Naran Bilik, the Bernstein Visiting Professor of Anthropology, published an article titled "The Ethnicity of Anthropology in China: Discursive Diversity and Linguistic Relativity" in the June 2 issue of Critique of Anthropology.

Al Montero, assistant professor of political science, was awarded a book contract from the British publisher Polity for a forthcoming text on Brazilian politics titled "The Politics of Brazil: A New Democracy in the Age of Globalization."

Stephen Mohring, assistant professor of art, gave a presentation on 3D technology and interdepartmental collaboration at Lawrence University for the Midwest Instructional Technology Center. Mohring's works will also be included in the "Art on the Plains" exhibit at the Plains Art Museum in Fargo, N.D. from September 25, 2003 - January 11, 2004.

Roger Lasley, registrar, has released his fifth CD, a selection of acoustic guitar music titled "Unpainted, Unfinished, Unstained.” Lasley has performed on radio shows such as "A Prairie Home Companion" and "Live from Studio One." Lasley's CDs are available from the Carleton Bookstore and River City Books.

Julie Neiworth, professor of psychology, will publish an article titled "A test of the generality of perceptually-based categories found in infants: Attentional differences toward natural kinds by New World monkeys" in Developmental Science with co-authors Rick R. Parsons '00 and Janice M. Hassett '03. Neiworth also has been selected by the Minnesota Psychological Association to deliver the Distinguished Scholar Address, titled "Significant others: Testing the awareness, recognition, and thinking of primates other than humans," in May 2004.

Laurence Cooper, assistant professor of political science, published the chapter "Irving Kristol and the Reinvigoration of Bourgeois Republicanism" in a volume titled "History of American Political Thought," edited by Bryan-Paul Frost and Jeffrey Sikkenga for Lexington Books.

KaShia Tasli "MaiKia" Moua '99 was recently honored with the Hmong Women's Leadership Award by the Hmong Women's Action Team of Saint Paul. Moua received the award for her work as founder and director of the Hmong Women's Circle and her involvement with Hmong National Development, Inc. She was described in the award presentation as "driven, bold and peaceful." Moua majored in sociology/anthropology at Carleton.

Lynn Hunt '67 has been elected to the American Philosophical Society, the country's oldest learned society founded by Benjamin Franklin and friends over 250 years ago. Hunt majored in history at Carleton and is currently the Eugen Weber Professor of European History at University of California, Los Angeles.

Carol Rutz, director of the college writing program, and Carolyn Sanford, head of reference and instruction, received a grant from the Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM) Engagement Project, funded through the Mellon Foundation, to support an ACM conference at Carleton on information literacy and writing across the curriculum in August 2005.

Michael Suk '90 has been named one of 12 2003-04 White House Fellows, the nation's most prestigious program for leadership and public service. Selection is based on a record of remarkable professional achievement early in one's career, evidence of leadership potential, a proven commitment to public service, and the knowledge and skills necessary to contribute successfully at the highest levels of the Federal government. Suk was a history major at Carleton and went on to simultaneously complete his M.D. at the University of Illinois College of Medicine and a J.D./M.P.H. at Boston University School of Law and School of Health.

Alfred P. Montero, assistant professor of political science, has published a revised and updated chapter on Brazil in the nation's top-selling introduction to comparative politics text, "Introduction to Comparative Politics: Political Challenges and Changing Agendas." Montero was also invited to give a talk to the Saint Olaf College faculty in October on the prospects for the new Brazilian presidency of Lula da Silva.