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News & EventsUIC Political Scientists Quoted On Olympic Bid Dick Simpson, UIC professor and head of political
science, is quoted by various local and national media outlets in
stories related to Chicago losing the 2016 Olympics bid. President Valdas Adamkus of Lithuania Visits UIC President Adamkus is a former president of the Republic of Lithuania, having served in this position for ten years (1998-2003 and 2004-2009). During his administration, Lithuania joined both NATO and the European Union. President Adamkus has received numerous awards and recognitions, among them the 2007 “European of the Year” award. He has also been awarded over twenty honorary doctorates from around the world. President Adamkus was born in Lithuania, but emigrated to the U.S. after World War II. Prior to becoming president, he had a distinguished career with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). He will be speaking on Thursday, September 24, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. in Room 302 Student Center East Dennis Judd Profiled in UIC News Professor Dennis Judd is profiled in the September 9, 2009 issue of UIC News. The article discusses the role of tourism in the modern economy, the success of Chicago's Millennium Park, and what makes a city a popular destination for travelers.
Norton Long Young
Scholars awards are given by the American Political Science
Association to scholars who have completed their Ph.D.
Future of Chicago Lecture Series Speakers Announced Professor Janet Smith, Alderman Bob Fioretti, former Chicago City Clerk James Laski, Cook County Commissioner Tony Perica, and former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar are invited guests speakers. The lectures will take place on Wednesdays beginning September 16 in room 140 of the Behavioral Sciences Building. The Future of Chicago series has been presented by Professor Dick Simpson since 1976. Update: Janet Smith's lecture on Chicago's demographic housing trends was the lead story on the front page of the UIC Flame, UIC's student newspaper on Monday, September 21, 2009 Twiley W. Barker Jr. 1926-2009 Viewing & Visitation Friday, July 24 from 3:00 - 7:00 PM Unity Funeral Home 773-624-2703 Funeral Saturday, July 25 at 11:00 AM The Congregational Church of Park Manor 773-224-4700 Interment Monday, July 27 at 11:00 AM Springfield Friends Cemetery Burial arrangements entrusted to: Fisher-Edgington Funeral Home 937-382-2146 Those wishing continue the legacy of education and scholarship in the memory of Dr. Twiley W. Barker, Jr. may do so by contributing to the Twiley Barker Memorial Fund. Gifts made payable to: University of Illinois Foundation (indicate fund name on the memo line) College of Liberal Arts and Sciences or Twiley, Marie and Bringier Barker Scholarship Fund Gifts made payable to: Twiley, Marie and Bringier Barker Scholarship Fund The Baton Rouge Area Foundation We encourage family, friends and colleagues to share their thoughts and memories of him with us at twbarker_memorial@att.net. Correspondence can be directed to the family at 655 E. Groveland Park, Chicago, IL 60616.McCormick Freedom Museum Panel Discusses Political Corruption in IL Wednes day, May 13, 2009 @ the Union League Club on 65 W. Jackson the Freedom Museum is hosting a panel discussion with experts in this field -- Cynthia Canary of the Illinois Reform Commission, John Chase of the Chicago Tribune, Dick Simpson from the UIC Department of Political Science, Terry Pastika of the Citizen's Advocacy Center, and moderated by David L. Bennett of the Illinois Press Association.
Created through an Executive Order the Illinois Reform Commission was formed to examine government practices and ethics, and make recommendations for cleaning up IL politics as we know it. The commission's recommendations were released in a report this April. Development & Democracy in Post-Conflict African Nations Tuesday, April 28, 2009 will culminate this two-day intellectual discussion featuring scholars on Africa and Politics from around the globe. The theme of the conference is “Development and Democracy in Post-conflict African Nations”. The conference seeks to explore the challenges facing post-conflict societies in economic and political reconstruction, and how these countries have been trying to move forward in promoting development and democracy. Five countries have been identified for special focus: Sierra Leone, Liberia, Angola, Rwanda, and Mozambique.
