College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Student Activities

College of Social and
Behavioral Sciences
Volume 14, Issue 5
March 2013
Student Activities
The Ethnic Studies Student Organization hosted an "IceSkating Day” at the All-Season Arena and a “Bowling Night”
at the Jerry Dutler’s Bowl, January – February 2013.
GENDER AND WOMEN’S STUDIES
Abigail Barefoot, graduate student, was the lead director and
actress for The Vagina Monologues, February 13-14, 2013.
Samantha Coffin, graduate student, helped organize the
Safer Sex Carnival. There were several tables and games to
educate the campus community about safer sex, CSU,
February 13, 2013.
Dieynaba Niabaly and Chelsea Barr tabled at the Diversity
Fair as representatives of the GWS Club. They passed out
samples of Fair Trade Chocolate and a leaflet about further
action people can take about labor rights violations incurred
in harvesting cocoa. They also showed the film, The Dark
Side of Chocolate, and held a discussion about the use of
child labor in the cocoa trade, February 2013.
GOVERNMENT
Colleen Clarke and Andrew Stevens presented,
“Bioaccumulated Toxins and the Adverse Impacts They Have
on Juveniles,” at the international and interdisciplinary
Terri Hanson was awarded the 2013 Young Mustang Conference in Las Vegas, February 22, 2013.
PSYCHOLOGY
Woman of Distinction award from the
YWCA
Chelsea Schmillen and Colette Baudoin’s project, “Intuition
Overrules Logic When Detecting Deception,” was accepted
ECONOMICS
Curtis Gruidl received a URC stipend grant for presentation at the National Conference for
Undergraduate Research (NCUR) , La Crosse, WI, February
for his research proposal examining
political affiliation of state legislatures and 2013.
SOCIAL WORK
unsustainable deficits, March 2013.
Imad Abdi Mohamed, 2nd year MSW student, and Robin
ETHNIC STUDIES
Wingo’s paper, “Finding Balance: Group Membership and
Lindsay Bolstad received the “Avon
Professional Development,” will be published in Reflections:
Fundraising Champion”; Peter Xiong
received the “Member of the Semester: Fall Narratives of Professional Helping, March 2013.
2012”; and Yer Lee and Sang Yang
David Beimers, Brian Warner, and Paul Mackie’s paper,
received the “Bowling Champion” award
“Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Undergraduate Social Work
from the Ethnic Studies Student
Programs: How are Rural Programs Faring?” will be
Organization, February, 2012.
published in Contemporary Rural Social Work, June 2013.
The Ethnic Studies Student Organization
URBAN AND REGIONAL STUDIES
won the Silver Book Drive certificate award Emmanuel Frimpong-Boamah published, “Managing
from the Worldswide Book Drive, January Parking on Campus: Agent-Based Models,” in The New
2013.
Planner , Winter 2013.
ANTHROPOLOGY
Terri Hanson, current cultural
Anthropology student, has been awarded
the 2013 Young Woman of Distinction
award from the YWCA in Mankato for her
work with immigrant communities,
February 2013.
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College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Good News
Faculty and Department Activities
Representatives in the February 12, 2013 special election
for State House District 19A, including St. Peter, North
Mankato and some areas of Mankato, February 2013.
ECONOMICS
Ihsuan Li is serving as reviewer for the Proceedings of
the National Conference of Undergraduate Research,
2013.
Ihsuan Li was named Presidential Teaching Scholar
Fellow, 2013.
HISTORY
Marlene Medrano presented, “Prostitution, War, and
Diplomacy: Ciudad Juarez, 194-1945,” as part of the
History Department Spring 2013 Lecture Series, February
7, 2013.
The Department of Economics held its third Special
Advising Session for majors and minors in economics.
Invited alumni speakers were Eric Anderson, Mayor of
Mankato, and Michael Murzyn, Senior Director of
Analytics at Cotterweb Enterprises, February 20, 2013.
GEOGRAPHY
Martin Mitchell’s paper, “Using Mental Map Principles
to Interpret American Indian Cartography,” will be
published in the Journal of Geography, 2013.
GOVERNMENT
James Bailey, Professor Emeritus of the Law
Enforcement Department, reviewed DNA crime scene
collection procedures for a new line of Copan products.
