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Judge Earl Carroll has made a $50,000 donation to the Magellan Circle. Half of the gift will be used to award Magellan Circle Fellows — faculty members who are conducting ground-breaking research. The other $25,000 will go into an endowment to fund student scholarships.

“My deepest thanks to Earl Carroll for his incredibly generous gift. This money will help us support students and retain the faculty that make our college so great.”

- Ed Donnerstein, Dean of SBS

The Magellan Circle

Photo above: The 800 foot-high formation Spider Rock is one of the most familiar symbols of Canyon de Chelly. Photo taken by Gail Godbey.

On Magellan Circle excursions, members get to travel alongside a professor who is an expert in the region or topic, as well as with other friends of SBS who share their love of learning and exploration! As always, Magellan Circle members receive priority booking.

UPDATE: Canyon de Chelly, Arizona, October 19-21, 2007
SBS teamed up with the College of Engineering for a road trip to Canyon de Chelly, one of Arizona’s most famous destinations.

Chinle, Ariz., on the Navajo Reservation, was the home base for this three-day tour. Highlights included a 4WD open-air tour of the bottom of the canyon, a hike to the White House Ruins, a visit to the historic (and still active) Hubbell Trading Post, and a walk through the ancient Hopi pueblo of Walpi (on First Mesa).

Excursion guests included Engineering Dean Tom Peterson and his wife, Shannon; Greg and Lisa Fahey; Gary and Barbara Cropper; Jerry and Pam Hogle; and Leo A. Roop.


UPCOMING: Galápagos Islands with Dr. David Yetman, May 20-30, 2008
SBS and the Southwest Center’s David Yetman, who is also the host of PBS-TV’s “The Desert Speaks,” have partnered up to take members on the trip of a lifetime — to the Galápagos Islands, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Situated 600 miles off the Ecuadorian coast, this remote volcanic island chain has been called a “unique living museum and showcase of evolution.”

Traveling aboard the 70-foot charter yacht, the Daphne, Yetman will accompany guests to a new island every day, and they will go face-to-face with some of the world’s most strange and fascinating wildlife, such as the celebrated giant Galápagos tortoises, marine iguanas and blue-footed boobies.

Included in this excursion is a side trip to Quito and Otavalo, Ecuador.


UPCOMING: Archaeological Treasures of Israel & Petra, Jordan with Professor J. Edward Wright, April 2009
Make plans now to join Dean Ed Donnerstein and Professor Ed Wright, director of the Arizona Center for Judaic Studies, for an unforgettable excursion to Israel and Jordan.

Some of our visits will include Jerusalem, Galilee, Tiberias, Katzrin, Capernaum, and the ruins of Petra, Jordan.


FELLOWSHIP AWARDS

Fall 2007

• Sallie Marston, professor in the Department of Geography and Regional Development, received $1,750 in support of her project, “Collaborative Teaching and Learning across the Graduate/Undergraduate Divide.”

• Thomas E. Sheridan, professor in the Southwest Center and the Department of Anthropology, received $1,500 for “Moquis y Kastiilam: A Documentary History of the Hopi Indians and the Spaniards.”

• Sociology Professors Kraig Beyerlein and Jeff Sallaz received $1,000 to help fund the graduate student conference, “Lives on the Edge: Immigration and Politics along the Arizona-Mexico Border.”

• History Professor William H. Beezley received $700 for an educational excursion to Cananea, Sonora.


Spring 2008

• The Department of Journalism received $5,000 to help send approximately 12 students to Argentina with Professor Alan Weisman as part of the International Journalism Program.

• History Professor Katherine Morrissey received $2,000 for the “2008 Southwestern Environmental History Field Institute: The Natural & Human History of Cataract Canyon.”

• Women’s Studies Professor Kari Boyd McBride received $1,000 to support graduate student research in the Group for Early Modern Studies (GEMS).

• Stephanie Buechler, research associate in the Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology (BARA), received $500 for the project, “Gendered Livelihood Effects of Water Scarcity and Climate Change in Agricultural, Migrant-sending Communities in Sonora.”

• Sociology Professor Jim Shockey received $500 to help support undergraduate student Stephanie Cordova’s project, “Mega-Church Membership.”

• Jarita Holbrook, assistant research scientist in BARA, received $500 for the project, “The Sky in our Lives: A Scientific Study of People’s Sky Knowledge in the United States and the United Kingdom.”

• Laura Huntoon, associate professor in the Planning Degree Program, received $240 for the project, “The Scholarship of Engagement: Creating a Green Land Use Guide.”


TEACHING AWARDS

Jennifer Roth-Gordon, Assistant Professor in Anthropology
Roth-Gordon’s research focuses on language and culture; she has conducted extensive field studies over the past decade on slang and definitions of race, language and power in Brazil.

Toni Schmader, Associate Professor in Psychology
Schmader’s research explores the interplay between self and social identity, particularly when one’s social identity is accorded lower status or is targeted by negative group stereotypes.

Steve Yool, Associate Professor in Geography and Regional Development
Yool’s research interests include biogeography, remote sensing and geographic information systems, with particular applications to the study of fire (pyrogeography), vegetation disturbance and disease.


2007 Magellan Circle Scholars

We are pleased to announce this year’s Magellan Circle Scholars! Due to the generosity of their Magellan Circle Patrons, each scholar received $500.

Aneet Singh Bains, Journalism, Patrons: Bill Wing & Jacqueline Sharkey

Andrew Bess, Journalism, Patrons: Paul & Rhian Evans Allvin

Crysta Clemente, Psychology, Patron: Gwen Weiner

Stephanie Cordova, Sociology, Patron: Mary A. Goodman

Mai-Ly T. Duong, Psychology, Patron: Susan E. Newman

Sarah Frazier, Psychology, Patrons: Al Kaszniak & Mary Ellen Beaurain

Kyle Hartfield, Geography & Regional Development, Patron: Bonham C. Richardson

Courtney Johnson, Psychology, Patrons: Bert Falbaum & Margaret Houghton

Krystalyn Kinsel, Political Science, Patrons: Bruce & Edythe Gissing

Kristina Koenig, Communication, Patrons: Anthony & Joan Vuturo

Lance LaRue, Linguistics, Patrons: Chuck & Pat Pettis

Randi Lee, Psychology, Patrons: Earl & Louise Carroll

Jimmy Mac, Geography & Regional Development, Patrons: Jerry & Sandra DeGrazia

Alexis Marshall, Psychology, Patrons: Arch & Laura Brown

Mónica Martínez, Political Science/Near Eastern Studies, Patrons: Alberto & Gesine Moore

Shannon O’Malley, Communication, Patron: Pam Grissom

Steve Penner, Political Science, Patrons: George & Anna Kennedy

Natalie Ramsdell, Psychology, Patrons: Dick & Mary Rose Duffield

Bruce Riccardi, Economics, Patron: Leo A. Roop

Stephanie Sams, History, Patrons: Todd & Carole Lundmark

Angela Seidler, Near Eastern Studies, Patrons: Adib & Entisar “Vivi” Sabbagh

Kristin Seifert, Communication, Patrons: Michael Chihak & Hilda Oropeza Chihak

Kieren Smyers, Anthropology/Psychology, Patrons: John & Helen Schaefer

Yusra Tekbali, Journalism/Near Eastern Studies, Patron: Michael Bonine

For more information, contact Lori Harwood at 520-626-3846 • Editor