This interdisciplinary collaboration of themed panel discussions focuses on the study of development and democratization in post-conflict areas of Africa. As the dynamics of development and democratization have changed and become more complex in recent decades the need for interdisciplinary scholarship is more evident than ever. Understanding both phenomena requires scholars to be familiar with the history, anthropology, sociology, economics, art, culture, and politics of the particular African country they study. The conference seeks to explore the challenges facing post-conflict societies in economic and political reconstruction, how these countries have been trying to move forward in promoting development and democracy. Five countries have been identified for special focus: Sierra Leone, Liberia, Angola, Rwanda, and Mozambique. Specifically, this conference aims to bring together a number of scholars from multiple disciplines to jointly discuss and theorize the challenges of post-conflict reconstruction in Africa. There is now a large body of literature on the causes and costs of African conflicts, as well as a growing number of studies on the management of conflict resolution and post-conflict reconstruction.
Our panelists will present on one of six panels: (1) Post-conflict reconstruction: The challenges of development and democratization; (2) The challenges of demobilization and keeping the peace; (3) Local governance in post-conflict states; (4) The pursuit of justice and reconciliation in post-conflict societies; (5) The role of regional organizations in post-conflict reconstruction; (6) The role of diasporas in post-conflict reconstruction.
Join us as we welcome our colleagues from around the world here to UIC!
Day one “opening session” is free and open to the public. Day two is a working faculty session where the panelists and invited faculty will continue panel exchange.
For more information contact Stephanie Whitaker, swhitake@uic.edu, (312) 996-6853, UIC Department of Political Science UIC Mock Trial Makes Final 48
Facing tough competition at Nationals the
weekend of April 18-19 UIC Mock Trial fell short of advancing,
finishing 2-6. "Although we ended the season disappointed, we are
proud to have competed at a high level and were one of the final 48
teams out of the 600 that started the year," said Nick Gowan, the
team coach.
A bright spot for next year is that approximately 14 of the 19 students from this year's team are returning. Gowan noted, "We have already begun brainstorming on how to return to the National Championship tournament next year and improve on this year's success. We have a few months off and will be back ready to go in the fall." UIC Model UN a "Distinguished Delegation"
Last week the
UIC Model United Nations Team participated in the 2009 National
Model United Nations Conference (http://www.nmun.org).
Our students were recognized by the National Collegiate Conference
Association (NCCA) as a "Distinguished Delegation" for their
representation of Iran (Islamic Republic of).
This recognition is the second highest award
bestowed by the Conference organizers and demonstrates an impressive
achievement on the part of our students. This Conference is the
largest international conference of its kind and is the only model
United Nations conference recognized as a non-governmental
organization by the United Nations. All told, more than 4000
students participated in this Conference, from greater than 300
schools traveling from five different continents and dozens of
different countries. UIC Congressional Debate Team Wins Gold
The UIC Collegiate Congressional Debate
Association team participated in the seventh intercollegiate
congressional debate tournament held at UIC last Saturday (April 4).
Other schools participating were Northwestern, UIUC, the University
of Michigan, and Loyola University. The UIC team placed second
to UIUC's team. Michigan placed third. Two UIC students
won individual prizes: Shannon Heath won Best Speaker and
Yasmin Ali won the Critics Choice and placed second for overall
quality speaker.
UIC Mock Trial Returns to National Championship
Coming Attractions: Fall 2009
Professor Steve Englemann will teach a
topic course on Marx's Critique of
Political Economy. James Chriqui will teach
Pols 111, U.S. Politics:
Health Care Policy Professor Brandon Valeriano will teach
Pols 494 "Steps to
War: Conflict Processes in the International System.
Andris Zimelis' Article In Cooperation & Conflict
Dean's Fellow and Ph.D. candidate Andris
Zimelis' article, Human Rights, the Sex Industry, and Foreign
Troops: Feminist Analysis of Nationalism in Japan, South Korea
and the Philippines appears in the March 2009 issue of
Cooperation and
Conflict.
Brown Bag Lecture: Thursday, February 19 2009 12:30pm in room 1171
Visiting scholar, Senem Yildirim from Bilkent
University will give a
brown bag lecture
on Revisiting The
Public/Private Dichotomy In Hannah Arendt. Our department has
had the privilege of hosting Senem for the 2008-09 academic year.
