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In December of 2010 the European Union Naval Force in the Gulf 

of Aden reported that pirates were holding 23 ships and more than 

500 hostages, mostly at bases in a lawless part of Eastern Somalia. 

Piracy at sea is regularly in the news, and at first glance it appears 

to be a new occurrence of an old phenomenon. Modern pirates 

have sophisticated communications, small fast boarding craft, and 

“mother ships” that can sail more than 1,000 miles to sea. Some 

are equipped with automatic money counters that can verify 

the cash ransoms dropped to their ships by helicopters sent by 

beleaguered shipping companies. 

Piracy, once seen as a bygone relic of the age of discovery, has 

reappeared with a vengeance. The figures we see in the news are 

not the cuddly, colorful pirates of Disneyland rides and Peter Pan. 

In fact, the real ones were never cuddly, but certainly colorful. 

Instead, these pirates carry rocket launchers and explosives. They 

make the western Indian Ocean a hazardous course for shipping 

companies and tourists, and give Somalia a sinister reputation to 

compliment its number one ranking in Foreign Policy’s list of the 

most failed states. As rogues who do not conform to the norms of 

appropriate behavior and violate international law, Somali pirates 

are often mentioned in the same breath as terrorists. But this is 

not a fair comparison. The forces driving people to piracy stem 

from the inability of Somalia to create a stable state, greedy and 

unethical actions by outsiders, and failures of the international 

community. 

SPRING ISSUE 2011 

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 

The Center for Global Studies complements the University of 

Washington’s International Studies Program by: internationalizing 

UW’s curricular, research, and outreach programs; serving as 

a Title VI National Resource Center for the Pacific Northwest; 

providing K-14 curricular materials; and partnering with 

businesses, NGOs, and the media to bring attention to global 

challenges and opportunities. 

Dealing with the Threats (and Promises) of 

Modern-Day Piracy 

Professors Wolfram Latsch, Frederick Lorenz, and Scott Radnitz are 

faculty affiliates with the Center for Global Studies at the Henry M. 

Jackson School of International Studies. 

Other than the romantic image of Captain Jack Sparrow and Pirates 

of the Caribbean, most people have little knowledge about piracy and 

pirates. But a look to early U.S. history and the Barbary Wars will shed 

some light on the problem and the way our founding fathers dealt with 

early forms of piracy. And a review of the economic, political, legal and 

military relationships in the region will help to inform the choices we 

have today in dealing with modern pirates. 

Some History: After the War of Revolution, Great Britain finally 

recognized U.S. independence in 1783. But this did not extend to 

protection of the fledgling U.S. fleet, and in 1784 a Moroccan corsair 

seized a U.S. merchant ship and its crew. In 1785 the U.S. Congress 

authorized payments to the Barbary States (Algiers, Tripoli and Tunis) 

but this only delayed the onset of further problems. By 1794 the U.S. 

Congress had authorized the building of six frigates to combat piracy, 

however the following year the U.S. paid a ransom to Algiers for 85 

hostages. In 1800 Tripoli demanded more payments and U.S. Navy 

Captain Bainbridge hand delivered the tribute. 

Three years later Captain Bainbridge was taken hostage himself with 

his crew of 307 in Tripoli Harbor. In April of 1805, U.S. Marine Captain 

Presley O’Bannon led an expedition overland from Egypt to take the 

fortress at Derna, Tripoli and release the hostages. This event was later 

memorialized as the “Shores of Tripoli” in the U.S. Marine’s Hymn. By 

June 1805 a peace agreement was concluded with Tripoli and the end 

of the Barbary Wars. It is noteworthy that the USS Bainbridge (the fifth 

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ship named after the Captain) was the vessel used to end the hostage 

crisis with Somali pirates after the taking of captain of the Maersk 

Alabama in April, 2009. 

Are the Barbary Wars relevant to the issues we face in dealing with 

piracy today? There are some important distinctions and some lessons 

to be learned. The Barbary wars were against “states” with the ability 

to conduct foreign policy and with official policies to take ships and 

hold hostages. Modern pirates are for the most part criminal elements 

organized only for personal gain, so diplomatic negotiation can seem 

pointless. Although military means were primitive and communications 

difficult in dealing with pirates in 1803, modern weapons and technology 

have provided no clear solutions. But taking a firm and unified stand 

against piracy, as well as the effective use of diplomacy, can lead to some 

success in dealing with the problem. 

In terms of use of force in dealing with piracy off the coast of Somalia, 

there are no easy military solutions. There are relatively few naval 

vessels in a vast ocean, and pirates are expanding their territory every 

month. Coordination between the naval vessels is not always easy, 

particularly with vessels from Russia and China that do not normally train 

and communicate with each other. Some countries, such as Russia, are 

reportedly very willing to use force, and most European countries more 

reluctant. 

International law clearly defines piracy as a crime (perhaps the oldest 

international crime) and that deadly force can be used against pirates. 

In this issue 

1-2 Dealing with the Threats (and Promises) of 

Modern-Day Piracy 

3 Letter from the Director 

4-5 2011 Task Force 

5 Voices of Migration 

6 Jackson School Journal of International Studies: 

From Idea to Reality 

6-12 News and Notes: Alumni, Student Awards, 

2009-2010 Graduates 

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But the application of force presents many challenges, and dealing 

with captured and suspected pirates requires careful coordination. A 

few pirates have been tried in U.S. court and U.S. law allows trials for 

those taken in international waters. But the logistics of moving suspects, 

protecting their rights, preserving evidence, and providing a secure place 

of confinement is always difficult. Somalia has no functioning courts, and 

Kenya has limited ability to handle cases that are delivered to its shore. 

While many have advocated a purely military solution to Somali piracy, 

force will not suppress the economic motivation behind it or resolve the 

sense of desperation in the country. Ultimately, the problem of Somali 

piracy is a failure of the international community to deal with non-viable 

states. In the international system, every sovereign state is supposed 

to be represented by a single legitimate government, which is allowed 

to speak for its citizens. Even in places that fall short of the ideal, the 

international community prefers to maintain the fiction of sovereignty 

and recognize governments that exist only on paper, rather than to 

acknowledge the need in failed states for an alternative model of political 

order. Thus, when the Somali state failed, no entity stepped into the gap 

to provide public services, defend the coastline, and chase away illegal 

fishermen. Currently, states and organizations that have the resources 

to help the country rebuild have limited interest in solving Somalia’s 

long-term problems. This is partly because rebuilding failed states is 

very difficult and unproven, and partly because other countries’ national 

interests extend only to protecting their own companies and citizens who 

are at risk of piracy in the Indian Ocean. While their economic interests 

were not directly affected, western governments could safely ignore 

Somalia’s problems (with the notable exception of the UN and American 

humanitarian intervention of 1992-95). Now, it is a minor annoyance. 

Somalia exemplifies the troubles that many African states faced 

following the end of the Cold War. After achieving independence from 

Italy in 1960, its new leaders tried out democracy, but the experiment 

ended when the president was overthrown by the head of the military, 

Mohammed Said Barre, a repressive autocrat. Barre first aligned with 

the Soviet Union, but switched in 1980 to become a client of the U.S. 

When the Cold War ended, the U.S. could no longer tolerate his human 

rights violations, and decided to cut off support. Without a reliable flow 

of revenues into the country, the regime collapsed and various armed 

factions, sometimes organized around clan ties, began competing for 

power. Since that time, Somalia has been unable to form a legitimate 

government for an extended period of time, and militia leaders— 

sometimes called warlords—have emerged to establish order on the local 

or regional levels. 

In this environment, making ends meet has been a constant struggle 

for ordinary Somalis. The country has few natural resources, and much 

of the meager economic base in the country was destroyed in decades 

of fighting. Somalis have relied largely on fishing for their livelihood. 

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Internship with Federal Relations 

Kelly Voss, new Director of Career Services and 

Alumni Relations 

8 Living History: Global Storytelling Through Digital Media 

9 Modern-Day Piracy continued 

10-11 FLAS Fellowships 

12 Calendar of Events 

13-15 News and Notes: Faculty 

15 Global Gallery 

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Letter from the Director 

We have just finished up the coldest two 

weeks of April in recorded history; the cold 

weather without a heavy wind or rainstorm 

meant the quad’s cherry blooms kept on 

blooming! Since the trees were a gift from 

the Japanese government to Seattle and then 

to UW, those blossoms are a daily reminder 

of the longstanding, meaningful connections 

nurtured by UW faculty and students around 

the globe. We are grateful for that legacy 

and continued investments in those ties 

that bind. Those global connections and 

a mission to nurture and build new ones 

through our research, teaching and outreach 

were one reason for our Center’s successful receipt of a Title VI grant from 

the US Department of Education. 

Last autumn the Center for Global Studies learned that it had secured a 

four year $1.76 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to 

provide language instruction and comprehensive international education. 

Our center is one of eight National Resource Centers located at the 

Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and one of 11 federallydesignated 

National Resource Centers for International Studies located at 

leading universities throughout the U.S. With our four-year grant we will 

address global issues of particular importance to the Pacific Northwest 

region, focusing on three themes: global health, global human security and 

global religions. Along with our program grant, CGS will support graduate 

and undergraduate foreign language and area studies fellows with 

$177,000 in annual fellowships. We look forward to working with all you as 

we implement this grant and fellowship program over the next four years! 