He and MSU were cited in the Copan literature for
reviewing their procedures, February 2013.
Marlene Medrano Presented as part of the History
Department Spring 2013 Lecture Series
Colleen Clarke and Andrew Stevens presented,
“Bioaccumulated Toxins and the Adverse Impacts They
Have on Juveniles,” at the international and
interdisciplinary Mustang Conference in Las Vegas,
February 22, 2013.
SOCIAL STUDIES
Clark Johnson was elected to the Minnesota House of
Representatives in the February 12, 2013 special election
for State House District 19A. He was sworn in on
February 19, 2013.
James Robertson ‘s article, “Same-sex ‘Makin’ Out’:
Prison Visitation and Gender/Sexual Orientation
Discrimination,” will be published in Correctional Law
Reporter, April-May 2013.
Fred Slocum was interviewed on the Dr. Howard Gluss
radio show on talk/news radio station KFNX from
Phoenix, Arizona on the psychology of presidential
debates. The web link for the Dr. Gluss show archives is
http://www.radiodrgluss.com/page_4.html, October 5,
2012.
Fred Slocum is organizing the Midwest Political Science
Undergraduate Research Conference, to be held at
Minnesota State University, Mankato, March 22-23,
2013.
Fred Slocum is serving on the IFO’s Government
Relations Committee, serving as a liaison between
MnSCU faculty and the Minnesota Legislature. He and
other GRC members participated in Lobby Day at the
state capitol, Feb. 13 and 14. Slocum’s seat on the GRC
was previously held by Clark Johnson (Social Studies),
who is newly elected to the Minnesota House of
Clark Johnson was sworn in on February 19, 2013
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College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Good News
editor, journal production editor, journal consulting
editor, and journal associate editor. He also has been on
an editorial Board for an international journal from 2009
to the present. He has made 8 national/international
scholarly presentations, 11 regional scholarly
presentations, and 5 local ones. Dr. Waskul stimulates
students to be Sociologists and to be Scholars. Three of
his publications since being at MSU are co-authored with
3 different students. He has supervised 7 graduate theses
committees since coming here. One student’s thesis won
an international award given in the name of an eminent
Symbolic Interactionist, the theoretical specialization of
Dr. Waskul. This is a clear indication that Dr. Waskul is
successfully training the next generation of scientists in
his field, February 2013.
SOCIAL WORK
David Beimers, Brian Warner, and Paul Mackie’s paper,
“Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Undergraduate Social
Work Programs: How are Rural Programs Faring?” will
be published in Contemporary Rural Social Work, June
2013.
Kofi Danso and Lum’s article, “Intergroup relations and
predictors of immigrant experience,” was published in the
Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work,
2013.
Kofi Danso and Seok Won Jin presented, “Using
Intergroup Relations Theory to Explain Predictors of
Immigrant Experience,” at the Annual Conference of the
Society for Social Work and Research, San Diego, CA,
January 16-20, 2013.
Sociology is celebrating 100 years at MSU! G.S.
Petterson, the first MSU sociologist, started teaching at
the Mankato Normal School in 1913, February 2013.
Kofi Danso presented, “Neighborhood Effect and Health
Disparities among Immigrants and Non-Immigrants,” at
the American Public Health Association, San Francisco,
CA, October 27-31, 2012.
Kofi Danso and Lum presented, “Racial and Ethnic
Disparities in Health and Mental Trajectories of Older
People,” at the American Public Health Association, San
Francisco, CA, October 27-31, 2012.
Imad Abdi Mohamed, 2nd year MSW student, and Robin
Wingo’s paper, “Finding Balance: Group Membership
and Professional Development,” will be published in
Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping, March
2013.
SOCIOLOGY
Dennis Waskul has been identified for our University’s
2013 Distinguished Faculty Scholar Award. Dr. Waskul
is an extremely successful researcher. He has authored 2
books and been editor of 4 additional ones. He has
published 19 scholarly articles in peer-refereed journals.
He has published 14 book chapters. He has edited a book
series that has published 4 books, and been a journal guest
G. S. Petterson, the First MSU Sociologist
College and Related Activities
College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Career and
Internship Day, organized by Advising “U”, hosted
exhibitors to assist students in learning about career and
internship opportunities, CSU Ballroom, January 29,
2013.
CSBS Career and Internship Day 2013
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