CURRICULUM VITAE

J. Calvitt Clarke III
Professor
History Department
Jacksonville University
2800 University Blvd. N.
Jacksonville, FL 32211
(904) 745-7211
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jclarke@ju.edu
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EDUCATION
*Ph.D. University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 1988 (Russian/Soviet History). Dissertation: "Russia and Italy Against Germany: The Bolshevik-Fascist Rapprochement of 1933 and 1934" (Directed by Clifford Foust).
*M.A. James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, 1975 (Modern European History). Thesis: "David Lloyd George and the Irish Settlement, 1916-1921" (Directed by John Wood).
*B.A. Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA, 1969 (European History; Sociology).

PUBLICATIONS
Monographs
*Russia and Italy Against Hitler: The Bolshevik-Fascist Rapprochement of the 1930s. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1991.

In Progress
*An Alliance of the Colored Peoples of the World: Japan and Ethiopia Before the Second World War.
*A History of Children, Incorporated.

Book Chapters
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With Mariko A. Clarke. “Yamato wo meguru Bei-Kaigun no Joho-Katsudo" [Intelligence Activities of the US Navy Concerning the Yamato], 162-196. In Senkan Yamato [Battleship Yamato]. Edited by Youichi Hirama. Tokyo: Kodan-sha, 2003.
*"The Politics of Arms Not Given: Japan,  Ethiopia, and Italy in the 1930s." In Girding for Battle: Arms Sales in a Global Perspective, 1800-1950. Edited by Donald J. Stoker and Jonathan A. Grant. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2003, 135-53.
*"Italo-Soviet Military Cooperation in the 1930s." In Girding for Battle: Arms Sales in a Global Perspective, 1800-1950. Edited by Donald J. Stoker and Jonathan A. Grant. Westport, CT:  Praeger Publishers, 2003, 177-99.

Articles
Refereed
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“Feodor Konovalov and the Italo-Ethiopian War (Part I)." World War II Quarterly 5 (Win. 2008): 4- 37.
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"Foreign Minister Heruy’s Mission to Japan in 1931: Ethiopia’s Effort to Find a Non-Western Model for Modernization.” Selected Annual Proceedings of the Florida Conference of Historians (Mar. 2007): 17-28.
*"The ‘I’ in History: An Historian’s Self-Indulgent Foray into Family History—The Calvet’s From France to the American Frontier.” Selected Annual Proceedings of the Florida Conference of Historians 13 (Apr. 2006): 46-59.* *"Dashed Hopes for Support: Daba Birrou's and Shoji Yunosuke's Trip to Japan, 1935." In Siegbert Uhlig, ed., Proceedings of the XVth International Conference of Ethiopian Studies.  Hamburg: Aethiopistische Forschungen, 2005.
*"The Fog of War: American Perceptions of the Japanese Battleship Yamato." Selected Annual Proceedings of the Florida Conference of Historians 12 (Feb. 2005): 27-41.
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"Seeking a Model for Modernization: The Japanizers of Ethiopia." Selected Annual Proceedings of the Florida Conference of Historians 11 (Spr. 2004): 35-51.
"Dashed Hopes for Support: Daba Birrou's and Shoji Yunosuke's Trip to Japan, 1935." Selected Annual Proceedings of the Florida Conference of Historians 10 (Spr. 2004): 7-22.

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"Mutual Interests: Japan and Ethiopia Before the Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-36." Selected Annual Proceedings of the Florida Conference of Historians 9 (Feb. 2002): 83-97.
*"Marriage Alliance: The Union of Two Imperiums: Japan and Ethiopia?" Selected Annual Proceedings of the Florida Conference of Historians 7 (Dec. 1999): 105-16.
*"Japan and Italy Squabble Over Ethiopia: The Sugimura Affair of July 1935." Selected Annual Proceedings of the Florida Conference of Historians 6 (Dec. 1999): 9-20.
*"Periphery and Crossroads: Ethiopia and World Diplomacy, 1934-36." In Ethiopia in Broader Perspective: Papers of the XIIIth International Conference of Ethiopian Studies. 3 vols. Edited by K. E. Fukui and M. Shigeta. Kyoto: Shokado Book Sellers, 1997, 1: 699-712.
*"Search for Areas of Cooperation: Italian Precursors to the Nazi Soviet Pact of 1939. Preliminary Comments." Selected Annual Proceedings of the Florida Conference of Historians 5 (Dec. 1997): 8-20.
*"Soviet Appeasement, Collective Security, and the Italo-Ethiopian War of 1935 and 1936." Selected Annual Proceedings of the Florida Conference of Historians 4 (Dec. 1996): 115-32.
*"Italy and the Nazi-Soviet Pact of August 23, 1939." Selected Annual Proceedings of the Florida Conference of Historians 3 (Dec. 1996): 30-39.
*"Ital'ianskii fashizm i russkii kommunizm" [Italian Fascism and Russian Communism]. Rossiia i sovremennyi mir: Problemy mneniia diskussii sobytiia [Russia and the Contemporary World (Russian Academy of Sciences)] (1996): 291-316.
*"Italy and Plan Barbarossa." Selected Annual Proceedings of the Florida Conference of Historians 2 (Sept. 1994): 81-103.

