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May 31, 2013 | e-newsletter
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Udall Center Selects Faculty Fellows for 2013-2014
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The fellows will affiliate with the Udall Center for one semester during the coming academic year and will engage in research on topics related to public policy. The fellows and their projects are:
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Jeffrey Banister
| Assistant Research Social Scientist, Southwest Center
Assistant Research Professor, School of Geography and Development
supported by the Institute of the Environment
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As a Udall Center Environmental Policy Fellow, Banister will participate in an interdisciplinary, binational investigation of public water provision in Mexico City from the early-to-mid 1900s. He also will complete a book manuscript, Deluges of Grandeur: Water, Power, and Territory on Sonora's Río Mayo, for submission to the University of Arizona Press.
Jeffrey Banister webpage
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Patrisia Gonzales
| Assistant Professor, Department of Mexican American Studies
supported by the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
|  As a Udall Center Fellow, Gonzales will guide the development of educational policy and an educational system for the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas by defining a Kickapoo model of thought and values and a set of tribal-specific learning standards and evaluation measures.
Patrisia Gonzales webpage
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Jay Hmielowski
| Assistant Professor, Department of Communication
supported by the Institute of the Environment
|  As a Udall Center Environmental Policy Fellow, Hmielowski will study the relationship of media message presentation and the public's perceptions of climate change, and how specific message variables affect individuals' attitudes, opinions, and information-processing strategies with regard to climate change.
Jay Hmielowski webpage
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Jeannine Relly
| Assistant Professor, School of Journalism
supported by the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
|  As a Udall Center Fellow, Relly will examine the role and linkages of organizations -- domestic, transnational, and international -- that focus on human rights abuses and the repression of journalists in Mexico.
Jeannine Relly webpage
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Since the inception of the Udall Center Fellows Program in 1990, the center has named 131 fellows from 40 departments and units across the UA.
Nearly two-thirds of the fellows have come from 16 departments and centers in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, with most of those fellows receiving support from the college. The Institute of the Environment has supported 31 environmental policy fellows representing 20 academic units.
For more information about the Udall Center Fellows Program, contact Kim Harlow, assistant to the directors, at kharlow@u.arizona.edu or (520) 626-4393.
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Udall Center
Established in 1987, the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy sponsors policy-relevant, interdisciplinary research and forums that link scholarship and education with decision-making. The Center specializes in issues concerning: (1) environmental policy, primarily in the Southwest and U.S.-Mexico border region; (2) immigration policy of the United States; and (3) Indigenous nations policy.
Stephen Cornell, Director
scornell@u.arizona.edu
(520) 626-4393
Robert G. Varady, Deputy Director
rvarady@u.arizona.edu
(520) 626-4393
Stephanie C. Rainie, Assistant Director
scrainie@u.arizona.edu
(520) 626-4393
Native Nations Institute
The Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management, and Policy (NNI), an administrative unit of the Udall Center founded in 2001 by the Morris K. Udall Foundation (now Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation) and the University of Arizona, serves as a self-determination, governance, and development resource for Indigenous nations in the United States, Canada, and elsewhere.
Joan Timeche, Executive Director
timechej@u.arizona.edu
(520) 626-0664
Miriam Jorgensen, Research Director
mjorgens@u.arizona.edu
(520) 626-0664
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Robert Merideth, Editor in Chief
(520) 626-4393
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