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College of Arts and Sciences Alumni AssociationFall 2006George Brooks, department’s first Africanhistorian, retires after 44 years at IUBIf you talk to George Brooks about hisaccomplishments as a historian of Africa,he will likely turn the conversation awayfrom himself. He might discuss maritimetrade along the West African coast orunpack thesignificanceof the nameDavid Livingstone gavehis steamship.While captivating, such detailed insightsalso speak toBrooks’s illustrious career.George BrooksQuite simply,he is an exceptional scholar Indiana University will deeply miss.Though Brooks’s interest in historybegan during his undergraduate days, hispath took a turn his senior year when hedropped out of Dartmouth, joined theArmy, and got posted to Korea. “You canimagine what my parents said,” Brooks recalled, laughing. But a few years later, witha Dartmouth degree in hand, he took upgraduate study in history at Boston University. For Brooks, African history offered aunique field of expertise: “It was a collegialthing. I went to grad school in 1957,Ghana had just become independent, 1958was Guinea-Conakry, 1960 was FrenchWest Africa — it was an exciting time.”After obtaining his PhD in 1962, Brooksjoined Indiana University’s Departmentof History. A specialist in Western Africa,Brooks enthusiastically became the department’s first African historian. One cannotknow how many students — graduate andundergraduate — benefited from Brooks’sdevotion to the teaching and study of history. He exposed classes of students to thecontinent’s past and willingly superviseddissertations in East Africa during his firstyears (which he called “learning on thejob”). After entering Indiana’s graduateprogram, Don Wright, now a professorof history at SUNY Cortland, arrived atBrooks’s office with almost no knowledge of African history. Brooks’s tutelagetransformed Wright’s life: “George set me(continued on page 2)Claude Clegg named department chairClaude Clegg began a term as chair of the Department of History in July 2006. A graduate of theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Professor Clegg earned his doctorate from the Universityof Michigan in 1995. He joined the department atBloomington in the fall of 1998. An expert in AfricanAmerican history, Clegg’s first book, An Original Man:The Life and Times of Elijah Muhammad, was publishedby St. Martin’s Press in 1997. An audiocassette versionof the book was issued by Books on Tape in 1999. Hisstudy The Price of Liberty: African Americans and theMaking of Liberia was issued by the University of NorthClaude CleggCarolina Press in 2004. Clegg replaces John Bodnar,who served as chair from 1997 to 2001 and from 2001 to 2005.David Thelen retiresDavid Thelen, Distinguished Professorof history and the editor of the Journalof American History from 1985 to 1999, retired from the department in the spring termof 2006. Before coming to Indiana in 1985,he served on the faculty of the University ofMissouri–Columbia for 19 years. Over thecourse of hiscareer, he alsoheld visiting appointments atthe Universityof Manchester,the Universityof Amsterdam,and the Ecoledes hauteEtudes en Sciences Sociales.David ThelenThelen’s outstanding work as editor of the JAH resultedin the Organization of American Historiansnaming an annual prize for the best articlepublished in a foreign language in hishonor. In 1973–74 he was a GuggenheimFellow. His many publications include TheNew Citizenship: Origins of Progressivism inWisconsin, 1885–1900 (Columbia: Universityof Missouri Press, 1972); Becoming Citizensin the Age of Television: How AmericansChallenged the Media and Seized PoliticalInitiative During the Iran-Contra Debate(Chicago: University of Chicago Press,1996); and (with Roy Rosenzweig) ThePresence of the Past: Popular Uses of Historyin American Life (New York: ColumbiaUniversity Press, 1998).