In Progress
*“History of Ethiopia: Fedor Evgenievich Konovalov.” World War II Quarterly, forthcoming.
*“The Rise of Ethiopia’s Educated Elite and Racial Tensions with Foreigners in Ethiopia.” Florida Conference of Historians, forthcoming.

Not Refereed
*"Russia Loses Control of Eastern Europe." Kokusai Kankei Kenkyu [Studies in International Relations] 14 (Feb. 1994): 57-78. (The publication of a guest lecture at the College of International Relations, Institute of International Relations, Nihon University, Mishima, Japan).
*"The Soviet Union. . . Oh, . . . The Former Soviet Union." Compass 24 (Fall 1992): 10-12.
*"Manifestations of Cordiality." Naval History 3 (Spr. 1989): 24-28.

Encyclopedia Articles
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"Italy, Relations with." Encyclopedia of Russian History. 4 vols. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2003.
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"Ultranationalist Japanese Supporting Ethiopia." Encyclopaedia Aethiopica. Vol. 3. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2007.

Children, Incorporated Newsletter
“A Word from the Board.” 82 (2006): 3.
“El Puerto, A Beacon of Hope.” 83 (2006): 4.

Translation Projects:
Published

*John R. Pritchard. "Changes in Perception: British Civil and Military Perspectives on War Crimes Trials and Their Legal Context (1942-1956)." In Nichi-ei Koryu-shi, 1600-2000 [History of Anglo-Japanese Relations: 1600-2000]. Volume 3: Gunji [Military]. Edited by Yoichi Hirama. Tokyo: Tokyo Daigaku Shuppan-kai, 2001, 306-23. English translated to Japanese by Jay and Mariko Clarke (mclarke@ju.edu).
*A. Hamish Ion. "Commanding the Sea: Anglo-Japanese Military Relations Before and During the Nineteenth Century." In Nichi-ei Koryu-shi, 1600-2000 [History of Anglo-Japanese Relations: 1600-2000]. Volume 3: Gunji [Military]. Edited by Yoichi Hirama Tokyo: Tokyo Daigaku Shuppan-kai, 2001,  8-20. English translated to Japanese by Jay and Mariko Clarke (mclarke@ju.edu).
*Michio Asakawa. "British Influence on the Establishment of the Bakumatsu and Meiji Military: The Japanese Perspective." In  The History of Anglo-Japanese Relations, 1600-2000. Vol. 3: The Military Dimension. Edited by Ian Gow, John Chapman, and Yoichi Hirama. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003, 13-34. Japanese to English by Jay and Mariko Clarke (mclarke@ju.edu).
*Yoshito Kita. "The Japanese Military’s Attitude Toward International Law and the Treatment of Prisoners of War." In The History of Anglo-Japanese Relations, 1600-2000. Vol. 3: The Military Dimension. Edited by Ian Gow, John Chapman, and Yoichi Hirama. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003, 255-79. Japanese to English by Jay and Mariko Clarke (mclarke@ju.edu).

Paper Presentation
*"Anglo Japanese Military Relations, 1800-1900: Japanese Perspectives," by Michio Asakawa, Tokyo Rika University. Paper delivered at Sheffield College, England, September 1998. Japanese to English by Jay and Mariko Clarke (mclarke@ju.edu).

Editor
*Editorial Committee, The Selected Annual Proceedings of the Florida Conference of Historians, 2001-02; 2004-05.
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The Selected Annual Proceedings of the Florida Conference of Historians, 1993-96.

