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April 24, 2013 – Eric Hodges (P G and G) successfullydefended his dissertation proposal, “Marine CorpsBasic Training and Civic Engagement: Does MarineCorps Basic Training Facilitate Community Involvement?”VTIPG Director Max Stephenson serves as thechair of his committee. Other committee members areKaren Hult (Political Science), James Dubinsky (English),and Bruce Pencek (University Library).April 19, 2013 – Rachel Christensen (P G and G)successfully completed her doctoral defense entitled,“Beyond Antagonistic Nonprofit Accountability: A CaseAnalysis of Practitioner Responses to the ContractingRegime.” Rachel’s committee members are Max Stephenson,VTIPG director and chair, Alnoor Ebrahim,Graduate School of Business Administration, HarvardUniversity, Charles Good, Department of Geography,and Larkin Dudley, Center for Public Administrationand Policy. Rachel is the eighteenth completed affiliateddoctoral student since IPG was established on July1, 2006.April 29, 2013 – Rachel Christensen receivedthe Government and International Affairs FoundingFaculty Outstanding Graduating Ph.D. student awardfor 2013.April 14, 2013 – Grace Mulholland, Honors,Biology, was selected as the Outstanding GraduatingSenior for the College of Science. Max Stephensonserved as Grace’s advisor for her successful Class o1956 Fellowship application.April 12, 2013 – Jon Catherwood-Ginn wasnamed the Outstanding Master’s student in the Collegeof Liberal Arts and Human Sciences.May 17, 2013 – Jon Catherwood-Ginn completedhis Masters of Fine Arts in Theatre, moving on toa new professional post in Virginia Tech’s Center forthe Arts as that new organization’s Partnerships andEngagement Manager.March 27, 2013 - Verónica Arroyave, P G andG, successfully defend her doctoral dissertation,“Networks in the Disaster Response and Global HealthDomain: A case study of The Partnership for QualityMedical Donation’s response to the 2010 Haitian Earthquake.”VTIPG Director Max Stephenson chaired heradvisory committee, which also included Yang Zhang,Assistant Professor, (UAP), Laura Zanotti, AssociateProfessor, (Political Science) and Ioannis Stivachtis,Associate Professor (GIA).February 4, 2013 - Wafa Al-Daily, P G and G,successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, “AnExploration of State and Non-State Actor Engagementin Informal Settlement Governance in Mahwa Aser andSana’a, Yemen.” Her committee co-chairs were VTIPGDirector Max Stephenson. Kathleen Parrott, Professor,Apparel, Housing and Management. Sonia Hirt, AssociateProfessor and Chair, UAP and Karen Till, SeniorLecturer, (National University of Ireland, Maynooth),were the other committee members.VTIPG Conference and Print RepresentationJune 28, 2013 – Holly Lesko, VTIPG faculty member,participated in the Community Coalition LeadershipProgram (CCLP) from June 24-28 at the Centerfor Creative Leadership in San Diego, California. Shewas selected to attend this conference in May andreceived funding to do so from the Kellogg Foundation.Holly served as a coach for a team of four healthprofessionals from the New River Valley (NRV). Allparticipants received a week of intensive training toequip them to support health advancement in their regionmore effectively. The NRV PATH group (Partnersfor Access to Healthcare) will serve as home base forthe team’s work post-training.June 8, 2013 – Max Stephenson, VTIPG Directorand Laura Zanotti (Political Science), co-editors ofthe recently published Building Walls and DissolvingBorders: The Challenges of Alterity, Community andSecuritizing Space (Ashgate, 2013) participated in thefirst European Workshops in International Studies(EWIS) program from June 5 to June 8 in Tartu, Estonia.The Standing Committee on European Researchand the European International Studies Associationorganized the event in cooperation with the Universityof Tartu, Estonia. Together Stephenson and Zanottichaired a workshop entitled “Peacebuilding in an Eraof Risk: Prospects and Challenges.”Virginia Tech Institute For Policy and Governance || 205 W. Roanoke St. Blacksburg VA 24061 || 540.231.6775