Around the DepartmentDepartment welcomes five new facultyFive new faculty members joined the Department of History this fall. Eric Robinson, a specialist in ancient history, receivedhis PhD from the University of Pennsylvaniain 1994. His book The First Democracies:Early Popular Government Outside Athenswas published in 1997. He comes to Bloomington as an associate professor.Julie Roos joined the department as anassistant professor in European history. Herfirst book, published by the University ofMichigan Press, is titled Weimar’s CrisisThrough the Lens of Gender. Roos earned aPhD at Carnegie Mellon University.Sara Scalenghe completed her doctorateat Georgetown University. She is a specialist on the Middle East, and her disserta-tion dealt with “gender, disability, and thebody” in Ottoman Syria.Rebecca Spang is the author of TheInvention of the Restaurant: Paris andModern Gastronomic Culture and joins thedepartment as an associate professor in history. She holds a PhD from Cornell, and,before her appointment at Indiana, was areader in European history at UniversityCollege London.Finally, Assistant Professor KirstenSword is a historian of early American history who earned a doctorate from HarvardUniversity in 2002. Her dissertation projectdealt with “Wayward Wives, RunawaySlaves, and the Limits of Patriarchal Authority in Early America.”Brookslooms on the horizon, but this summer heplans on spending time with his daughters,Claire and Annie, and wife, Elaine. Then,of course, Brooks has another book tofinish: “If it ever gets dull I’ll stop, but youjust keep learning. Its like peeling the skinof an onion, you just go on and on. Everynow and then you find something that youjust didn’t know.” The history departmentextends a heartfelt “thank you” to Brooksfor all that he has done for his students,colleagues, and Indiana University. We(continued from page 1)on — and kept me on — a long road of inquiry into Africa’s past. I would not exist asa professional historian if not for George.”Yet Brooks’s commitment to historyextended far beyond the realm of Africa. In1966, Brooks began teaching world history— a challenging field from which manyhistorians shy away. Avid travel and professional experience — Brooks taught coursesat the University of Zimbabwe and Shandong University in China and was part ofa presidential delegation to Guinea-Bissau— allowed him to “see the woods and notthe trees” of world history. By focusing onhistory’s “big picture,” Brooks admirablyunderscored how historical events in different regions fit together into complex ways.Indiana University recognized Brooks’sdistinguished teaching by giving him theHerman Frederic Lieber Memorial Award.An accomplished scholar, Brooks haspublished 14 book chapters, more than30 articles, and several books. His secondbook, Landlords and Strangers, was a finalist for the African Studies Association’sHerskovits Prize, its highest honor. His recent book, EurAfricans in Western Africa,earned him praise as “one of the doyens ofthe historiography of [West Africa’s] AfroAtlantic dimension.” His attention to widehistorical events and multiple historical actors has informed scholarship in not only inAfrican history, but in the African diasporaand world history as well.Though stepping away from his office inBallantine Hall, Brooks plans on enjoying a busy retirement. A trip to Portugal2Valeria Manzano winsFriedlander AwardValeria Manzano won theannual EzraFriedlanderFellowshipfor 2006. Theaward will helpher completeher dissertationon the creationof “youth” as acultural categoValeria Manzanory in Argentinaand the impact of young people on culturaland political life in the 1960s and 1970s.know much more because of him. As hecontinues peeling “the onion” in the yearsto come, we eagerly anticipate learningeven more.This article was prepared by Nate Plageman, a graduate student in African history,on the occasion of George Brooks’s retirement.PerspectivesThis newsletter is published by theIndiana University Alumni Association,in cooperation with the Departmentof History and the College of Arts andSciences Alumni Association, to encouragealumni interest in and support for IndianaUniversity. For activities and membershipinformation, call (800) 824-3044 or sende-mail to iualumni@indiana.edu.Department of HistoryChair.Claude CleggEditor.Jo Ellen FitzgeraldCollege of Arts & SciencesDean. Bennett I. BertenthalExecutive Director of Development& Alumni Programs. David ElliesIU Alumni AssociationPresident/CEO.Ken BeckleyDirector of AlumniPrograms. Nicki BlandEditor for ConstituentPeriodicals. Julie DalesAssistant Editor . Abby TonsingGeorge Brooks tests his retirement chair.
