People in Political Science Activities Louis Fisher, Congressional Research Service, was elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Admin- istration in 1992. He is a senior specialist in separation of powers at CRS and testifies frequently before congressional committees. During 1992 he testified on the balanced budget amendment and on proposals to expand presidential impoundment powers. Louis Fisher Stuart S. Nagel has been elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Rein Taagepera, professor of social and political science, University of California-Irvine, is founding dean of School of Social Sciences, Tartu University, Estonia, sharing his time between the two institutions. He ended third in Estonian presidential elections (September 1992), six per- centage points behind the second- round winner. Administrative Appointments Charles E. Ellison, head and director of graduate studies, School of Plan- ning, University of Cincinnati. Osbin L. Ervin, director, Institute of Local Government, department of political science, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Mark P. Gibney, associate professor of political science at Purdue Univer- sity, has been appointed director of Purdue's Programs for Study Abroad within the Office of the Dean of International Programs. Mark P . Gibney Eric B. Herzik, chair, political sci- ence department, University of Nevada. Philip Norton, professor of govern- ment, University of Hull, founder director of the Centre for Legislative Studies, University of Hull. Stanley A. Renshon, executive officer (chair), M.A./Ph.D. Program in Political Science, The City University of New York Graduate School and University Center. Jerel Rosati, director of graduate studies in international studies, department of government and inter- national studies, University of South Carolina. Saundra Schneider, director of the Master of Public Administration pro- gram, department of government and international studies, University of South Carolina. Mitchell A. Seligson, University of Pittsburgh, has been appointed as a Research Professor of the University Center for International Studies. Ian Shapiro, director, Yale Univer- sity's Program on Ethics, Politics, and Economics, effective July 1, 1993. Richard L. Siegel, professor of polit- ical science, to acting director of the Center for Justice Studies, University of Nevada, Reno. Laura Woliver, director of graduate studies in political science, depart- ment of government and interna- tional studies, University of South Carolina. New Appointments G. Matthew Bonham, chair of inter- national relations and professor of political science, the Maxwell School, Syracuse University; formerly of the American University. Richard Davis, associate professor of political science, Brigham Young University. Michael G. Hansen, head of the management programs department, MITRE Corporation of McLean, Virginia, and Bedford, Massachu- setts. Gary L. McDowell, director, Insti- tute of United States Studies, Univer- sity of London. Malik Mufti, assistant professor, June 1993 269 People in Political Science G. Matthew Bonham Michael G. Hansen Tufts University; formerly Harvard University. Reginald S. Sheehan, assistant pro- fessor of political science, Michigan State University; formerly University of North Texas. Shannon K. Smithey, instructor, department of political science, Uni- versity of Pittsburgh. William H. Stewart, chair, political science department at The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Promotions Robert C. Angel, associate professor with tenure, department of govern- ment and international studies, Uni- versity of South Carolina. Ann O'M. Bowman, professor, department of government and inter- national studies, University of South Carolina. Frances Hagopian, associate pro- fessor of political science, Tufts University. Ido Oren, assistant professor, depart- ment of political science, University of Minnesota. Jennifer Ring, associate professor with tenure, department of govern- ment and international studies, Uni- versity of South Carolina. Peter W. Schramm, professor of political science, Ashland University. Leah J. Wilds, associate professor with tenure, University of Nevada, Reno. Laura Woliver, associate professor with tenure, department of govern- ment and international studies, Uni- versity of South Carolina. Dvora Yanow, associate professor, department of public administration, California State University, Hayward. Retirements Don W. Wilson, head of the National Archives. Visiting and Temporary Appointments John Gray of Jesus College, Oxford, has been appointed Olmsted Visiting Professor in Yale's Ethics, Politics, and Economics Program for spring of 1994. Randall Kindley, assistant professor, department of political science, Uni- versity of Minnesota, 1992-93. Ursula Munch, assistant professor from University of Munich, will be visiting the department of political science, University of Minnesota, for spring quarter, 1993. Su Shaozhi, visiting Hill Professor, will be visiting the department of political science, University of Min- nesota, 1992-93. Albert Somit, former president and Distinguished Service Professor emer- itus, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Lady Davis Visiting Professor of Social Science, Hebrew University, fall 1993. Award Recipients Newly Appointed Political Scientists Madeleine Albright, United Nations Ambassador Walter Brodnax, Deputy Secre- tary for the Department of Health and Human Services- Nominee Joan Spero, Undersecretary for Economic and Agricultural Affairs, Department of State-Nominee Robert Conquest Named Jefferson Lecturer for 1993 Robert Conquest, historian of the Soviet era, will deliver the 1993 Jef- ferson Lecture in the Humanities, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government for distinguished intellec- tual achievement in the humanities. Conquest, a senior research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, was chosen for the honor by the National Council on the Humanities, the presidentially appointed advisory board of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Since 1972, 21 American scholars and writers have delivered the annual Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities, an address on a humanities topic of broad public concern. The award, which carries a stipend of $10,000, honors intellectual and civic accom- plishments as txemplified by Thomas Jefferson. This year marks the 250th anniversary of Jefferson's birth. 270 PS: Political Science & Politics