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16 SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES RESTORE THE SHORE? When Superstorm Sandy devastated the Jersey shore in 2012, public policymakers immediately moved to "restore the shore." To environmental sociologist and professor Diane Bates, however, their decision fails to consider the risks that come with continuing to live at the shore. Bates explores these risks in her first book, Superstorm Sandy: The Inevitable Destruction and Reconstruction of the Jersey Shore, published last fall by Rutgers University Press. "Making decisions [about the shore's future] would require a complete reevaluation of the way that we use [the shore], and since we're not at a crisis point, there's basically no rational reason for us to deal with that right now," Bates told TCNJ Magazine. "The idea of actually doing what we need to do to face the really troubling aspects of climate change is just more than we can handle politically." GLORIA STEINEM VISITS CAMPUS "I hope each of us leaves [this room] with some new ideas, new organizing tactics, a new feeling of support, some new friends, something that makes our lives better and makes the world better," said feminist and political activist Gloria Steinem when she visited campus in March. Indeed, Steinem not only helped to celebrate Women's History Month, but also challenged the audience to strive for new forms of equality and social justice. "The paradigm for most of human history was not a pyramid—it was a circle," Steinem said. "We were connected as human beings and to all living things. We were linked, not ranked." EXCEPTIONAL SCHOLARSHIP Among the many students published in this year's TCNJ Journal of Student Scholarship, Albert Cavallaro '15 received the inaugural Adeline Hoffman Prize for his research on Western misperceptions of Ivan the Terrible. In his essay, Cavallaro argues that 16th- century Russian Tsar Ivan IV has been misrepresented by the West as a tyrant even though his policies and actions differ little from those of contemporary European rulers and political theorists. Cavallaro is the first recipient of the Hoffman Prize, which will be awarded annually to stellar undergraduate research alongside a prize of $1,500. MEET THE NEW DEAN In June, the School of Humanities and Social Sciences welcomed its newest dean, Dr. Jane Wong. Coming to the college from Armstrong State University in Savannah, Georgia, Wong served as interim dean of the College of Science and Technology and head of the psychology department. "We are delighted to welcome Dr. Wong to TCNJ," said Provost Jacqueline Taylor. "She brings a distinguished level of administrative experience, a rich knowledge of the challenges facing higher education in general, and the humanities and social sciences in particular, and a strong record as a collaborative and effective leader. The search committee noted her strengths as a strategic thinker with long- term vision."

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