PhD dissertationscompleted, 2005–06Roark Atkinson, “’Invisible Plantations’: Spirituality, Healing, and Popular Justice in the Scottish Atlantic World,1590–1820” (Stowe)Francisco Barbosa, “Insurgent Youth:Gender, Youth Culture, and Memory in theSandinista Student Movement” (Gould)Soili Buska, “Region and Nation inCosta Rica, 1900–1939” (Gould)Adam Ehrlich, “Between Germany andPoland: Ethnic-Cleansing and Politicization of Ethnicity in Upper Silesia UnderNational Socialism and Communism(1939–1950)” (Bucur)Susan Ferentinos, “An UnpredictableAge: Sex, Consumption, and the Emergence of the American Teenager, 1900–1950” (Gamber)William Foley, “John F. Kennedy andthe American City: The Urban Programs ofthe New Frontier, 1961–1963” (Madison)Jason Lantzer, “Prohibition Is Here toStay’: The Reverend Edward S. Shumakerand the Rise and Fall of Dry Culture inAmerica” (Madison)Elisabeth McMahon, “Becoming Pemban: Identity, Social Welfare, and Community during the Protectorate Period”(Hanson)Martin Minner, “Metropolitan Aspirations: Civic Politics and Cultural Memoryin Newark, 1900–1918” (Bodnar)Dana Ohren, “All the Tsar’s Men: Minorities and Military Conscription in Imperial Russia, 1874–1905” (Rabinowitch)Matthew Pauly, “Building Socialismin the National Classroom: Educationand Language Policy in Soviet Ukraine,1923–30” (Kuromiya)Heather Perry, “Recycling the Disabled: Army, Medicine, and Society inWorld War I Germany” (Diehl)Janine Peterson, “Contested Sanctity:Disputed Saints, Inquisitors, and Communal Identity in Northern Italy, 1250–1400”(Elliott)Matt Stanard, “Selling the TenthProvince: Belgian Colonial Propaganda1908–60” (Diehl)William Van Arragon, “Cotton Matherin American Cultural Memory, 1728–1892” (Stein)Kara Dixon Vuic, “‘Officer. Nurse.Woman.’ Defining Gender in the U.S. ArmyNurse Corps in the Vietnam War” (McGerr)Jason Vuic, “A Family at War: Negotiated Ethnic Identity in the Former Yugoslavia, 1941–1991” (Bucur)Naoko Wake, “Private Practices: HarryStack Sullivan, Homosexuality, and the Limits of Psychiatric Liberalism” (Capshew)Alumni notebookBefore 1970Roberta Wright Colvin, BA’45, and herhusband, Irving, MD’47, who met in history class, celebrated their 60th weddinganniversary in December 2004. While astudent at IU, Roberta worked for AlbertKinsey, recording his data on IBM machines — “so my years at IU were veryeventful!” she writes.“I am continuing with my ‘LifelongLove of Learning Program,’ includingclasses, readings, assisting in church as acertified lay speaker, and singing in thechoir (48 years now). Traveling is less thanit used to be because of the rise in gasprices,” writes William L. Starr, BA’65,of Muskegon, Mich. “I am 80 years youngnow, walk two miles every day, climb thedunes at a state park, and follow a calis-thenics program. I am intensely interestedin everything going on at IU.”Tradeshow Week, a print and online magazine, named Hugh K. “Boo” Sinnock,BS’67, one of 20 essential-to-meet peoplein Las Vegas. Sinnock is the regional operations director of Reed Exhibitions in LasVegas. He and his wife, Elaine (Zuroff),BA’67, live in Henderson, Nev.Fern Rovin Stoffer, MA’67, PhD’74,writes that she is retired, taking trips and enjoying her family — husband Sid, MBA’76,and sons Jeffrey, 26, and Jonathan, 24.A lecturer in the history departmentand American studies program at San JoséState University, Stanley J. Underdal,MA’68, received the 2005–06 OutstandingLecturer Award, one of the top four facultyawards given by the university. A faculty(continued on page 4)Placement report, 2005–06Tenure-track positionsFrancisco Barbosa, PhD’05 (history),accepted a tenure-track position in theDepartment of History at the Universityof Colorado–Boulder as an assistantprofessor of modern Latin Americanhistory.Matthew Carotenuto, PhD candidate (history), accepted a tenure-trackposition in African history at the AlbionCollege in Albion, Mich.David Fisher, PhD’03 (history),accepted a tenure-track position in European history at the University of Texasat Brownsville.Victoria Gonzalez, PhD’02 (history), accepted a tenure-track positionat San Diego State University.Robin Henry, PhD’06 (history),accepted a tenure-track position as anassistant professor in the Department ofHistory at Wichita State University.Donna Patterson, PhD candidate(history), received