Advanced Study Grant Recipients 2009
university fellowships committee
Recipient |
Project Proposal |
Faculty Adviser |
| Aditya Ashok | First-Hand Exploration of an HIV-Treatment NGO: To support research and an internship with an HIV/AIDS clinic in Ghana. [Declined] |
Dennis Sardella Chemistry |
| Caroline Beyer | Documenting the Conditions of Human Trafficking in New York and San Francisco: To support research and a documentary film. [An Advanced Study Grant in the Arts] |
John Michalczyk Fine Arts |
| Susan Brusky | Service Learning and Language Study in Ecuador: To support service-learning and language fluency with a community-development organization. | Mary Troxell Philosophy |
| Florence Candel | The Other Colony: To support research on the Portuguese colonization of northern Brazil and its effects on slavery and race. [A Peter Bowley Advanced Study Grant] |
Lynn Lyerly History |
| Cathleen Chopra-McGowan | “Tell it not in the Streets of Ashkelon”: To support research on ancient Philistine culture and the Hebrew Bible. | David Vanderhooft Theology |
| William Dorsett | A Summer in Seoul: To support advanced fluency in the Korean language. | Michael Connolly Slavic & Eastern Languages and Literatures |
| Drew Firmender | As Favelas e a Prefeitura: To support research on the municipal socio-economic policies toward slums in Rio de Janeiro. [A Peter Bowley Advanced Study Grant] |
Paul Christensen Political Science |
| Connor Fitzmaurice | Tied to the Land or to the Market: To support participant-observation research on the balance of market forces and environmental commitment among New England organic farmers. | Paul Gray Sociology |
| Kathryn Fox | The World is a Book: To support language fluency and archeological research at a Mayan Classic-period site in Belize. | Michael Martin A&S Honors Program |
| Miguel Garcia-Bender | Education in the Violin: To support intensive instruction in the violin at the International Music Academy in Germany. [An Advanced Study Grant in the Arts] |
Jeremiah McGrann Music |
| Meghan Gibson | The Molecular World of Science: To support intensive study in advanced physical chemistry. | Udayan Mohanty Chemistry |
| Kiersten Goza | Achieving Economic Justice: To support a comparative study of rural poverty programs of NGOs in Costa Rica. | Matthew Mullane Faith, Peace, Justice |
| Adam Gross | Engaging the Classics, Layer by Layer: To support participation in the Pylos-Iklaina archeological project in Greece. | Gail Hoffman Classics |
| Alexander Guittard | Persian in Dushanbe: To support intensive language study in Tajikistan. | Kathy Bailey Political Science |
| Catherine Hadshi | Learning Walloon: To support intensive study of an endangered language in Belgium | Michael Connolly Slavic & Eastern Languages and Literatures |
| Lindsay Hennawi | Laying the Foundation: To support intensive Arabic language study and conflict-resolution research in Lebanon | Susan Michalczyk A&S Honors Program |
| Carly Hughes | Think, Talk, Learn, Teach Mathematics: To support acquisition of skills for teaching high-school mathematics in an urban school. [Declined] |
John Cawthorne Lynch School of Education |
| Aleksandra Jachtorowicz | Environmental Concerns in an Urbanizing Society: To support an internship with an environmental grassroots organization in Ecuador. | Martha Bayles A&S Honors Program |
| Molly Kammien | Migrant Struggle: To support a research internship on the conditions of Haitian migrant laborers in the Dominican Republic. [A Martin Luther King, Jr. Advanced Study Grant] |
Frank Herrmann, SJ Law |
| Marissa Kaplan | Refugees of the Holocaust: To support research and an internship in the Photo Archives division of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. [An Advanced Study Grant in the Arts] |
John Michalczyk Fine Arts |
| Kristen Kennedy | Intersections of State and Faith: To support research on government assistance to faith-based non-profit organizations. | Kenji Hayao Political Science |
| Erin Kesler | Baby 101: To support development of a self-sustaining educational program for at-risk young mothers. [The Horace Seldon Advanced Study Grant] |
Angela Amar Nursing |
| Eric Kim | Experiencing the Power of Classical Music: To support the acquisition of piano performance skills at the Music on the Rhine program. [An Advanced Study Grant in the Arts] |
Jeremiah McGrann Music |
