Jonathan Earle, associate professor of history and associate director for programming at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, was recently named one of eight top young historians by the History News Network, an influential Web site and discussion list associated with George Mason University.
Johathan Earle
Earle is joined on the list by three professors from Yale University, two from Harvard University, one from the University of South Carolina and one from McGill University.
Earle, on the KU faculty since 1997, was noted for his books Jacksonian Antislavery and the Politics of Free Soil, 1824-1854 and The Routledge Atlas of African American History. He is currently working on a book about abolitionist John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry.
Earle's feature can be found on the Web at http://hnn.us/roundup/49.html#19790.
Burdett Loomis, professor of political science, has returned to KU after a year of working for Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. He is teaching classes while conducting research and working on a book.
Loomis joined KU in 1979 and has been chairman of the Department of Political Science and director of the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics.
"I thoroughly enjoyed my year," Loomis told The Kansas City Star. "I got to be in the room when decisions got made."
A nationally recognized leader in understanding premature births and in the development and practice of fetal medicine has joined the faculty of the KU School of Medicine as professor and chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Carl P. Weiner recently received a $2.8 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control to investigate causes of preterm birth, which affects 12 percent of pregnancies in the United States.
Weiner comes to KU from the University of Maryland, where he is professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at UM School of Medicine.
Jon Josserand, assistant for government relations, has announced he will transition to part-time work and leave KU before the end of the year. He has served as a legislative liaison for KU since 1988.
Kate Lee has been named director of University Relations at the KU Medical Center. She will lead the office overseeing communications efforts.
Kate Lee
Prior to coming to the Medical Center, Lee worked as an account supervisor for Parris Communi-cations Inc., a public relations/strategic marketing firm in Kansas City, Mo.
Lee worked at The Kansas City Star from 1996 to 2003. While there, she was editor of a number of publications, including KC Weddings, Goin' to Kansas City and was founding editor of Greater Kansas City Business magazine.
Lee has a master's degree in journalism from KU and a bachelor's degree in journalism, with minors in political science and French, from Creighton University in Omaha, Neb.
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