenic Rule for Very Small Community Drinking Water Systems,” with N. Joy ’04, Environmental Science and Policy, (9)6, 2006.
“Impact Assessment Strategies” in International Handbook on Environmental Technology Management, ed. Dora Marinova, Edward Elgar Publishing, United Kingdom, in press.
“Using Game Theory to Evaluate Sustainable Environmental Policy Options for Domestic Open-Loop Pallets,” with C. Ruebeck, T. Seager, K. Tull ’06, accepted, Progress in Industrial Ecology.
“The Funding Dilemma for Rural Water Infrastructure on Tribal Nations,” with
J. Moerschbacher ’05, M. Petrova ’07, submitted, Public Works Management and Policy.
“Diversity in Environmental Engineering Successes and Challenges,” with A. Bhandari,
M. Barnett, T. LaPara. 2006, ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, July 2006.
Conference Proceedings
“Diversity in Environmental Engineering: The Good and Bad,” with A. Bhandari,
L. Clapp, D. Fennell, T. LaPara, and K. Tull ’06, Annual Conference for the American
Society of Engineering Education, Chicago, Illinois, June 12-15, 2006.
“A Sophomore-Level Engineering and Public Policy Course Required for B.A. Engineering Majors at Lafayette College,” with K. Tull ’06, Annual Conference for
the American Society of Engineering Education, Chicago, Illinois, June 12-15, 2006.
“A Framework to Facilitate Undergraduate Service-Learning for the Sustainable Development of Rural Infrastructure,” with M. Garcia ’07, D. Brandes, 5th American
Society of Engineering Education’s Global Colloquium on Engineering Education,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 9-12, 2006.
Conference Presentation (no proceedings)
“Cost-Effective Use of GIS and GPS to Evaluate the Performance of Water Utility Infrastructure in Developing Communities,” with D. Jones, Urban and Regional Information Systems Association’s Third Caribbean GIS Conference, Bahamas,
October 29-November 2, 2006.
Research Grants
Scholar, Institute for Scholarship on Engineering Education, Advancing Engineering Education Research to Meet the Needs of the 21st Century: Diversity, 2006-2007.
Funded one EXCEL Scholar focusing on a project titled Impact of the POSSE Program
on First-Year Retention for Engineering Students at Lafayette College.
Co-principal investigator, EPA P3 Phase 2 Grant, Community-Oriented Design
and Evaluation Process for Sustainable Infrastructure, 2006-2007.
National Community-Based Research (CBR) Networking Project 2006-07
Learn & Serve America Grant, funded with Chawne Kimber, associate professor
of mathematics, as co-principal investigator. |
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John Kincaid
Meyner Professor of Government and Public Service |
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| Students in Govt. 211, a course on state and local government, videotaped interviews with eight candidates for state legislature in Pennsylvania and New York under the direction of John Kincaid, Meyner Professor of Government and Public Service. Excerpts from two of the interviews were shown during the ENvision election-night broadcast. |
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David H.P. Shulman
Associate Professor of Anthropology and Sociology |
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| During winter 2007, David Shulman, associate professor of anthropology
and sociology at Lafayette College, published From Hire to Liar: The
Role of Deception in the Workplace with the Cornell University Press. He
argues in From Hire to Liar that deception is a pervasive element of daily
working life. He analyzes the motives, tactics, rationalizations, and ethical
ramifications of acting deceptively in the workplace. The book contains
detailed accounts of workplace lies and suggests new ways to think about
the important effects of everyday workplace deceptions. The book has received extensive
coverage in the media, which has been exciting and rewarding for Shulman. |
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