As part of our programming on global human security, we have been very 

pleased to sponsor several talks and panel discussions over the year that 

focus on contemporary piracy. Despite the emergence and significant 

evolution of international and regional institutions to govern the globe, 

piracy persists and in some places has grown. This paradox of globalization 

invites investigation and questions. We highlight the results of our 

piracy series in this issue of our newsletter with a co-authored article by 

Professors Wolfram Latsch, Frederick Lorenz, and Scott Radnitz. Their 

article brings a uniquely Jackson School insight on the role of history, state 

making and failing, ecology, and institutional dynamics. 

The Center for Global Studies continues to support innovations in teaching 

and learning through faculty, student, and alumni-led initiatives. The 

iconic International Studies Program’s Task Force continues to provide a 

profound capstone experience for graduating seniors (see p. 4 for details). 

We highlight recent innovations in that program, including an expansion 

of our client base to include the U.S. Government, as well as non-profit 

international organizations, multilateral governmental organizations, and 

some foreign governments at their invitation. Other innovations include 

transnational task forces that take students on fact-finding missions and 

task forces led by sitting congressional representatives. To support the 

expansion and increase the influence of task force reports, the Center for 

Global Studies partnered with Philip Wall (JS alum 1975, MA East Asian 

Studies) and the UW libraries to offer policy-writing workshops prior 

to Task Force. The result of this effort yielded high praise from every 

external evaluator regarding the quality of writing of this year’s reports. 

On p. 7, we highlight another innovation in the International Studies 

Program and collaboration with alumna, Ann Burkhart (BA 1990, 

International Studies) - the Global Studies Fellows. In this pilot effort, a 

small group of post- Task Force students are partnered with a local client 

to produce applied research and policy reports for a narrowly defined 

and short-term outcome that matches their skill set with the needs 

of the client. We hope these projects will yield an expansion of high 

quality research and an opportunity for students to work directly with a 

potential employer or in an employer-like context. Knowing that career 

opportunities in international fields are expanding, but increasingly 

competitive, we are seeking new ways to strengthen our students’ skills, 

build connections between scholarship and application, and broaden our 

impact in the community. 

Our students also continue to be innovative leaders on campus and we 

highlight one such accomplishment on p. 6 with the announcement 

of the Jackson School Journal. A kernel of an idea three years ago, 

it is producing its third issue. The editorial staff and leadership have 

developed a sound governance plan to sustain the project and actively 

engaged with faculty to ensure their input and solicitation of articles and 

scholarly material. 

Throughout the newsletter we highlight our faculty, student and staff 

activities and achievements, but none are more heartwarming than 

those of our students. Every year the staff and faculty proudly applaud 

the International Studies graduates and undergraduates as they continue 

to receive university-wide recognition for their outstanding scholarship 

and leadership (see News and Notes throughout). 

As we move increasingly towards the digital age, look for our bi-weekly 

e-news for the latest updates and visit our website for more about the 

Center for Global Studies and the International Studies Program. 

Sincerely, 

Sara R. Curran 

Associate Professor of International Studies & Public Affairs 

Director, Center for Global Studies & 

Chair, International Studies Program - Henry M. Jackson School 

Associate Director, Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology 

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2011 A Vision for the Future 

The International Studies Program, housed within the Jackson School 

of International Studies, is known for its demanding requirements, 

particularly the undergraduate capstone course known as Task 

Force. In its original 

formulation, Task Force 

classes are comprised 

of 15-18 students who 

participate in the simulation 

of a U.S. Presidential 

Commission. With the 

Socratic guidance of a 

faculty instructor, students 

take responsibility for 

defining a research agenda, 

conducting research, 

writing a comprehensive 

report, synthesizing their 

results and generating a set 

of concise and thoughtful 

policy recommendations. 

The reports and 

recommendations are 

presented in-person to a 

high-level expert evaluator, 

who provides students with 

real world reactions and constructive criticism. For ISP alumni it is a 

foundational experience and is the first item mentioned when later 

reflecting upon their UW experience. 

In 2011, we offered eight individual Task Force classes: 

• U.S. Relations with Russia 

• Redefining Security: NATO’s Role in the 21st Century 

• Rethinking U.S. Policy Towards North Korea 

• Show Me the Money: Achieving Economic, Social, and Cultural 

Rights through Government Budgets 

• Melting Boundaries: Rethinking Arctic Governance 

• The Future of U.S. Democracy Promotion: Strategies for a 

Sustainable Fourth Wave of Democratization 

• Countering Al Qaeda and Its Ideology: Reassessing U.S. Policy Ten 

Years After 9/11 

• Asia’s Emerging Nuclear Era: Climate Strategies and Implications 

for U.S. Policy 

Some of these task forces illustrate innovations to our pedagogical 

model which reflect the realities of the world and the skills required 

for our students’ career success. Innovations include expanding the 

faculty pool to include practitioners and policymakers to extending the 

client audience beyond the U.S. government to include many other 

transnational organizations that face global affairs challenges, including 

international non-government organizations, multilateral agencies 

like the United Nations, Washington State government, universities, 

multinational corporations, and even foreign governments (at their 

invitation). 

For example, this year, one Task Force worked with a practicing 

policymaker as their Task Force instructor. Congressman Adam 

Smith (D-WA), currently the Ranking Member of the House Armed 

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Task Force 

Services Committee, assumed the role of professor for the Task Force 

Countering Al Qaeda and Its Ideology: Reassessing U.S. Policy Ten 

Years` After 9/11. In his Task Force, students examined the successes 

and failures of U.S. policy toward Al Qaeda, explored its extremist 

ideology, and identified realistic policy recommendations. According 

to the students’ analysis, “the U.S. government must not let combat 

operations undermine the ability to coexist and cooperate with 

the Muslim world or contradict U.S. emphasis on shared human 

values, promotion of relationships with the constituents of Muslim 

societies, and commitment to address legitimate grievances of local 

populations.” Members of Smith’s Task Force indicated that working 

with Congressman Smith allowed their Task Force to utilize his policy 

knowledge and to experience a different type of instruction than 

is normally offered in the Jackson School. Said Task Force member 

Julie Mendel, “Smith came in with a very specific mission based on 

his extensive knowledge with the topic... [And] he’s provided a lot of 

directed instruction and an incredible policy oriented approach”. Co- 

Coordinator Sam Combs added that having a practicing policymaker “is 

better for a Task force setting...We hit the ground running.” 

Since 2008, we have offered one Transnational Task Force annually 

that features a field-based, fact-finding mission for 7-10 days. 

Transnational Task Forces are popular and offered by application only. 

For two Guatemala Task Forces, led by Professor Angelina Snodgrass 

Godoy, students researched and recommended policies to redress 

the impact of textile purchases at UW on local working conditions 

in Guatemala (2008) and U.S. bio-fuels development and demand 

on human rights for indigenous communities in Guatemala (2010). 

The 2010 Task Force, Rethinking Sustainability: Human Rights and 

Biofuel Policy, indicated that Guatemala, in recent years, has seen 

an expansion in the production of both sugarcane (for ethanol), and 

African palm (for biodiesel). These trends are driven at least in part by 

U.S. and European Union policies promoting renewable energy. Yet the 

conversion of croplands from food to fuel has triggered concerns about 

food security and brought increased scrutiny of the environmental and 

labor practices of large mono-cropping plantations in Guatemala. 

While in Guatemala, students met with senior executives from 

the country’s most important sugar and palm corporations, as 

well as indigenous rights groups, environmental justice advocates, 

representatives of USAID and NGOs working in the field. They also 

conducted site visits to communities affected by sugarcane and palm 

plantations along the country’s fertile coastline. Many of the concerns 

expressed by local inhabitants revolved around access to water as a 

result of some plantations’ heavy use and pollution of local rivers upon 

which communities often rely as their sole source of water. 

Although many contentious charges had been made, few systematic 

analyses examined the ways in which U.S. policy toward sustainable 

energy is -- and is not -- contributing to these human rights problems. 

The students in this task force took up the challenge of conducting 

the first such case study of biofuels, human rights, and U.S. policy in 

Guatemala. Once back in Seattle, the group’s findings were shared 

with Matt Rudolf of the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels, Rep. Jim 

McDermott (D-WA), and Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA) to develop a policy 

proposal for Congressional consideration. 

For two Arctic Governance Task Forces in 2009 and 2011, students 

researched and recommended policies to address Arctic sovereignty 

and indigenous rights. As the students point out in their 2011 report,

Melting Boundaries: Rethinking Arctic Governance, climate change 

is fundamentally transforming the Arctic landscape. As the sea ice 

melts, greater access to natural resources and new shipping lanes 

is intensifying economic and political interest in the region. If left 

unchecked, unsustainable resource extraction has the potential to 

degrade the natural environment and threaten the human security 

of Arctic inhabitants while existing governance frameworks require 

reassessment given these changes. 

Their week-long transnational research trip to Ottawa, Canada, was 

transformative. “Engaging with leaders, experts, and ambassadors 

about a subject that—two months ago—I knew nothing about was 

both frightening and exhilarating,” recalls participant John Bryan. 