Scholarly Book Reviews
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David Wolff, Steven G. Marks, Bruce W. Menning, David Schimmelpenninck Van Der Oye, John W. Steinberg, and Yokote Shinji, eds. The Russo-Japanese War in Global Perspective: World War Zero. Vol. 2. Leiden: Brill, 2007, in Russian Review, forthcoming
*G. Bruce Strang. On the Fiery March: Mussolini Prepares for War.  Westport, CT:  Praeger, 2003, in Journal of Modern History 77 (Dec. 2005); 1125--27.
*David Carlton. Churchill and the Soviet Union. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2000,  in Russian Review 61 (Jan. 2002): 139.
*Kevin McDermott and Jeremy Agnew. The Comintern: A History of International Communism from Lenin to Stalin. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997, in Russian Review 57 (July 1998).
*Caroline Kennedy-Pipe. Stalin's Cold War: Soviet Strategies in Europe, 1943 to 1956. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1995, in Russian History/Histoire Russe.
*Geoffrey Roberts. The Soviet Union and the Origins of the Second World War: Russo-German Relations and the Road to War, 1933-1941. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995, in Russian Review 56 (Jan. 1997).
*Robert A. Jones. The Soviet Concept of 'Limited Sovereignty' from Lenin to Gorbachev: The Brezhnev Doctrine. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990, in Soviet and Post-Soviet Review.
*Sergiu Verona. Military Occupation and Diplomacy: Soviet Troops in Romania, 1944-1958. Foreword by J. F. Brown. Durham: Duke University Press, 1991, in Russian History/Histoire Russe.
*Izidors Joseph Vizulis. The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of 1939: The Baltic Case. New York: Praeger, 1990, in Soviet Union-Unione Sovietique.
*Geoffrey R. Roberts. The Unholy Alliance: Stalin's Pact with Hitler. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1989, in Soviet Union-Unione Sovietique.


PARTICIPATION AT SCHOLARLY CONFERENCES
*Fedor Evgenievich Konovalov’s Eyewitness Memoirs of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War of 1935-36 Florida Conference of Historians, Jacksonville, FL, Feb. 2008.
“Seeking an Alliance of the World's Colored Peoples: Foreign Minister Heruy’s Mission to Japan in 1931."
Association for Third World Studies, Lima, Peru, Nov. 2007.
*“A Japanese Scoundrel’s Skin Game: Japanese Economic Penetration of Ethiopia and Diplomatic Complications Before the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.” XVIth meeting of the International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, *Trondheim, Norway, July 2007.
*“A Japanese Scoundrel’s Skin Game: Japanese Economic Penetration of Ethiopia and Diplomatic Complications Before the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.” Florida Conference of Historians, Orlando, FL, Mar. 2007.*"Foreign Minister Heruy's Mission to Japan in 1931: Ethiopia's Effort to Find a Non-Western Model for Modernization." Florida Conference of Historians. Miami, FL, May 2006.
*"Ethiopia's Failed Search for an Ally: Daba Birrou's Mission to Japan During the Italo-Ethiopian War of 1935-36." Association for Third World Studies. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Nov. 2005.
*"Forging an Alliance of the 'Colored Peoples' of the World: Ethiopia's Foreign Minister Heruy's Mission to Japan, 1931." International Studies Association. Istanbul, Turkey, Aug. 2005.
*"The 'I' in History: An Historian's Self-Indulgent Foray into Family History: The Calvet's from France to the American Frontier." Florida Conference of Historians. Mar. 2005.
*Chair. "Japan's Diplomacy." Meeting of International Studies Association. Istanbul, Turkey, Aug. 2005.
*Discussant. "Integration in East Asia."  Meeting of International Studies Association. Istanbul, Turkey, Aug. 2005.
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"Ethiopia's Non-Western Model for Modernization: Foreign Minister Heruy's Visit to Japan in 1931." International Studies Association,  South. Columbia, SC, Oct. 2004.
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"Soviet Russia and the Italo-Ethiopian War of 1935-36." Southern Conference on Slavic Studies. Roanoke, VA, Mar.  2004.
*"The Fog of War: American Perceptions of the Japanese Battleship Yamato." Florida Conference of Historians. Lake City, FL, Mar. 2004.
*"The Fog of War: American Perceptions of the Japanese Battleship Yamato." Southeast Conference/Association for Asian Studies. Gainesville, FL, Jan.  2004.
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"Dashed Hopes for Support: Daba Birrou's and Shoji Yunosuke's Trip to Japan, 1935." Meeting of the XVth International Conference of Ethiopian Studies. Hamburg, Germany, July 2003.
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"Dashed Hopes for Support: Daba Birrou's and Shoji Yunosuke's Trip to Japan, 1935." Annual meeting of Florida Conference of Historians. Jacksonville, FL, Feb. 2003.
"Seeking a Model for Modernization: The Japanizers of Ethiopia." Florida Conference of Historians. Fort Lauderdale, FL, Apr. 2002.

