Proposals funded: Carroll, Silman, Walldorf
Carroll
Congratulations to Dave Carroll, professor of physics, whose proposal entitled “Partnership for Innovation: Accelerating Innovation Research – Technology Translation Graphenated-Carbon Nanotube (g-CNT) Composites for a Miniature, Fiber-Integrated Spectroscopy Light Source” has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and by [subaward/subcontract from] Duke University (WFU funding agency).
Silman
Congratulations to Miles Silman, professor of biology, whose proposal entitled “Biochar production for tropical agriculture and carbon sequestration” has been funded by the Blue Moon Foundation.
Walldorf
Congratulations to Will Walldorf, associate professor of political science, whose proposal entitled “To Shape Our World for Good: Master Narratives and Patterns of Forceful Regime Change in United States Foreign Policy, 1900-2011” has been funded by the New City Commons Foundation.
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Walldorf named associate fellow at Virginia
Will Walldorf, an assistant professor of political science, has been named an Associate Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia.
The Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture is, according to its mission statement, an interdisciplinary research center and intellectual community at the University of Virginia committed to understanding contemporary cultural change and its individual and social consequences, training young scholars, and providing intellectual leadership in service to the public good.
Walldorf’s book project, “To Shape Our World For Good: Ideas and Forceful Regime Change in United States Foreign Policy, 1900-2011,” focuses on how decisions by U.S. policymakers about whether or not to pursue forceful regime change are affected and sometimes driven by broad foreign policy ideas in the United States about the efficacy and desirability of promoting liberal political order abroad.
“In appointing me an Associate Fellow, the Institute has asked me to bring the project under its umbrella, which will give me the opportunity to present research at the Institute and engage other fellows there at different stages as I develop the project,” Walldorf said. “I will also have the opportunity in the future to access various streams of funding from and through the Institute for my research. Beyond the benefit to my own research, I will also assist in developing the new Program on Culture and Democracy at the Institute. More specifically, I will be working with a faculty member to launch the American Democracy and World Order component of the program.”
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July 2012 faculty publications
The following faculty had writings published in July 2012:
Balaev, Michelle. (English, Visiting). The Nature of Trauma in American Novels. Northwestern University Press. June 2012.
Coates, David, Ed., Kathleen Smith, and Charles Walldorf, Jr. (Political Science). The Oxford Companion to American Politics. Oxford University Press. June 2012.
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Walldorf awarded research fellowship
Will Walldorf, an assistant professor of political science, have been awarded a research fellowship from the Earhart Foundation that buys out his classes this semester in order to work on a new book tentatively titled, “The Democracy Consensus and Patterns of Forceful Regime Change in United States Foreign Policy, 1900-2011.”
The book focuses on changes in the nation’s mood about promoting democracy abroad from 1900-2011 and discusses ways that that that mood affects patterns of forceful regime change in U.S. foreign policy. It carries direct relevance to recent wars in Iraq and Libya, while also helping us understand current and future U.S. responses to the Arab Spring.
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