History professors on the move


Dr. N. Scott Amos, assistant professor of history, was accepted to the Folger Institute Seminar, “Re- assessing Henry


viii,” in Washington, d.c., in No- vember. The workshop re-evalu- ated the understanding of Henry viii in light of new scholarship including work on the material culture of Henry’s reign, new per- spectives on the Henrician Refor- mation, and biographical studies of the king. Dr. Amos is teaching


“History of Tudor England” at lc this spring. Dr. Brian Crim, assistant pro-


fessor of history, was accepted for the 2011 Jack and Anita Hess Seminar for Faculty: “Teaching about the Holocaust through Eyewitness Testimony: Using In- terviews and Memoirs in the Classroom,” in January at the


United States Holocaust Memo- rial Museum. Participants in the seminar are chosen competitively from a broad spectrum of college and university faculties including: Boston College, Brandeis Univer- sity, Georgetown University, Indi- ana University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Nichole Sanders, associate


professor of history, was invited to be the program chair for the Conference of Latin American Historians (clah) 2013 an- nual meeting. The national or- ganization’s meeting runs


concurrently with the American Historical Association’s (aha) an- nual meeting, the oldest and largest scholarly meeting for his- torians. In 2013, the meetings will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana.


Only at LC


Thanks to the ef- forts of Dr. Roger Jones, professor of edu- cational leader- ship, Lynchburg


College was the only college in the United States to offer graduate credit to attendees at the 2011 National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) Conference in February in San Francisco. Attendees could earn from one to three gradu- ate credits from LC in “Special Top- ics: Educational Issues.” The conference focused on improving student performance.


Artistic juices flow


Dr. Laura Long, associate profes- sor of English, was awarded a three-week fel-


FACULTY/STAFF In print ELIZABETH I ’S REPUTATION


Dr. Clifton W. Potter, professor of his- tory, has written Victorian Ambivalence About Elizabeth I: The Political History of a Royal Reputation, published by the Edwin Mellen Press (July 2010). The book examines the gender politics of Victorian Britain through an analysis of nineteenth-century representations of Queen Elizabeth I. The editorial board for the Mellen Press acknowledged the book’s “distinguished contribution to scholarship” by awarding it their own Adele Mellen Prize.


lowship at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA), located near Sweet Briar College in Amherst. Dr. Long was among twenty-five fellows focusing on individual creative proj- ects at this working retreat for visual artists, writers, and composers. Serv- ing more than 350 artists a year, the VCCA is one of the nation’s largest year-round artists’ communities.


Focus on the economy


Dr. Dan Messerschmidt, professor of economics, was


appointed to the Virginia Joint Ad- visory Board of Economists (JABE) by Gov. Bob McDonnell. JABE re- views the state’s general economic climate, providing a revenue out- look for the Commonwealth.


Autism expert


Dr. Gena Barn- hill, assistant professor of spe- cial education, recently earned


national certification as a Board Cer- tified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) after passing the examination and com- pleting post-doctoral coursework and supervision. The program is ac- credited by the National Council for Certifying Agencies in Washington, D.C. With the recent increase in re- ported prevalence rates of autism spectrum disorders, many states have passed insurance reform bills to provide applied behavior analysis services for individuals on the autism spectrum.


Counseling kudos


Dr. Jeanne Booth, associate pro- fessor of counselor education, has been elected president of the Vir- ginia Association of Counselor Edu- cators and Supervisors and will begin a two-year term in that office on July 1, 2011. Dr. Booth and Dr. Mandy Perry-


man, assistant professor of coun- selor education, will present a three-hour Learning Institute at the American Counseling Association’s National Conference in New Or- leans in March 2011. Their session is titled “Childhood Obesity: Coun- seling Interventions for Children and Families.”


Spring 2011 LC MAGAZINE 15


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