Institute for Global Enterprise in Indiana Announces 2009/10 Global Scholars
Published: April 23, 2009
The Institute for Global Enterprise in Indiana at the University of
Evansville is pleased to announce that the following individuals have been
selected as 2008-09 University of Evansville Global Scholars. Global
Scholars will engage in scholarship, curriculum development, travel and/or
research activities related to the impact of globalization on our learning
environment. It is expected that Global Scholar activities will have an
impact on the global awareness and understanding of our learning community
through curriculum or co-curricular activities. Gale Blalock, Professor of
Economics, will examine the globalization of the economic topics of
outsourcing, trade and the environment, the sub prime crisis, and China’s
exchange rate policies. Blalock will integrate this research into the EMBA
curriculum through the MBA 543 - International Macroeconomics course. Dr.
Blalock will incorporate Krugman and Obstfeld’s leading text:
International Economics: Theory and Policy. Krugman is the 2008 Nobel
laureate in Economics. Daniel Byrne, Assistant Professor of History, will
use his Global Scholar position to complete archival research on U.S.
foreign policy towards the Algerian war of independence and Anglo-American
relations with regards to colonization. His research will require travel
to the Eisenhower Library in Abilene, Kansas, and the Public Record Office
in England. Upon completion of this research, he will prepare several
manuscripts for publication. Additionally, he intends to integrate his
research conclusions into the history classes he teaches. Amy McBride
Martin, Assistant Professor of Education, will be increasing her expertise
in the area of diversity education and cultural competence with the
specific goal of helping future educators develop into culturally
competent teachers who can work effectively with the increasing numbers of
culturally and linguistically diverse students who are in our schools.
Through attendance at an intercultural development inventory conference
and additional study of cultural competence, Dr. McBride Martin will be
infuse additional cultural competence content into the education classes
she teaches, assess student growth in the area of cultural competence, and
provide assistance with the integration of cultural content across the
education curriculum. Wesley Milner, Associate Professor of Political
Science, will use his Global Scholarship to build on his experience in
human rights as Igleheart Chair in Political Science and Director of the
International Studies Program and delve into a year-long examination of
civil conflict and conflict resolution around the world while highlighting
the Middle East. He will participate in a Council on International
Educational Exchange (CIEE) Faculty Development Seminar in Jordon and
Israel, which rigorously looks at the complexities of conflict and
cooperation in this region, and attempt to travel to the Gulf States
(specifically Bahrain and the UAE). Using his research and development
experiences, he will develop a course on peace and conflict resolution,
prepare articles for publication, and give presentations to the campus
community. Mark Valenzuela, Associate Professor of Engineering, will focus
primarily on the Harlaxton Manor building, for example, the influence of
the Elizabethan and Jacobean styles on this Victorian house; and the
layout of rooms and passageways to embody the ideal functioning of a
Victorian household. There has been little to no scholarship on the
gardens and grounds surrounding the house itself. Unfortunately,
uncovering similarities between the landscaping at Harlaxton and other
gardens is made difficult by the sheer size of the grounds. This research
project proposes to do an extensive ground survey of the landscape
surrounding the manor house to create a computer-generated
three-dimensional model that will help in comparison with other gardens
and grounds and that may reveal features that are otherwise invisible to
the naked eye.
