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Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology Mikaila Mariel Lemonik Arthur wrote an article for Sociology Compass titled "Social Movements in Organizations." The article reviews the literature on social movements that exist within organizations like colleges, religious orders, corporations and governmental agencies from disparate academic fields and outlines the main questions within this area of research, with the aim of introducing students and scholars to this area of research and its possibilities.

David W. Rivera, lecturer in government, presented a paper at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association held in Chicago on April 3. Titled "The Militarization of the Russian Elite under Putin: How Wide and How Deep?" and co-authored with Assistant Professor of Government Sharon Werning Rivera, the paper examined the dominant paradigm for understanding contemporary Russia, which views Russia as a "militocracy" or "neo-KGB state."

Danielle Sclafani '08 a candidate for May graduation from Hamilton, has been awarded a Fulbright Teaching Assistantship to South Korea, where she will teach English.

Ethan Anthony, president of HBD/ Cram and Ferguson Inc., will present a lecture on the architecture of Ralph Adams Cram on Thursday, April 10, at 4:30 p.m. in the Kennedy Auditorium in the Science Building. Cram is most famous for his "collegiate gothic" style, and his work is represented on a number of campuses, including Cornell University, Rice University and The University of Notre Dame.

Assistant Professor of Anthropology Haeng-ja Chung presented two papers at the Annual AsiaNetwork Conference in March at Trinity University in Texas. In "How to Introduce Controversial Issues in the Classroom: Case Study of a 'Sex Work and Emotional Labor' Course," Chung argued that dialectic Socratic Method would be effective for covering controversial issues in a classroom. Based upon her teaching experience at Hamilton and Colorado College, Chung confirmed that the dialectic teaching method encourages students to engage in critical thinking and reflexivity.

A group of refugees from Russia, Bosnia, Somalia and Belarus traveled to Hamilton's greenhouse on Saturday, April 5, to plant seedlings for their gardens located at the F.X. Matt Apartments. "Each individual had the choice of planting whatever vegetables they knew their family would enjoy," said Jenney Stringer '08, the program's organizer.

Cheng Li, William R. Kenan Professor of Government and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, will be a guest on the nationally syndicated Diane Rehm Show on Thursday, April 10, at 10 a.m. The topic of the program will be the Beijing Olympics. Li is the editor of the recently published book, China's Changing Political Landscape: Prospects for Democracy.

Joyce M. Barry, environmental studies lecturer, presented a paper titled "Gender, Class and Environment: Women's Grassroots Activism Against Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining in Appalachia" at the Southeastern Women's Studies Association conference.

Associate Professor of Art History Stephen J. Goldberg and Michael Thomas Viveiros '08 presented the results of their collaborative work, supported by an 2008 Emerson Summer Research Grant, at the 2008 Annual Conference of ASIANetwork hosted by Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, on March 16.

Christopher Bouton '09 has been awarded a 2008 fellowship to participate in The Society for Historians of the Early Republic (SHEAR)/Mellon Foundation Summer Undergraduate Seminar in American History, 1776-1861.