Hirshorn’s “Rocket” Launches
Jessica Hirshorn, BIS lecturer, has published her book, “Rocket: A Simulation on Intercultural Teamwork.” Rocket is an interactive simulation that assists participants in developing and sharpening important intercultural skills. It’s a fun and interactive way to train people for working in diverse environments. Based on qualitative interviews with personnel conducted at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Rocket mimics the real-life interactions and politics of the International Space Station Program and requires simulation participants to work together to build a model rocket. Read more...
Herkert, Lincoln Center Faculty Receive Federal Grant
ASU Lincoln Associate Professor Joseph Herkert is a member of a transdisciplinary team of ASU faculty which has been awarded a large grant by the National Science Foundation. The team will continue to research the growing lag between emerging technologies and the policies and ethics that govern them, and to recommend solutions for improving the timeliness and flexibility of these regulatory processes. The $266,296 grant will fund the project, “Adapting Law to Rapid Technological Change,” as a continuation of the Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics’ “Pacing Project.” The project will be directed by Gary Marchant, executive director of the Center for the Study of Law, Science & Technology at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law; Andrew Askland, the center’s director; Braden Allenby, the ASU Lincoln Professor of Engineering and Ethics in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering; and Joseph Herkert, the ASU Lincoln Associate Professor of Ethics and Technology in the School of Letters and Sciences. For more information, visit http://www.law.asu.edu/?id=2017.
Lattouf Selected to Leadership Institute and Receives Grant from IHR
Mirna Lattouf, humanities senior lecturer, is one of 50 individuals selected to participate in Valley Leadership’s Leadership Institute Class 31. This institute was designed to motivate new generations of local leaders to understand and value community service and diversity, strive for the common good, and empower and motivate others. The selection process for the nine-month institute is competitive, and candidates are from a wide array of fields and backgrounds. Leadership Institute Class 31 begins in September and ends in June. For more information on Valley Leadership, visit http://www.valleyleadership.org/
Lattouf has also been awarded up to $1,000 in funding for her research cluster Religion, Gender, and Reform by the ASU Institute for Humanities Research (IHR). The institute has also approved an additional $750 for research work on women in religious societies. Lattouf facilitates the cluster along with Souad Ali of the School of International Letters and Cultures. The cluster has been approved for the second time.
Chhetri and Mahootian Receive Project Grant
Nalini Chhetri and Farzad Mahootian, both humanities lecturers, have received a project grant from the Institute of Humanities Research for the project titled “Alternative Ideas of Sustainability and Human Flourishing.” The Alternative Imaginations (AI) Research Cluster “is an intellectual space that seeks to cultivate complementary perspectives on science, technology and policy to address inequality, marginality and sustainability.” AI’s goal is to engage scholars with backgrounds in humanities, social and physical sciences to participate in dialogues on Alternative Imaginations focusing on issues of alternative living and sustainability. Sustainability science grapples with societal problems that are characterized by a high degree of complexity, uncertainty and multiple legitimate viewpoints. It considers multidimensional interactions among a broad range of actors at local and global scale and addresses tensions arising from economic, technological, environmental and cultural interests. It also seeks to explore a richer, more socially aware set of considerations emphasizing the need to develop approaches for evaluating future options, recognizing diverse epistemologies and problem definitions, and encompassing the deeply normative nature of the sustainability problem.
Roen Begins VP Term on Council of Writing Program Administrators
On July 1, Interdisciplinary and Liberal Studies Faculty Head Duane Roen began a two-year term as vice president of the Council of Writing Program Administrators (WPA). As vice president, Roen is responsible for working with the president on organizational activities and coordinating duties of the executive board. After serving as vice president, he will serve a two-year term as president and then a two-year term as past president. The WPA is a national association of university and college faculty with professional interests in managing writing programs.
Murphy Wins Poetry Prize
Trish Murphy, English lecturer at the Polytechnic campus, has won the 2009 Gulf Coast Poetry Prize. Gulf Coast is a literature and fine arts journal of the University of Houston’s department of English. Each year the journal awards prizes in short prose and poetry, fiction and nonfiction. Murphy won the poetry prize for her poem titled “Why I Burned Down Namdaemun Gate.”
Herkert Appointed to Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes
Joseph Herkert, Lincoln Associate Professor of Ethics and Technology, has been appointed to the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes (CSPO). As a member of CSPO, Professor Herkert will continue to lead and/or participate in such research collaborations with CSPO faculty as the Graduate Ethics Education in Science and Engineering project and facilitate research, training and service activities among CSPO, SLS and the Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics. He will also coordinate with CSPO’s professional science master’s degree program in science and technology policy, and with CSPO’s contribution to the Human and Social Dimensions of Science and Technology (HSD) doctoral program to assure appropriate and efficient administration, coordination and articulation with the Lincoln Center’s M.A. in applied ethics and the professions program.
School Faculty Participate in “Science in the City” Program
For the third summer, faculty members in science, mathematics and social science participated in the “Science in the City” program. This program introduces eighth-grade students to science through interactive and educational visits to various science centers throughout the Phoenix area. During the month of June, students were introduced to such areas as microbiology, skeletal analyses, blood typing and DNA analyses and participated in hands-on exercises. For a brief overview of the school’s involvement in last year’s program and the positive impact it has on area students, visit know99 Television’s special interest video.