“By the end of the week, I had forgotten my mere undergraduate 

status and had accepted my role of investigative researcher.” These 

experiences catalyzed many of the students to continue projects 

related to the Arctic. 

The success of Transnational Task Forces has led to growing faculty and 

student demand. ISP faculty views the extension favorably because 

it broadens our pedagogical realm for creating profound global 

engagement beyond the standard study abroad experience. However, 

we understand that brief encounters in another part of the world may 

not suitably sensitize students to cultural learning and experience that 

yields deeper understandings of other peoples and places. We suggest 

that the transnational task force offers one more way to integrate 

internationally engaged learning over the course of a student’s life at 

UW, which must also include prior experiences with many other forms, 

including longer-term study abroad. 

In order to redress the concern with the brevity of the experience, 

ISP faculty seek to develop and institutionalize a new component 

VOICES OF MIGRATION 

to the Transnational Task Force: pairing a UW Task Force team with a 

similar team in another country to address a shared regional and global 

challenge. Both teams would share a brief field work experience with a 

“global classroom model” that includes an ongoing online course and 

co-authorship of the Task Force research and report writing component 

– conducted via web and video conferencing technology - we expect this 

model will result in each student’s increased ability for cross-cultural and 

diplomatic skills. We project that this simulation is precisely the kind of 

preparatory experience students will be increasingly required to excel at 

in the real world as they enter careers in any sector that is increasingly 

reliant on global cooperation 

and understanding. 

The Seattle Refugee Youth project presented Voices of Migration, a digital storytelling premiere, to a packed Kane Hall audience on March 5, 2011. 

Nineteen refugee youth storytellers showcased personal video-narratives based on their resettlement experiences in the United States. Common 

themes explored in each of the films were the struggles of fitting in to a new school, learning a new language, separation and loss, and cultural 

dissonance between their former way of life and new experiences in the United States. Many of these former refugees came from Bhutan, Nepal, 

Eritrea, Myanmar, Russia, and Ethiopia. Their digital stories included: Kindness (Mya Paw); Why I’m Here (Daga Abdella); Finding Home (Ta Kwe 

Say); Life in Russia and Life in the U.S.A. (Nariman Papaladze); How Much I Love Soccer (Joseph Dawt Lian Thang); My Life in America (Eh Htoo Soe 

Bei); Using Computer First Time (Bal Diyali); Math and Me (Has Wah Shee); Making Friends (Tha Dah Hser); My Life in America (Paul Lian Piang); 

My Art History (Bishnu Magar); and Hopeless Life, Unlimited Choice (Hari Wagley), among others. Bal Diyali, a Bhutanese refugee living in Western 

Washington since 2008, had his story featured in the January 28, 2011, episode of “KCTS 9 Connects.” 

Video Link: http://video.kcts9.org/video/1771874975 

Photo courtesy of Center for Digital Storytelling Photo courtesy of Center for Digital Storytelling 

This year’s Task Force program 

was made possible through 

support from the Hellman 

Fund for Innovation and 

Excellence, Government of 

Canada, Maxwell M. and Julia 

Fisher Hamilton Endowment, 

Henry M. Jackson School 

of International Studies, 

International Studies 

Program Discretionary Fund, 

Wilburforce Foundation, 

Makivik Corporation, and 

U.S. Department of Education 

Title VI grants provided to the 

Center for Global Studies and 

Canadian Studies Center. 

This project has given local refugee youth the opportunity to develop their communication and technical skills, expand professional and educational 

horizons, strengthen their social networks, and educate their Seattle area neighbors. The youths were paired with thirteen UW student mentors 

for the duration of the project. One major goal in having the youth work with UW students was to model leadership skills and provide mentoring 

opportunities. This project helped the participants build friendships with others in similar situations and connect with UW students regarding life 

on campus, college careers, and to establish long-term goals while working on an exciting and innovative project. Various organizations supported 

Voices of Migration including the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Coalition for Refugees from Burma (CRB), KCTS9, Highline 

Community College, UW Center for Global Studies, and the World Affairs Council. 

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Jackson School Journal of International Studies: 

From Idea to Reality 

Charmila Ajmera, Editor-in-Chief, Jackson School of International Studies 

The impetus for the Jackson School Journal of International Studies 

began in a casual conversation over a racquetball game. Jackson 

School alumni, Jeff Lupo and Michael Truong saw a need for a space to 

showcase the research and policy writing produced by Jackson School 

students. They noted the frustration their fellow students, as well as 

they themselves, felt at working for hours and hours on a paper only 

to have it filed away once it was graded. Jeff and Michael took it upon 

themselves to conceptualize and develop a publication that would 

provide students with a space to share their work as well as gain valuable 

experience with the publication process. 

With support from Professors Sara Curran and Anand Yang and the UW 

Center for Global Studies, Jeff and Michael developed 

a written framework for the Journal, consisting of a 

constitution, vision statement, organizational structure and 

plan for achieving sustainability. The Journal’s founding 

Editorial Board consisted of Jeff and Michael and editors, 

Charmi Ajmera, Ashley Parcells, Ulysses Lin, Kelsey Barrett, 

Julie Mendel, and Sarah Boone. Beginning in Winter 2010, 

we introduced the Journal to our fellow classmates and 

encouraged them to submit their work for publication. 

As submissions began to arrive, we reached out to 

members of the Faculty Advisory Board for guidance in 

the editing and revisions process. Jackson School faculty 

members appointed to the Advisory Board have made a 

commitment to the Journal to assist editors throughout 

the publication process. Each Advisory Board member has a different 

academic specialty, offering a variety of perspectives on pieces received. 

Members of the Advisory Board include: Professors Sara Curran, Gary 

Hamilton, Reşat Kasaba, Jonathan Warren, Wolfram Latsch, José Antonio 

Lucero and PhD Candidate Jessica Beyer. This panel of advisors has 

provided valuable feedback on articles accepted for publication. 

The Jackson School Journal seeks to involve students directly with the 

publication process, as well as foster a population of interactive readers. 

As the Editorial Board looks to the future, we have identified several 

goals to directly and indirectly engage with the wider student body. We 

are currently expanding our effort to involve students in the editing and 

publishing process. This past quarter, we invited four new editors onto 

the Journal editorial board: Lucas Simons, Gennie Gebhart, Tom Eddy, 

and Bekah Kennel. 

New editors participate in writing and editing workshops offered by UW 

Libraries, and the Journal continues to provide an editing process that is 

a unique experience for many undergraduate authors. Editors meet in 

news and notes 

ALUMNI 

LILLIAN BENJAMIN (Int’l Studies MA, 2008) began working at the U.S. Agency 

for International Development (USAID) and was sworn in as a USAID Foreign 

Service Officer in January 2010. In spring 2011 she will serve as a Health, 

Nutrition, and Population officer in the Democratic Republic of the Congo at 

the USAID Mission in Kinshasa. 

JULIE BENION (Int’l Studies BA, 1993) works in the International Trade 

Office of the Washington State Department of Commerce as Special Projects 

Manager. Her priorities include the Governor’s overseas trade missions; 

hosting foreign trade delegations; outreach to local, U.S., and foreign 

economic development partners; analysis of Commerce’s trade program 

performance, and strategic policy analysis and research on Washington state 

trade. Julie is Vice President of the World Trade Club (Seattle) and an advisory 

board member for the Washington State Center for Excellence in International 

Trade, Transportation, and Logistics. 


person with authors and work extensively with them to revise their pieces. 

Many university students never go through such a holistic review process, 

but we have found that the end result of this experience is highly rewarding 

for both author and editor. When asked for feedback about the editing 

process, a past author remarked, “It’s amazing what you guys do. The fact 

that you take time to really sit down with your authors... it’s just so much 

more helpful than getting lost in the usual, e-mailed edits.” 

And, while the Journal forges these close working relationships, we are also 

mobilizing to engage the greater Jackson School community in new ways. 

We are currently in the process of designing an entirely new website, which 

will include online versions of the Journal, an archive of previous issues, and 

will showcase other media of interest to the Jackson School 

community. Some examples may include photo essays and 

video clips to illustrate the impressive research and learning 

that UW students pursue across the globe. Students will also 

be able to post their commentaries to pieces directly onto the 

site, allowing for a continuation of scholarly dialogue. 

The spring 2011 issue of the Jackson School Journal of 

International Studies includes more articles—which 

encompass a wide breadth of topics, area studies and both 

historical and contemporary issues. In addition to Research 

Discourses and Policy Briefings, the Journal has added 

exemplary essays specifically written for Jackson School 

classes, called “Jackson School Focus.” This section profiles 

the various types of essays that are common in Jackson 

School classes, such as “Why Question” papers, Practical Moral Projects, 

Task Force reports, Key Interest papers and other common essay styles. By 

showcasing this work, we hope to create a valuable resource for students 

faced with these types of research and writing assignments. 

In our “Expert Insights” section for the spring issue, we feature two 

individuals you may be well familiar with if you have taken the SIS 200 

series: Meredith Bauer and Randy Thompson. Each is profiled in an 

interview, providing advice and insights into the 200 series and giving some 

background on their own academic interests and experiences. Meredith 

has also written an informative and instructive piece on travel abroad, field 

research and writing a thesis. Randy has submitted a sample of the writing 

and research he is currently working on for his master’s thesis, which 

concerns a historical figure familiar to all students in the Jackson School. 

