Fellows in Policy and Public Service
2008–09
Jefferey H. Bergstrand is one of four members of an Academic Advisory Board to the European Commission for a study evaluating the effects of non-tariff barriers on international trade and investment between the United States and the European Union. Bergstrand is preparing a paper on the theoretical and econometric methodology for the study and overseeing its empirical implementation. He is also advising the Swiss government’s State Secretariat for Economic Affairs on methodology to evaluate the impact of potential Swiss free trade agreements.
Jorge Bustamante, special rapporteur on the human rights of migrants for the United Nations, took part in the UN’s Durban Review Conference, “United against Racism: Dignity and Justice to All,” held in Geneva April 20–24, 2009. Bustamante also undertook UN official missions to Romania and the United Kingdom in July.
Allert Brown-Gort was interviewed on the PBS “NewsHour with Jim Lehrer” when President Obama visited Mexico in April, providing context for new policy directions on border issues.
Gilberto Cárdenas was appointed by President Bush to a seven-member commission to study the potential creation of a National Museum of the American Latino.
Daniel Lende received the 2009 Rodney F. Ganey, PhD, Faculty Community-Based Research Award. The $5,000 award, presented by the University’s Center for Social Concerns, honors a Notre Dame faculty member whose research addresses a need in the local community, placing learning “at the service of society.”
George A. Lopez reported on “The Efficacy of US and UN Sanctions on Iraq” for the United States General Accounting Office in spring 2008.
Monika Nalepa was asked by the European Commission’s Directorate General for Justice, Freedom, and Security to prepare an expert “National Report” on Poland as part of the EC’s project “How the memory of crimes committed by totalitarian and/or other repressive regimes in Europe is dealt with in the member states.”
María Rosa Olivera Williams received the Las Estrellas del Año 2008 Award for education at South Bend’s first annual Latino Community Service Awards Ceremony. Olivera Williams was honored for her long-standing work with the South Bend schools as well as with Latino students at the University of Notre Dame. Among the 34 northern Indiana leaders nominated for the awards were Kellogg faculty fellows Allert Brown-Gort and Gilberto Cárdenas.
Rev. Robert Pelton, CSC, directed an educational tour to Chile in spring 2009. Sponsored by the Notre Dame Alumni Association, the tour had as its theme “Chile, the Delicate Balance Between Church and State.”
Dianne Pinderhughes was named to the National Advisory Committee of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Scholars in Health Policy Research Program, which fosters the development of creative thinkers in health policy research within the disciplines of economics, political science, and sociology. The committee is composed of 13 nationally recognized experts in social science and health policy.
Rev. Timothy Scully, CSC, received a 2008 Presidential Citizens Medal, one of the highest honors the president can confer upon a civilian. The award recognizes US citizens who have performed exemplary deeds of service for the nation. He also received the 2008 Voyager Award from the Diocese of Dallas, TX, for contributions to Catholic education, and was appointed to the Catholic School Board of Advisors of the Archdiocese of Chicago (2008–11).
Lyn Spillman was named to the Editorial Board of the Sociological Forum and to the Executive Committee of the Social Science History Association.
Vania Smith-Oka is the president-elect of the Council on Anthropology and Reproduction, an international organization working to build strong and active networks among scholars interested in the anthropology of reproduction.
Christopher J. Waller was named senior vice president and director of research for the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. With research interests that include monetary theory, political economy, and macroeconomic theory, he was a visiting scholar at the St. Louis Fed in 1994–95. Waller, who began his appointment in July 2009, has picked a challenging time for public service. Among other responsibilities, the Federal Reserve system is charged with managing the nation’s supply of money and credit and regulating certain banking institutions to ensure their safety and soundness.