Evan McKenzie Discusses Illinois Politics on the Dave Ross Show
Evan McKenzie discussed Illinois politics and
corruption cases on the CBS Radio nationally syndicated program,
The Dave Ross
Show on Thursday, January 29th, 2009. Professor McKenzie
can be heard in the 10am-11am segment.
Dick Simpson Discusses Fixing Government Corruption on WBEZ's 848
Dick Simpson discussed the history of corrupt
acts by public officials and possible reforms to curb corruption in
Illinois government on Wednesday, February 4, 2009's edition of the
radio magazine
848.
State Senate President Emil Jones, Jr. to Speak On Campus
State Senate President
Emil
Jones, Jr. will be interviewed by Cliff Kelley On Monday,
February 23, 2009 in the Illinois Room in the UIC Student Center
East. A reception will be held at 5:30pm with the program
beginning at 6:30pm. This
event is free
and open to the public, but an RSVP is appreciated. Please
RSVP to
kb@thehistorymakers.com or call (312) 674-1900 by Monday,
February 16, 2009. Please let them know if special
accommodations are required.
Fred Hess Memorial Lecture Caps the Future of Chicago Lecture Series
Professor Dick Simpson's
Future of Chicago
Lecture Series culminated in the Fred Hess Memorial Lecture on
December 5, 2008 with UIC Professor Bill Ayers. Ayers' lecture
focused on school reform, the "No Child Left Behind Act", and the
prospects for changes in the future. Pictured below are Mary
Hess and Bill Ayers in the left photo. In the middle photo
Mary Hess and Bill Ayers are flanked by members of the Hess family.
Pictured on the right students engage Ayers after the lecture.
Professor Dick Simpson Braves Hannity & Colmes, Quoted in NY Times (again)
Professor Dick Simpson joined the Chicago
Tribune's Jill Zuckman on Fox News'
Hannity
& Comes on Wednesday, December 10th to discuss the Blagojevich
scandal. To view the video go to the "In Case You Missed It"
section and look for "Capitol of Corruption". A
transcript of the segment is also available.
Simpson is also quoted in stories about Rep.
Jesse Jackson, Jr. being identified as “Senate Candidate 5" in the
federal affidavit related to Gov. Blagojevich’s arrest. Those looking for an interdisciplinary
analysis should watch Larry Grimm, UIC associate professor emeritus
of psychology, was interviewed by
ABC 7 for a segment on public debate over the mental status of
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. The segment aired during yesterday's
4 p.m. newscast Professor Evan McKenzie on Dave Ross Radio Show
Professor Evan McKenzie is interviewed on
The Dave Ross
Show Tuesday, December 9th on KIRO, a Seattle radio station.
Ross is also heard nationally through this daily commentary on the
CBS Radio Network. The interview begins at 35:00 in the first
segment and continues into the second segment.
Professor
Dick Simpson quoted in NY Times
Exam week tends to be a busy but quite time in
the Political Science Department. The silence is the sound of
exams and final papers being graded. But this year is
different. The scandal in the Governor's office has kept
Professor Dick Simpson giving one interview after the other for the
past two days. His interviews include
The New York Times,
USA Today, and
Forbes Magazine along with the wire services
Reuters and
Bloomberg News. Yesterday's broadcast interviews
included
CBS 2. Publishing Political Science Research - Pols 591 Presents:
Professor Dennis Judd's Pols 591 course held
 court in room 1115 Thursday, November 20th. Four 591ers presented papers concerning populism, civil society, & corruption in post-soviet eastern Europe and the Hamas-Fatah conflict in Palestine. For a longer description of the papers click here. To see photos of this event click here.
Andrada Costiou Presents Paper at Romanian University Conference
Pols Ph.D. Candidate, Andrada
Costiou has presented a paper titled "Romanian
diasporas-between endurance and hibridity" at
conference held by the Centre for Political Analysis
at Babeş University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Andrada Costiou in JIMA
Andrada Costiou's article
"Modes of Minorities’ Integration: Explaining Historical, Economic
and Political Factors" appears in current issue of the
Journal of Identity and
Migration Studies. Costiou attempts to explain why
some ethnic minority communities are marginalized while others enjoy
equal rights of participation in the public arena.
