September 16, 2008
VIA FACSIMILE
Vice Chancellor Jay Hershenson
Vice Chancellor of University Relations and
Secretary to the Board of Trustees
The City University of New York
535 East 80th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10021
Dear Vice Chancellor Hershenson:
I am pleased to announce the following faculty and student honors and awards for
Hunter College:
Faculty :

Dr. Roger Karapin, an Associate Professor in the Department of Political
Science at Hunter College, received the Charles Tilly Award for his book,
Protest Politics in Germany: Movements on the Left and Right since the
1960s. In addition, his book was selected by the American Sociological
Association’s Collective Behavior and Social Movements as the best book
published for 2008.

Dr. Joan Tronto, a Professor in the Department of Political Science at Hunter
College, is a co-winner of the first American Political Science Association
Okin//Young award for the best paper in feminist theory published in a
refereed journal.

Dr. Mark Spicer, an Associate Professor of Music at Hunter College and the
Graduate School, was selected as one of 45 scholars from around the world to
be a Fellow at the 2008 Mannes Institute for Advanced Studies in Music
Theory.

Dr. Jeffrey Parsons, a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Hunter
College, was awarded the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award for
2008 by the Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual
Issues of the American Psychological Association. The Division offers this
award for distinguished theoretical or empirical contributions to lesbian, gay
or bisexual psychological issues.

Dr. Jason Dictenberg, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological
Sciences at Hunter College, received an award from the International Society
for Developmental Neuroscience in recognition of his having submitted one
the best five abstracts out of 700 applicants based on impact on the field of
developmental neurobiology.

Dr. Randye Rutberg, a Professor in the Department of Geography at Hunter
College, was appointed a Visiting Scientist at the National Center for
Atmospheric Research in Colorado for summer 2008.

Dr. William Solecki, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography
at Hunter College, was elected as President of the Nature Network, New York
metropolitan coalition of environmental education and science organizations.
I am extremely proud of the awards and honors achieved by Hunter faculty. I
would appreciate your assistance in announcing these outstanding achievements at the
next Board of Trustees meeting. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Jennifer J. Raab
cc: Ms. Hourig Messerlian
Ms. Gail Aidinoff Scovell
Ms. Meredith Halpern
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