B. Welling Hall

         1640 W. Third Avenue

Columbus, Ohio 43212

Voice: 614.488.4296

Email: wellingh@earlham.edu

 

Title:

 

Earlham College Professor of Politics and International Studies. Joined Earlham faculty as Assistant Professor in 1987.  Promoted with tenure to Associate Professor in 1992.  Promoted to Full Professor in 2000.

 

 

Education:

 

Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science. 1987. The Ohio State University. Dissertation titled Soviet Perceptions of Global Ecological Problems: An Analysis Based on Simulated Interviewing. Qualifying areas: Peace Studies, International Security, and Soviet Politics.

 

Graduate Research Associate, International Peace Research Association. 1982-1986. The Mershon Center, The Ohio State University.

 

Leningrad State University Cooperative Russian Language Program. 1984. Council on International Educational Exchange.

 

Bachelor of Arts in Classical Greek and Archeology. 1979. Oberlin College.

Academic Publications:

 

International Legal Materials that Every College Student Should Know. Contracted by Rowman and Littlefield. Forthcoming. 2004.

 

“The Standing of International Law in Undergraduate IR Texts” in International Studies Perspectives. Forthcoming, May 2003.

 

“Teaching with Theory Plays: The Example of the Ozone Layer in Renewing a Common World” in Encountering Global Environmental Politics, ed. By Michael Maniates (Rowman and Littlefield: 2003).

 

“Symposium on Global Inequality and Teaching: Taking Up the Response of Craig Murphy’s Presidential Address” in International Studies Perspectives. Volume 2, Issue 4, November 2001.

 

“Power and Powerlessness in the Humanitarian Aid Movement: Women, Russia, and the Spirit of Totalitarianism” in Feminist Approaches to Social Movements, Community, and Power: Conscious Acts and the Politics of Social Change, ed. by Mary Ann Tetreault and Robin Teske (University of South Carolina Press: 2000).

 

“ASIL/ACUNS Summer Workshop Alumni Panel on Political and Legal Space” in The American Society of International Law Proceedings of the 92nd Annual Meeting: The Challenge of Nonstate Actors (ASIL: 1998).

 

Instructor’s Manual for Dynamics of International Relations (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc: 1998).

 

“Teaching About Information Technology and International Relations in an Introductory Survey” in International Studies Notes, Volume 23, No. 1, 1998. http://csf.colorado.edu/isa/isn/23-1/hall.html.

 

Information Technology and International Relations. Third Edition. (Council on Foreign Relations: 1997).

 

“Jumping In” in Teaching International Law, ed. by John King Gamble and Christopher Joyner (American Society for International Law: 1997).

 

Information Technology and International Relations. Second Edition. (Council on Foreign Relations: 1996).

 

Information Technology and International Relations. (Council on Foreign Relations: 1995).

 

Women, Politics, and Environmental Action: Electronic Proceedings of a Moscow Symposium. September 1994. http://www.earlham.edu/~wellingh/wpea/index.html.

 

“The net and democracy in Russia” in The Network Observer, Volume 1, No. 7, July 1994. http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/people/pagre/tno/july-1994.html.

 

“Electronic Newsgroups in The Liberal Arts Classroom” in International Studies Notes, Volume 20, No.1, 1995.

 

“Is There Room in the Universe for Gender?” in Mershon International Studies Review, Volume 38, 1994.

 

“Information Technology and Global Learning for Sustainable Development: Promise and Problems” in Alternatives, Volume 19, No. 1 1994

 

“Using E-Mail to Enhance Class Participation” in PS: Political Science and Politics Vol. 25 No. 4, 1993.

 

“Bibliographic Instruction in the Social Sciences” in Bibliographic Instruction in Practice: A Tribute to the Legacy of Evan Ira Farber ed. by Larry Hardesty, Jamie Hastreiter, and David Henderson (Pieran Press: 1993).

 

“Feminist Perspectives on Women and the Use of Force” (with Berenice Carroll) in Women and the Use of Military Force ed. by Ruth Howes and Michael Stephenson (Lynne Rienner: 1993).

 

“The Senior Seminar in Environmental Politics” in Political Science Course Syllabi Collection: The Capstone Course ed. by Ronald Kahn (American Political Science Association: 1992).

 

Trud dushi i grazhdanskoe vzroslenie [Inspiration and Adult Citizenship]” in POLIS (Institute of Comparative Politology, Moscow) No. 3, 1992.

 

“The Politics of Global Problems” in Political Science Course Syllabi Collection: Introduction to International Relations ed. by Linda Brady (American Political Science Association: 1991).

 

“Soviet Perceptions of Global Ecological Problems: An Analysis of Three Patterns” in Political Psychology Vol. 11 No. 4, 1990.

 

“Peace Studies as if Soviet Studies Mattered” in The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science July 1989.

