 Sociologist
Explores Dilemmas of Women Defense Attorneys
Cynthia Siemsen, Department
of Sociology, had Emotional Trials:
The Moral Dilemmas of Women Defense Attorneys published
by Northeastern University Press (April 2004). Emotional
Trials is an ethnography based on 16 months of fieldwork.
Siemsen, who has been at CSU, Chico for four years, focuses
her research on social psychology and sociology of law.
Student Service Learning in Health and Community Service
Several components have been added to HCSV’s
well-established service-learning curriculum in recent years.
Many fall under TEAM Chapman, a set of projects in which college
students team with public school students in programs that
improve individual and community health. Programs have included
an environmental school, community clean-ups, and workshops
in leadership skills. One of those programs, Leaders for a
Lifetime, is a theatre-based health program for low income,
ethnically diverse youth ages 12 to 25. For two college semesters,
under the guidance of HCSV students and project directors,
the youth explored local solutions to environmental issues,
wrote plays that communicated environmental actions, and performed
these plays in the community. HCSV students commit to a full
school year of service and act as teachers and mentors to
the youth in the program.
Migrant Farmworker Pesticide Safety Initiative
 Another
project was the Migrant Farmworker Pesticide Safety Initiative,
in which HCSV partnered with Butte County’s Migrant
Education program to create a comprehensive pesticide safety
program for farmworkers and their families at migrant farm
camps in the area. HCSV students created a pesticide education
program complete with skits, songs, and demonstrations for
performance at each of the camps. Since pesticide safety relies
on access to detergent, soap, shampoo, clean clothes, hats,
and a second pair of shoes, HCSV students raised funds and
solicited these items, and then created kits to distribute
to families.
Outstanding Psychology Major
Elizabeth Coudright, a psychology graduate
now in the masters in social work program, received the 2004
Hearst/Trustees Award. The Trustee’s Award provides
a $3,000 scholarship to 13 students statewide who show superior
academic performance, community service, and personal accomplishments
in the face of personal hardship and challenges. Coudright
is the eighth CSU, Chico student to receive the award since
1993.
Fulbright in Tanzania
Tony Waters, Social
Work, was a Fulbright Lecturer/Researcher at the University
of Dar Es Salaam from August 2003 to August 2004. He taught
courses in class, race and ethnicity, and social change. He
researched social history of the area in and around Katavi
National Park in western Tanzania. He participated in archaeological
surveying, test digs, and developed relationships with his
counterparts.
Lori M. Weber, with colleagues from Carnegie
Mellon University, is participating in research funded by
a grant from the National Science Foundation, through its
Social and Economic Implications of Information Technologies
program.
Diane Schmidt published the third edition
of Writing in Political Science: A Practical Guide
(Pearson Education, 2004) and “Political Influence and
Policy Variation: Understanding the Politics of Field Administration”
in Administration & Society (July 2003).
Diana Dwyre co-authored “National Parties
after BCRA” in Life After Reform: When the Bipartisan
Campaign Reform Act Meets Politics, Michael J. Malbin,
ed. (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2003).
New Book for Nationally Recognized Cult Expert
Sociology professor
Janja
Lalich, an expert on cults and charismatic leaders,
has been sought by the national and local press ever since
Salt Lake City kidnap victim Elizabeth Smart was returned
to her home in March 2003 after nine months in captivity.
Lalich had Bounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic
Cults published by University of California Press in
September 2004.
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