As we continue to grow and expand our written publication, we are also 

expanding our number, welcoming new authors, reviewers and editors to 

our team. We are thrilled to widen our reader base and collaborate with 

more students both within and outside of the Jackson School. 

SIDNEY BROWN (Int’l Studies BA, 2006) is currently employed as an Associate 

at Cascadia Consulting Group in downtown Seattle where she assists with 

research, project design, outreach, writing/editing, and has served as a 

proposal and report manager. 

BRITTANY GOODNIGHT (Int’l Studies BA, 2004) is enrolled in the David J. 

Epstein Public Interest Law & Policy Program and the Critical Race Studies 

Specialization at UCLA School of Law in Los Angeles. 

CHARLEY JOHNSON (Int’l Studies and Economics BA, 2007) will graduate with 

a Masters in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government in 

May 2011.

2011 

Global Studies Fellows 

In the spring of 2011 the Center for Global Studies launched its first Global Studies Fellowship. 

A dynamic team of senior-level students in the Jackson School of International Studies— Samia 

Ahmed (BA 2011, International Studies and Political Science), Akshika Patel (BA 2011, International 

Studies), Alexandra Sawyer (BA 2011, International Studies and Environmental Studies) and Natalie 

Stockmann (BA 2011, International Studies)—are piloting the first Global Studies Fellowship. 

Graduate student Heather Guyton (MA, Near and Middle Eastern Studies) is facilitating the 

research and execution of this project with the assistance of Professors Sara Curran and Wolfram 

Latsch. 

The group was invited by Ann Burkhart, Manager, EEO Compliance, Law and Corporate Affairs, 

(BA 1990, International Studies) to collaborate with Starbucks Coffee Company’s Global Equal 

Opportunity Initiatives team to design a unique, international, equal opportunity program. This 

project will explore how Starbucks can measure its equal opportunity employment performance in 

three thriving markets: China, the United Kingdom, and Canada. 

The project presents an unique opportunity for collaborative research between JSIS students and a 

local corporation. Starbucks Coffee Company is a global company committed to upholding a culture 

where diversity is valued and respected, and has solicited the help of JSIS students in developing an 

executable plan for diversity and inclusion that takes into account the country-specific histories and 

cultures that define international markets. The plan will focus on strategies to measure, implement, 

and enforce equal opportunity employment in diverse environments. 

JSIS seniors are particularly prepared for this type of project after taking Task Force in winter quarter. 

This collaborative project with Starbucks allows the students to further hone their analytical thinking 

and research skills in order to cull information for a report that will inform the corporation’s future 

employment practices in different markets. 

Internship with Federal Relations 

Marianne Fisher, a senior undergraduate in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies majoring in International Studies, is interning 

with the UW Office of Federal Relations during Spring Quarter 2011. Marianne is the office’s first intern and will be providing logistical support for 

the FY12 appropriations process. She will be tracking and researching legislation to become more familiar with domestic policy issues, and will 

monitor federal appropriations and energy legislation. These are the same skills that Marianne developed and put to good use as Co-Coordinator for 

Professor Sorenson’s 2011 Task Force Rethinking U.S. Policy Towards North Korea. 

Kelly Voss, Director of Career Services and Alumni Relations 

SOPHIE NAMY (Int’l Studies and Public Affairs MA, 2008) was offered a 

position at the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) in Oct 

2009. She is currently working as a Gender and Development Specialist at 

ICRW and is focused on two major projects: evaluating a community-based 

paralegal program’s impact on women’s property rights (Uganda) and 

investigating the impact of fertility declines on women’s empowerment (India). 

ANNE RICHARDSON (Int’l Studies MA, 2008) is the Associate Director for 

International Student Services at Edmonds Community College. 

TODD WILLIAMS’ (Int’l Studies MA and JD, 2010) paper on Islamic legal 

authority in non-Muslim societies was accepted for presentation at the Duke- 

UNC Graduate Islamic Studies Conference in February 2011. In fall 2010, Todd 

worked as an International Law Research Fellow at the Public International 

Law and Policy Group helping to provide legal and policy advice to the Kenyan 

Back row left to right: Natalie Stockmann, Heather Guyton, 

Alexandra Sawyer, Akshika Patel Front row: Samia Ahmed 

Please join us in welcoming Kelly Voss, who stepped into the role of Director of Career Services & Alumni Relations in December 2010. Kelly has 

internship and work experience at The Port of Seattle, Trade Development Alliance, and Starbucks. She also taught English in Korea. Kelly serves on 

the Marketing Committee for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Foundation and is an avid hiker. A UW and JSIS alumna herself, Kelly completed 

her JSIS MAIS in Korea Studies and an MBA from the UW Foster School of Business. 

Kelly assists students in finding internationally related internships, career positions, and maintains relationships with alumni who wish to continue 

their involvement with the JS. If you are an alum working for an organization and would like to support the JS with student internships or subscribe 

to the Alumni and Career listservs please contact Kelly at jsisjobs@uw.edu. On campus students should feel free to stop by Kelly’s office in Thomson 

Hall for career advising. 

government. He recently started as an associate at the law firm Paul, Hastings, 

Janofsky & Walker in the litigation department in New York. 

ANNA YORK (Int’l Studies BA, 2003) joined Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) 

in 2008 as Mexico Country Director, in Mexico City, measuring the impact of 

poverty interventions. In March 2011 she will be based in San Francisco, CA, as 

Project Director for IPA working on policy, development, program scale-up, and 

recruiting activities. 

JAMES WINDLE (Int’l Studies and Political Science BA, 2000) has been assigned 

to the National Defense University in Washington D.C. where he will be starting 

up a new program and teaching courses on nuclear security studies. 

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Living History: Global Storytelling Through 

Digital Media 

2011 Summer Seminar for Educators, Grades 6 and up 

The Outreach Centers at The Henry M. Jackson School of 

International Studies invite you to attend our annual Summer 

Seminar for Educators, June 27-28, 2011. This year’s seminar will 

focus on Living History: Global Storytelling Through Digital Media. 

The objective for this workshop is to provide educators with the 

knowledge and strategies to implement curriculum that utilizes oral 

histories as primary sources to increase interest in global studies. 

The workshop will provide participants with skills in creating and 

editing digital stories for implementation in the classroom, as well 

as considering different methods and the ethics of collecting oral 

histories. During the course of the workshop, participants will 

create and edit a digital story based on oral histories presented by 

workshop speakers. This two-day seminar is designed for middle 

school, high school and community college educators. 

Stories have always been the heartbeat through which communities 

are intertwined. With the advent of digital media and social 

technology, a learner’s ability to create, disseminate, and engage 

with others around the world has dramatically increased. 

Community-centric storytelling puts the role of the storyteller into 

the hands of teachers and learners. Teachers will create digital 

stories and give voice to personal narratives that explore global 

stories. On day one of this interactive workshop teachers will hear 

personal accounts from workshop presenters who have lived through 

moments of political change. Then on day two teachers will create 

a short digital story using both archival images and the recorded 

narratives from day one. Teachers will walk away from this workshop 

with the tools and resources to use digital storytelling as a way to 

teach international studies in their own classrooms. 

No prior experience with digital media is required. Participants will 

be walked through the editing process and have plenty of hands on 

assistance. Participants will need to complete some short readings to 

prepare for the workshop as well as complete one hour of homework 

between sessions. 

Registration is limited to 20 participants; participants are encouraged 

to register early. 


Abe Osheroff and Gunnel Clark Human rights Fund for Students 

Erin Murphy, Graduate in International Studies 

Alice Wanamaker Scholarships (Undergraduate) 

Kelsey Barrett-International Studies, Natalie Block-International Studies, 

Katherine McKeon-International Studies, Juliana Mendel-International 

Studies, Emilia Sternberg-International Studies 

Diane Fathi-DiLuck Internship Endowment Award 

Ariel Macpherson-Graduate in International Studies 

Dorothy Fosdick Memorial Internship Awards 

Michelle Astengo-International Studies, Thayer Hastings-International Studies, 

Sarah Sprinkle-Graduate in International Studies 


SELECTED STUDENT AWARDS 2009-2010 

Registration Deadline: June 10, 2011 (or until event is filled) 

Registration Fee: $95* (non-refundable) includes parking/bus passes, 

coffee/tea, morning pastries, lunch, and 16 WA state clock hours (you 

must attend the entire seminar to receive clock hours). Travel stipends 

are available, but not guaranteed, for teachers traveling more than 75 

miles. In order to receive clock hours, you must register by June 10, 

2011. Registration must be paid in full in advance. We are unable to 

accept cash or credit cards. For more information about the content of 

the program, or to register, please contact the East Asia Center at (206) 

543-6938 or eacenter@uw.edu. 

Photo courtesy Sam Van Fleet 

The University of Washington is committed to providing access, equal 

opportunity, and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, 

activities, education and employment for individuals with disabilities. 