UIC Faculty & Graduate Students At the IPSA
The 2008 Annual Meeting of the
Illinois Political
Science Association was held on Saturday, November 8th at
Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, IL. UIC was well
represented with Professor Dick Simpson chairing the flagship panel
on interpreting the 2008 primary and general election results.
UIC graduate student Anand Shastri delivered two papers at the conference. In the morning session he discussed the findings in his paper, "The Relationship Between the Religiosity of Voters and Partisanship in the U.S. Senate". In the afternoon session Anand discussed his paper titled "The Rise of Location as a Voting Determinant: The 2004 Presidential Election". Recently minted UIC Ph.D. Randy Smith gave a tip of the hat to the basketball crazy Indiana State Sycamores just over the boarder with his paper "A Constitutional Pick-and Roll: Factors Contributing to Presidential Use of Executive Agreements in Lieu of Treaties". Professors Bob Bruhl & Dick Simpson On November Elections
In a Nov. 4
Wednesday Journal newspaper article, UIC clinical assistant
professor of political science Robert Bruhl
discusses his statistical model
for predicting U.S. presidential elections
that reveals a connection
between unemployment rates and the number
of approximate electoral votes
the incumbent presidential party will win
or lose. Bruhl's model has now
successfully explained the outcome of 16 of
the last 19 elections.
Dick Simpson, UIC professor and head of political science, is quoted in a
Medill News Service article about third party candidates.
Assistant Professor Greg Holyk On WBEZ's Worldview
Greg Holyk, one of the department's newly minted Ph.D.'s, is
interviewed on WBEZ's
Professor Rasma Karklins Discusses Corruption Index Members of Transparency International Latvia Inese Voika (on the left)
and professor Rasma Karklins (on the right) introduce the latest
corruption perception index by Transparency International. They
explained the nature and composition of the index
Professor Brandon Valeriano and
graduate student Vitaliy Voznyak will discuss their paper Russia --
United States, 1991--2006: The Transformation of an Interstate Rivalry
and its Implications for the "Near Abroad" at the first Department
Colloquium of the 2008-09 academic year. The talk will be held on
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at noon in room 1115 BSB. Everyone is
invited. Professor Bob Bruhl Discusses Education Policy of Presidential Candidates Robert Bruhl, UIC clinical assistant professor of political science, is interviewed in a Chicago Parent magazine (October issue) article that analyzes the economic, education, health care, and family values policies of Republican nominee John McCain and Democratic nominee Barack Obama. Professor Bruhl's comments occur particularly about education. Department Head Dick Simpson Comments on Presidential Race Dick Simpson, UIC professor and head of political science, is quoted in a Boston Globe article about Sen. McCain and Sen. Obama facing a competitive general election for the first time their careers. Simpson discussed presidential campaign fundraising during a segment on the nationally syndicated financial news program "First Business". Department Alumni Gary Andres Pens Interest Group Book 1982 Ph.D. graduate, Gary Andres has a new book out titled Lobbying Reconsidered: Under the Influence that is part of the Pearson-Longman Real Politics in America series. Andres brings an insiders view to the role lobbyists play in shaping public policy today focusing on what he refers to as the “the good, the bad, and the ugly”. According to the publisher’s description: Lobbying Reconsidered: Politics Under the Influence, reveals how lobbying is a complex process that involves more than just relationships, friends, access, favors, and influence. This book offers a broader perspective on this important dimension of American public policymaking.
As a person who straddles the worlds of Washington insider and interest group scholar, author Gary Andres hopes to use his experience and insight in in the lobbying world to help students navigate beyond the conventional wisdom, and guide them to a deeper, broader understanding. It is worth noting that the author’s dissertation chair, Professor Barry Runquist is thanked in the book’s preface for reading and commenting on the manuscript. Also, Mr. Andres was named "Top Lobbyist" by The Hill in April 2007. UIC Ph.D Linda Murphy Enters Smoke Filled Room
UIC 1999 Alum and Wright College
Professor Linda Murphy made the
August 25th, 2008 Chicago Tribune for her
glad-handing of high elected officials while attending the
Democratic National Convention in Denver as a delegate.
