Minutes
Social Change & Development Faculty Meeting
March 1, 2004, 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in MAC Hall B315
Present: Andrew Austin, Tony Galt, Harvey Kaye, Andy Kersten, Kim Nielsen, Larry
Smith, Lynn Walter
Absent: Mark Everingham (sabbatical), Craig Lockard
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Good
News: Tony Galt is back! Much happiness. An essay by Andrew Austin is being
translated by Pluto Press into German and will be published in Germany; he
also authored a critical review essay entitled
"Explanation
and Responsibility: Agency and Motive in Lynching and Genocide" that
will appear later this year in The Journal of Black Studies.
Lynn
Walter’s four book review essay appeared: “Bridges, Chasms, and Common
Ground: Multicultural and Transnational Feminism,” Feminist Collections 25/1
(Fall 2003): 1-9; and “Refusing False Choices: Feminist Response to
September 11,” Feminist Collections 25/1 (Fall 20030: 10-11. Andy
Kersten authored a review of the film “Oh, Freedom After While,” Journal
of American History 90/3 (December 2003): 1131-1132. Kim Nielsen’s
essay “What’s a Patriotic Man to do? Patriotic Masculinities of the
Post-WWI Red Scare,” appeared in Men and Masculinities 6/3 (January
2004): 240-253; and she reviewed books: Rethinking Helen Keller, The
Women’s Review of Books, 21/4 (January 2004): 10-11;
“Deaf History and the U.S. Historical Narrative, Reviews
in American History, 31 (December 2003): 596-602.
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Update on pay questions for 2004-5: Lynn reported that the Board of
Regents has recommended a 1% salary increase based upon solid performance.
We agreed that we are all solidly worthy of merit and will use the merit
reviews last done of the whole unit. The next merit reviews will be
cumulative.
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Report
on Global Studies: Larry Smith updated the rest of the unit with the
information that a subcommittee was formed at the last meeting of the global
studies group in order to work on a global studies minor proposal. Larry
chairs this subcommittee. They are starting to inventory potential campus
resources (courses, people, etc) and are working on who will serve on the
subcommittee.
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Discussion
of Curriculum Development: The unit discussed curricular dreams and goals
for the direction of the SCD curriculum. It was again agreed that the
position proposal put forward previously regarding a social scientist of
health issues is still a priority.
Secretary Kim Nielsen