To request disability accommodation contact the Disability Services 

Office at least ten days in advance at: 206-543-6450/V, 206-543-6452/ 

TTY, 206-685-7264 (FAX), or dso@u.washington.edu 

Eleanor M. Hadley Mortar Board Scholarship for International Studies 

Jordan Swarthout-International Studies 

George E. Taylor Internship Awards 

Colleen Kennedy-International Studies, Ariel Macpherson-Graduate in 

International Studies, Brittney Riley-International Studies, Kristen Zipperer- 


India Association of Western Washington Scholarships 

Kristen Zipperer, Undergraduate in International Studies 

Ivy Hovey Fitch Endowed Scholarships in International Studies 

Melody Chang-International Studies, Ashley Parcells-International Studies 

Jackson Leadership Award 

Samson Lim-International Studies

Dealing with the Threats (and Promises) of Modern-Day Piracy 

continued from page 2 

However, in recent years European ships began appearing off the 

Somali coast, illegally dumping toxic waste into the water and sickening 

people on the mainland. In addition, European fisherman exploited 

Somali waters and overfished to earn illicit revenues, knowing that the 

government was too weak to protect Somalia’s legitimate territorial 

rights. As a result fishing, Somalia’s primary form of sustenance, came 

under threat. In this context piracy, which targeted illegal fishing vessels, 

wealthy tourists, and shipping companies moving goods from the Middle 

East to India, was a rational economic response for unemployed Somali 

men. 

Combating piracy in the modern age (or at 

any time in history) should not be seen as a 

standoff between order, in the form of navies 

and special forces from advanced countries, 

and anarchy, in the form of illiterate ragtag 

militias infused with greed and an occasional 

shot of religious fundamentalism. In this 

context, piracy in countries like Somalia 

is a testament to the organizational and 

institutional ingenuity of local people who are 

forced to make a living close to home. Living in 

a world with no effective central government 

does not mean that people can or want to 

make do without effective governance. In 

Somalia, as in other places where states have 

weakened or faded, the rule of law is replaced 

almost entirely by other kinds of rules – rules 

that are enforced not by an impersonal and 

legal bureaucracy but by charismatic individuals, political entrepreneurs 

and sundry warlords who mobilize violence and the loyalties of family 

and clan to enforce order on communities looking for effective protection 

from fates even worse. 

Piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden and in the open Indian Ocean 

have become complex and capital-intensive business ventures with 

considerable advantages over the organized militaries of the world’s 

trading and shipping nations. Unconstrained by the ethics or politics 

of bureaucratic decision-making and accountability in advanced 

democracies, and answerable only to their investors and employees, 

Jao Scholarships (Undergraduate) 

Caitlyn McCrone-International Studies, Derek Schlieps-International Studies 

Leslianne Shedd Memorial Internship Awards 

Camille Dodson-International Studies, Shannon O’Neill Creighton- 


Library Research Awards for Undergraduates: Senior Honors/Thesis Projects 

Luke McKinley-International Studies, Laura Pierson-International Studies, 

Andrew Schwartz-International Studies (Honorable Mention), Garrett Strain- 


Library Research Awards for Undergraduates: Non-Senior Projects 

Genevieve Gebhart-International Studies 

Margaret Mykut Scholarships in International Studies (Undergraduate) 

Maria Menglin Guo-International Studies 

pirates are, by force of necessity, more nimble and more innovative than 

their notional opponents. They have strong incentives and short chains of 

command on their side – and maybe the knowledge that more than one 

modern nation has its roots in the profitable pursuit of seafaring mayhem 

and brigandage. In their transactions with their quarry – be they tankers, 

tank-filled freighters, or private yachts – pirates are forced to make shrewd 

and practical calculations about realistic ransoms, judicious use of force, 

and personal safety. Most importantly, they have to map the way home 

for the monies they collect – a home without government in which all 

business has to provide its own security, enforce 

its own contracts and protect its own assets 

without recourse to the offices and services of 

the state. In search of safety and high returns 

for their ill-gotten incomes Somali pirates 

invest in Nairobi’s real estate market and set 

aside revenues for the purchase of advanced 

technological equipment such as GPS. Increased 

purchasing power helps turn dusty villages into 

thriving service hubs. 

The challenges of modern-day piracy in a world 

without law make exacting demands in terms 

of organization and management. Viewed in 

this way we can imagine a path from today’s 

Indian Ocean piracy to effective arrangements 

in which passing ships pay, at Suez, Djibouti or 

Aden, tolls to pirates who, in return, issue them 

with passes to be produced upon inspection. 

An interviewed pirate recently urged the world 

to “think of us like a coast guard.” As well he might. Add a few uniforms, 

gaudy flags and other trappings of nationhood and before long a bona fide 

Republic of Puntland might join former pirate havens such as Malta and 

Algeria in the air-conditioned halls of No. 760, United Nations Plaza. 

Thus we come to appreciate the truth in Charles Tilly’s claim that, 

throughout history, state-making has been a form of organized crime: the 

most effective entrepreneurs of piracy or mercenarism have often sought 

to extend the scale and the scope of their operations to include larger 

areas and larger numbers of paying customers – or, as we call them today, 

subjects or citizens. 

Mary Gates Scholarships (Undergraduate) 

Alizeh Bhojani-International Studies (Research), Calla Hummel-International 

Studies and Latin American Studies (Research), Luke McKinley-International 

Studies (Research), Matthew Reed-International Studies (Research), 

Christopher Schulz-International Studies (Research), Andrew Schwartz- 

International Studies (Research), Garrett Strain-International Studies 

(Leadership and Research), Michael Truong-International Studies (Leadership), 

Leah Zajac-International Studies (Research) 

Neal and Helen Fosseen Scholarship in International Studies (Undergraduate) 

Garrett Strain-International Studies 

Vladimir Gross Scholarship (Undergraduate) 

Genesee Rickel, International Studies 

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10 

FLAS Fellowships 

Every year the Center awards between eight and twelve Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowships (FLAS) to UW undergraduate, 

graduate, and professional students whose studies have a transnational and/or comparative focus. Typically, CGS receives between 

90-125 applications from students for these coveted fellowships. We are proud to share with you selected reports from the 2009-10 

academic year fellows. 

2009-10 Academic Year FLAS Fellows report on their year of study 

I am a PhD candidate in the department of English 

Language and Literature. My dissertation will be a 

comparative study of film, fiction, and poetry, and 

draw from American, Russian, and Western and 

Eastern European works. With the FLAS for Russian 

this academic year (2009-2010), I was able to focus 

on the Russian language (greatly facilitating my 

reading ability), and broaden my exposure to Russian literature and 

film. In addition, I had the chance to work with professors outside of 

my department; contact with those working in a different field enriched 

my approach to scholarship, and will hopefully prove very generative in 

terms of thinking about my topics and texts. 

Nicole Burgund – English, Russian 

With a partial year FLAS I was able to enhance my advanced Arabic 

skills. I use Arabic in my clinical research on public health issues in 

Kuwait. 

Charles Cange – Interdisciplinary Studies, Arabic 

As a doctoral student of Middle Eastern studies, I 

have been fortunate to have received the support 

of a Hebrew FLAS fellowship to help me advance 

my language skills for widening the scope of 

my research. I currently research the system of 

multicultural education in Israel to understand the 

challenges, complexities, and potentialities of this 

type of education to Arab and Jewish students, with particular focus on 

history curriculum. To have a strong grasp of Hebrew is crucial for me 


INTERNATIONAL STUDIES 

MASTER OF ARTS 

Gunnar Abramson, Brittany Beaulieu, Ming-Chun Chen, Catherine G. Claiborn, 

Cameron Clark, Kiera R. Clarke, Jacob K. Faleschini, Mary E. Hawkins, Angela 

Halonen-Webb, Ahmet A. Karagulle, Jae Hee Lee, Gan-Yin Liu, Yaya Ly, Ariel E. 

Macpherson, Baron Mbala Nsenda, Erin K. McCoy, Gabriela Michan Rodriguez, 

Erin T. Murphy, Meng-huai Peng, Jenna Serghini, Shane Updike, Linda Uyeda, 

Todd Williams 

BACHELOR OF ARTS 

China 

Stephanie Marie Persson, Timothy Mkay Quijano, Nathan Westley Snyder 

Communications 

Alyssa Michelle Goldberg, Daphne Hui-Hua Hazlehurst, Tiffany Lynne Martin, 

Kaitlyn Alexandra Sweeting 

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to understand historical narratives and textbooks. Both the year and 

summer fellowships are pushing me toward a higher fluency level that is 

extremely valuable for my research to be as strong and comprehensive 

as possible. 

Deena Faruki – Near and Middle Eastern Studies, Hebrew 

As a student at the Jackson School of International Studies and Evans 

School of Public Affairs, my academic focus is the history and cultural 

policy of the Balkans region, specifically Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), 

Croatia, Serbia, and Macedonia. In particular, I am 

exploring the evolution of public museums and 

monuments in the former Yugoslavia, and how, 

through the commemoration of historical events, 

these become powerful actors in presenting a 

political point of view that resists hegemony and 

asserts new national traditions in nascent postsocialist 

states. Thanks to the FLAS fellowship from the Global Studies 

center, I was able to dedicate 2010-11 to studying Bosnian/Croatian/ 

Serbian and build on that knowledge over this past summer while 

studying in Serbia. The FLAS experience has enabled me to reach a 

language proficiency level appropriate to review pertinent literature and 

news sources. Without this proficiency and knowledge of the region’s 

cultural context, my comparative research goals would be impossible to 

reach. 

