Advanced Study Grant Recipients 2006
university fellowships committee
Recipient |
Project Proposal |
Faculty Adviser |
| Maryclaire Abowd | The National Book Program in Egypt To support language fluency and research on educational out-reach programs in Cairo. |
Kelly Brotzman Philosophy |
| Jeffrey Aser | Patriot Guard Riders: The Power of Grassroots Movements To support interview research on the origins of a grassroots organization. |
Jennie Purnell Political Science |
| Paul Astuto | Following my Heart to Heidelberg To support intensive German language study at Heidelberg University. |
Devin Pendas History |
| Natalia Bauer | The Anglo-American Pompeii Project: A Hands-on Approach to Classics To support participation in an archeological dig in Italy. |
Charles Ahern Classics |
| Paul Casinelli | The Politics of Fear: A Comparison of McCarthyism and Post-9/11 American Politics To support archival research at the Library of Congress. |
Jennie Purnell Political Science |
| Kevin Conroy | Across the Irish Sea to Wales To support intensive language study of Welsh and its literature. |
Michael J. Connelly Slavic and Eastern Languages |
| Lindsay Daum | Dali, Lacan, and Freud To support archival and museum research into interpretations of paranoia and its implications for the Surrealist movement and psychoanalysis. |
Vanessa Rumble Philosophy |
| Michael Dichio | An Approach to Federalism: President John F. Kennedy's New Frontier Policy To support an archival internship and research at the Kennedy Presidential Library. |
Marc Landy Political Science |
| Samuel Dolinger | Excavating in French at Argilos To support participation in a French-Canadian archeological dig in Greece. |
Gail Hoffman Classics |
| Colin Doyle | Priaten Weekend Businessmen: American Influence in Bulgaria To support intensive language study and documentary filming in Bulgaria. |
Pamela Berger Fine Arts |
| Matthew Erickson | The Role of Germany in Modern Europe To support intensive language study and courses on German history. |
Paul Breines History |
| Melanie Firth | The Life and Culture of the Delegates of the Second Continental Congress To support archival research into the Philadelphia of 1775. |
Pr Lynn Lyerly History |
| Dillon Gardner | Fusion and Plasma To support research into fusion as a renewable energy source, at the Culham Science Center, Oxford. |
Paul Haines Physics |
| Matthew Hamilton | The Voices of Migrant Workers To support language study through serving and filming the migrant worker community of Wachapreague, Virginia. |
Sheila McIntosh Romance Languages |
| Michelle Hubele | A Pilgrim's Way To support interview research with pilgrims walking to Santiago de Compostela, Spain. |
Catherine Cornille Theology |
| Karen Kaufmann | National Guilt or Communal Reconciliation? Remembering the Holocaust through Germany's Eyes To support museum and archival research in Berlin. |
Elizabeth Chadwick A&S Honors Program |
| Nathan Keegan | The Icelandic Sagas To support research into the influence of Icelandic sagas on Western literature. |
Sheila McIntosh Romance Languages |
| Robert Kubala | Nam af islensku: Linguistics and Culture in Iceland To support intensive language and linguistics study at the Nordal Institute in Reykjavik. |
Arthur Madigan Philosophy |
| Jaclyne La Verghetta | The Politics of Catholicism To support interview research into how Catholic legislators view their public roles. [Grant declined] |
Jennie Purnell Political Science |
| Corrine Madigan | Volunteering with The Nyumbani Organization in Kenya To support interview research and documentary filming at a Jesuit orphanage. |
Jennie Purnell Political Science |
| Anne Matsko | Converging Perspectives: Agri-Business, Culture, and Identity in Mexico To support interview research into the challenges facing small farmers in Mexico. |
Jennie Purnell Political Science |
| Ronald Mendoza-DeJesus | The Names-of-the-Father: Lacanian Psychoanalysis and Politics To support library research on original texts in Buenos Aires. |
Vanessa Rumble Philosophy |
| Jeffrey Nagengast | Language and Identity in Bulgaria and Macedonia To support comparative study of two Balkan languages. |
Mariela Dakova Slavic & Eastern Languages |
| M. Emily Neumeier | The Treasures and Tribulations of Islam in London To support an internship with the Islamic art department of the British Museum. |
Sheila Blair Fine Arts |
| Maureen O'Dea | A Remembered Past: How the People of Scranton Remember the Coal Mining Industry To support archival and interview research into the history of a Pennsylvania mining town. |
Lynn Lyerly History |
| Alexandra O'Donahue | AIDS in Mozambique: Voicing the Suppressed Lives of Women and Children To support language study, service, and interview research in the Boane District. |
David McMenamin Director, PULSE Program |
| Caitlin Peterson | The Vital Juncture: The intersection of Sexuality and Race To support intensive language study and research on the factors of race and gender in healthcare in Brazil. |
Zachary Morgan History |
| Dimitri Phillips | Connecting Wires: A Multifaceted Study of Logical Operators To support intensive study of analog and digital circuit design for logical operators. |
Michael J. Connelly Slavic & Eastern Languages |
| Kayleigh Pleas | The Influence of Team Sports on Young Girls' Self-Esteem To support research on differences in self-esteem and self-concept of young girls who participate in team sports vs. individual sports. |
Susan Michalczyk A&S Honors Program |
| Matthew Porter | The Theatre of Politics: A Documentary To support a documentary film on the organization of a protest demonstration in Washington, DC. |
Jennie Purnell Political Science |
| Kathleen Sellers | Education in Rwanda: Pre- and Post-Genocide | Paul Gray | Sociology |
| Margaret Sullivan | The Influence of Russian Language on Life and Development in Kyrgyzstan To support intensive study of language and culture in Bishkek. |
Cynthia Simmons Slavic & Eastern Languages |
| Jennifer Taylor | Culturally Effective Health Education in Liberia To support service and research into healthcare practices in Monrovia. |
Prof. Catherine Read School of Nursing |
| Kyle Trainor | “Streets with Voices” To support a documentary film on Boston’s North End. |
John Michalczyk Fine Arts |