a job offer from StateUniversity of New York at Oswegobut then received an offer from DillardUniversity (her former employer) in NewOrleans and decided to accept Dillard’sposition, which is a tenure-track position.Jeremy Rich, PhD’02 (history), accepted a tenure-track position to teachAfrican history in the history department at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tenn.Matthew Stanard, PhD’06 (his-tory), accepted a tenure-track positionas an assistant professor at Berry Collegein Mount Berry, Ga. There, he willbe the fourth member of the historydepartment faculty and will teach WorldHistory I and II; 19th-Century Europe;20th-Century Europe; Modern AfricanHistory; and Imperialism, Colonialism,and Nationalism.Kara Dixon Vuic, PhD’06 (history),accepted a tenure-track assistant professorship in the Department of Historyand Political Science at BridgewaterCollege in Bridgewater, Va.Jane Wickersham, PhD’04 (renaissance history), accepted a tenure-trackposition at the University of Oklahomain Norman.Other positionsHannington Ochwada, PhD candidate(history), accepted a one-year positionas a visiting assistant professor to teachAfrican history in the Department ofHistory at Marquette University.Matthew Pauley, PhD candidate(history), accepted a three-year contract leading to a possible tenure-trackposition in the Department of Historyat Michigan State University in EastLansing.Bradley Woodworth, PhD’03 (history), accepted a position as a lecturer inhistory and coordinator of global studiesat the University of New Haven in WestHaven, Conn.3
Alumni(continued from page 3)member since 1984, Underdal is editor of Passports, anannual publication showcasingthe history department’s beststudent work. He is executivedirector of the SJSU’s Sourisseau Academy for State andLocal History, which sponsorsresearch, educational programs,and publications. He lives inFremont, Calif.1970sPhilip L. Cantelon, PhD’71,was elected to the board oftrustees of the American University of Rome. He is presidentof History Associates, a historical research consultancy thatwas profiled in May 2005 in theWall Street Journal for its workin uncovering corporate links toslavery.John C. Bouvy, BS’73,MAT’80, of Plainfield, Ind., hasbeen named a principal in theJones Financial Co., holdingcompany for Edward Jones.Michael E. Uslan, BA’73,MS’75, JD’76, the executiveproducer of the Batman films,has published his first children’sbook. In December, ee publishing & productions is scheduledto publish Chatterbox — TheBird Who Wore Glasses. Toldin Dr. Seuss-style rhyme, thebook is about a lonely childwho discovers friendship inthe form of a talking parakeet.The story has its origins at IUBloomington, where Uslan methis future wife, Nancy (Osher),’72, in the early 1970s. WhenNancy moved off-campus, Uslan bought her a powder blueand white parakeet to keep hercompany. He named the birdChatterbox for the restaurantwhere the couple first met. Itwas a fitting name for the talkative bird, which Nancy adored.After Chatterbox caught coldand died in the fall of 1977,Uslan wrote a children’s storyto comfort Nancy and capturethe small, wonderful thingsabout Chatterbox. Twentyeight years later, Uslan cameacross the manuscript andsubmitted it. The Uslans live inCedar Grove, N.J.4Bruce C. Smith, BA’75, isthe author of The War Comesto Plum Street, published byIndiana University Press in2005. A native of New Castle,Ind., Smith’s writing chroniclesthe impact of World War II onhis town. Smith now lives inDaggett, Mich.William G. “Butch” Tallant, BA’75, of LaPorte, Ind.,writes, “I lost my 1974–75hockey team picture in a fireand am looking for a copy.” Heis in his 37th year of umpiringand is a “21-year man” at AeroMetals.John G.W. McCord Jr.,BA’76, of Chicago, is executive director of the AllianceFrançaise de Chicago, a not-forprofit center for education,cultural exchange, and friendship between Americans andFrench-speaking people fromaround the world. He speaksFrench 60 percent of the timeat work and is actively involvedin the alliance’s educationaloutreach program with the Chicago Public Schools. McCordcan be reached at jmccord@afchicago.com.David H. Herschler,PhD’77, is the deputy historian at the U.S. Departmentof State in Washington, D.C.He and his wife, Evelyn, livein Brookesville, Md., and