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Announcements from the Department of Academic AffairsNov 17 2009
Angana Chatterji was one of four panelists at the Kashmir Initiative Speaker Series, held Nov. 12 at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. The topic was "The World's Most Militarized Dispute."
Alfonso Montuori has written the foreword to Edgar Morin's new book, "Vidal and His Family: From Salonica to Paris." The book tells the story of Morin's father, Vidal Nahoum, but also the story of Sephardic Jews and of Europe. Montuori's foreword places this book into the context of Morin's scholarship.
Drama Therapy program faculty members have recently returned from the National Association for Drama Therapy Annual Conference, where many graduates of the Drama Therapy Program were presenters:
- Gideon Zehavi, RDT, MA. "Just Visiting: Issues of Alliance-Gender- Culture in an Arab-Israeli Drama Therapy Class"
- Emily Burkes-Nossiter, MA. "Do I Belong Here? Diversity and Drama Therapy"
- Susana Pendzik, RDT, MA, PhD. "Deconstructing the Wizard of Oz through Dramatic Resonances and Ethnicity, Culture, Language" (with Antonio Ramirez, CIIS core faculty)
- Deb Zuver, RDT/BCT, LMFT. "Interactive Enactments: Tools for Youths with Special Healthcare Needs"
- Laurel Carangelo, MA, with Lance McGee (graduated from CIIS in December 2009). "Enlivening Children's Cultural Strengths in the Developmental Transformations Playspace"
- Evan Hastings, MA. "Hitting Home: Restoring Justice and Building Community"
- Sheila Rubin, RDT/BCT, MA, LMFT (CIIS adjunct faculty). "Life Stories - Finding a Home"
- Armand Volkas, RDT/BCT, MA, MFT (CIIS adjunct faculty). "Immigrant Stories: The Drama of Displacement and Belonging"
Gary Raucher is the vice president of the National Association for Drama Therapy.
Renee Emunah was keynote speaker at the 2008 National Association for Drama Therapy conference. At this year's conference a book launch was held for Emunah's newly released book, "Current Approaches in Drama Therapy," which was co-edited by David Johnson.
