May 29, 2017

13 New NCIS Members Represent Wide Range of Scholarship

A big welcome to the most recent NCIS members, who represent an impressive range of independent scholars with specialties that include archaeology, information technology, public policy and administration, and 19th century British Methodism. The 13 new members here live in the United States,...

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March 22, 2017

Newest NCIS Members Focus on Politics, Linguistics and More

NCIS welcomes our newest members, whose fields include linguistics, education policy, communication and politics.

Darnella Davis received her doctorate in Education Policy from The George Washington University, where she researched federal Indian education policy,...

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March 22, 2017

Valerie Abrahamsen joins NCIS board of directors

Welcome to theologian Valerie Abrahamsen, who has been co-opted onto the NCIS Board of Directors, effective February 2017. Valerie was in fact voted onto the Board in 2016, but could not attend board meetings due to a timetable clash. Following a change in the meeting schedule, we are delighted...

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February 6, 2017

NCIS Welcomes 11 New Members

New members joining NCIS include scholars from Bulgaria as well as Puerto Rico and elsewhere in the United States, with disciplines ranging from architecture to engineering.

Daniel S. Brown, an adjunct instructor at several universities and colleges, including the...

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November 20, 2016

NCIS Leadership Election Results

NCIS is pleased to announce the results of the 2016 NCIS Leadership Elections. The new Executive Officers and Board Members are as follows:
 

Executive Officers

President: Amanda Haste
Secretary: Susan Lanzoni
Membership Officer...
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November 20, 2016

NCIS Welcomes New Members!

NCIS welcomes two new members, Dr. Claudia Keenan and Dr. Sarah Weaver. 

Dr. Claudia Keenan is an historian of American education and culture with interests ranging from progressive education to the symbolization of U.S. First Ladies. In recent years, her publications...

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October 25, 2016

Welcome New NCIS Members!

NCIS is pleased to welcome four new members whose diverse scholarship--public health, religion and philosophy--highlight the broad spectrum of academic foci in our association.

Phronie Jackson, Ph.D. specializes in issues relating to the impact and improvement of...

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September 30, 2016

Welcome 4 Scholars Who Recently Joined NCIS

NCIS welcomes three new members and one associate member!

While building a career in business, Ken Gorfkle also earned a doctorate in Spanish literature, graduating from University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in 2014. At UNC, he focused on semiotics, poetics, and...

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September 24, 2016

NCIS Welcomes New Members

NCIS welcomes Marilyn J. Andrews and Chris Lezotte, among recent new members.

Marilyn J. Andrews is an independent scholar who earned her doctorate in Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She also holds master's degrees in Cultural Anthropology and...

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August 3, 2016

7 New NCIS Members Hail from 6 Countries

Seven independent scholars living in six countries recently joined NCIS, and their diverse expertise includes pharmacology, psychoanalytic literary criticism and Early Modern European History.

Pintu Das has taught English at university level for more than a decade in...

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