Advanced Study Grant Recipients 2005
university fellowships committee
Recipient |
Project Proposal |
Faculty Adviser |
| Eric Alcala | Teaching English as a Second Language in Mexico Improving language fluency by serving as an English language instructor for Spanish-speakers in Guadalajara. |
Vanessa Ruiz Romance Languages |
| Alexandra Angrand | Cross-Cultural Solutions Volunteer in Brazil A summer of community health-care practice and Portuguese language study in Salvador, Brazil. |
Virginia Reinberg History |
| Paul Camacho | What has Athens to do with Jerusalem? Intensive language study of ancient Greek to support study of the role of Greek in the early interaction of Christianity and philosophy. |
Meredith Monaghan Classics |
| Nathaniel Campbell | Verba Mediorum Aevorum: Words of the Middle Ages Intensive study of Latin language, literature, and palaeography. |
David Gill, S.J. Classics |
| Lauren Casadona | A Vision of Hope Developing Spanish language fluency and studying the curriculum of an orphanage school in Quito, Ecuador. |
Brinton Lykes Lynch School of Education |
| Kevin Conroy | Irish Language Study in the Conamara Gaeltacht Intensive Gaelic language study at the National University of Ireland, Galway. |
Michael Connolly Slavic & Eastern Languages |
| Thamarah Crevecoeur | Haitian Cultural Traditions in the Child-Bearing Period Researching cultural attributes of the pre-natal, delivery, and post-partum phases of child-bearing in Les Cayes, Haiti. |
Holly Harner Connell School of Nursing |
| Lauren Escher | A Test of the Federalist System Research into the differences between national immigration policy and state and local policies and practices toward immigrants. |
Kenji Hayao Political Science |
| Kelly Fitzgerald | Medical Spanish, Health Care Analysis, and Hospital Service Intensive technical Spanish language study and clinical service in Costa Rica. [Grant declined.] |
Danielle Taghian Biology |
| Erin Galgay | The Ethical Implications of Stem Cell Research Research and participation in an international seminar in Germany on the scientific and ethical issues of stem cell research. |
Stephen Pope Theology |
| Taryn Gervais | Improving Fluency through Service and Cultural Immersion in the Dominican Republic Developing medical skills and Spanish language fluency through hospital service in San Jose de las Matas, Dominican Republic. |
Eric Strauss Biology |
| Jessica Hallman | The Effects of English Linguistics on the Bulgarian Language Research into the absorption of the English lexicon and grammar into the Bulgarian language. |
Mariela Dakova Slavic & Eastern Languages |
| Peter Heinlein | German Language and Cultural Immersion Intensive German language study to support research into the economic ramifications of German unification. |
Mark O'Connor A&S Honors Program |
| Katie Jarvis | The March of Women in Paris, October 1789 Research into eye-witness, participant, and parliamentary accounts of a key event leading up to the French Revolution. |
Paul Spagnoli History |
| Charles Joseph | Excavating Hazor: Understanding the Old Testament Participation in an archeological excavation of ancient Hazor north of the Sea of Galilee. |
David Vanderhooft Theology |
| Jeanette Marrone | Separation of Church and State in the United States and France Field research into differences in how members of different faith traditions understand the relationship of church and state in the United States and France. |
Alice Behnegar Political Science |
| Elaina Matook | Medical Ethics: Eastern Orthodoxy Meets Rome Research into the ethical reasoning on contemporary medical controversies from the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox perspectives. |
Mark O'Connor A&S Honors Program |
| M. Emily Neumeier | Cultural Change at the Roman Frontier Participation in an archeological excavation of the Roman forum of ancient Tiermes, in Soria, Spain. |
Gail Hoffman Fine Arts |
| Maria Newcomb | The Impact of International Immersion Trips Field research into the effects of immersion trips by American college students in Guatemala, from the perspective of the local communities. |
Jennie Purnell Political Science |
| Richard Paul | Songs of Praise and Invocation Field research in Benin, West Africa, into the Yoruba/Nago origins of Orisa religious chants of Trinidad. |
Karen Miller History |
| Allison Ramirez | The Reality of Migrant Workers in Michigan Field research into the effect of governmental and non-profit institutions on the lives of migrant workers in Saginaw, Michigan. |
Jennie Purnell Political Science |
| Amber Smith | Parameter Setting and Determiner Phase: Sharpening Analytic Skills in Linguistics Participation in scholarly seminars by the Linguistics Society of America. |
Michael Connolly Slavic & Eastern Languages |
| Margaret Sullivan | History Through the Lens Intensive Czech language study and research into the post-1968 Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia, viewed through Czech film. |
Alice Behnegar Political Science |
| Kathleen Wakeham | South African Public Health Care and the HIV/AIDS Crisis Research and service experience in a public health care system confronting crisis. |
Clare O'Connor Biology |
| Reeves Wiedeman | Negro League Baseball and Its Effect on Urban Development in 20th Century Kansas City Research into the influence of a professional sports organization on urban development in a Midwestern city. |
Davarian Baldwin History |
| Lauren Zaccone | German Immigration to the United States after WW 1 Archival research at Ellis Island into patterns of German immigration to the United States following WW I. |
Lynn Lyerly History |
| Kathryn Zioto | Medical Spanish, Urban Clinical Experience, and Rural Public Health Assistance Gaining technical and colloquial Spanish fluency through clinical service in Porlamar, Venezuela. |
Neil Wolfman Chemistry |