The Foreign Service Journal, February 2010

J O U R N A L OREIGN ERVICE S F P RESIDENT ’ S V IEWS / 5 Making Dissent Meaningful Again By Susan R. Johnson S PEAKING O UT / 12 Starting the “New Gender Agenda” at Home By Amanda Fernandez R EFLECTIONS / 84 Orr d’Oeuvres from “Deep France” By Gregory Orr L ETTERS / 6 C YBERNOTES / 8 M ARKETPLACE / 11 B OOKS / 77 I NDEX TO A DVERTISERS / 82 Cover and inside illustration Phil Foster F O C U S O N : L i f e & Wo r k A f t e r t h e F S E XPLORING N EW W ORLDS : E DITOR ’ S I NTRODUCTION / 17 By Steven Alan Honley S HOULD W E M OVE TO A S ENIOR L IVING F ACILITY ? / 19 Few of us really want to leave our familiar home, but there can be persuasive arguments for simplifying your life. By Bill Harrop A CADEMIA A BROAD : A L OGICAL N EXT S TEP / 24 Working in overseas educational institutions abroad can in many ways be more “Foreign Service” than today’s diplomatic corps. By Richard Jackson U.S. C OLLEGES O FFER P LUM P OST -F OREIGN S ERVICE P OSTINGS / 26 For professionals with international experience and expertise, opportunities at American schools are growing. By Tibor P. Nagy Jr. W RITING AS A S ECOND C AREER / 29 Working for the U.S. government in one guise or another is familiar and comfortable, but there are many other outlets worth pursuing. By David T. Jones A P ASSION FOR A RCHAEOLOGY / 32 Retirees interested in “stones and bones” will find plenty of opportunities to go on digs in foreign countries. By Ken Stammerman T HE T HIRD C HAPTER / 36 An unusual inheritance leads to an unexpected third career in cultural preservation and filmmaking. By Paul Vitale N O S IMPLE F ORMULA FOR S UCCESS / 39 The transition to retirement is especially difficult because each individual has to work out the right path for him or herself. By Bill Lenderking FS R ETIREES S PEAK U P / 42 AFSA members share stories of their post-Foreign Service adventures and offer advice to colleagues — including future retirees. By Steven Alan Honley F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 0 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 3 C ONTENTS February 2010 Volume 87, No. 2