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"Seeking a Model for Modernization: The Japanizers of Ethiopia." Annual meeting of the Association for Third World Studies. Savannah, GA, Oct.  2001.
*Chair and Discussant. "The Economics and Sociology of Globalization." Meeting of the International Studies Association. Hong Kong, PRC, July 2001.
*"The Politics of Arms Not Given: Japan and Ethiopia in the 1930s." Annual meeting of the Florida Conference of Historians. Tallahassee, FL, Mar. 2001.
*Chair and Discussant. "Japan: Medieval and Modern." Annual meeting of the Florida Conference of Historians. Tallahassee, FL, Mar. 2001.
*"Mutual Interests? Japan and Ethiopia before the Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-36." Annual meeting of the Florida Conference of Historians. Orlando, FL March 31-April 1, 2000.
*"Japan and Ethiopia: Two Imperiums United by Marriage?" Annual meeting of the Association for Third World Studies. San Jose, Costa Rica, Nov. 1999.
*"The Union of Two Imperiums: Japan and Ethiopia?" Annual meeting of the Florida Conference of Historians. Fort Myers, FL, Apr. 1999.
*Chair. "The Italo-Ethiopian War of 1935-1936: Young Historians Explore the Nature and Meaning of Conflict." Annual meeting of the Florida Conference of Historians. Fort Myers, FL, Apr. 1999.
*"Japan, Collective Security, and the Italo-Ethiopian War of 1935-36." Third Pan-European International Relations Conference and Joint Meeting with the International Studies Association. Vienna, Austria, Sept. 1998.
*"Japan and Italy Squabble Over Ethiopia: The Sugimura Affair of July 1935." Annual meeting of the Florida Conference of Historians. Daytona Beach, FL, Mar. 1998.
*Chair. "Historical Research, Teaching, and the Internet." Annual meeting of the Florida Conference of Historians. Daytona Beach, FL, Mar. 1998.
*"Russia, Japan, and the Italo-Ethiopian War of 1935 and 1936." XIIIth International Conference of Ethiopian Studies. Kyoto, Japan, Dec. 1997.
*Chair. "History (IV): Italian Occupation." XIIIth International Conference of Ethiopian Studies. Kyoto, Japan, Dec. 1997.
*"Periphery and Crossroads: Ethiopia and World Diplomacy, 1934-36." Annual meeting of Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations. Washington, DC, June 1997.
*Discussant. "The U.S. Military: Occupation and Assistance." Annual meeting of the World War II Conference. Siena College, Loudonville, NY, May 1997.
*"Search for Areas of Cooperation: Italian Precursors to the Nazi-Soviet Pact of 1939. Preliminary Comments." Annual meeting of the Florida Conference of Historians. Jacksonville, FL, Mar. 1997.
*"Soviet Appeasement, Collective Security, and the Italo-Ethiopian War of 1935 and 1936." Annual meeting of the World War II Conference. Siena College, Loudonville, NY, May 1996.
*"Prologue to the Nazi-Soviet Pact: The Italo-Soviet Agreements of Early 1939." Annual meeting of the Florida Conference of Historians. Broward, FL, Mar. 1996.
*Chair. "Art in Early Modern Europe." Annual meeting of the Florida Conference of Historians. Fort Lauderdale, FL, Mar. 1996.
*"Prologue to the Nazi-Soviet Pact: The Italo-Soviet Agreements of Early 1939." Annual meeting of the Southern Conference on Slavic Studies. Asheville, NC, Mar. 1996.
*"The Soviet Union, Japan, and the Italo-Ethiopian War of 1935 and 1936." Meeting of the African and African-American Development, Education, Research and Training, Springfield, MA, Dec. 1995.
*"Soviet Appeasement and the Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936." Annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies. Washington, DC, Nov. 1995.
*"The First World in Third World Struggles: The Italo-Ethiopian War of 1935 and 1936." Annual meeting of the Association for Third World Studies. Jacksonville, FL, Oct. 1995.
*Chair. "Imperialism and Crisis in Nigeria." Annual meeting of the Association for Third World Studies. Jacksonville, FL, Oct. 1995.
*"The Soviet Union, Japan, and the Outbreak of the Italo-Abyssinian War of 1935-36." Annual meeting of the Southern Conference on Slavic Studies. Norfolk, VA, Mar. 1994.
*"Italy and Plan Barbarossa." Annual meeting of the Florida Conference of Historians, Panama City, FL, Mar. 1994.
*"Italy and the Invasion of the Soviet Union, June 22, 1941." Annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies. Miami, FL, Nov. 1991.
*"The Soviet Union, Italy and the Nazi-Soviet Pact of August 23, 1939." Annual meeting of the Southern Conference on Slavic Studies, Charlottesville, VA, Oct. 1989.
*"Italo-Soviet Military Relations in 1933 and 1934: Manifestations of Cordiality." Annual meeting of the Duquesne History Forum, Pittsburgh, PA, Oct. 1988.
*"Italo-Soviet Military Relations in 1933 and 1934: Manifestations of Cordiality." Annual meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Slavic Conference. Albany, NY, Apr. 1988.
 