Sofia E. Harwell – International Studies and Public Affairs, Bosnian/ 

Croatian/Serbian 

CONGRATULATIONS 2009-2010 GRADUATES! 

Development 

Aftin Ali Abdi, Catherine Rose Bugayong (Honors), Taryn Elizabeth Elledge, 

Damara Anne Hadzariga, Gelsey Colin Hughes, Aubrey Ann Jenkins, Rosa 

Aiyana Louise Lehman, Samson Xiaoxi Lim, Jose Maria Lozano, Isar Dorothy 

Mahanian, Alison Maureen O’Leary, Clare Frances Ortblad, Meleah Lani Paull, 

Rachel Anne Proefke (Honors), Matthew Alan Reed (Honors), Brian Andrew 

Steyer, Jamie Marié Stroble, Charity Rose Thielen, Aaron Tilley, Eli Wallace 

Williams, Zakaria Omar Yousuf 

East Asia 

Callista Aileen Bevans, James Michael Connelly, Tamara Lilinoe Patton, Justin 

David Rohrer 

Environmental Studies 

Ariel Ann Deardorff, Justin Thomas Henning, Sophie Ann Kimura, 

Brent David Waller

SUMMER 2010 FLAS FELLOWS 

Marleyse Borchard (International Studies/Women’s Studies, Russian); 

Charles Cange (Interdisciplinary Studies, Arabic); Steven Effron 

(International Studies, Russian); Cindy Elder (Near and Middle Eastern 

Studies, Arabic); Heather Guyton (Near and Middle Eastern Studies, 

Arabic); Joakim Parslow ((Near and Middle Eastern Studies, Arabic); 

Kim Trinh (English, Vietnamese); Nicolle Thompson (International 

Studies, Hindi); Stephen Thompson (International Studies, Arabic) 

This year’s FLAS experience has been different than others, since I 

passed my PhD qualifying exams this spring. Having the FLAS made it 

possible to really focus on my exams without having to worry about 

teaching obligations, etc. However, I found that the system for getting 

clearance to enroll for dissertation research credits is not set up well to 

handle mid-year exams or in cases where exams have to be rescheduled. 

Nevertheless, the dedicated focus on Persian, even while constrained 

to the context of coursework and independent studies, has helped me 

do some good groundwork on which to build my dissertation project. 

Specifically, I have had the time to explore several 14-16th century 

Persian histories to determine which ones will be productive sources as I 

begin my full-time dissertation research next year. 

Stefan Kamola – History, Persian 

I am beginning a long-term comparative project on 

the development of the Muslim community in Spain. 

Political scientists and political sociologists have 

long noticed the importance of elite groups within 

minority groups. They influence the formation of an 

ethnic identity and gain different degrees of power 

for the minority through their--often contentious-relationship 

with centralized authorities. The emergence and role of the 

Muslim elite in Spain, however, does not fit this model and differs greatly 

from other European Union countries. With the support of the FLAS 

fellowship I am developing Arabic language skills, which will compliment 

my Spanish language skills and allow me to research the process of 

Muslim elite formation in Spain and its impact on the Spanish Muslim 

community. 

Daniel Koski-Karell – Sociology, Arabic 

Ethnicity and Nationalities 

Alejandro Francisco Gamboa, Lukas James McKinley (Honors), Andrew Louis 

Schwartz (Honors), Ryan Lynn Torpie, Leah Marie Zajac 

Foreign Policy, Diplomacy, Peace and Security 

Abdisiyad Abdirahman Adan, Nimco A. Bulale, Krystle Dawn Butler, Evan 

Alexander Cutler, Alexander Maximiliano Dominguez Higuera, Melissa Sue 

Dorn, Sungjoo Hwang, Isabelle Langevin, Christopher Marc Lilyblad, Hannah 

McKee, Paul A. Moroni, Amanda Renee Rynes, Whitney Morgan Saueressig, 

Marta Lynn Schwendeman, Naama Sheffer, Chris Sherman, Eric Peter 

Thesen, Michael John Truong 

Global Health 

Jessica Sarah Anderson, Andrea Wai-Yan Dai, Courtney Jane Faal, Rachelle 

Camille French, Jennifer Laurie Gawf, Timothy Ryan Harris, Any Kristine 

ACADEMIC YEAR 2010-11 FLAS FELLOWS 

Connie Cannon (Near and Middle Eastern Studies, Persian); Wendy 

Kempsell (Linguistics, Turkish); Daniel Kirk (MAIS/MPA, Arabic); Jeanene 

Mitchell (Near and Middle Eastern Studies, Russian); Curtis Reed 

(International Studies, Chinese) 

As a M.A. student in the Ellison Center for Russian, Eastern European, 

and Central Asia Studies at the University of Washington, the quality of 

my future research on arms control and security 

issues in Russia and the former Soviet Republics 

depended on accomplishing my goal of Russian 

language advancement. As a FLAS recipient, I was 

able to improve the quality of my research and 

conduct better analysis of Russian dialogue on arms 

control and nonproliferation issues. In addition, FLAS 

provided me with the opportunity to enroll in the courses that would 

provide me with ample knowledge in fields critical to national security, 

regional expertise in the former Communist Bloc, and advanced skills in 

the Russian language. 

Austin Malloy – REECAS, Russian 

As a concurrent MBA/MAIS student, I wanted to 

develop my Korean language skills to be competitive 

in today’s business world. South Korea is the United 

States’ 7th largest trade partner, and Washington 

state’s 4th largest. The FLAS Fellowship from the 

Center for Global Studies made it possible for me 

to improve my language proficiency to a level I feel 

comfortable conversing as well as doing research in Korean, a skill that 

will be valuable in both my current position and my continuing career. 

Kelly Voss – MBA/MAIS, Korean 

Lange, Emily Sarah Liebeskind, Elizabeth Nelson, Amanda Rachelle Piro, 

Clarke Killian Reid 

International Human Rights, Law, State and Security 

Alexandra Lavonne Barbee, Kathryn Diana Burns, Devon Kelber Cook, Hilary 

Pauline Eaton, Jacquelyn Elizabeth Ganger, Samuel Holden Garfield, Linh 

Phung Nguyen Huynh, Alexis Hope Jenkins, Anli Jiao, Laura Heather Jordan, 

Sasha Kristina Khaleghi, Deidre Evelia Lockman, Caitlyn Elizabeth McCrone 

(Honors), Shannon O’Neill Creighton, Elizabeth Anne Orrestad (Honors) 

Nancy N. Palekha, Angelissa Dominica Savino, Justine Marie Sherry, Javin 

Protul Nilson Smith, Alisa Ann Tonge, Rachel Lora Jean Williams, Violetta 

Aleksandrovna Zdanovskaya 

International Political Economy 

Marc Rinaldo Andenmatten, Sean Elsdon Brannen, Tomoko Ohuchi Burse, 

Andrew Wesley Calkins, Christine Erin Dulaney, Nathaniel Steven Gardner, 

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Calendar of Events 

2010-2011 Calendar Highlights (see http://jsis.washington.edu/isp/events.shtml for complete calendar listing) 

October 1-3 

Teaching Border Reporting Workshop@ 

University of Arizona, Tucson 

October 5-November 30 

Food: Eating Your 

Environment Lecture 

Series (Gebisa Ejeta, 

Roz Naylor, Marion 

Nestle, Ray Hilborn, Wes 

Jackson, Claude Fischler, 

Cary Fowler, and Gary 

Nabhan) 

November 16 

Global Washington Conference- Bridges 

to Breakthroughs: How partnerships and 

innovation are changing the world 

January 27 

Film Screening “Breaking News Breaking 

Down” (Mike Walters) 

February 8 

The Founders Annual Lecture in 

Comparative Religion & Contemporary 

Life: Holocaust, Armageddon, & the Clash 

of Civilizations (Michael Sells) 

February 15 

Global Focus Lecture Series - Strong 

on Growth, Weak on Democracy: 

The Struggle for Human Security and 

Development in India and China (Devin 

Joshi) 

February 14-18 

7th Annual Global Social Entrepreneurship 

Competition 

March 1 

Sex on the Move (Sara R. Curran) 

March 3 

2nd Annual Jackson School Career Night & 

Alumni Networking Reception 

March 4 

UW World Languages Day 


Michael Allen Grubb, Zong Guo, Austin Lawrence Houvener, Noach Adam Koven, 

James W. Larsen, Jr., Jessmin Lau, Youn Gee Lee, Jeffrey Paul Lupo, Elizabeth 

Lee Lyons, Johanna Dychauco Martinez, Elizabeth Lee McBride, International 

Political Economy continued 

Jessica Lauren McBride, Ashley Danielle McCarney, Stefan Fridrick Myers, 

Zachary Lyell Russell, Rei Sasha Saito, Laurel Anne Severt, Ryan Evan Simcic, 

Kendall Lee Smith, Aisling Megan Underwood, Zhi Wei Wan 

Japan 

Amanda Shockley 

Latin America 

Malia Danae Alexander, Ann Midori Atherton, Julien Bezerra, Ellen Grace Conley, 

Laura Elizabeth Pierson (Honors) 


March 9 

Contrasting Visual Frames of Our Times: 

A Framing-Analysis of English and Arabic 

Language Press Coverage of War & 

Terrorism (Sharhira Fahmy) 

March 28 

Chernobyl 25 Years Later: Lessons 

Learned? (Alexey Yablokov) 

April 6 

Global Classroom: Can Turkey’s Democracy 

Serve as a Model for Mideast Countries? 