May 24, 2013 – Suzanne Lo’s paper entitled, “Veteransand Broadband Access in Virginia: implicationsfor healthcare planning and policy,” has been acceptedfor presentation at the Health in Members of the U.S.Armed Forces, Veterans and Their Families Conference,to take place October 21-22 in Hampton, Virginia.May 2, 2013 – Sabith Khan’s article, “HumanitarianAid and Faith Based Giving – The Potential MuslimCharity,” was published in Unrest Magazine – a SyracuseUniversity college-run , peer-reviewed magazine.April 30, 2013 – Sabith Khan’s paper, “Re-imaginingcharity in America: Community based philanthropyand the American Muslims,” was accepted for presentationat the November 2013 meeting of the Society forthe Scientific Study of Religion in Boston.April 24, 2013 – Sabith Khan’s co-edited book withR.P. Thead, titled Millennials Speak, was released ata book launch event which was hosted by the WorldBank in Washington, DC’s Youth to Youth communityand the Young Professionals in Foreign Policy. Thevolume is a collection of 21 essays that seek to capturea snapshot of millennial generation views on majorglobal political and policy issues.April 23, 2013 – Lyusyena Kirakosyan’s article,“Linking Disability Rights and Democracy: Insights FromBrazil” was published in Societies Without Borders(Volume 8, Issue 1).Recent EventsJune 10, 2013 – Elise Witt, singer, composer, recordingartist, educator, and community activist from Atlantavisited Virginia Tech at the invitation of Center for theArts, the School of Performing Arts and Cinema andthe Interact Studio of the Institute for Creativity, Arts,and Technology to provide a series of community-basedevents for singers of any and all skill levels. Witt hascrisscrossed the United States with her music, includingperformances at national festivals and local coffeehousesas well as Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in NewYork. Witt is known for her ability to encourage eventhe most demure singers to step out of their comfortzones and participate in community choral events.April 23, 2013 –Wafa Al-Daily’s paper, co-authoredwith Robert Dare (Ph.D. candidate at McGill University),titled “Governance Networks as a Tool for InformalSettlement Management: A Way Forward for Yemen?” wasaccepted for presentation at the SB13 (DemocraticTransition and Sustainable Communities) conferencein Cairo to be held November 5-7, 2013 .April 17, 2013 – Wafa Al-Daily’s paper entitled“Informal Settlement Governance in Sana’a, Yemen: CurrentCrisis and Future Challenges,” was selected for the4th Annual USAID “Reducing Urban Poverty” PaperCompetition.April 10, 2013 – Lyusyena Kirakosyan presentedher paper entitled, “Conceptions of Justice and CitizenResponsibility: Insights from São Paulo, Brazil,” at theAnnual Meeting of the Association of American Geographersin Los Angeles.April 6, 2013 - Max Stephenson Jr, LauraZanotti and Nancy McGehee, presented theirpaper titled “Building Social Capital through HigherEducation in Rural Haiti: International Aid, LocalOwnership and Survival” at the International StudiesAssociation Annual Conference, April 3-6, 2013 in SanFrancisco, Ca.Witt’s work with local groups will culminate with herreturn to campus to lead a special performance duringthe Community Open House to be held at the Centerfor the Arts during its opening weekend on November3, 2013, from 12-2:30 p.m.May 3, 2013 – The 2012-2013 South Atlantic HumanitiesProgram Scholar Colloquium was held May 2 and3, 2013. Dr. Jamie Winders of Syracuse University gavethe keynote address on May 2 in Torgersen Museum.Winders’ research interests include international migration,racial politics and formations, qualitative andhistorical methods, urban, cultural, and social geography,and immigrant assimilation.April 26, 2013 – The 2012-2013 South Atlantic HumanitiesFellows hosted a viewing of Planet of SnailVirginia Tech Institute For Policy and Governance || 205 W. Roanoke St. Blacksburg VA 24061 || 540.231.6775
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