OTHER PRESENTATIONS
*"Impact of the Russian Revolution: Ideology Matters." Comments to the Meeting of the Western Front Association, Jacksonville, FL, May 1998.
*"Hiruy Wolde-Selassie – The Father of Amharic Literature"

CONFERENCES HOSTED
*Annual meeting of the Florida Conference of Historians, Feb. 2008, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL.
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Annual meeting of the Florida Conference of Historians,  Feb.. 2003, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL.
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Annual meeting of the Florida Conference of Historians, Feb. 1997, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL.
*Annual meeting of the Southern Conference on Slavic Studies, Mar. 1992, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL.
 

AWARDS AND GRANTS
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International Studies Association Travel Grant Award, May 2005.
*Compensated Leave for Research, Jacksonville University, Fall 2003, Spring 2004.
*Research Grant, Jacksonville University, Sum. 2002.
*Thomas M. Campbell Award, best paper published in the Selected Annual Proceedings of the Florida Conference of Historians, Apr. 2002.
*Jacksonville University’s Faculty Scholarship and Professional Development Award, Mar. 2002.
*International Studies Association Travel Grant Award, July 2001.
*Research Grant, Jacksonville University, July 2000.
*Thomas M. Campbell Award, best paper published in the Selected Annual Proceedings of the Florida Conference of Historians, Mar. 2000.
*Japanese Gaimusho [Foreign Ministry of Japan] (Translation project), Dec. 2000.
*International Studies Association Travel Grant Award, Sept. 1998.
*Compensated Leave for Research, Jacksonville University, Spr.1998.
*Research Grant, Jacksonville University, Spr. 1998.
*Research Grant, Jacksonville University, June 1996.
*Residential Fellowship, Washington DC, Kennan Institute of the Wilson Center for Advanced Russian Studies, June 1994.
*Research Grant, Jacksonville University, Dec. 1993.
*Tourist Development Grant, Spr. 1992, to host annual meeting of the Southern Conference on Slavic Studies.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS (current and recent)
*Florida Conference of Historians (editor of the Selected Annual Proceedings of the Florida Conference of Historians, 1994-96; local arrangements and program chair, 1997, 2003;  president, 1997-98, 2003-04).
*Southern Conference on Slavic Studies (local arrangements chair, 1992; member of the executive board, 1992-95).

BOARD MEMBERSHIP
Children, Inc. of Richmond, VA

TEACHING
EXPERTISE
Western Civilization; World History; Nineteenth-Century and Twentieth-Century Europe; Russia, Soviet, and Post-Soviet Russia; Colonialism in Africa (European, Russian, Japanese); Eastern European History; Italian History; Vietnam and Afghan Wars; Modern Diplomatic History; Modern Political Philosophy (Communism, Fascism, and Liberal Democracy); Business Ethics.

RECORD
*Jacksonville U., Jacksonville, FL, 1990-2008. Professor.
*Fort Hays State U., Hays, KS, 1989-90. Visiting Assistant Professor.
*Cleveland State U., Cleveland, OH, 1988-89. Visiting Assistant Professor.
*U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, 1987-88. Visiting Instructor.
*U. of Maryland University College (Eur. Div.), Heidelberg, W. Germany, 1984-86. Instructor.
*Program for Afloat College Education, 1979-84. Instructor, assignments aboard US Navy ships.
*U. of Maryland University College, College Park, MD, 1978-83. Lecturer.
*U. of Maryland, College Park, MD, 1976-82. Teaching Assistant.
*James Madison U., Harrisonburg, VA, 1973-74. Graduate Assistant, Coach.
*Douglas Freeman High School, Richmond, VA, 1969-72, 1974-75. Teacher, Coach.


UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Academic Standards Committee; Carnegie Teaching Initiative Committee; Chair of the Division of Social Sciences; Core Curriculum Committee; Curriculum Committee; Director, International Education; Honors Committee; Internationalization Committee; Faculty Administration Council; Faculty Affairs; Faculty/Staff Evaluation Task Force; Honors Program Director; Undergraduate Research Committee; University Disciplinary Committee.


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