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Rutgers-Camden Fall 2005 Newsletter |
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OPEN HOUSE SET FOR NOVEMBER 10th Student
Pizza and Soda Mid-Day Open House: Noon to 1:30 pm Afternoon
Open House for Faculty, Staff, Alumni and Graduate Students,
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Spring 2006 Preregistration
News and Advice Preregistration for the Spring 2006 Semester begins November 7th. All
students are strongly encouraged to see a departmental advisor
in planning their schedule. Sociology majors may
see any sociology or anthropology faculty members they choose,
or be assigned an advisor by the department secretary, Sherry
Pisacano. Criminal Justice uses an advisor pool system; click
here
for current advising hours. Here are a few Spring
2006 preregistration tips (click here for the combined departmental
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Dr. Cati Coe Publishes Book on African Schools Dr. Coe's first book, Dilemmas of Culture in African Schools: Youth, Nationalism, and the Transformation of Knowledge, was published by University of Chicago Press earlier this year. Quoting from the publisher's description: "In working to build a sense of nationhood, Ghana has focused on many social engineering projects, the most meaningful and fascinating of which has been the state's effort to create a national culture through its schools. As Cati Coe reveals in Dilemmas of Culture in African Schools, this effort has created an unusual paradox: while Ghana encourages its educators to teach about local cultural traditions, those traditions are transformed as they are taught in school classrooms. The state version of culture now taught by educators has become objectified and nationalized--vastly different from local traditions." Dr. Coe, who is currently on a one-semester research leave, was back in Ghana for the summer, where she is engaged in a new research project on transnational families. |
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CJ Master's Program Graduates First Class in May 2005
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Dr. Michelle Meloy Gives Birth to Daughter Morgan Our department--which has not seen a new baby member in almost two decades--is thrilled with the birth of Morgan to her mother Michelle Meloy. Morgan was born on July 21, 2005, weighing all of five pounds 6 ounces. But she's been making up for lost time ever since! Dr. Meloy is enjoying both a research leave and the pleasures of motherhood, and will return to teach a reduced load in the spring. As for the rest of the department: GaGa is the word!
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CJ Study Tour to China and Mongolia In early summer Dr. Jon'a Meyer again led a group of Rutgers-Camden criminal justice students on an international study tour of criminal justice institutions and facilities. This time she and her students visited China and Mongolia. In addition to soaking up the sights, history, and culture of the two countries, they toured a prison in Mongolia (they were one of the first outside groups to be allowed inside a prison in the country) and met with Mongolian policing, prosecutorial, and corrections officials. In China, they met with judges and prosecutors who updated them on the many recent changes to Chinese law and how those changes have transformed Chinese society and their own jobs. (Said one of the judges about the change from an inquisatorial system in which judges investigate crimes to one closer to the U.S. adversarial model: "Now, it's more fun to be a prosecutor!"). Another trip is in the works for next year. Check with Dr. Meyer for more details. |
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First Graduate CJ Colloquium Held On October 11th, the graduate Criminal Justice program held its first colloquium, co-hosted with the graduate MPA program. Hillary Burgess, who took courses from former Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, delivered a fascinating lecture on the U.S. Supreme Court to a crowd of about 50 students and faculty. Her talk, "Overruled! Judicial Restraint and Judicial Activism in the United States Supreme Court," traced the use of judicial activism over a series of decisions, arguing that "judicial activism is in the eye of the beholder" because all decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court involve some level of interpretation of the Constitution. After the lecture, the group retired to a reception with Professor Burgess for further discussion. Funding for the event and reception was provided by the Senator Walter Rand Institute for Public Affairs and the Forum for Policy Research. |
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Departmental Online Resources Continue to Expand If you're not yet familiar with it, we recommend exploring our website, which provides a broad array of resources to assist you in finding the information you need and in doing well in your courses. As illustration below shows, the website is divided into two sections, the departmental homepage and the web-enhanced curriculum, each with its own set of resource links. Check it out!
You can learn more about our web-enhanced curriculum in the online journal, Innovate, which included an article about our department in its first issue by Prof. Wood, entitled "Scaling Up: From Web-Enhanced Courses to a Web-Enhanced Curriculum." To access it, you must register for free at the Innovate site (just unclick the box about promotions if you don't want to receive them). It's a good way to learn about how the department is using technology to enhance teaching and learning and what its website has to offer you. Dept. E-Mailings: Periodic department mailings about events and departmental news are sent to all sociology and criminal justice majors. To receive them, be sure that you have declared sociology or cj as your major and be sure that the email address you wish to use is registered at the Rutgers student directory. The list is more fully described at the department's E-Mailing List web page |
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March 26, 2006 . Contact Robert Wood with comments or questions.