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John O'Loughlin has been designated Professor of Distinction by the College of Arts and Sciences. The honor is reserved for scholars and artists of national and international distinction who are also recognized by their college peers as teachers and colleagues of exceptional talent. This is one of the University's top honors for its faculty. Congratulations, Johno! Here is a link to the article about the award: http://artsandsciences.colorado.edu/magazine/2009/09/profs-get-top-college-distinction/
Andy Baker presented a paper entitled "Public Opinion and the Compensation Hypothesis" to the International Political Economy Society in Philadelphia, December 6-7, 2008.
Keith Maskus gave a talk at the University of Torino, Conference on "Innovation, Imitation, and Economic Growth," Alessandria, Italy, October 2-3 2008.
Jennifer Bair gave the opening plenary at a three day conference in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, on September 30, 2008. The talk, "Una industria global cambiante: Impactos e implicaciones para America Latina," discussed how the elimination of import quotas regulating the global garment trade is reshaping the geography of clothing and footwear production, and with what consequences for firms and workers in Mexico and Central America.
Keith Maskus gave a talk at the Global Economic Symposium, Ploen Germany, September 2008.
Keith Maskus gave a talk at the Swedish Association for the Protection of Industrial Property, Conference on "The Role of the Intellectual Property System: Today and in the Future", Stockholm, August 2008.
Keith Maskus gave a talk at the World Trade Institute, Conference on "Fragmentation and Coherence in International Trade Regulation," in Bern Switzerland, July 2008.
The Political and Economic Change Program (PEC) has recently added to its strength in its long-term commitment to collaborative research in political economy—the study of the interaction of economic and political processes and institutions. A group of faculty members from political science, economics, and women’s studies met regularly through the spring and summer to learn about one another’s research in political economy, to see if there were opportunities for collaborative initiatives, and to assess the possibilities for extramural funding of individual and joint projects, with an eye toward launching a political economy initiative in PEC.
Read more about this successful collaboration project and its team members here.
Andrew Linke, graduate student in the Department of Geography, (advisee of Dr. John O'Loughlin) has been selected as a recipient of a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship for participation in the Arabic program in Cairo, Egypt from June 17 to August 15, 2007. Quoting his letter of acceptance "Of many outstanding applications submitted, the Review Panel found yours to be particularly impressive. The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, the sponsor of the Critical Language Scholarships, joins the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) and the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) in offering congratulations on your acceptance."
John O'Loughlin was one of three guest editors for a special issue of Eurasian Geography and Economics on the Caucasus, published March 2007. The issue presents five specialized articles on political, population, and economic geographies of the region, as well as an overview and a special map supplement. Authors include several IBS and PEC program affiliates (Johno, Frank Witmer, Ted Holland, Andrew Gustafson, Tom Dickinson, and Nancy Thorwardson) as well as several highly esteemed research colleagues from around the world.
Ian Feinhandler and Daniel Trudeau have been awarded the Graduate Part-time Instructor Award by the Department of Geography, April 2006. Congratulations!
Several Program members attended the Association of American Geographers 2006 Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL, March 7-11.
John O'Loughlin organized and chaired the Political Geography Specialty Group/Elsevier Science Annual Plenary Lecture and a session, The Geography of War Outcomes: Bosnia and the North Caucasus, Russia, at which he also presented a paper, "The outcomes of wars in Bosnia and the North Caucasus: War experiences, ethnic distances, and conflict potentials."
Lynn Staeheli presented a paper, "Locating the public in research and practice," and was a panelist at two sessions: Immigration and Multiculturalism in an Age of Insecurity and Labours of Love: Gender, Reproduction and the Academy.
Aimee Kelly presented a paper, "Motivations, Identity, and the Distribution of Social Resources: Looking at Community Health Centers in the Front Range of Colorado."
Dan Trudeau organized and chaired a panel session, Researching the City, and presented a paper, "Regulating - and Contesting - Urban Citizenship."
Frank Witmer presented a paper, "Detecting Land-Use/Land-Cover Change in Northeast Bosnia using Landsat Multispectral Imagery."