Professor Murphy's effort to increase access to elected
officials is commendable.
Evan McKenzie on WBEZ 848
UIC Political Science Professor Evan
McKenzie will be on WBEZ's 848 morning program on Tuesday,
July 29. He will be talking about condo associations
banning the mezuzah. A mezuzah is affixed to the
doorframe of Jewish homes to fulfill a biblical commandment.
Professor Mckenzie is one of the nation's foremost experts on
condominium associations and the law. Archive audio
will be available on the
WBEZ 848 website.
A Summer With Professor Doris Graber To answer the question 'What do
professors do when they aren't teaching their classes or advising
their students?" Frank Tachau Appointed Professor Emertius Frank Tachau has been appointed Adjunct Scholar at the Middle East Institute in Washington, D.C. According to the M.E.I. website, the Institute is engaged in several educational missions:
Professor Tachau will write the occasional op-ed, field interview requests from the media, and present lectures from time to time. Powers & Voznyak Win Department's Rakove Awards Two UIC Political Science graduate students have won the department's 2008 Rakove Awards. Matt Powers' paper is entitled "Post-Communism, Semi-Authoritarianism, and Civil Society: A Nuanced View". Vitaliy Voznyak's paper is titled "Corruption in Ukraine: Explaining Variation Across Administrative Divisions". The Rakove Award commemorates the memory of Professor Milton Rakove who served as a member of UIC's Political Science faculty from 1957-83. His classic accounts of Chicago politics are still widely read in the department and beyond.
On Tuesday, March 18th the Political Science
Department hosted a talk by Politics 2008 Forum On Saturday, February 16, 2008 UIC Political Science alumni, students, faculty, and friends came together for our annual Politics Forum. Civil Liberties, Immigration, and Election Analysis were keynote topics. To see the program, click here.
Professor Evan McKenzie
Studies In
June 2007, USC’s Civic Engagement Initiative utilized funding from
the USC U.S.-China Institute to
co-sponsor an international conference in Beijing looking at the
legal, political, social, and economic implications of China’s
burgeoning homeowner association (HOA) movement and comparing it to
similar trends in other national contexts. UIC's Evan
McKenzie, a nationally known authority on Homeowners' Associations
in the U.S. attended this conference. Emeritus Faculty member, Dr. Twiley Barker returns to campus 10/30/07 Dr. Twiley Barker, renowned Professor of Civil
Liberties and Constitutional Law, Mock Trial Teams Reunite UIC Mock Trial Teams reunited on Thursday, September
20, 2007 to recount past glories and meet this year's team. If
you are a Mock Trial Alum and want to attend future events contact
Stephanie Whitaker at 312-996-6853. To see the event program
click
here. UIC Hosts APSA Political Communications Pre-Conference UIC again hosted the APSA Pre-Conference on Political Communications. The department also hosted the event the last time APSA was in town in 2004. Issues explored included new technologies in communication research including use of MRI data and Electronic Visualization. To see the program and event photos, click here. UIC Hosts IPSA / ISA Conference
The Illinois Political Science
Association and the Illinois Sociological Associations held
their annual conference together at UIC on October 26th and
27th. Benjamin Page, a political scientist from
Northwestern, gave a keynote address on "The Foreign Policy
Disconnect" on Friday. Mario Small, a sociologist from the
University of Chicago's Sociology Department spoke on "Is
Chicago Still an Ideal Urban Laboratory: Outliers and
Representative Cities," on Saturday. Twenty four Illinois
colleges and universities (and six from out of state) were
represented on sixteen conference panels. Professor Barry
Rundquist was the political science coordinator for the
conference and was elected President of the Illinois
Political Science Association for the coming year. To
see the full agenda click here.