| Laura Lennon | Women's Empowerment in Honduras: To support research on women's empowerment through micro-loans and the transcendence of traditional gender roles. [A Peter Bowley Advanced Study Grant] |
Stephen Schloesser History |
| Erica Lewis | The Phenomenon of Anti-Jesuit Polemic: To support research on the anti-Jesuit tradition in 19th Century France. | Paul Spagnoli History |
| Isiuwa Mabatah | AIDS in Cape Town: To support service and field research on the cultural factors contributing to the spread of HIV/AIDS in South Africa. [A Martin Luther King, Jr. Advanced Study Grant] |
Lynn Lyerly History |
| Kieran Mara | Ricerca e Cooperazione: To support research on international economic-development projects and intensive Italian language study in Rome. | Peter Ireland Economics |
| Katherine McBride | Refugee Resettlement in Seatac, Washington: To support a research internship with the International Rescue Committee on refugee resettlement in the Seattle area. [A Martin Luther King, Jr. Advanced Study Grant] |
Kenji Hayao Political Science |
| Kelly McCartney | The Way of Words: To support research on the converging narratives of pilgrimage in Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. | Margaret Thomas Slavic & Eastern Languages and Literatures |
| Marguerite McNeil | Stanislavski Method in Contemporary Musical Theater Performance: To support intensive training at the Circle in the Square Theater School in New York City. [An Advanced Study Grant in the Arts] |
Stuart Hecht Theater |
| Erica Mennino | The Vicious Cycle of Contaminated Water, Poor Health, and Poverty: To support research on the community health benefits of household water filters in Nicaragua. | Michael Malec Sociology |
| Sophia Moradian | Alternate Financial Mechanisms and Innovation in Rural Armenia: To support research on the effects of micro-finance programs on rural economic development in Armenia. | Nancy Soukup History |
| Caitlin Moran | Telling the Story of Mary Hughes: To support research for a young-adult novel about the American Revolutionary War. [An Advanced Study Grant in the Arts] |
Robert Chibka English |
| Elizabeth Muller | Solidarity and Community Development in San Pedro: To support research on three models of development aid by non-profit organizations in Paraguay. [An Advanced Study Grant in the Arts] |
John Michalczyk Fine Arts |
| Kellen O‘Gara | Arts Empowerment in Africa: To support the study of theater arts as a tool for building self-esteem in orphaned children in Uganda. [An Advanced Study Grant in the Arts] |
Rita Rosenthal Communication |
| Natanaelle Orisma | The State of Democracy in Senegal: To support research on the roots of democracy in pre-colonial and contemporary Senegal. | Paul Christsensen Political Science |
| Matthew Panichello | Computing the Experimentation of the Mind: To support the acquisition of computer skills for data analysis in cognitive neuroscience. | Hiram Brownell Psychology |
| Maria R. Perez | Islam and the French Secular System of Education: To support research on the implication of laïcité in education for France's Muslim population. | Jennie Purnell Political Science |
| Matthew Richey | Intensive Biblical Greek: To support intensive language study of the original language of the New Testament. | Christopher Constas A&S Honors Program |
| Jessica Seminelli | Exploring Linguistics Theories: To support intensive study of historical linguistics and grammaer and social cognition at Berkeley. | Margaret Thomas Slavic & Eastern Languages and Literatures |
| Lauren Tripolitis | Authenticity and Personal Identity in Music Theater: To support intensive training at the Circle in the Square Theater School in New York City. [An Advanced Study Grant in the Arts] |
Stuart Hecht Theater |
| Katya Wheelwright | Fitting Care to Culture: To support a research internship with a disease prevention education program in Uganda. | Mary Simonelli Nursing |
| Tedd Wimperis | De Recuperatione Ptolemaiae: To support analysis and translation of a poetic narrative in Latin of the Third Crusade. | Michael Connolly Slavic & Eastern Languages and Literatures |
| Michael Wolf | Documenting the Conditions of Human Trafficking in New York and San Francisco: To support research and a documentary film. [An Advanced Study Grant in the Arts] |
John Michalczyk Fine Arts |
| Zachary Zimmerman | Nur der verdient sich Freiheit wie das Leben der täglich sie erobern muss: To support language acquisition and development of experience in theater performance in Hamburg, Germany. | Michael Resler German Studies |