canbe reached at sailawaytravel@comcast.net.John F. Schwaller, PhD’79,is the new president of the StateUniversity of New York Collegeat Potsdam. Previously, he wasvice chancellor for academicaffairs at the University ofMinnesota in Morris. He haspublished several books aboutthe Catholic Church and theAztec language, Nahuatl.1980sTerry A. Helton, BA’82,writes, “Last spring, I decidedto risk everything and accepteda job in Montana. The staterenewed my certification as aCNA. Hopefully I will becomea paralegal student (distancelearning) at the University ofNorth Dakota next year.”Jan Chrypinski, Cert/MA’83, is an analyst for theDefense Intelligence Agency.Anne Hoehner Scialabba,BA’84, of Chicago, is vicepresident of Arthur J. GallagherRisk Management Services inItasca, Ill. Her e-mail address isanne scialabba@ajg.com.Larry A. Weaver, MA’84,PhD’98, has his own consulting business, which providesstrategic planning, leadershipeducation, and organizational/process improvementfor clients such as the DefenseThreat Reduction Agency. Healso does logistics and forceplanning consulting for ICFConsulting, consults with theDefense Nuclear WeaponsSchool in Albuquerque, N.M.,and is an adjunct strategic-planner for Venturist Inc. Whennot consulting, Weaver teacheswar theory and joint operationsat the Naval War College andhas helped write the U.S. AirForce’s official histories of thewars in Afghanistan and Iraq.He lives in Fairfax, Va., and canbe reached at weaverphd@aol.com or laweaver@juno.com.Kathleen A. McFarlandKennedy, Cert/BA’85, is anadjunct history faculty memberat Sauk Valley Community College in Dixon, Ill. She lives inSterling.Jonathan A. Grant, BA’86,MA’89, MA’90, is an associateprofessor of modern Russian history at Florida State Universityin Tallahassee. In March 2005,he received an award for beingan outstanding graduate facultymentor from the university. “Mybook Rulers, Guns, and Money:The Global Arms Trade in theAge of Imperialism 1860–1914,has been accepted for publication by Harvard University Pressand should come out in spring2007,” he reports.For the first time sincegraduating, three ROTCcadets, Tom Seifert, BA’88;Jeffery S. Yarvis, BA’88; andBecky Freeze, BA’88, werereunited during OperationIraqi Freedom despite serving in different capacities. Lt.Col. Seifert is the deputy G-1for MNCI. Maj. Yarvis, whoreceived a PhD last year fromthe University of Georgia, is thecivil-military operations officerfor the Multinational CorpsIraq surgeon. Lt. Col. Freeze isthe G-3 for the 3rd Corps Support Command.William W. Mathews Jr.,BA’89, JD’92, is the executivevice president of BlackwaterUSA, a private security company that protects the U.S. ambassador in Iraq. He has generaloversight of the company’s security, aviation, training, canine,manufacturing, and construction subsidiaries. Mathews is anI–Man in swimming.1990sStephen B. Hockensmith,BA’90, of Petaluma, Calif.,writes that his first novel, Holmes on the Range, is forthcoming from St. Martin’s Minotaur.“I’ll be going on tour to promote it,” he adds. “Hopefully,I’ll be able to swing throughBloomington for a signing— and a beer at Nick’s!”Debbie Morgan Rappaport,Cert/BA’90, works in Washington, D.C., for Zero to Three:National Center for Infants,Toddlers, and Families, a leadingresource on early childhooddevelopment. In 2004 she married Adam and writes, “On ourmonth-long honeymoon, wetraveled in Bhutan, Thailand,Cambodia, and Vietnam.” TheRappaports live in Washingtonand can be reached at morgaport@yahoo.com.Anthony Scott Chinn,BA’91, JD’94, has been electedto the Indianapolis Bar Association board of members as anat-large member. Chinn is apartner in the Indianapolis lawfirm of Baker & Daniels.Timothy S. Mangan,Cert’91, BA’92, an attorneyat the Cincinnati law office ofDinsmore & Shohl, has beenappointed to the board for theFriends of the School for theCreative and Performing Artsin Cincinnati. The Friendsof SCPA is a not-for-profitorganization that provides additional staffing, special awards,technical support, and financialsupport to the school.Anthony J. Amato, MA’92,PhD’98, is an associate professor at the Center for Rural andRegional Studies at Southwest(continued on page 5)
