Vill Preface
shape minority allegiance to a country? What are the effects of patriotism on
a country, especially one with diverse populations?
On behalf of the Center, I wish to thank the Center’s Wayne State Univer-
sity Faculty Advisory Board for planning and participating in the conference:
Philip Abbott, distinguished professor of political science; A. Ronald Aron-
son, distinguished professor of interdisciplinary studies, Zanita Fenton, now
Professor of Law at the University of Miami Law School; Heidi Gottfried, as-
sociate professor of sociology; Jerry Herron, professor of English and direc-
tor of the university’s Honors Program; Marion Jackson, professor of art his-
tory; and Sandra VanBurkleo, associate professor of history and adjunct
professor of law. Special thanks are due to the Center’s talented graduate re-
search assistants: Michael Alandu, Dr. Lina Beydoun, Petro Orloff, Karen
Turlay, and Debra Viles (who suggested the title for the conference). Finally,
Kris Yurgin Cummings performed heroically preparing the manuscript for
publication. Philip Abbott first suggested the topic of patriotism, played an in-
strumental role in the conference’s success, and now has done a marvelous
job of editing this volume.
The conference was dedicated to two extraordinary people—the late Mil-
dred Jeffrey and the late Thomas N. Bonner. Millie embodied the ideal of the
engaged citizen, deeply committed to the public good. A leader of the move-
ments for women’s rights and the rights of workingmen and women, she was
a longtime member of the Wayne State University Board of Governors and a
fixture at campus events. In 2000, President Bill Clinton awarded Millie with
the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor accorded to American
civilians. Thomas N. Bonner, former president of Wayne State University and
Distinguished Professor of History, embodied the ideal of the engaged, aca-
demic citizen. He served as president of the University of New Hampshire,
Union College, and of Wayne State. After returning to the faculty in 1982,
Tom resumed his career as a distinguished and prolific medical historian. It is
an honor to dedicate this volume to the memory of Mildred Jeffrey and
Thomas Bonner.
Grateful acknowledgement is extended to the following journals and pub-
lishers for permission to reprint: Margaret DeWeese-Boyd and Ian De Weese-
Boyd, “Flying the Flag of Rough Branch: Rethinking Post-September 11 Pa-
triotism Through the Writings of Wendell Berry,’ Appalachian Journal,
volume 32, number 2, © Appalachian Journal and Appalachian State Univer-
sity, 2005; Martha Nussbaum, “Compassion and Terror,” Daedalus, volume
132, number 1, © American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2003; Fidelity:
Five Stories by Wendell Berry, © 1992 by Wendell Berry, used by permission
of Pantheon Books, a division of Random House, Inc.; Selected Poems of
Wendell Berry by Wendell Berry, © 1998 by Wendell Berry, reprinted with
permission by COUNTERPOINT, a member of Perseus Books, L.L.C.