Turkey in Our World Today (Reşat Kasaba) 

April 7 

Got It Covered? Meet Seattle’s New Wave 

of International Journalism (Amanda 

Koster, Ethan Casey, Jim Simon and Jessica 

Partnow) 

April 12 

Film Screening, “Who Killed Chea Vichea? 

In Cambodia, if you know things you can 

die” (Rich Garella and Virak Ou) 

April 18 

Bounding Power: Republican Security 

Theory from the Polis to the Global Village 

(Daniel Deudney) 

April 26 

Film Screening, “The Last Survivor” (Daniel 

Chirot) 

April 29 

UW International Security Colloquium: 

Climate Wars? Security Implications of 

Climate Change (Halvard Buhaug) 

May 2 

2011 UW Human Rights Symposium 

May 3 

Global Focus Lecture Series: Health Sector 

Reform in Russia - Panacea or Placebo? 

(Judy Twigg) 

CONGRATULATIONS 2009-2010 GRADUATES! Continued 

Middle East 

Elizabeth Adelia Beatty, Stephanie Yuri Kim, Ruben Shimonov, Jessica Reine 

Tarabay, Mirella Antoinette Warren 

Russia 

Jacob Charles Barr 

Southeast Asia 

Aaron Michael Larsen 

Western Europe 

Nathan William Sooter 

May 4 

Newspapers in Education Workshop: 

Exploring Asia -Human Rights 

May 5 

Arctic Governance Task Force Program - 

Washington, D.C. 

May 20 

UW Undergraduate Research Symposium 

June 27-28 

2011 Summer Seminar for Educators: Living 

History - Global Storytelling through Digital 

Media 

July 14-16 

2011 Community College Master Teacher 

Institute 

July 25 - 29 

2011 International Summer Institute- 

Protecting the Vulnerable in International 

Conflict: Human Rights and International 

Humanitarian Law @ University of Illinois, 

Urbana-Champaign 

August 11 

2011 Summer Policy Forum: Reforming the 

Transatlantic Welfare State 

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announcements of Center news and 

upcoming events, email cgsuw@uw.edu 

subject line: SUBSCRIBE 

Photo courtesy Sam Van Fleet


FACULTY NEWS 

Marie Anchordoguy was a discussant for several papers on Japanese 

business at a conference on “The Future of Industry and Innovation in 

Asia,” at Stanford University, in July 2010. She also gave a talk on “Key 

Challenges to Japanese Businesses in the 21st Century,” at the 50th 

anniversary celebration symposium of the Graduate School of Business 

Administration, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan. 

Gad Barzilai’s book, Law and Religion, an edited volume, was published 

by the International Library of Essays in Law and Society (ed. Austin 

Sarat; Ashgate, 2007). An article, in Hebrew, entitled “Merits or 

Networking? On the Legal Logic and the Struggles against Corruption,” 

was included in Daphne Barak-Eerez, Mordechai Kremnitzer,and Doron 

Nevot (eds), Law and Conflicts of Interests (2008). 

Mary Callahan recently completed two articles on the endurance of 

military rule in Burma/Myanmar; one appeared in New Left Review 

and the other is forthcoming from the Woodrow Wilson Center in 

Washington, DC. She is concluding her research on an NSF-funded 

project, “Engaging Intensely Adversarial States: The Strategic Limits 

and Potential of Public Diplomacy in US National Security Policy.” Her 

ongoing teaching and research agendas engage human rights, ethnic 

conflict, and political violence. 

Daniel Chirot’s new book, Contentious Identities: Ethnic, Religious, 

and Nationalist Conflicts in Today’s World, has been completed and 

will be published by Routledge. Intended for college classes, it will 

be available as an electronic book. The second paperback edition of 

the book he co-authored with Clark McCauley, Why Not Kill Them All? 

The Logic and Prevention of Mass Political Murder, was published by 

Princeton University Press in 2010. 

Patrick Christie is conducting ongoing research and teaching on ocean 

environmental policy in the Philippines, Costa Rica and Ecuador. 

Through hundreds of interviews with fishers, donors, and policymakers, 

he hopes to identify which factors determine the success of marine 

conservation efforts. His teaching helps students think critically and 

constructively about conservation policy. Professor Christie received a 

Center for Global Studies travel grant in 2010. 

Sara R. Curran continues to serve as the Director of the Center for 

Global Studies and the Chair of the International Studies Program. 

She is also Associate Director and Director of Training for the Center 

for Studies in Demography & Ecology (CSDE). She recently delivered 

a special lecture to the UW’s Sociology Lecture Series for Alumni and 

Friends, “Sex on the Move”, which addressed how the apparently 

surprising increasing in the number of women migrating around the 

world, is not so surprising. The talk outlined the gist of a book project 

contracted with Polity Press. Along with Elizabeth Fussell (WSU faculty) 

and Tom Leschine (School of Marine Affairs), she received a seed grant 

from the CSDE to examine how 50 years of sea level change and coastal 

erosion have influenced migrant settlement along the Gulf of Mexico. 

The case should serve as a useful generalzation about climate change 

and migration. The team will be proposing a collaborative project to 

the NSF’s Coupled Natural and Human Systems initiative in the fall of 

2011. 

María Elena García received a Royalty Research Fund grant for her 

project on the commercialization of traditional Andean animals. Thanks 

to the support of a CGS course development grant, she taught a new 

course related to her research, SIS 490/CHID 480 Globalized Guinea 

Pigs: Animals in Global Perspective in autumn 2010. She was also 

selected for the Society of Scholars program for Transnational Guinea 

Pigs: An Ethnography of the Commercialization and Consumption of 

Andean Animals. 

Tony Gill’s podcast series Research on Religion has over 40 episodes 

posted online. It includes interviews with UW professors Jim Wellman, 

Steve Pfaff, and James Felak. The series is designed to make scholarly 

research on religion accessible to a broad audience of academics, 

students and anyone else interested in religion. Recent topics include 

religion & happiness, evangelicals and racial attitudes, religious 

persecution, homeschooling, marriage and a discussion of the 

history and importance of the King James Bible. Check it out at www. 

researchonreligion.org. 

Angelina Godoy’s 2010 transnational task force examined questions of 

bio-fuel, human rights, and sustainable energy through firsthand field 

research in Guatemala, thanks to support from the Henry M. Jackson 

Foundation. 

Gary Hamilton co-edited and co-authored four chapters in, The Market 

Makers: How Retailers Have Changed the Global Economy with Misha 

Petrovic and Benjamin Senaur (Oxford University Press, 2011). Also, 

this article, “World Images, Authority, and Institutions: A Comparison 

of China and the West,” was published in the 2010 European Journal of 

Social Theory. 

Philip Howard has written The Digital Origins 

of Dictatorship and Democracy: Information 

Technology and Political Islam (New York: 

Oxford University Press). His book looks at 

the role that communications technologies 

play in advancing democratic transitions in 

Muslim countries. As such, its central question 

is whether technology holds the potential to 

substantially enhance democracy. He argues no 

democratic transition can occur today without 

the internet. 

Christine Ingebritsen lectured on the UW Study Abroad Program 

in Athens, Greece, “Empires Past and Present”. She is currently 

completing a chapter for a book on comparative environmental policy 

edited by Andreas Duit, University of Stockholm, and submitted to MIT 

Press. 

Martin S. Jaffee published the 2nd edition of Jews, Christians, Muslims: 

An Introduction to Monotheistic Religions (Prentice Hall: 2011). Coauthors: 

Carlos Eire, John Corrigan, & Fred Denny. 

Christopher Jones attended two U.S. Government-sponsored 

conferences devoted to advanced training of graduate and 

undergraduate students working in the fields of U.S. national security 

and non-proliferation. Professor Jones also used a grant from the UW 

Institute for National Security and Education to re-design SISRE 424, 

“Moscow and Eurasian Security Since 1945.” 

Reşat Kasaba Recently published A Moveable 

Empire: Ottoman Nomads, Migrants, and 

Refugees (University of Washington Press); 

“Turkey from the rise of Atatürk” The New 

Cambridge History of Islam, Vol. 5: Francis 

Robinson ed., The Islamic World in the Age of 

Western Dominance Cambridge: Cambridge 

University Press, 2010, pp. 301-335; “La 

sociologie du Moyen-Orient et le Moyen-Orient 

dans la sociologie,” Eberhard Kienle ed., Les 

sciences socials en voyage” L’Afrique du Nord 

et le Moyen-Orient vus d’Europe, d’Amérque 

et de lintérieur, Paris and Aix en-Provence: Karthala and Iremam, 

2010, pp. 113-134; “Antakya Between Empire and Nation,” P. Nikiforos 

Diamandouros, Thalia Dragonas and Çağlar Keyder eds., Spatial 

Conceptions of the Nation, London: I.B. Tauris, 2010, pp. 193-210. 