Alumni(continued from page 4)Minnesota State University.His article “Thinking Unlikea Mountain: Environment,Agriculture, and Sustainabilityin the Carpathians” is forthcoming in The Environmentand Sustainable Development inthe New Central Europe, editedby Zbigniew Bochniarz andGary B. Cohen, and publishedby Berghahn Books, New York.Amato presented “Beyond theBorderland: Nature, Place,and the Frontier in UkrainianHistory” at the VII WorldCongress of the InternationalCouncil for Central and EastEuropean Studies in Berlin onJuly 29, 2005. He lives andworks in Marshall, Minn.Robert M. Curry, BA’93, isa certified financial planner forMeridian Investment Advisorsin Carmel, Ind.James R.A. Dawson,BA’93, JD’97, has been electeda director at the law firm ofSommer Barnard, Indianapolis,where he is a member of thebusiness restructuring, bankruptcy, and creditors’ rightsgroup.Scott B. Mandell, Cert/BA’93, was one of 28 entrepreneurs inducted into the Chicago Area Entrepreneurship Hallof Fame on March 1. He hasbeen president and co-founderof Enjoy Life Natural Brandssince the company’s inceptionin March 2001. A poker enthusiast, he competed in the 2005World Series of Poker. He livesin Chicago.Gabriel L. Goddard,BA’94, is the chief complianceofficer for Cinfin Capital Management, an investment-adviserfirm in Cincinnati. He is also anattorney for Cincinnati Insurance Company. His address isgabegoddard@yahoo.com.Michael S. Byron, BA’95,of Fishers, Ind., joined SommerBarnard Attorneys as an associate. He is a member of thefirm’s business law and trustsand estates practice groups.Jennifer L. Evers Douthit,BA’95, MLS’96, is a technical services librarian for JasperCounty Public Library in Rensselaer, Ind.Susan G. Gainey, BA’95,has been named partner at thelaw firm of Kightlinger & Gray,Indianapolis. She was recentlynamed to the board of directorsof the Defense Trial Counsel ofIndiana.Carrie M. Raver, BA’95, hasjoined the law firm of Barnes& Thornburg as an associate inthe Fort Wayne (Ind.) office.Erica R. Newman Allen-Announcingburg, BA’96, lives in Edina,Minn., near Minneapolis. Sheis raising her two sons, Jamesand Paul. Previously, she was amarketing director at PresidentHomes, having worked in marketing since graduation.For the Balls, working atBoise State University (Idaho) is a family affair. MarcyFlickinger Ball, BA’96, is theschool’s coordinator of theResidential College & SpecialProjects, Student Housing.Her husband, Jeremy D. Ball,BA’95, JD’98, is an assistantprofessor of criminal justiceadministration. He is also afaculty-in-residence coordinator for the university’s CivicLeadership Residential College.He is the author of a chapter inthe Encyclopedia of Criminology,“Criminal Law: Reform, Lessons Learned in the Last FiftyYears,” published by Routledge.Jeremy can be reached at jeremyball@boisestate.edu.Lynn M. Hudson, PhD’96,is an associate professor of history at Macalester College, St.Paul, Minn. She is the authorof The Making of “MammyPleasant”: A Black Entrepreneur in Nineteenth-CenturySan Francisco, published by theUniversity of Illinois Press.John W. Mervilde, BA’96,lives in Indianapolis and is The IU Alumni Association’s new online career services center, IUAlumniCareers.com, isofficially open! This Web site provides online career and mentoring services for IU alumni.Register at IUAlumniCareers.com to search for jobs posted by employers, post your résuméfor review by employers, or search for an alumni mentor for career advice.IU alumni are invited to register as mentors to give career advice to their fellow alumni. As amentor, you may choose how often and in what manner you wish to be contacted, and youmay opt out of the mentor program at any time.Employers are invited to register to post job openingsat no charge.OnlyIUIUAAmembersmay searchfor career services center, IUAlumniCareers.com, isTheAlumniAssociation’snew onlinejobsandmentors,soactivateyourofficially open! This Web site provides online career and mentoring services for IU alumni.membershiptoday!Registerat IUAlumniCareers.comto search for jobs posted by employers, post your résuméforreviewbyemployers,orsearchforan alumni mentor for career advice.Contact the IUAA membershipdepartmentiuaamemb@indiana.eduIUalumni areatinvitedto register as mentors to give career advice to their fellow alumni. As aor (800)you824-3044.mentor,may choose how often and in what manner you wish to be contacted, and