Faculty News Fall 2003

Dr. C. Margaret Hall
Professor C. Margaret Hall poses with Sara B. Fein, President of District of Columbia Sociological Society, after she presented her with the Stuart A. Rice Career Achievement Award.

It was a wonderful evening, May 15th, at the D.C. Sociological Society’s Award Banquet. Professor Margaret Hall was awarded the Stuart A. Rice Career Achievement Award before a large gathering of DCSS members and members of her family. It was a joyful celebration of Professor Hall’s many achievements and contributions to the field of sociology and sociological practice, to her teaching and administrative contributions here at Georgetown, and for her service to the greater community. Professor Bill McDonald read a glowing commendation chronicling some of the many highlights of Professor Hall's career. Professor Hall gave a touching acceptance speech, in her gracious and humble manner, appreciating the award as recognition that "someone is watching" her love's labor over the long run and validating and honoring her body of work. She encouraged us to keep applying our social intelligence in everyday life, not only in our professional work but in our dealings with non-sociologists in daily interactions because our social intelligence makes a difference. Professor Hall was joined at the ceremony by her husband Bob and daughter Jamy; and department colleagues Bill McDonald and his wife Irene, Kathleen Maas Weigert, and Sam Marullo. It was a touching and joyful celebration honoring our dear colleague.

Congratulations Professor Hall!

Dr. C. Margaret Hall poses with her husband, Robert T. Cole after the awards banquet.

Dr. Dennis McNamara
Professor Dennis McNamara was a Fulbright Research Scholar in Japan and South Korea from September 2002 until July 2003. He returned to Georgetown for a conference in February to present a paper on “Industry and National Identity – Globalizing the Korean Auto Industry.”

McNamara also worked actively in APEC [Asian Pacific Economic Conference] activities in Thailand in the spring and over the summer. He presented a paper on “SME Networks in Northeast Asian Industrial Districts –Bridging Local and Global Markets” at the APEC Study Center Consortium Conference in Thailand on May 25-28, 2003.

McNamara also presented another paper on “Linking Micro-enterprise to Regional Investment and Trade” for an APEC Seminar on Micro-enterprise Development, and a paper on the “Role of Trade Promotion Organizations in Government-Industry Partnerships” APEC SME Working Group in August.

Dr. William McDonald
Professor William McDonald received a travel grant from the Georgetown University International Initiatives Program last spring that supported him in doing collaborative research in Italy during June. He interviewed Italian government officials and academics regarding immigration and crime in connection with his continuing research on this topic.

Dr. Michele Papa
Professor Michele Papa, faculty of law from the University of Florence (Italy) is team teaching Sociology of Criminal Justice with Professor William McDonald for the first several weeks of the fall semester. The arrangement is made possible under the new agreement between Georgetown University and the University of Florence for the exchange of faculty as well as students. Professor Papa's specialization is comparative criminal justice systems and criminal law. Professor McDonald is expected to team teach at the University of Florence next May.

Dr. Timothy Wickham-Crowley
Professor Timothy Wickham-Crowley has just published the second collection of essays this year, focusing on social-justice issues in Latin America. Both essay collections were co-edited with Prof. Susan Eckstein of Boston University. The recent book is What Justice? Whose Justice? Fighting for Fairness in Latin America (University of California Press). The previous release was titled, Struggles for Social Rights in Latin America (Routledge).

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