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ALUMNI NEWSNews in briefSophie Childs (1992, Modern History)Writing under the name Thea Faye, Sophiehas had her first book, Wizardry for theUninitiated published. She also has essaysincluded in a limited edition anthology ongrimoire magick and another anthologyon cultural misappropriation due forpublication in addition to a planned followupto her wizardry book in the pipeline.Sophie emigrated ‘Down Under’ a coupleof years ago with her husband and two –now three – children.Adrian Waite (1978, Geography)Adrian is now a full member of the CharteredInstitute of Public Finance and Accountancy,an associate Member of the CharteredInstitute of Housing and an Honorary Fellowand Vice-President of the Institute of PublicSector Management. After seventeen yearsworking in local government in a successionof accountancy and management positions,he founded AWICS Limited in 1999(www.awics.co.uk). AWICS Limited is amanagement consultancy specialising insupporting those who provide public servicesincluding local and central governmentand housing associations. This includesmanagement consultancy, training andpublishing. In 1984, Adrian married Elaine,and they now have three children andlive in Murton, a village near Appleby, inWestmorland, Cumbria. In his spare time,Adrian organises events with the historicalre-enactment society The Red Wyverns(www.red-wyverns.org.uk).James Brudney (1971, PPE)James Brudney was named one of theten recipients of the 2008 Alumni Award forDistinguished Teaching at Ohio State Universityin Columbus, Ohio. The award honours facultymembers for superior teaching, with recipientsbeing nominated by present and formerstudents and colleagues and chosen by acommittee of alumni, students and facultymembers. Those chosen are inducted intothe University’s Academy of Teaching, whichprovides leadership for the improvement ofteaching at Ohio State University. Speaking ofProfessor Brudney’s award, the Dean, NancyRogers, remarked that, ‘anyone who hasvisited Professor Brudney’s class knows howrichly he deserves this award.’ James Brudneycurrently serves on the Public Review Boardof the United Automobile Workers of Americaand as an associate editor for TheEncyclopedia of Congress.Nick Roberts (Christensen Fellow,Michaelmas 2005)Nick, who is a Professor in MathematicalBiology at Massey University, Auckland,has been elected a Fellow of the RoyalSociety, New Zealand.Peter Price (1983, Geography)Peter has moved from Bradfield College tobe Head of Geography at Charterhouse.Sally Lincoln (1976, English)Sally has published a book of portraitsof American soldiers wounded in Iraq andAfghanistan: Sucking it Up: American Soldiersin 2008 (Edgecliffe Press: 2008). To findout more about Sally’s work, please go towww.sallylincoln.comDavid Hill (1991, Modern Languages)Journalist and author David Hill offers quirkyperspectives on modern life in his poetrycollection Consumed (KenArnoldBooks: 2008).The book prompted James Bowman, formerAmerican editor of the Times LiterarySupplement to describe Hill as ‘well on hisway to becoming a major poet – perhaps thefirst for the era of globalisation’. Todd Swift,Oxfam’s Poet in Residence, called theST CATHERINE’S COLLEGE 2008/43