APSA & Political Communication Pre-Conference Eleven Pols faculty and graduate students delivered papers at the APSA in Chicago, August 30 - September 2, 2007. Professors Steve Engelmann and Brandon Valeriano served as panel discussants. Our Political Communication Communication Pre-Conference opening remarks where delivered by Professor Doris Graber and Gadi Wolfsfeld from Hebrew University of Jerusalem and closing remarks by Professor Kevin Barnhurst. Twelve presentations, tours of UIC's Electronic Visualization Lab and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) labs made for a fast paced afternoon. The following UIC Political Scientists gave papers at the ASPA Conference:
Seung-Whan Choi, Veto Players,
Democracy, and Militarized Interstate Disputes Ching-Jyuhn Luor, Ph.D Class of 1995 Visits UIC Ching-Jyuhn Luor a.k.a. "Andy Luor" made a summer trip to visit his alma mater and catch up with his former professors. Luor, now an Associate Professor at National Taipei University in Taiwan was accompanied by his wife Shu-Fen and son Austin. Shu-Fen also has a UIC Ph.D. in Sociology. They are pictured with UIC's Professor Barry Rundquist.
Graber Wins Nevitt Sanford Award Professor Doris Graber has received the Nevitt Sanford Award for professional contributions to professional psychology. This award is given yearly to someone deemed by the Lasswell/Sanford Committee to be 1. engaged in the practical application of political psychological principles, or 2. creating knowledge that is accessible and used by practitioners to make a positive difference in the way politics is carried out. The award will be presented at the annual meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology on July 4-7, 2007 in Portland, Oregon. Shannon Nelson Accepted to Summer Internship Program at NORC
"Urban and Suburban Landscapes in a Changing
Global Society."
This year's annual meetings of the state
sociological and political science associations will be together at
UIC in Chicago. The theme of the joint conference is "Urban and
Suburban Landscapes in a Changing Global Society." In recent years
it has become apparent that the urban/suburban dichotomy that once
described metropolitan areas is becoming less appropriate.
Demographic data now confirm that descriptions previously employed
to define and distinguish urban and suburban communities are
inaccurate. Past characterizations emphasized differences in social
composition, political identity and economic function of cities and
suburbs. Greater interdependence and similarities now exists between
these previously isolated settings. Social problems which used to be
exclusively attributed to urban communities have become key
challenges facing suburban municipalities just as an increasing
number of higher income people residing in central cities are
challenging their governments. Housing, job retention,
transportation, crime, pollution and other environmental concerns,
education, and community and economic development have taken center
stage in civic efforts across metropolitan areas. Flurry of Spring Conferences UIC Politics 2007 Forum, March 10, 2007 UIC Urban Scholars Symposium, April 10-11, 2007 Midwest Political Science Association, April 12-15, 2007 UIC Richard J. Daley Urban Forum, May 2, 2007 Graber Receives NCA Distinguished Scholar Award Professor Doris Graber has received the National Communication Association Award for lifetime of scholarly achievement. Supported by the Mark L. Knapp Distinguished Scholar Fund, the award was established in 1991 and honors those who have made at least 20 years of showcase scholarly contributions to the profession. Awardees design the Distinguished Scholars Program for the upcoming NCA Convention that will be held in November 15-18, 2007 in Chicago. Graber Keynote Panelist At Portuguese Media Conference Professor Doris Graber joined Professors Kees Brants of the University of Amsterdam and João Pissarra Esteves of the New University of Lisbson to open the Second International Seminar on Media, Journal, and Democracy in Lisbon, Portugal on November 13th and 14th. The conference explored the media's role in elections, party congresses, the final years of a governing coalition, and on public opinion. Graber kicked off the discussion with an overview of the challenges facing political communication scholars who are just beginning to explore new thematic areas, like blog messages and the unexpected payoffs of soft news and entertainment for learning about politics. She also surveyed the newest research tools for content analysis, interview production, and psycho-physiological scanning. Kees Brants followed with a critical look at the charge that political journalists are prophets of gloom and doom who make politics seem like a cesspool from which citizens recoil. He concluded that the charges are vastly overdrawn, especially as concerns European journalism. The English language portion of the session ended with João Pissarra Esteves' very favorable comments in Portuguese about the thrust of the opening papers. Karklins Presents Book In Kazakhstan
Professor Rasma Karklins participated in two
panel discussions of her latest book, The Systems Made Me Do It:
Corruption in Post-Soviet Societies and the issues surround
corruption. The first session was held at the Ankara Hotel in
the capitol city of Almaty on August 22nd. The second session
was held on August 24th at the Hotel Intercontinental in Astana.
