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Faculty Highlights
 Fahima Aziz
Professor Fahima Aziz received the Outstanding Faculty Award 2007 from the Hamline University's Alumni Association at the All-College Reunion Dinner on Saturday, October 13, 2007.
Professor Fahima Aziz presented her paper "Has Globalization Paid Off? China’s Economic Growth, Trade Gains, Poverty and Rising Income Inequality" at the 64th International Atlantic Economic Conference in Savannah, Georgia on October 9-10, 2007. The conference attendance was funded by the Bush Foundation's Grant for International Learning. Professor Aziz also was also a judge in the undergraduate paper competition at the conference.
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 Jim Bonilla
Associate Professor Jim Bonilla presented at the 57th Annual State University of New York Recreation & Outdoor Education Conference in Cortland, New York on November 1, 2007. His session addressed the changing face of outdoor education/community recreation and the need to diversify organizations to meet the future. More Information>
Associate Professor Jim Bonilla presented a session at the Minnesota State Managers Conference entitled "Walking the Walk: Creating Racially Diverse Organizations," on October 11, 2007. This year's conference theme was "The Face of Future Government: Tools for Managing Change" and was held at the Excel RiverCentre in downtown St. Paul, MN. More Information>
 Ken Fox
Associate Professor Ken Fox was the invited presenter at the Minnesota State Bar Association ADR section meeting on December 11, 2007. He presented on the connection between a deeper understanding of conflict theory and improving mediation practice.
Associate Professor Ken Fox was part of a Hamline contingent that met for two days in Jerusalem with Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian teachers in December 2007. The group discussed how to constructively engage students in their respective classrooms as they address the conflict in their region. This meeting is part of Hamline's ongoing Civic Education project, which involves over fifteen faculty members from across the university and includes regular meetings in the region as well as a summer institute at Hamline University.
Associate Professor Ken Fox gave the lunch-time plenary presentation on ADR in Popular Culture at the Minnesota Bar Association's 10th Annual ADR Institute.
 Louis Kaluza
Adjunct Professor Louis Kaluza and Assistant Professor Kristen Norman-Major presented the paper "Social Policy Implementation: A Case Study in Bringing Diversity to the Classroom," at the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration Conference, in Seattle, October 11-13, 2007. The course covered in their presentation was developed with the help of a Race, Gender and Beyond professional development grant. More Information>
 Kristen Norman-Major
Assistant Professor Kristen Norman-Major convened the panel "Incorporating Diversity, Cultural Competency and Social Equity into the Public Administration Curriculum - Lessons from the Field," at the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration Conference. The conference was held in Seattle October 11-13, 2007. Along with convening the panel, Professor Norman-Major and Adjunct Instructor Lou Kaluza presented the paper "Social Policy Implementation: A Case Study in Bringing Diversity to the Classroom." The course covered in their presentation was developed with the help of a Race, Gender and Beyond professional development grant. More Information>
Julian Schuster
Dr. Julian Schuster was a panel discussant at the 39th National Convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS) on November 18. The panel session was titled "Parliamentary Monarchy in Serbia: Disutility or (Meta)Regional Necessity?" More Information>
Dr. Julian Schuster co-authored the article, titled "The Yugoslav Experience with Workers' Councils," appearing in the Labor Studies Journal (2007). The article reviews the experience, role, structure, and functions of workers' councils in the former Republic of Yugoslavia. Co-authors are Parbudyal Singh and Timothy Bartkiw. More Information>
 Thomas (Tom) Walkington
Dr. Tom Walkington is Chair of the Local Organizing Committee for the 2008 International Public Administration Conference (4rd ICPA) hosted by the University of Minnesota Humphrey Institute of Public Policy, Sept 25-26, 2008. The theme of the conference is: Building Bridges to the Future: Leadership and Collaboration in Public Administration.
Dr. Tom Walkington and Timothy Houle (DPA student) attended the 2007 International Public Administration Conference (3rd ICPA) held at International Conference Hall of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) in Chengdu P.R. China, on October 21-22, 2007. 2007 ICPA was co-sponsored by Chinese Public Administration Society, UESTC, American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), School of Public Administration at Moscow State University and Chinese Public Administration Review (CPAR), and hosted by School of Political Science and Public Administration of UESTC. Dr. Walkington was session moderator for papers presented on Theory, Practice and Methods in Public Administration. He also presented the paper titled "From Theory to Practice – Transforming the Way We Work," a case-study of change management in Hennepin County. More Information>
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