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FACULTY NEWS continued 

Sanjeev Khagram was selected as a 2009 Young Global Leader of the 

World Economic Forum. More recently, he was the lead author of the 

UN Secretary General’s report on the impact of the global economic 

crisis on the poor entitled “Voices of the Vulnerable.” 

Elizabeth Kier, with colleague Ronald Krebs of the University of 

Minnesota, co-edited In War’s Wake: International Conflict and the 

Fate of Liberal Democracy (Cambridge University Press). 

Victoria Lawson received the 2010 Marsha L. Landolt Distinguished 

Graduate Mentor Award. This award recognizes a faculty member who 

has made outstanding contributions to the education and guidance of 

graduate students. 

José Antonio (Tony) Lucero is starting a new research project 

called “Extracting Culture: Filmmaking, Mineral Wealth, and Social 

Movements in the Amazon and Andes,” with support from the Royalty 

Research Fund. He has also been named the new chair of the Latin 

American and Caribbean Studies Program. The UW project “Bordering 

Violence: Boundaries, Indigeneity and Gender in the Americas,” 

developed by Tony Lucero Juan Guerra, and Matt Barreto, has been 

awarded a Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar Grant. 

Jamie Mayerfeld’s article, “Ruthlessness, Impunity, and the Effacement 

of International Human Rights Law,” (2010) was published in the Santa 

Clara Journal of International Law. He has two forthcoming articles for 

2011: “The High Price of American Exceptionalism: Comparing Torture 

by the United States and Europe after 9/11,” forthcoming in Michael 

Goodhart and Anja Mihr, eds., Human Rights in the 21st Century: 

Continuity and Change since 9/11, Palgrave/Macmillan, 2011; and “A 

Madisonian Argument for Strengthening International Human Rights 

Institutions: Lessons from Europe,” forthcoming in Luis Cabrera, ed., 

Global Governance, Global Government: Institutional Visions for an 

Evolving World System, SUNY Press, 2011. 

Joel Migdal spent the 2009-2010 academic year on leave at the 

Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J. At the UW, he has been 

appointed Director of the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Near and 

Middle East Studies. 

Charles Mock was on sabbatical leave from UW, working at WHO 

Headquarters in Geneva, in the Department of Violence and Injury 

Prevention and Disability, where he was charged with developing 

WHO’s activities on Emergency Trauma Care and on Burn Prevention 

and Treatment. He has returned to his position as Professor of Surgery 

(with joint appointment as Professor of Epidemiology and Adjunct 

Professor of Global Health) at the University of Washington. 

Karine Nahon’s paper (co-written with Scholl Jochen), “Siblings of a 

Different Kind: E-Government and E-Commerce,” received the best 

paper award for the most interdisciplinary and/or innovative research 

contribution at the IFIP e-Government 

Conference in August 2010. She also submitted 

a paper with Shawn Walker, Jeff Hemsley, and 

Muzammil Hussain entitled “Fifteen Minutes 

of Fame: The Place of Blogs in the Lifecycle of 

Viral Information,” to Policy & Internet. 

Hwasook Nam published her first book, 

Building Ships, Building a Nation: Korea’s 

Democratic Unionism Under Park Chung Hee 

at the University of Washington Press. It has 


received the 2011 James B. Palais Award for the best book on Korea, 

given by the Association for Asian Studies. 

Christian Lee Novetzke has been elected the Vice President of the 

American Institute of Indian Studies and has received the “Most 

Inspirational Professor “award from the Greek Community of Sororities 

and Fraternities. He also received two course development grants from 

CGS to develop the courses “Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting,” and 

“The Meaning of Life.” 

Robert Pekkanen’s book, The Rise and Fall of Japan’s LDP: Political 

Party Organizations as Historical Institutions was published by Cornell 

University Press in 2010, and co-authored with Ellis S. Krauss. 

Saadia Pekkanen has published a co-authored book entitled In Defense 

of Japan: From the Market to the Military in Space Policy, Stanford 

University Press, 2010, and is currently directing a two-year project 

funded by the Center for Global Partnership entitled “Institutionalizing 

Asia: Theory, Practice, and Power in Time,” with investigators 

from China, Japan, Australia, Europe, and the US. In a nationwide 

competition in the US, she was selected to the First Class of National 

Asia Research Associates and Fellows for the National Asia Research 

Program (NARP), launched by the National Bureau of Asian Research 

and the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars. 

Devon Peña is currently involved in three research projects: (1) a study 

of the ethno-botany of urban agricultural spaces in the Los Angeles 

basin; (2) a study of the political ecology of Latina/o urbanism; and (3) 

study of acequia farms and soil and range restoration practices. His 

most recent community-based service and advocacy work includes 

the establishment of a new non-profit educational and research 

foundation, The Acequia Institute, located at his family’s historic 200 

acre acequia farm in southern Colorado. 

Noam Pianko is excited to announce the 

publication of his book, Zionism and the 

Roads not Taken: Rawidowicz, Kaplan, Kohn 

(Indiana University Press.) The book uncovers 

the thought of three key interwar Jewish 

intellectuals who defined Zionism’s central 

mission as challenging the model of a sovereign 

nation-state: historian Simon Rawidowicz, 

religious thinker Mordecai Kaplan, and political 

theorist Hans Kohn. Although their models 

differed, each of these three thinkers conceived 

of a more practical and ethical paradigm 

of national cohesion that was not tied to a sovereign state. It was 

particularly rewarding to integrate material from the book into his new 

SIS 498 seminar, Zionism, Nationalism, and Sovereignty. 

Kazimierz Poznanski published in Wienna 

Institute of World Economy “Research Reports” 

(July 2010) an article titled “Markets and 

Morality” comparing the treatment of morals 

in the Liberal, Marxist and Austrian theories of 

markets. 

Scott Radnitz’s book Weapons of the Wealthy: 

Predatory Regimes and Elite-Led Protests in 

Central Asia (Cornell University Press) was 

released in 2010. In June 2010, he presented 

his paper “Historical Narratives and Post

Conflict Reconciliation in the Caucasus: A Psychological Experiment” at 

the Program on New Approaches to Research and Security in Eurasia 

Workshop in Odessa, Ukraine. In September 2010, he presented his 

paper “Threat Perceptions and Support for Authoritarianism” at the 

American Political Science Association in Washington, DC. Radnitz 

received a Center for Global Studies travel grant in 2010. 

Priti Ramamurthy published the article “Why Are Men Doing Floral 

Sex Work? Gender, Cultural Reproduction, and the Feminization of 

Agriculture,” in Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. 

Anita Ramasastry co-authored, “Translating Unocal: the Expanding 

Web of Liability for Business Entities Implicated in International 

Crimes” with Robert C. Thompson and Mark B. Taylor for the George 

Washington International Law Review, Vol. 40 in spring 2010. She also 

co-authored the report “Overcoming Obstacles to Justice: Improving 

Access to Judicial Remedies for Business Involvement in Grave Human 

Rights Abuses” with Mark B. Taylor and Robert C. Thomson. 

GLOBAL GALLERY 

Newsletter editors: Tamara Leonard and Natalie Stockmann 

Nancy Rivenburgh wrote the chapter titled “Perspectives on U.S. Media 

as a Cultural Change Agent” in Transatlantic Looks: cultural exchanges 

between the United States and Europe, Isabel Durán, Carmen Méndez, 

Jaime de Salas (Eds.), Madrid, Spain: Thomson-Aranzadi. 

Matthew Sparke received the 2010 Jackson School award for teaching 

excellence and has been appointed Director of the UW Global Health 

Department Undergraduate Program. 

Kyoko Tokuno’s book Byways in Medieval Chinese Buddhism: The Book 

of Trapusa and Indigenous Scriptures (University of Hawaii Press) has 

been accepted for publication. 

James Wellman is finishing a co-edited volume, with Clark Lombardi, 

on religion and human security. This volume is the culmination of a 

$300,000 grant from the Luce Foundation on “Religion and International 

Affairs.” It uses case studies from around the world to look at the theory 

of human security and how religion supports and undercuts the quality 

of human life. His next book is entitled, Getting High on God: Charisma, 

Ecstasy, and Power in American Megachurches; both volumes will be 

published by Oxford University Press. 

(1) Tiffany Tong: Voices of Migration student workshop; (2, 5) Geoffrey Morgan: Photos from a Chinese Yi minority village in southwest Sichuan, Yangjuan; (3) Joelle Jackson: 

Catholic procession in Rome; (4, 7, 8) Lisa Schultz: Honors: Rome-Istanbul Summer 2010, led by faculty directors Reşat Kasaba and Kathie Friedman; (6) Nadine Fabbi: 

Research Trip to Ottawa, Canada, for the 2011 Transnational Task Force Melting Boundaries: Rethinking Arctic Governance; (9) Nathaniel Thomas: Swayambhunath Temple in 

Nepal (10) Joelle Jackson: Joelle Jackson, Kali Brandt, Madeline Gagner and Amber Sims at the Colosseum in Rome. 

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