youmay opt out of the mentor program at any time.Employers are invited to register to post job openingsat no charge.attorney with Meils ThompsonDietz & Berish. His address isjmervilde@sbcglobal.net.Matthew S. Menzie, BA’97,earned a JD in 2000 fromUCLA and is an attorney forKatten Muchin Rosenman inLos Angeles.Robert E. Bedwell, BA’98,and his wife, Carrie (Miller),BS’94, are teachers at Merrillville (Ind.) High School.Rob teaches history, coachesfootball, and is an academicsuperbowl sponsor. Carrieteaches English and sponsorsthe Key Club and prom.Sarah Knott Bowman,BA’98, MIS’01, is electricresources trainer for the SanAntonio Public Library. Herhusband, Timothy, MIS’01,is director of the Web forSt. Mary’s University in SanAntonio.2000sMark K. Snakenberg, BA’01,reports that he has returnedfrom a second tour of dutyin Iraq. An armor captain, heserved as his battalion’s chief ofoperations during 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment’smost recent tour in Ramadi,Iraq. He is stationed at FortBenning, outside of Columbus,Ga., and is attending a captain’scareer course. Snakenbergplanned to return to 3rd Infantry Division in the summer.Shawn F. Burns, BA’02, isa graduate of the University ofAkron (Ohio) School of Law.He is a staff attorney at theStark County Public Defender’sOffice in Canton, Ohio, and helives in Akron.Benjamin C. Jensen, BA’02,joined the law firm of Halloran& Sage in Hartford, Conn.Michael B. Smith, PhD’02,an assistant professor at IthacaCollege, Ithaca, N.Y., wasnamed a 2005–06 CarnegieScholar with the CarnegieFoundation for the Advancement of Teaching.David M. Uslan, BA’02, isvice president of the music andsoundtrack division of ComicBook Movies in New York andLos Angeles. He lives in CedarGrove, N.J., and can be reached(continued on page back page)5
Alumni notebookPrinted on recycled paper in U.S.A.History Alumni: What’s new with you?The IU Alumni Association is charged with maintaining records for all IU alumni.Please print as much of the following information as you wish. Its purpose, in addition toproviding us with your class note, is to keep IU’s alumni records accurate and up to date.To verify and update your information online, visit our online alumni directory atwww.alumni.indiana.edu/directory. (continued from page 5)at brandedentertain@aol.com.Tatyana Vdovina, BA’02, is a PhDstudent in second-language acquisition atthe University of Maryland, College Park.In October 2005, she presented a researchpaper, “Effects of Explicit Instruction onthe Acquisition of Russian Verbal Morphology by American Learners,” at the SecondLanguage Research Forum conference atthe Teacher’s College of Columbia University, New York.C. Harrison Wick, MA/MLS’02, isthe archivist at the Mary Kintz BevevinoLibrary at College Misericordia in Dallas,Pa. He lives in Kingston, Pa.Zachary L. Worley, Cert/Cert’02, is asecond-year medical student at MidwesternUniversity in Glendale, Ariz. He is president of the MWU chapter of the AmericanMedical Student Association (AMSA),coordinator of the Region X Conference ofthe AMSA, and treasurer of the emergencymedicine club.Michael J. Connaughton, BA’04,moved to Southern California in 1994 toplay professional beach volleyball on theAssociation of Volleyball ProfessionalsTour. Now, he is director of sales for Marbella Country Club in San Juan Capistrano,Calif., and lives in Tustin. “I would loveto hear from anybody from the men’s volleyball team, the Peanut Barrel gang, orVarsity Villas,” he adds.Daniel O. Drugge, BA’04, is an elementary school teacher at Katolska Skolanav Notre Dame in Gothenburg, Sweden.He teaches math, social science, and gym.He has a master’s degree in political sciencefrom the London School of Economics.William C. Gray, BA’04, is a law student at Harvard. He writes, “My experience in criminal justice at IU has helped metons both at school and in the work I havedone since graduation.”Dana Pool Lower, BA’04, writes, “I amcurrently staying at home,
job"). After entering Indiana's graduate program, Don Wright, now a professor of history at SUNY Cortland, arrived at Brooks's office with almost no knowl-edge of African history. Brooks's tutelage transformed Wright's life: "George set me George Brooks, department's first African historian, retires after 44 years at IUB