 

“Soviet Perceptions of Global Ecological Interdependence: Some Implications of `New Political Thinking'“ in Soviet Union/Union Sovietique Vol. 15 No. 1, 1988.

 

“The Church and the Independent Peace Movement in Eastern Europe” in Journal of Peace Research Vol. 23 No. 2, 1986.

 

“Should the United States Agree to a Nuclear Freeze?” in Conflict in American Foreign Policy, ed. by Don Mansfield and Gary Buckley (Prentice Hall: 1985).

 

“The Anti-Nuclear Peace Movement: Toward an Evaluation of Effectiveness in Alternatives Vol. 9 No. 4, 1984.

 

 

Administration and Governance:

 

Director, Model United Nations Program. Earlham College, 1995–present.  Lead staff and students in planning and implementing an annual, successful regional conference for high school teachers and students. http://www.earlham.edu/~modelun/.

 

Convener (Chair), President’s Task Force on Learning and Technology. Earlham College. 1999–2002.  Led Library Director, Computing Center Director, Media Resources Director, and representative members of teaching faculty and hourly employees in conducting a comprehensive assessment of the IT use on campus.  Facilitated a campus-wide development of a strategic vision for the future of IT use at Earlham.  Compiled and edited the final report of the task force.

 

Convener (Chair), Department of Politics. Earlham College. 1995–2000.  Coordinated hiring searches for teaching faculty; wrote unit plans and budgets; prepared self-study for national accreditation; evaluated clerical staff; supervised student employees. 

 

Lilly Social Science Building Committee.  Earlham College. 1999.  Participated in collegial process planning and writing successful, initial $5 million grant for new building to open in Fall 2002.

 

Executive Committee, International Law Section, International Studies Association.  2000–present. Executive Committee, Feminist Theory and Gender Studies Section, International Studies Association.  1999 – 2002.  Coordinated proposals from colleagues in the United States and abroad to organize approximately thirty panels at annual convention. Administered electronic discussion list.  Helped plan projects to diffuse knowledge nationally and internationally.

 

 

Fellowships and Honors:

 

Visiting Scholar, Department of Political Science, University of Cincinnati. Sabbatical Year. 2002-2003.

 

Visiting Scholar, Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University. Sabbatical Year. 2002-2003.

 

Global Partnership Fellow. Southern Russia and the Caucasus. June-July 2002.

 

Visiting Scholar, Mershon Center, The Ohio State University. Sabbatical Year. 1993-1994.

 

American Society for International Law/Academic Council on United Nations Studies Summer Fellow. 1993

 

Visiting Scholar. Institute of Comparative Politology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. April-June 1992.

 

Arms Control Association/International Institute for Strategic Studies “New Face”. 1988.

 

Ford Foundation Dual Competence Fellowship in Soviet Studies and International Security. 1983-1984.

 

Title VI National Resource Fellowship. 1983-1986.

 

Graduate School Alumni Research Award. The Ohio State University. 1986.

Henry and Carl Sonkin Memorial Award for International Peace and Understanding. The Ohio State University. 1985.

 

Wolfgang Stechow Memorial Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Research. Oberlin College. 1979.

 

Phi Beta Kappa. Elected by Oberlin College Chapter in 1979. Elected Secretary of Earlham College Chapter in 1988. Elected President of the Earlham College Chapter in 1997.

 

Phi Kappa Phi. The Ohio State University. 1983.

 

Dobro Slovo (National Slavic Honor Society). The Ohio State University. 1984.

 

 

Professional Service:

 

Consultant. Arias Foundation for Peace and Human Progress and the Steering Committee of the Nobel Peace Laureates’ Initiative on Arms Transfers. 2002 – present.

 

Editorial review board. International Studies Perspectives. 2000 – present.

 

Editorial board. Dilemmas in World Politics (Westview Press). 1995 – present.

 

List owner of FEMISA, the electronic discussion list of the Feminist Theory and Gender Studies Section of the International Studies Association. <http://csf.colorado.edu/isa/ftgs/>. March 1997 –1998.

 

Scholar-in-Residence. YMCA Statesmanship Program in European and Asian USSR. July-August 1989.

 

Corresponding Secretary. Sister Cities of Richmond, Inc. 1986 – 1990.

 

Third World Scholarship Coordinator. International Peace Research Association. 1985 – 1986 .

 

North Columbus Friends Meeting Peace Internship. 1980 – 1981.

 

Assistant Cataloguer. University of Pennsylvania Archaeological Expedition to Cyrene, Libya. June-August 1978.

 

Director. Experimental College at Oberlin. 1976 – 1978.

 

Student co-founder. Changes, Inc. - an accredited alternative high school in East Orange, NJ. 1972 – 1975.

 

Professional Memberships:

 

Academic Council on the United Nations System

 

American Society of International Law

 

International Peace Research Association

 

International Studies Association