Photos and details about both events can be seen on the
U.S. Embassy's
website.
Graber Explores TV & Civic I.Q.s, Emotions and
Political Behavior,
Professor Doris Graber was granted a sabbatical
leave for the Spring 2006 semester to test various new approaches for
doing experimental research in the field, rather than the laboratory.
The initial results were presented at the 2006 Midwest Political Science
Association meeting in a paper -- "Experiencing Politics through
Entertainment: Evidence from Experiments" -- produced with graduate
students Kevin Navratil and Gregory Holyk. Another report about the
findings -- "How Television Dramas Raise Citizens' Civic IQ" -- will be
presented at the 2006 meeting of the American Political Science
Association.
Professor Ike Balbus has received the 2006 UIC
Award of Teaching Excellence. This is one of the highest awards for
teaching on campus. Recently Professor Balbus has taught The Scope of
Political Science, Possible Political Systems, Introduction to
Marxism, the undergraduate seminar in Political Theory, and the
graduate Theoretical Approaches to Political Theory.
Middle East Scholars Honors Tachau A conference entitled “Between Shifting and Resilient Forces: The Middle East in Comparative Perspective” will be held in Sile, Turkey on August 6-8, 2006 to recognize and honor Professor Frank Tachau’s important contributions to Middle Eastern Studies. Professor Tachau of University of Illinois at Chicago dedicated his career to promoting a more nuanced understanding of the Middle East. As Tachau approaches his 75th birthday, his productivity and enthusiasm are more vibrant than ever. The conference will be hosted by Isik University and convene many distinguished scholars including a large group of friends, colleagues and students of Frank Tachau. The participants represent different academic disciplines, while they all explore important conventional issues such as the role of the state, political parties, the military, political elites and secularism as well as a wide range of issues ignored by institution-centered paradigms (e.g. urban poverty, migration, child labor). A more detailed description of the program can be obtained from Professor Sultan Tepe. Simpson On All Things Considered UIC Political Science professor, Dick Simpson was interviewed on NPR's All Things Considered on June 16, 2006 regarding the status of Cook County Board Executive John Stroger. Click here to listen to the story.
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within the last three years in Urban Politics.
acclaimed
and discussed the main reasons why Latvia has moved up in the ranking
efforts of the Latvian anti-corruption agency and the improvement of
business laws. They also warned that corruption still remained a serious
problem in Latvia and other places in the world. Their press conference
was covered in the Latvian newspaper
"Our
Ambassador Altay Cengizer titled "A Region in Flux: Changing
Dynamics in Central Asia and Turkey's Role as a Regional Power".
Ambassador Cengizer was the Director General for Policy Planning, at
the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, before coming to
Harvard as a Fellow at the Weatherhead Center for Forgeign Affairs.
Throughout 2006 he was the Special Advisor to then Foreign Minister,
now President Abdullah Gul. Mr. Cengizer is a graduate of the
Bosphorus University and has a M.A. degree in International History
from LSE and a Preventive Diplomacy and Crisis Management
certificate from Columbia University.
returned to the UIC campus for a luncheon and visit in the
Department of Political Science. Dr. Barker began his teaching
career at Southern University in Louisiana then came to Chicago and
became one of the founding faculty members of the Department of
Political Science at the University of Illinois at (then) Chicago
Circle campus. His teaching career spanned from 1955-1994, when he
retired from UIC. The luncheon was joined by Former Senator and UIC
alumnus, Carol Moseley Braun who was also one of Dr. Barker’s
students. Dr. Barker will be returning to campus in February 2008
for a special lecture on the history of the U.S. Court System. 
