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Though we missed many of you, we had a great turnout at our FIFTH REUNION! About twenty classmates schmoozed, kibbitzed, and caught up at various events over the course of the weekend, including a clambake at Dean Galvin's house, a day in the bleachers at Fenway Park, dinner at John Harvard's, commencement, and Sunday brunch in Porter Square.
In attendance were Mark Baker, James Coffey, Erin Conaton, Martha Bory Culver and husband Ken, Donna Demenus Dholakia with husband Sam and 10-month son Andrew, Jen Gergen and husband Lyle, Bjorn Gillsater, Larry Hanauer, Annika Hansen, Duncan Hollis, Andy Kennedy, Josh Lincoln, Phil Moremen and wife Mitra, Nami Numoto, Farah Pandith, R.D. Sahl, Keith Silver, and Joe Vorbach and family. To those who weren't able to attend, we missed you, but you can always check out the photos on the class web page -- http://rlt.freeservers.com/fletcher95.htm.
NEW PhD's!
Several of our classmates received their doctorates at this year's commencement ceremony. They are:
ANTHONY CHASE, whose dissertation was entitled, "Islam and Human Rights, Clashing Normative Orders?" Having put the PhD behind him, Anthony is now working on two books and gearing up for a job search in the fall. In the meantime, he is also consulting for WHO and serving as WHO's representative to Yemen on a joint UNDP-OHCHR-WHO program on strengthening Human Rights.
EVELYN FARKAS, who wrote on "U.S. Policy Toward Partition: The U.S. Approach to Secessionist or Irredentist Movements in Ethiopia, Bosnia, and Iraq." Evelyn is still teaching at the U.S. Marine Corps Command and Staff College in Quantico, Virginia.
JOSH LINCOLN, whose dissertation focused on "The Effect of Federalism on Intergroup Relations in Multiethnic States: Evidence from Nigeria and Ethiopia, 1960-1998."
YASMINE SALAAM, who examined "American Educated Saudi Technocrats: Agents of Social Change?" She and husband KABIR ARGHANDIWAL were expecting their first child in July.
BRUNO WALE, whose dissertation focused on "Securities Market Regulation in Cote d'Ivoire: A Law and Economics Perspective."
On October 1, DOCTOR ANNIKA HANSEN, armed with her newly minted PhD from the University of Oslo, will start as a research associate at London's International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) looking into "The Role of Civilian Police in Peace Operations."
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